Fun fact, idk if you've heard it before: Tom Holland actually had the way he portrayed Peter Parker based on Michael J Fox's Marty McFly. The way he talks. His mannerisms. Everything. He even constantly compared his relationship with RDJ to Marty and Doc Brown
Thank you so much for reacting to this! It’s literally used in film classes as a prime example of pacing, setup, and payoff done right. The perfect beginning to a perfect trilogy, in my opinion. If you loved this one, you’ll love the other two. Thanks and enjoy! EDIT: ok, NEARLY perfect, trilogy, there are some retcons introduced later…
The trilogy is really good, yes, but I would not say perfect. - Some setups are forced, in the "as you know" style. - The chicken/yellow insult is introduced randomly in the second movie. - There are some overacting that would be more suitable for a stage than a movie. - Some running gags, especially in the third movie, are there because they are running gags, to the detriment of the story. These movies have flaws, but they deserve to be watched and rewatched.
@@n.j.hanson4267 That's actually a pretty good justification. He saw what happened when his father was a coward, and how things improved when he wasn't. So therefore, in this altered timeline, Marty has very strong feelings about being called a coward. That being said, I would say that the first movie is flawless. But the other two aren't quite.
When I was taking writing classes in college, they told us the best stories do four things: 1) Introduce and make you care about your characters, 2) Get your characters trapped in a tree, 3) Throw rocks at them while they're in the tree, 4) Successfully get them out of the tree (without any contrivance). This film is a masterclass in that approach.
Sadly a styling modern Star Wars failed at Introduced rei…didn’t bother making the audience like them other than “she’s female so if you don’t like her you’re a sexist”…sigh By the time they finally got around to providing a reason for us to care, the damage was done
They lost me at the first trailer…showing chewie, and knowing the timeframe relative to the original trilogy, and thinking “hang on…aren’t you meant to be dead?” Rei was little more than a bastardised shadow of her former self, same as disneys version of Ben was a shrivelled up nothing burger compared to his original form JACEN AND JAINA SOLO, twins born to Han and Leia 9ABY, elder siblings to the younger child anakin solo who sadly died at 16, jacen later fall in to the dark side and becoming DARTH CAEDUS…not “kylo ren” Secondly, BEN was never a child of Han and Leia, but their NEPHEW…BEN SKYWALKER, son of Luke and Mara… My personal favourite irony…disney say they want more strong female characters…and they completely ignore fan favourite MARA JADE!?!?!?!?
It's really cool to go back and see the changes to the present that Marty's actions in the past made. For example, the Mall's name changed from Twin Pines Mall to Lone Pine Mall because Marty ran over one of the pine trees when he went back in time.
@@christianwise637 Still, they forgot to put in the shadow of the DeLorean on the road as it sped off in the last scene; very few people noticed that though.
Which one? The scene where it suddenly chimes and he realizes it's working? That's the one that always gets to *me* anyway; in part due to the dramatic music cue at the same moment.
@@SiLvErWaRe000 Okay. fair enough. And it *is* an exciting scene. But the clock chiming alerting Marty that he's not in 1985 anymore always hits me hard in the feels. 🙂
@@SiLvErWaRe000 I'm autistic, so I tend to react strongly to things other people might totally overlook, and vice versa. But I still think all three BTTF movies are great! 😁
19:38 Fun fact, they told Michael Fox that it wasn't real alcohol in the flask but to spit it out just the same. In this take, they actually used real alcohol to get a more genuine reaction out of him.
Directorial stories like that always get me. Like the one from Die Hard where they told Alan Rickman they would drop him on 3 for the final shot, only to drop him on 1 for an authentic reaction. 😂 (RIP Mr. Rickman btw)
I get that it’s funny - but it’s also pretty f’d up. Luckily this “joke” was pulled a few years before MJF battled his alcoholism. It’s stunts like that that make lists of rules longer.
@@VonPatzy oof yeah, imagine if they made the film today and he did have a problem with alcohol, had been attending meetings and had been sober for a while, only for someone to have pulled a swap like that…
Fun fact; the mall is named twin pines mall at the beginning of the movie and at the end it’s called lone pine mall because Marty runs over one of the trees when he first goes back in time.
