Best Part of the trilogy?
So, what was your favourite film in the trilogy? What parts were memorable?
Personally, it's a toss up between the first and the last film for me. Both had so many memorable lines!
Personally, it's a toss up between the first and the last film for me. Both had so many memorable lines!
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But what makes BttF stick out compared to many other trilogies is, that they all feel like one huge movie, and not like part 2 and 3 were just pulled out to make more money.
Part 1 is just a beautiful movie in so many ways. It has some awesome moments, particularly the one where George decks Biff, and the dance scene where Marty is fading away but resolidifies instantly when the music swells and George and Lorraine kiss... always makes me go "yay!".
What I liked most about Part 2 was the messed up timelines, going back to 1955 and seeing Marty work around what he'd done the first time he was there. And the scene where Doc meets his past self is lovely. There is some good stuff in the 2015 scenes as well.
I'd have to watch them back-to-back to properly make up my mind, but Part 1 is probably the most special for me.
Nonetheless, I since settled on part 1 as my favourite movie (OF ALL TIMES). The time travel idea is so fresh, the DeLorean so new, Michael J. Fox so young; the finale actually feels like three finales packed into one. I also feel as if the first part brought the most emotion across: Marty hugging Doc, the moment Emmet realizes what a friend he has in his future; Doc willing to risk his life for Marty - the moment when he finds that he can be a hero; the same moment for George McFly when he rescues Elaine from Biff. Later at the dance, he has another first-kiss-goosebump-scene while Alan Silvestri's orchestra heroically but all so subtly ends "Earth Angel" with just a hint from the Back to the future theme. Also, Crispin Glover really played his character in an incredibly brilliant, over-the-top way, sadly missing from following installments (all for want of money
There are of course scenes in all three movies which I love, so please don't think for a moment that I don't love II & III as well. Still, it's Back to the Future part one as my favourite!
The third is easily my favourite, perhaps because I have a thing for westerns, but I just found it to be the most enjoyable.
I'm also shocked by how apallingly part 3 is doing, considering that was my favourite!
I think it's a case of a very good movie losing out to two great movies. Just my opinion.
As I sated, BTTF 3 is underrated. It has some of the funnier moments in the trilogy, and the part with the train toward the end was very exciting. I don't think the old west setting was as interesting to people as the future though, and the movie was must more low key and slower paced than the second one which was packed with action and a quick moving story.
Also, for the female demographic, it had a nice shot of Michael J. Fox' naked behind.
Just sayin'.
Part 2 was clever with the almanac and all that, and I did quite enjoy the future world, but for me it couldn't compare with the initial... freshness, for want of a better word, that surrounded the world. Also, the very personal motives of his mum and dad getting together, and the way his dad turned out to be a loser were very fun themes. The Johnny B. Goode bit at the end was great, too. Also, for some reason the "you are my density" gag gets me every time I watch it... no idea why.
Then the third one seems quite polished. Like the second, they know what they're doing more, so there's less of that wonderment that we had in the first film. It's a solid episode and isn't all about getting rich. But then I don't think there were many stand-out moments (again, one of the cheesiest gags in the movie makes me laugh every time I watch: 'far-out!').
Actually in the process of writing this, I think if I watched them all again, I might rank 2 above 3.
I didn't like part 2 because it took place in the future. That was actually my least favourite part. I already said it was because of paradoxes and the genuinely unique storyline. Part 3 was just part 1 all over again. And while I didn't mind that and really enjoyed part 3, maybe a lot of people just thought it was the same thing as Part 1 except in the old west and centered around Doc instead of Marty.
Still, BTTF is just the perfect example of a movie trilogy that works together as one big masterpiece, and actually I LOVE the whole trilogy very much.
I'm so excited to see what TTG will do with it.
like here at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SXh2H9tOBY
at 1;02 it was great, i like the bttf 3 delorean sounds during fluxing,
It's really about time travel, more than a comedy / family drama.
The first one comes second for me, it's still pretty good.
I HATED part 3... Really I don't like Westerns that much anyway so a "parody of westerns" is even worst for me.
Being stuck in one time period for the whole movie, again, in such a time, with not so interesting characters and deja vus scenes... Meh don't like it.
Completely agreed!
