6/1/2023 0 Comments A to z movies starts with t![]() So, Bill and Ted: Meet Barb and Star, the dynamic duo at the center of one of the stranger and more delightful modern comedies to hit - well, normally I’d say the “big screen,” but the movie is not launching into a big-screen-friendly era. The characters are stranger the situations are more implausible the jokes are more off-beat, more aimed at a niche audience. ![]() ![]() Studio comedies from the 1990s are, on balance, significantly weirder than the dwindling number of comedies on offer thus far in the 2020s (up to and including everything that stars Will Ferrell). ![]() After I watched the Bill and Ted movies last year for the first time (I know!), I wrote about how much I appreciate that kind of sweet kookiness in comedies - the sort of story ideas you simply can’t imagine a filmmaker pitching today, let alone a studio executive greenlighting.
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