Day 4
(Careful for spoilers)
For my first weekend selection I chose to watch a trilogy. Any guessed? No? Do you even know me? Come on! Ok 3 guesses and the first 2 dont count. Do you wanna hint? Okay... 1985.... The importance of 2015.... and DeLorean. Thats right my favorite movie: Back to the futute part 1,2,3.
This review will be defending why it deserves a 10/10 for a series and not for each individual movie. Becuz honestly part 3 kinda blew in comparison to parts 1 and 2. But lets be honest a scratched Comero is still a pretty sweet car!
Disclosure. I do not like westerns so BTF3 ( back to the future 3) was difficult for me to enjoy.
Where do I begin?! No honestly where? 1985? 1955? 2015? Or 1885? Where in time is Doc Brown and Marty Mcfly? Ill tell you where! The history books! BTF is thought of as THE time travel movie. It is one of few which can fully justify time travel and its actions. You do have your (Dejvu, Hot Tub Time Machine, and of coarse austin powers) but these films dont give time travel justice. They fault in the transport system or the comedic results of changing an action in the past.
But that opinion. You want facts!
Fact! Steven Spielberg is involved with this movie.
Fact! When marty hits twin pines mall orignial trees(in 1955) the proceeding future make the mall called "lone pine mall" now thats attention to detail!
Fact! Michael J Fox did BTF during the 80s classic family ties.
Fact! Hoverboards were attempted (and some what successfully created becuz of BTF2)
Last quick fact! The actress who plays martys Girlfriend was replaced in BTF2 by elizabeth shue. Consequently marty changed his girlfriend when he changed the past. (Talk about a two for one deal jk)
Now lets get back to the review.
Where it succeeds:
Christopher Lloyd (doc brown) was a classically trained actor and this role gave him the freedom to be serious, yet zany. When we first see doc brown he emerges from the DeLorean with enstein( the dog) and we dont believe for a second he is a Cooke like everyone else in town believes he is. Then he emerges in 1955 and you KNOW that guys crazy!
Marty mcfly is your average teen who faces the issue of gf, mean old teachers, lame parents, and cars. BTF made marty so relatable that mainy fans felt they were the ones traveling through time. He is a "slacker" who is just trying to live his life. The creaters show that we can control our future but we have to live in the NOW to do it.
References! Being from the future marty had some insight on event. Like who the mayor would be, when the clocktower would get struck by lightning, DARTH VADER!, and classic tv. In many time travel movies the character embraces their knowledge of the past to take advantage(picking lotto numbers) where as marty tries to avoid changing as much as possible. Side note. You can thank marty for chuck berrys greatest hits.
So many quotes! Hello mcfly?! Do you know how many quotes there are?
" wait doc? U mean to tell me u built a time machine out of a delorean!?"
"Great scott!"
" we need to go back,back to the future!(point)"
" roads? Where we are going we dont need roads!" And many more.
The signs of a good movie is quoteablity and Rewatchablity. BTF has both.
Where it fails
No movie is perfect. Not even BTF. Story wise it doesnt fail at all, it does fail to leave the story closed. What do i mean by this? Movies that set themselves up for sqeuals can be a bit annoying if they dont happen. This film was a major risk do. Time travel was an untapped theme in films. So when they claim they need to go to the future it leads the audinece on.
(This fault is rectified by the sequals, the editing of what the "original" film is)
It also fails to please the audince. BTF3 does finish the story, but it has been proven that a fourth one would have worked. There is video game where marty goes to the 1920s and make doc brown a villian. This would have been awesome!( in the 1990s) now its to late.
More facts!
Fact! Huey lewis singer of "power of love" is actually in the film. Can u spot him? He is in the glasses during the rock audition.
Fact! The cubs win the world series in 2015.....right....
Fact! In BTF2 in a parallel time line marty see a Clint Eastwood movie which he blocks a bullet with a cast iron door. Marty would go on to do the very same in BTF3
BTF is on par with starwars as the most parodied movie
This was an 1980s hit not made by john hughes
Last quick fact! The DeLorean made by john DeLorean is a failed car. But from the popularity of BTF the cars still around can sell for close to a million dollars
The heated debate:
This movie has a few issues worth debating. Should there be a new one? Should there be a reboot? Should we make new DeLoreans with fluxcompasitors on them? And here are the answers. No, NEVER, and sure why not.
Why no BTF4 its the timing.after so many years it doesnt make sense to do it. The story was conplete and there is not need to make another. While fans would have liked to have one, its too late.
Why no reboot? Really? Im not gonna touch this one... okay fine.. its BTF!! You dont reboot things thag were awesome! You reboot kinda crap. I.e. fantastic four, cheaper by the dozen, spiderman, batman.
Final verdict:
Well im bias, but my final verdict is 15/10. It is such a good movie! This review is only a fraction of what needs to be discussed with this movie.
All I can do is say this.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Its a timeless classic which anyone, any age, can love.
I recommend you BUY. Not rent. Not watch at a friends house but BUY! If you do not like this movie, well lets be honest you'll love it. So Go now to walmart and buy the 25th anniversary. You wont regret it!
(This review is subject to edits)
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