Strayth hit the nail on the head. It's more of a time-travel, science-fiction comedy that you'd expect from "Back to the Future" than a family dramedy.
I did, however, like Part 3 a lot. I think Part 1 and 3 are about tied. What would we do without golden lines like "he just likes to hold it." I seriously need to say that more than I already do.
I mean it's definitely not the worst movie ever. It's just a little too basic and too based off existing material to have its own identity the way the two others did. And if you don't like the place where they're stuck, it's hard to really enjoy it. I mean after what the second episode made, it's hard not to be bitter about the 3rd one, being the last and all. It's like a whole world of great stories are being thrown away for a parody of western. I had a hard time accepting it.
Now I feel better about it, but couldn't help but think how great the potential was... and when Tell Tale announced the game, I was SO happy. Because I already loved what they did with Monkey Island (even if it had some flaws like over using the same character model over and over and over and over ...), it really was an incredible job. So knowing that the writer from the movies was also helping them out, I just couldn't be happier !
Finally we will have a decent story based off BTTF ! (cauz the tv cartoon and the previous games weren't really worth anything, story-wise)
And It obviously will follow the BTTF 2 theme, since there's no way we will visit only one time period during the whole game ^^.
As for Marty, FutureGirl, I also love him so much. He has a golden heart and always tries to do the right thing, even if he doesn't always succeed. That makes so "real". He's my favorite character too.
Three was great, but it just couldn't beat the original.
And I'd go so far as to add
1>3>The old ride at Universal>2
Second comes BttF2. And that is only because of the awesome third act back in 1955. If it weren't for that I might have favoured 3 over 2. Owh and ofcourse hoverboard
I love 3. Marty has to adapt to a complete new era. Marty and Doc's relationship get fleshed out more(love how Marty goes back solely to rescue Doc) and the climax is great with the train.
Also Tom Wilson gets to show off how diversive of an actor he is. That Maddog Tannen character is wonderful.
The only thing that bothered me about BttF3 is Marty's remark about crashing into the indians. By now he should know how timetravel works. As if he was expecting that movie theater board to be there too back in 1885.
I just watched Part II then (after watching Part I last night), and I agree that it is a little too weird and silly. But, for me, the only part that I found overly silly was the first 40-odd minutes set in the future. I just thought that that whole part was sickening to watch. It was like some odd comedy spoof that wasn't funny but was just incredibly hard to watch. None of the characters acted serious at all, practically all of the actors exaggerated their roles way too much, some of the acting and delivery of dialogue were just awful, the representation of the future was just stupid and unbelievable (I don't care if the film was made in the 80s, this was just freaking dumb!), and overall, it was just a ridiculous mess that I completely despised and hated. I began to think "Geez, this film better improve in a big way or it's going to completely tarnish everything that I found was good about the first film".
Luckily, things took a turn for the better, with the whole Biff-ruled-alternate-reality which I actually liked quite a lot. Then the travel back in time to the setting of the majority of the first film (1955[?]) - this was done really well. I love how all of the events of the second film were woven and integrated into the events of the first film, and how we got to re-experience the events of Part I from a different perspective. Also, the suspense that was involved in that part of the film - with the whole don't-mess-a-thing-or-everything-will-go-pair-shaped scenario - was executed perfectly. And the scene with Biff in his car and Marty on the hoverboard was pretty awesome, I must admit!
Then, towards the end of the film, I was feeling the same feelings that I had when watching the end of the first film - *fingers-crossed* "please, everything just go well! Let everything just return to normal!". By this time I was completely caught up in what was happening to the characters and what was happening in the story - nothing else mattered in the world; I was completely immersed in the film. I began to get excited when I thought that Marty and Doc were actually going to return to their proper time period safely (at least, that's what I was hoping), but then when the lightning struck the Delorean, I was taken by surprised and a little shocked (no pun intended). What was meant to be a nice, clean-cut, happy ending was completely thrown in the bin to make way for a nice little cliff-hanger - which I love! (I'm actually one of those strange people that gets a real kick out of cliff-hangers and 'to be continued's.
So, anyway, overall, what began as a pretty woeful piece of crap turned into a suspenseful, exciting, enjoyable experience which has ultimately hyped my up for Part III big-time!