This is a perfect trilogy. It's rare to find these. Star wars and lord of the rings have pulled it off and there is of course a lot more examples but a lot of times people fail to pull off a perfect trilogy
@@MrBaumGeo Unfortunately both Star Wars AND Lord of the Rings have had some questionable movies in their respective franchises. Thank God it hasn’t happened to BTTF…. For now.
Fun fact: Tom Wilson, the actor for biff, apologized so many times between takes in the car scene that it actually got on Leah Thompsons nerves. He’s an absolute sweetheart irl.
He also didn't like how Eric Stoltz played Marty as a method actor. The scene in the cafeteria especially irritated him because Stoltz was pushing hard.
Please watch the other 2, not just part 2 but BOTH of them. Part three is so severely underrated and, honestly, I'd wager that it might make you shed a tear or two after watching the entire trilogy and understanding the world they exist in. They really are almost the perfect series of movies in my opinion.
Girl, there’s no way in hell anyone can just watch one back to the future movie. Make it through one you gotta sit through all three and I promise you won’t be disappointed.
20:55 It was a stroke of _brilliance_ they pulled with the dynamic between George and Lorraine. Initially, her heart went out to him because he was the little lost puppy that her father hit with the car, so she agreed to go with him to the _Enchantment Under the Sea_ dance. This set the two of them up to kiss for the first time on the dance floor and that set her up to spend the rest of her _life_ with him. But subsequently, he stole her heart by _blooming_ as the knight in shining armor that came to her _rescue_ in her time of _need._ _This_ set the two of them up to kiss for the first time on the dance floor that set her up to spend the rest of her life with him.
I've never seen someone get so excited by exposition! That's usually the part of a movie people either skip or ignore and you're so down for it. That's fantastic! This movie is all about setting up and paying off exposition so your enthusiasm just makes it that much more fun to watch.
Don't even think of not watching the other 2 films! The trilogy works perfect as a whole and each successive film builds on the previous ones; you'll enjoy all of them and then you can comment on how do you think the 3 films complement each other. 😃
9:23 I’m pretty sure Doc has already sent clocks forward in time (reason all of his clocks were 25 minute slow). Note he needed to know if a creature could survive. 10:10 it’s an RPG (rocket propelled grenade) 29:09 my understanding is that there was not any sequels planned when this movie was released. The “to be continued” was supposed to just be a joke, but so many people were clamoring for it, they had to make the sequels.
Few movies give me as much satisfaction as seeing George summoning the courage and knocking Biff clean out, and Biff's subsequent fall to being a chump. I just love it every time.
Just make sure when watching number 2 stop when it says "To be concluded" as it is followed by clips of number 3. Also so you know Jennifer had to be replaced with Elisabeth Shue because Claudia Wells was busy taking care of her ailing mother
Nat, please watch the next two sequels: thanks! Always enjoyable to see your reactions. For an older Tom Cruise film, I suggest Legend (1985) with Mia Sara, Billy Barty, and Tim Curry. For another fantastical film, I highly suggest The Neverending Story (1984) you'll really like it.
Most people don't catch one of the coolest details about changing history. He meets Doc at the Twin Pines Mall but knocks over a pine tree when he drives away from the farm in the 50s. When he gets back to the 80s it's Lone Pine Mall.
I saw this in the theater. I loved it so much I talked my family into going to see it with me, and I will always remember that night, sitting down in a pizza place and having pizza before the movie, and talking and laughing about the jokes in the movie on the drive home. I love when movies have that much of an impact on me, and stick with me forever.
I remember watching these trilogy with my family when I was younger… I always have a soft spot in my heart for this series because of it, it’s just so wonderful.
My first thought was, "What?? She hasn't even seen Back to the Future before?!? No way!".......but then Natalie flat-out admitted that she HAS seen it before.........so I'm glad that she was honest about it, and I'm glad that I gave her the chance to actually say it instead of just sticking with my assumptions.
This is one of the few movie theater experiences as a kid that I will never forget. This movie in the theater is like no other. Acting schools actually study "Back to the Future" as "the perfect script". There's a documentary on Netflix called "The Movies that Made Us" and there's a chapter dedicated to it. You should react to to that documentary and "The Toys that Made Us" to give you a flashback to pre-digital era toys. Powered by the imagination.
