Back to the Future

A quarter century ago before Flux capacitors, Doc Brown, and Deloreans were well known Eric Stoltz was being a dick. It is not well known that he was the original Marty McFly, but it didn't take long for Robert Zemeckis to realize the part should be played by Alex P. Keaton. With Michael J. Fox on board the greatest time travel movie is about to happen. I knew it was going to get great after the opening 8 foot woofer explosive music scene, and then Marty had to go and ride his skateboard while holding on to a Jeep. Awesome. "And that's the power of love". This movie has a wonderful attention to detail. From 1985 to 1955 the changes are classic and genius.
From classic lines that don't relate 30 years earlier like, "Hey kid, you jump ship?" "I can't give you a Tab unless you order something" , and of course, "If you want a pepsi pal you're gonna pay for it" . Then we meet one of the best bully performances ever. Biff Tannen. Marty has to deal with a lot of crap while in 1955. He sees his dad as a teen is a peeping tom, he gets hit by a car, his mom is a perverse, drinkin, smokin,rebellious teen, who want to have a little nibble of Calvin Klein, and there is absolutely no plutonium to get him back. And if you ever thought you wanted to meet your mom as a teenager ....YOU DON'T. Marty's primary concern was to get back to 1985, but quickly realized there may be nothing to get back to. A classic story of time travel and the consequences our actions may do to the harm or change the future. As if it's not bad enough, his mother has the hots for him instead of his father. This movie is so heavy in it's interpretations of the way life is, could be, and should be. At it's core this movie demonstrates that one simple action could alter reality infinitely, and that shit is scary. Watching this movie as a child, none of that crossed my mind. All I knew was, this is a great movie and I wanted to time travel at that point, or maybe just own a car that the doors raised up. What's really awesome about this film is how Marty was able to not only save his future, but enhance every aspect of his parents, once sad existence, into a happy life together. He returns to his hot girlfriend, Wealthy parents, Biff waxing the McFly's vehicle, and a brand new 4X4 in his garage. What a great way to end a phenomenal film. In closing, the cameo by Flea was unsuspected, but brilliant. No one in the history of the world has ever been so happy to be struck by lightning as Marty was that night that gave him back his life. We love this movie because it never gets old. From the one liners to the 30 year gap in the timeline. If its on I cannot change the channel without watching the rest of it.


Review co-authored by A-Bomb
Back to the Future gets a rating of: A Work of Cinematic Art






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