5.0 out of 5 stars A fun trilogy

S. · March 6, 2021

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Comedy Trilogy!

R. · January 29, 2021

The Bill & Ted 3-film collection gathers all three films of the Bill & Ted trilogy in one 3-disc Blu-ray set. The first film, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (1989), introduces William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves), two high school seniors in San Dimas, CA who spent more time dreaming about their band, Wyld Stallyns, than paying attention to school and so are failing history. Rufus (George Carlin) visits them from the future to help them lean about history with the aid of a time machine as the future depends on them passing their history presentation and forming their band, whose music will inspire a utopia. In “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey” (1991), gym teacher Chuck De Nomolos (Joss Ackland) sends robotic doppelgängers of Bill and Ted back from the future to kill Bill and Ted and destroy their legacy, hoping to create a society based on his own ideals. Bill and Ted must challenge the Grim Reaper (William Sadler), escape Hell, and enlist the aid of aliens in Heaven to return to the world of the living and defeat De Nomolos. The franchise continued in 2020, with “Bill & Ted Face the Music,” in which Bill and Ted are struggling to create the music that will inspire the utopian future. The Great Leader (Holland Taylor) and Rufus’s daughter (Kristen Schaal) warn them that they have a limited amount of time left to create the great song or reality will collapse. Bill and Ted travel to the future to find their song, pursued by a robot (Anthony Carrigan), while their daughters, Billie (Brigette Lundy-Paine) and Thea (Samara Weaving), travel to the past in order to create a band that will make the great song for their fathers before time is up. The threequel combines all the best elements of the first two films into a picture that successfully blends nostalgia with a new narrative.This is a great way to get all three films in a single set. It would be better if it included the animated series from Hanna-Barbera and DIC, “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures,” that ran for 21 episodes between 1990 and 1991. The first season, from Hanna-Barbera, featured the original cast reprising their roles for voice work, though in the second season Evan Richards, Christopher Kennedy, and Rick Overton replaced Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, and George Carlin, respectively. There was also a short-lived live-action television series, also titled “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures,” that ran for 7 episodes in 1992 and featured Evan Richards, Christopher Kennedy, and Rick Overton reprising their roles from the second season of the animated series. These were entertaining in their own way, even if they didn’t influence the third film. Beyond film and television, the franchise expanded into a comic book series from Marvel between 1991-1992, some comics from BOOM! Studios in the late 2010s, a comic book miniseries prequel to the third film from Dark Horse Comics, a cereal based on the cartoon, a musical in 1998, various video games, and a live show at Universal Studios. It’s a surprisingly long-lived a versatile franchise, and this 3-movie collection is a must-have for fans.

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect wrap up to a great, fun adventure franchise!

L.H. · February 17, 2024

OK first the product quality is " Excellent Dude!" OK when they made the first movie around the time Mike Myers from S.N.L. did "Waynes World" they had no idea how well, " Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure" was going to do. Needless to say, it did well...and where there's money sequels will come. We got lucky; "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" was also " Totally Excellent Dude!" Thereby allowing for the wrap up & full-on trilogy of hilarity. Needless to say, I was dubious about the quality of the final film. I was pleasantly surprised. It was a well thought out way to wrap up the franchise. I hate spoilers so I will just say our aging adolescent heroes, age but thank goodness fail to mature. Their adventures or misadventures are as funny in the final installment as the first. If you're reading this, chances are you are no stranger, to at least the 1st movie. So, if you liked the 1st movie. You will probably enjoy them all. A great trilogy of not only sophomoric humor but, actually a quite intelligently written story line. including morals and life lessons from the most unlikely pair of teachers you'll ever run across. And in the world, we live in everyone could use a laugh...a moment of levity in an otherwise dreary world where jokes have become taboo! So, enjoy a little well established anti-establishment humor... but laugh softly you don't want to get cancelled for having too much fun!

Bill & Ted-3 Film Bundle

J.D. · February 11, 2025

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A most excellent Blu-ray set

J.P. · September 8, 2024

I remember as a kid, watching the first 2 Bill and Ted movies on VHS, and eventually watching the 3rd movie when it came out on digital/physical media. Watching the first 2 all these years later, they still hold up.There is some mild cursing in the movies, but overall they are pretty safe family viewing...because let's be honest, we've heard kids nowadays say MUCH worse lol.I highly recommend this movie to any Keanu Reeves fans, or anyone who just loves the "dumb slacker" kinds of comedies they had in the late 80's early 90'sPicture and Audio quality were amazing, but wouldn't expect less from Shout!

En dag skall jag se dessa

R. · February 21, 2024

Jag kan inte sätta betyg, eftersom jag inte sett dessa filmer ännu. De levererades nämligen i ett format som inte kan ses utanför USA.

Comedy movies.

B.Z. · June 18, 2024

Great films and actors. I’m very happy to have this in my collection. I’m very happy with the seller and product and delivery service.

Boa qualidade de som e imagem

F. · September 10, 2023

São 3 discos, 1 para cada filme. Tem ótima qualidade de som e imagem, só não tem versão em português de dublagem nem legenda.