There's all kinds of fascinating lore about this movie, so I'll only mention a few. The time machine in the original script was a modified refrigerator, changed because it would have been a very stationary prop and Steven Spielberg didn't want kids locking themselves in fridges. They also would have driven into the blast of a nuclear bomb to fuel the flux capacitor; this was changed because of special effects production costs, and the clock tower lightning strike was much easier and cheaper to film. In one draft of the script, a more generic time machine and the refrigerator were used. However, the time machine required a special ingredient to work: Coca-Cola. Yeah, the soda. In the finale, Marty sneaks into a nuclear testing site, complete with detailed suburban houses. As the countdown starts, he drops the bottle of Coke, and it shatters on the floor. He panics at first, until he realizes that like any American home in that era, the fridge is stocked with another bottle of Coke. It's also lead-lined, so hiding in there lets him survive the blast. This conveniently gives Marty everything he needs to go back to the future. Funnily enough, a similar scenario plays out decades later in Speilberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I love watching this movie! I couldn't stop watching it along with its sequels since October. Mom got me the trilogy on DVD for Christmas a few years ago.
There's a subplot that's important, and it's obvious once you know it, but they don't ever make it explicit: George is left-handed. In some pockets of culture, even as recently as the 80s, there have been people who think that being left-handed is evil, and they will force left-handed kids to use their right hands, usually leading to problems (mental, physical, and practical) later in life. In the first timeline that we see, before Marty goes back, George is still living as if he were right-handed, and as such is still just as awkward and inept as when he was a kid. In the timeline that got created because of Marty's intervention, one of the most important events was when George's right hand was disabled by Biff, forcing him to use a left hook. After the punch, George is staring at his left hand in amazement. He's not just astonished that he decked Biff, he's suddenly realizing how good it felt to use his left hand like that. The new confident George we see in the new timeline, after Marty gets back, is a proud lefty.
7:41 It's exposition, but it actually has plot relevance. In fact, just about all the dialogue in this movie has some callback or pay-off later. That's why I heard this movie is taught in film schools, because there's no superflous dialogue. 13:57 He said the time machine took his family fortune to realize and there was some newspaper clipping in the intro montage saying something "Brown household sold" or something.
So excited for this! I got Back to the Future on DVD when I was 16. Loved it so much I ran it on repeat for a full week. It's one of my favorites, hope you enjoy it too!
LOVE THIS SERIES! Part 1 is the only movie I remember seeing in theaters with my Dad. The whole package is just really amazing and should be included in everyone's movie repertoire. Natalie, you MUST absolutely watch 2 and 3, they are absolutely fabulous. They aren't rip offs of the first, they bring their own challenges, story, and character development. They're amazing.
Great Scott! Another awesome Nattie reaction. You were right. Your reaction was goofy and funny Nat. A really great way to kick off the year. Here's to an awesome 2023 Nat 💛
I know the downtown set has been used many times but it's so weird seeing Gremlins and Back to the Future really feature the same location. The Movie Theater and park with the clock tower.
I still remember seeing this when it came out in 1985. I was just getting out of boot camp in the Navy. I wasn't able to see it until 1986 when it came out on HBO (I was not allowed to leave the base for the first 8 weeks after bootcamp and by that time it was out of the theaters). It is so nice to see young people enjoying the same movies I watched when I was their age.
While I appreciate your willingness to try dark, scary, puzzling, exasperating entertainment, I'm so glad that you've been taking time lately to relax with some classic fun. My favorite "let's mess with time" movie is probably Groundhog Day but BTTF is right beside it. I don't really need any of the sequels, I find this to be a great stand-alone, but it's your call. Thanks, Nat, and have a golden 2023.
I love the detail they put into this movie. Like the fact that the mall was the Twin Pines Mall in the beginning, but the Lone Pine Mall at the end because Marty knocked down one of the two pine trees when he jumped to 1955.
For many years, I worked in a frame shop. Among some of the more interesting things that came in was one of the original props from BTTF. One of the cord connectors from the lightning storm scene: that giant plug thing. We built a nice display box, with a custom plaque describing what it was. The customer was a collector, brought in some other interesting film props- some originals, some replicas.
No matter how many times I see this, I get goosebumps every time Marty skids to a stop in front of his neighborhood when it was just beginning to be built. I love seeing old pictures compared to how things look now.
Saw this in the theater as a kid. Loved it then, and still love it now. From what I've learned of how horribly unpowered DeLoreans are, the most fantastical element of this movie was one of them getting up to 88mph.
