The El Rey Network has been playing the hell out of both Bill & Ted movies recently (oh, the memories...). At the end of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, one of the English princesses speaks in a clearly American accent, which I'm certain I had noticed before, but I was curious to see if anyone else had mentioned this, so I paid a visit to the goofs section (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/goofs/). Nobody has reported it as a goof, but I did see one of the most ridiculous "goofs" I've ever seen on IMDb, the last in the "Character error" section:
"When Bill and Ted are sitting outside the Circle K and seemingly see the phone booth land, all Ted does is ask about the Mongolians. In reality anyone seeing a flying booth land near them would be panicked or at least astonished."
Where do I begin...
1. They don't "seemingly" see the phone booth land. They see the phone booth land. It lands right in front of them. They react to it.
2. I agree that in reality, most people that see a phone booth drop out of the sky would probably be panicked or astonished. The problem is that this isn't reality. It's a comedy about two clueless high school guys. The comedy comes from the fact that they DON'T freak out and just kind of accept it. In this person's opinion, their reaction isn't "real" enough, but it's just that: opinion, not fact. If this were a serious movie attempting to portray realism, I could possibly see this as a valid argument. This is not a serious movie. This is not a goof.
3. In actuality, Bill and Ted ARE astonished. Just watch this YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DsFMJQHbMs. They seem pretty astonished to me.
There are plenty of legitimate goofs on the page, but I don't believe this is one of them. Not only do I believe this person missed the entire point, but their description isn't even accurate. I don't think this belongs on the goof page. Again, just MY opinion. :)
"When Bill and Ted are sitting outside the Circle K and seemingly see the phone booth land, all Ted does is ask about the Mongolians. In reality anyone seeing a flying booth land near them would be panicked or at least astonished."
Where do I begin...
1. They don't "seemingly" see the phone booth land. They see the phone booth land. It lands right in front of them. They react to it.
2. I agree that in reality, most people that see a phone booth drop out of the sky would probably be panicked or astonished. The problem is that this isn't reality. It's a comedy about two clueless high school guys. The comedy comes from the fact that they DON'T freak out and just kind of accept it. In this person's opinion, their reaction isn't "real" enough, but it's just that: opinion, not fact. If this were a serious movie attempting to portray realism, I could possibly see this as a valid argument. This is not a serious movie. This is not a goof.
3. In actuality, Bill and Ted ARE astonished. Just watch this YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DsFMJQHbMs. They seem pretty astonished to me.
There are plenty of legitimate goofs on the page, but I don't believe this is one of them. Not only do I believe this person missed the entire point, but their description isn't even accurate. I don't think this belongs on the goof page. Again, just MY opinion. :)
Posted 2 years ago
