Wayne's World (1 & 2)
WAYNE'S WORLD (15)
D: Penelope Spheeris
Paramount/NBC (Lorne Michaels)
US 1992
95 mins
Comedy
W: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry
Turner
DP: Theo van de Sande
Ed: Malcolm Campbell
Mus: J. Peter Robinson
Mike Myers (Wayne Campbell), Dana Carvey (Garth
Algar), Rob Lowe (Benjamin Oliver), Tia Carrere (Cassandra Wong), Lara Flynn Boyle (Stacy)
Based on characters developed for a Saturday Night
Live sketch about two slackers who run a ramshackle cable TV show from their basement.
The film was a massive hit in 1992, shortly after Bill
& Ted films made their bow. The appeal is really quite limited to an MTV audience and possibly Generation X-ers.
Despite Mike Myers career taking off as a result of
the success of this movie it hasn't dated very well, simply because it's very much a product of its time.
5/10
WAYNE'S WORLD 2 (15)
D: Stephen Surjik
Paramount/NBC (Lorne Michaels)
US 1993
95 mins
Comedy
W: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry
Turner
DP: Francis Kenny
Ed: Malcolm Campbell
Mus: Carter Burwell
Mike Myers (Wayne Campbell), Dana Carvey (Garth
Algar), Christopher Walken (Bobby Cahn), Tia Carrere (Cassandra Wong), Ralph Brown (Del Preston), Kim Basinger (Honey Hornée)
A sequel which has surprisingly dated much better than
the original film. The formula is much the same, but the success of the first film allowed a greater pull of guest stars, meaning for better jokes and cameos.
In a dream, a cable TV show host is convinced by Jim
Morrison (of The Doors) to organise an ultimate rock concert called Waynestock, thus raising money to save his failing TV programme.
The story is quite basic and a few a jokes are rather
immature and puerile, but it's still a slight improvement on the first film. Mike Myers went on to have a successful career, unfortunately Dana Carvey didn't share the same
fate.
I wouldn't say that this is better than the first
Wayne's World, but I'd certainly be more likely to watch this one again over the original movie. It's definitely aged better.
5/10