Now being in my late thirties and with Facebook, it is amazing to me how so many of my graduating class still live where I went to High School and still hang out with the same group of people, my family was nomadic growing up so I didn't get to put down roots anywhere really.
I love how this movie has like 3 endings, one after another. The tension just keeps building and building for the last 30 minutes. Edit: Oh, and do the other two. (3 is the best!).
As any screenwriter or creative writer of any type will tell you writing exposition without making it sound like one is feeding the audience exposition is one of the most difficult tasks.
Would definitely be happy to see the rest of the trilogy! It never stops being charming and funny, and the whole cast (minus Crispin Glover of course) just continue to be amazing. Especially Thomas Wilson with all of the different versions of Biff
I just can't get over how funny BOTH Natalie and Cameron are. Natalie has that quirky humor that I can relate to, and Cameron has that editing skill to add to the fun. I laughed way too hard with the owl clock. 🤣🤣🤣
When Marty goes to meet Doc it's at the "Twin Pines Mall". When Marty goes back in time, he runs over 1 of 2 pine tree saplings on the farm. At the end, when Marty goes to save Doc from the Libyans, the mall sign says "Lone Pine Mall" 😲
The rest of the trilogy is definitely worth watching. An Easter Egg in this one I'm not sure you noticed: the mall at the beginning is the "Twin Pines Mall", but when Marty gets back there at the end (after having run over one of the farmer's trees escaping from the barn in 1955), it's the "Lone Pine Mall".
Probably the hardest choice - the best movie of the 80s is Terminator or Back to the Future? :) The cinemas didn't show Back to the Future, the Soviet Union, but the "pirates/smugglers," brought both films on VHS. Now we also have many films banned, but everything is downloaded via the Internet, yeah. Something doesn't change. "War never changes" as they said in Fallout... “Damn it all, because I can’t think of anything other than these words of his - HAPPINESS FOR EVERYONE, FREE, AND LET NO ONE GO OFFENDED!” (Roadside Picnic, 1972)
I've been saying that this is as close to a perfect movie as we'll get. I absolutely love it and it is in my top 5 favorites. Can't wait for you to get to the sequels. If you're so inclined, there is another UA-cam video that does a fan script of a BTTF 4 and I really dig it.
Fun fact they don't call too much attention to. Marty meets Doc at Twin Pines Mall. After Marty knocks down a pine tree on his trip to the past, the mall when Marty goes back is called Lone Pine Mall.
Fun fact; they didn't intend to make a sequel so when a sequel was greenlit they had to make what was a gag (the flying car) work for the next movie also ; Michael had to film both Family Ties the TV show and Back to the future at the same time so Most scenes were filmed at night or indoor locations. He would shoot scenes for the TV show from 10am-6pm and immediately get driven to the shoot for Back to the future from 7pm-4am - Rinse and Repeat
Thing is, I think things turned out better for Biff too because of Marty - it's not like the tables really turned on him: He owns his own business and he seems genuinely happy and content at the end, something you certainly can't say for the other Biff.
Yeah, the original and alternate Biff are both miserable, unhappy people, while car-wash Biff seems to be a lot happier. His future self's anger seems to be tied to his idiot nephew Griff and jealousy, and might also be averted by the events from the last movie.
@@TheJokerAkaCirque people change. it's quite possible he was happy in between and just reverted back to his old self, but more likely than that it's just imperfect script writing. the whole future part of bttf2 is a little off
I was the same age as Marty McFly back when this movie was first released in 1985. I loved this movie so much that I went back to see it again. In fact, I saw this movie TWELVE TIMES in the theater! I have never watched anything else more than once in the theater. Add to that all the times I have watched this on VHS, DVD, TV, and every reactor on UA-cam since then... well... I lost count how many times I have seen it. I always look to the background for inconsistencies in filming (something that is all too easy to slip in when making a movie about time travel), but every time I am rewarded with tiny details that were purposely put in which are unlikely to be seen on a first viewing. Please watch the sequels. I think you will love them.
Happy New Year, Natalie! Would love to you react to parts 2 and 3, they're just as fun as the first one. (BTW Cameron that Ye appearance at 19:30 took me out 💀)
Also-ALSO Marty: Turns off Engine in Delorean almost immediately after going Back To The Future even he knows damn well The Delorean is known to stall!
