Back to the Future
The Complete TrilogyTrailer For me,
Back to the Future is easily one of the greatest films ever made. But what makes it so great? Simply put, the movie is pure magic. What other movie out that has created the perfect hybrid film, blending a handful of genres into one without them stepping on each others toes? There isn't one.
Back to the Future is a
Sci-Fi film. It's an Adventure film. It's a Capra film. It's a Comedy. It's got Time Travel. High School. Rock and Roll and at it's heart, it's a love story. It's got everything. The premise, the story itself is great on paper, but on the Silver Screen you are witnessing.....magic. The perfect blend of characters portrayed by the only actor's that could and did breath life into their roles.
I can't sing my praises for
Back to the Future high enough. For me, this movie is in my
Top 5 Favorite Movies of all time. Out of my
Top 5, it's by far the most enjoyable. By that I mean I still feel a sense of wonder and awe and just pure giddiness whenever I watch it. I still feel like that kid all those years ago when I saw this Opening Day. It's still fresh and alive today as it was back then.
What I really love about
Back to the Future is all those seeds that are planted in the First Act deliver in big ways throughout the film. Some of the seeds where obvious while other's were more subtle. But the viewer is rewarded in a way that is very rare now, especially when you notice and see things later in the movie that force you to flashback to the scene that set it up. It makes the entire trip of watching the movie all the more better. The favorite of course is Marty, wanting to be a rockstar finally gets to fulfill that dream of his by "inventing" Rock and Roll with his rendition of
Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. Having Chuck's "cousin"
Marvin in the scene just makes the scene....EPIC.
The cast itself as I mentioned before delivered in a way that only their characterization could,
Michael J. Fox as
Marty McFly and
Christopher Lloyd as
Doc Brown have amazing on-screen chemistry. But it's the secondary characters that also add to the whole of the film.
Crispin Glover is amazing as
George McFly and
Lea Thompson was the perfect choice to play
Lorraine McFly. But a movie can't succeed unless they have a great Villain and there wasn't anyone better than
Thomas F. Wilson as
Biff Tannen. Awesome. The movie still pays off, even now when you see some of the background actors that really didn't have a big role in the film, but are name actors now:
Billy Zane as
Match and
Casey Siemaszko as
3-D.
It's a no-brainer that I'm gonna recommend this as a
Buy. Duh. I know I don't have to tell you to do it anyway as everyone already owns this in one format or another. How do you end one of the greatest films ever? You end it with THE greatest cliffhanger ever. Tell me I'm wrong. Ya can't. Great direction, music and editing as well. This movie has it all. I wish Hollywood still made movies like this today. Sadly, they don't.