Part 1 - Review Link ★ Part II - Review Link ★ Part III - Review Link
Rewatched May 26, 2013
OK, this is always going to be a 5 star film for me, its funny watching it back again and enjoying all the gaping plot holes, inconsistencies and Zemeckis'ian style exposition that is so mind numbingly obvious you can't do anything else but love it (save the clock tower anyone?!)
For sheer entertainment there hasn't been much better in the years that have followed it and as far as endings go, there's not much I can say...
I would rank the ending of Back to the Future up there with the very VERY best. I defy anyone watching this for the first time to not get excited at the line "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads".
I love the type of films Robert Zemeckis makes. I love Michael J Fox as an actor and I love the kind of films that Spielberg used to produce. The old saying that they don't make them like they used to... Back to the Future is the depressingly perfect example of that, but at least we've got the memories!
Classic!
Rewatched May 26, 2013
While generously loved by lots of fans, this is still probably the weakest of the trilogy. That's not to say it isn't a riot though as like the other two, the high concept premise and the likable characters alone carry this to its deserving, much loved status.
You can drive a road train through the numerous plot holes and inconsistencies but when entertainment is this good, who gives a damn! I guess when it first came out, we were all just amazed and in awe of the idea of 3D sharks jumping out of cinemas, hover boards, 4 inch dehydrated pizzas that "grew" to jumbo size in seconds and of course, the idea of a flying Delorean Time Machine! Why oh why though do they build one of he bigger plot mechanisms around Marty's inability to deal with being called "chicken". Its flimsy at best but as I've said before, you forgive it because at the end of the day, this is Zemeckis doing what Zemeckis does best. Entertain us!
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Rewatched May 27, 2013
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Continued... Concluded... Finished.
Arguably the most underrated of the trilogy, BTTF 3 rounds off the series perfectly without the need for flashy gimmicks or a ridiculous plot (although it certainly has its moments like its two predecessors!), BTTF 3 is just good old fashioned storytelling with a couple of characters who by this stage we have grown to care deeply about. The face that the core of the story still (as it has to) revolves around Marty and the Doc, means the few characters who are added in to the mix don't convolute the story in any way, instead, they add further texture to it all. The school headmaster and the bully are present again in different bodies and the McFly family is faithfully represented once again.
It's western setting and story line is most likely what puts people off this installment but the genre switching shown over the 3 films is what makes the BTTF trilogy so perfect. Seeing these characters evolve and deal with the very different and contrasting situations they find themselves in is what keeps the series interesting. Imagine another generic series (Elm Street for instance) and how so often in its sequels it merely retreads the same themes and footsteps as the originals... while BTTF 3 obviously borrow core elements from the original film(s), it still feels more likes its own unique entity rater than a derivative retelling of the same old story.
As Hollywood royalty goes, the Back to the Future trilogy is right up there and having rated Part 1 @ 5 stars and Part 2 @ 4 stars, it is only right to end the series on a high (4 and a half stars) because all too often the series we love end up with a Resurection or a Salvation that, for want of a better word, pisses all over the memory of the original and to a degree lessons the impact of the series as a whole.
BTTF Part 3 only goes to enhance the reputation of this wonderful trilogy by rounding it off, concluding it and firmly letting us know in its final reel that these characters who we've grown to care about are going to be alright.
God speed Marty and God speed Doc. Thanks for the wonderful memories.
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