@@brianstraight9308 Um... No!!!! The Delorion never stalled with the engine still running. It only stalled whenever Marty shut off the engine just Ike Delorions in real life. If he would have just kept the motor running he could have made it back before the libians, Yu dumbass!
@@MrParkerman6 Nope. It stalls (dies) when he's at the starting line for the lightning bolt. He's sitting there, he changes the Destination Time to give him his 10 minutes, does a checklist and finishes with "engine running..." then we hear the engine die and see the tach drop to 0.
@@MrParkerman6 Dude, he just went through the most stressful situations in his life plus crashed into a wall. I wouldn't remember how to drive on his place.
knowing what happens in this movie makes it damn ndear as good as the first time you watch it cuz you catch all the elements of foreshadowing. its great
Fun Fact: The ending wasn't meant to be a setup for a sequel. It was originally intended to imply that Marty and Doc will continue to have adventures. But due to being such a hit, Universal approached Zemeckis and Gale to do a sequel, and they decided to do two, and wrap them up as a trilogy. Due to them having the rights to the BTTF story, they have both sworn that there wouldn't be any reboot for as long as they live. However, there have been some continuations, with a bulk of them having Bob Gale involved with them (including the Tell-Tale Games' Back to the Future: The Game and a comic series).
Fun Facts: Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis never thought this movie would be the success that it was, which is why the theatrical version didn't have have a To Be Continued at the end (as with the DVD and Blu-Ray versions), just the later VHS tape release after the movie left theaters. Zemeckis was busy making Who Framed Roger Rabbit for a few years before he and Gale could make BTTF 2 & 3.
I miss the 1980s (I first saw this movie at age 29, when it was new, in a movie theater.) and had seen Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in TV sitcoms (Fox in "Family Ties" as a conservative Republican youth living with his sisters and liberal, former hippie parents) and Lloyd, a few years earlier, in "Taxi," where (in 1983 he still had dark hair) he played one of the cabbies; his character was an eccentric a bit like Doc. I'd also seen Lloyd as the villain in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" another 80s movie well worth reviewing, about cartoon characters ("toons") living among humans in a section of LA. Amazing that Lloyd, who's done a slew of other movies, is still active in his 80s. Fox, who married the woman who played his first "Family Ties" girlfriend, is in his early 60s and an advocate for research to cure Parkinson's Disease, whose symptoms first beset him in the 80s and early 90s about the time the BTF sequels were made. In my opinion this movie needed no sequels, but it generated such a clamor for more (not to mention financial profit) that the producers had to give in. No doubt you've seen the history of BTF including how Fox, the movie makers' first choice, eventually was cast to replace another actor, Eric Stoltz, who in their opinion was wrong for the part of Marty; by then the "Family Ties" producers had agreed to let Fox do the film as well as the TV show (which stretched his schedule, deprived him of a lot of sleep, and sometimes made him call his TV dad "Doc" by mistake, according to articles I've read.) Thanks for the nostalgia. (I was born in 1956 and vaguely remember those old cars and storefronts, etc., from my early childhood. Now it's time for me to "make like a tree and LEAVE" (to correctly quote the phrase that the 1955 BIff screws up.)
A thing I’ve wondered recently: the Marty we see use the Time Machine at the end of the movie is not the same Marty that used it at the start of the movie. This Marty is from the happier timeline with happy parents. What the heck happens to him when he runs away from the Libyans? He’s not the marty we see in 1955 in BttF2. For all we know, he just disappears in time, never to be seen again, replaced by original Marty.
So much great trivia for this... they filmed like half the movie with Eric Stoltz as Marty before they rebooted it.. Michael was shooting Family Ties at the same time and basically slept while being driven from set to set, which is why a lot of the movie is shot at night. Twin Pines Mall becomes Lone Pine Mall after he returns because he runs over one of the trees. Great writing and cast all the way.
October 21st, 2015 was 'Back To The Future Day'. :)) And there never was a sequel planned. It was only pressure from fans that made it happen- hence why it took 4 years. They didn't start writing the script until 1987.
I love that the setup for the sequel was just done for fun, they didn’t think the movie would perform very well. But when the move got super popular and the studio wanted a sequel they then had to match with the joke ending of the first movie.
Your "greetings from the past" in the beginning reminded me of a quote: _"Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now."_ I like the game grammar plays in this quote.
Hi Natalie! What makes this movie timeless 😉for me, it's not so much about tec stuff but about family and friendship. And it's full of little details and easter eggs! For example: one of the many clocks in Doc's garage is in the shape of a clock tower with a little man hanging on it, just like Doc later in the movie. This is a hommage to the silent movie "Safety last!" from 1923 with Harold Lloyd. And Christopher Lloyd is the name of the actor who played Doc Brown. 🤯 The name of the mall changed into "Lone Pine Mall" because Marty drove over a pine when escaping the Peabody farm. The homeless guy in 1985 is the mayor in 1955. And so on.... 😉 And for the easter eggs: In the beginning, you see a newspaper article about "Brown mansion destroyed" or something like that, and Doc mentioned he spent all the wealth of his family for realizing his vision. So, yes, in the 50s, he was a wealthy man. Just look at his car he loaned Marty to drive Lorraine to the dance ;-) Eddie van Halen (RIP) played a guitar solo exclusively for the scene Marty pretends to be "Darth Vader", and if I remember correctly, just for the fun. The guy at the audition who says that Martys band ist just too loud is Huey Lewis, who performed "Power of love" and "Back in time" for the soundtrack. Marty's performance on stage is a mix of Eddie van Halen (Van Halen), Angus Young (AC/DC) and Jimi Hendrix, in my opinion ;-) The final scene was intendet as a last joke, but as the movie became such a HUGE success and fans demanded a sequel, the team has to do it. So, have fun with part 2 and 3! 😁 Weniger anzeigen
Yes, yes it is perfection. I was pretty much Marty's age when this came out so it seemed fabulous. Years later I realized how finely crafted the whole movie is. Everlasting brilliance.
Watch the sequels!!! And just for fun on your own, watch the tv series "Taxi" (I think it's on Hulu)... It has Christopher Lloyd as Reverend Jim, Danny DeVito, Tony Danza, Judd Hirsch (from Independence Day & The Goldbergs) & Andy Kaufman... Lloyd isn't in the first few episodes, but stay with it...
If you look at the mail sign at the start of the the movie, it reads Twin Pines Mall, whereas when Marty returns later it says Lone Pine Malll. This is simply because Marty ran over one of the trees when he entered 1855.
Easter Egg: The farmer's name is Peabody and the boy is called Sherman... from the animated TV show about time travellers who have a time machine called the Wayback Machine.
For those that didn't know, the lead singer "Marvin Berry" calls his cousin "Chuck" to tell him about the "sound he's been lookin for". Chuck Berry was a grandfather of Rock'n Roll, and wrote "Johnny B. Goode"
Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) is a cool guy in real life. He does stand-up comedy where he talks about his time on the _BTTF_ sets. At first, Tom had a really difficult time playing Biff because *he* was bullied as a child. Tom actually hates bullies. During the almost-rape scene, he was being too gentle with Lea Thompson (Lorraine). Lea had to take him aside and almost yell at him to be rougher with her or else he wouldn't sell the scene. Whatever she said, it worked. Back in 2015, there was a big revival of _BTTF_ centered around the time Doc, Marty and Jennifer traveled to in the second movie. They brought back all 3 films in the theaters, and many of them would show the entire trilogy back-to-back-to-back. What a butt-number (as in your butt would get numb from being stationary for that long) that must have been.
5:56 "Can you imagine..?" Don't have to, Nat. That was high school in the 1980s. I got jumped by 5 guys during lunch one day. Had to defend myself. Get in trouble for fighting. Principal did that exact thing to me. I winced and pulled back and told him to "lay off the onions at lunch." Made an enemy that day.
Back to the future is one of these rare perfect trilogys. So by all means watch ALL 3 of them for sure!
Same as I said, pretty much! You tend to expect sequels to be poor quality but these are nice and solid offerings. I love the third, myself!
Indiana jones is another. Still love the flawed 4th one tho. Lord of the Rings is the only other one that springs to mind
@@danielhenze8182 Star Wars. The second and third movies (of the original trilogy) are more popular than the first movie for most people. :)
@@xzonia1 idk how I forgot that. New hope is definitely the best one in my books but the two sequels definitely didn’t disappoint (for the most part)
Lord of the rings is also another trilogy masterpiece
Fun fact, idk if you've heard it before: Tom Holland actually had the way he portrayed Peter Parker based on Michael J Fox's Marty McFly. The way he talks. His mannerisms. Everything. He even constantly compared his relationship with RDJ to Marty and Doc Brown
What the fuck is R D J?
@@MrParkerman6 Robert Downey Jr. Iron man
there's a deepfake video of the school hallway scene with the actors changed to Tom and Robert's faces.
@@bcn1gh7h4wk That's awesome. Gotta check tht out
Makes sense MCU Peter Parker at least in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" dressed like an updated Marty McFly.
Thank you so much for reacting to this! It’s literally used in film classes as a prime example of pacing, setup, and payoff done right. The perfect beginning to a perfect trilogy, in my opinion. If you loved this one, you’ll love the other two. Thanks and enjoy!
EDIT: ok, NEARLY perfect, trilogy, there are some retcons introduced later…
The trilogy is really good, yes, but I would not say perfect.
- Some setups are forced, in the "as you know" style.
- The chicken/yellow insult is introduced randomly in the second movie.
- There are some overacting that would be more suitable for a stage than a movie.
- Some running gags, especially in the third movie, are there because they are running gags, to the detriment of the story.
These movies have flaws, but they deserve to be watched and rewatched.
@@ghyslainabel ok, NEARLY perfect, your points are indeed valid.
@@mitchellneuhey all that matters is that it’s perfect for YOU
The chicken/yellow thing might be a timeline drift. Once the timeline changed, so did he.
@@n.j.hanson4267 That's actually a pretty good justification. He saw what happened when his father was a coward, and how things improved when he wasn't. So therefore, in this altered timeline, Marty has very strong feelings about being called a coward.
That being said, I would say that the first movie is flawless. But the other two aren't quite.
When I was taking writing classes in college, they told us the best stories do four things: 1) Introduce and make you care about your characters, 2) Get your characters trapped in a tree, 3) Throw rocks at them while they're in the tree, 4) Successfully get them out of the tree (without any contrivance). This film is a masterclass in that approach.
That is actually a brilliant way of explaining it!
Sadly a styling modern Star Wars failed at
Introduced rei…didn’t bother making the audience like them other than “she’s female so if you don’t like her you’re a sexist”…sigh
By the time they finally got around to providing a reason for us to care, the damage was done
@@trayolphia5756 not wrong mate - never cared in the slightest about any of the characters that mess introduced
They lost me at the first trailer…showing chewie, and knowing the timeframe relative to the original trilogy, and thinking “hang on…aren’t you meant to be dead?”
Rei was little more than a bastardised shadow of her former self, same as disneys version of Ben was a shrivelled up nothing burger compared to his original form
JACEN AND JAINA SOLO, twins born to Han and Leia 9ABY, elder siblings to the younger child anakin solo who sadly died at 16, jacen later fall in to the dark side and becoming DARTH CAEDUS…not “kylo ren”
Secondly, BEN was never a child of Han and Leia, but their NEPHEW…BEN SKYWALKER, son of Luke and Mara…
My personal favourite irony…disney say they want more strong female characters…and they completely ignore fan favourite MARA JADE!?!?!?!?
USC uses BTTF as an example of a perfect screenplay
It's really cool to go back and see the changes to the present that Marty's actions in the past made. For example, the Mall's name changed from Twin Pines Mall to Lone Pine Mall because Marty ran over one of the pine trees when he went back in time.
It's why I love this film so much, the attention to detail is just something else
@@christianwise637 Still, they forgot to put in the shadow of the DeLorean on the road as it sped off in the last scene; very few people noticed that though.
@@Seele2015au no. It's there.
@@Seele2015au Notice the fire tracks caused by the DeLorean at the start of the movie change around Doc and Marty?
I can't count how many times I've watched this movie, yet the clock tower scene still gets my heart racing every time.
Which one? The scene where it suddenly chimes and he realizes it's working? That's the one that always gets to *me* anyway; in part due to the dramatic music cue at the same moment.
@@jasontoddman7265 The climax scene. The music, and intense situation it gets me every time.
@@SiLvErWaRe000 Okay. fair enough. And it *is* an exciting scene. But the clock chiming alerting Marty that he's not in 1985 anymore always hits me hard in the feels. 🙂
@@jasontoddman7265 That's pretty rad. I've never felt any emotional reaction to that scene. It's cool that you have such a different experience.
@@SiLvErWaRe000 I'm autistic, so I tend to react strongly to things other people might totally overlook, and vice versa. But I still think all three BTTF movies are great! 😁
19:38 Fun fact, they told Michael Fox that it wasn't real alcohol in the flask but to spit it out just the same. In this take, they actually used real alcohol to get a more genuine reaction out of him.
Directorial stories like that always get me. Like the one from Die Hard where they told Alan Rickman they would drop him on 3 for the final shot, only to drop him on 1 for an authentic reaction. 😂
(RIP Mr. Rickman btw)
I get that it’s funny - but it’s also pretty f’d up.
Luckily this “joke” was pulled a few years before MJF battled his alcoholism.
It’s stunts like that that make lists of rules longer.
@@VonPatzy oof yeah, imagine if they made the film today and he did have a problem with alcohol, had been attending meetings and had been sober for a while, only for someone to have pulled a swap like that…
Fun fact; the mall is named twin pines mall at the beginning of the movie and at the end it’s called lone pine mall because Marty runs over one of the trees when he first goes back in time.
This is one of the few series where watching the sequels is totally worth it. 😊
This is a perfect trilogy. It's rare to find these. Star wars and lord of the rings have pulled it off and there is of course a lot more examples but a lot of times people fail to pull off a perfect trilogy
@@MrBaumGeo Unfortunately both Star Wars AND Lord of the Rings have had some questionable movies in their respective franchises. Thank God it hasn’t happened to BTTF…. For now.
@@ignas358 I think another series that has this is god father. I don't think there was any sequel that ruined it.
Fun fact: Tom Wilson, the actor for biff, apologized so many times between takes in the car scene that it actually got on Leah Thompsons nerves. He’s an absolute sweetheart irl.
He also didn't like how Eric Stoltz played Marty as a method actor. The scene in the cafeteria especially irritated him because Stoltz was pushing hard.
Please watch the other 2, not just part 2 but BOTH of them. Part three is so severely underrated and, honestly, I'd wager that it might make you shed a tear or two after watching the entire trilogy and understanding the world they exist in. They really are almost the perfect series of movies in my opinion.
Girl, there’s no way in hell anyone can just watch one back to the future movie. Make it through one you gotta sit through all three and I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Yes pleeaase!! :)
She has seen them already.
@@Сайтамен 3:20 She said she doesn't think she has seen the others, just this one, but she doesn't remember.
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3:18 how can you hear her say I don't think I've seen the movies
Oh yeah? I never really cared for the other two, but I've watched this one dozens of times. 😉
You absolutely must do the sequels! They're great together, and the 1st film is good by itself but altogether, they create such an iconic trilogy.
20:55 It was a stroke of _brilliance_ they pulled with the dynamic between George and Lorraine.
Initially, her heart went out to him because he was the little lost puppy that her father hit with the car, so she agreed to go with him to the _Enchantment Under the Sea_ dance. This set the two of them up to kiss for the first time on the dance floor and that set her up to spend the rest of her _life_ with him.
But subsequently, he stole her heart by _blooming_ as the knight in shining armor that came to her _rescue_ in her time of _need._ _This_ set the two of them up to kiss for the first time on the dance floor that set her up to spend the rest of her life with him.
I also like it that a Sith lord pushed George to be a knight.
I've never seen someone get so excited by exposition! That's usually the part of a movie people either skip or ignore and you're so down for it. That's fantastic! This movie is all about setting up and paying off exposition so your enthusiasm just makes it that much more fun to watch.
I heard that a film school they use this script as an example of a perfect screenplay. It really is a masterpiece of a movie.
Don't even think of not watching the other 2 films! The trilogy works perfect as a whole and each successive film builds on the previous ones; you'll enjoy all of them and then you can comment on how do you think the 3 films complement each other. 😃
but..shes already seen them...
9:23 I’m pretty sure Doc has already sent clocks forward in time (reason all of his clocks were 25 minute slow). Note he needed to know if a creature could survive.
10:10 it’s an RPG (rocket propelled grenade)
29:09 my understanding is that there was not any sequels planned when this movie was released. The “to be continued” was supposed to just be a joke, but so many people were clamoring for it, they had to make the sequels.
Few movies give me as much satisfaction as seeing George summoning the courage and knocking Biff clean out, and Biff's subsequent fall to being a chump. I just love it every time.
The knockout punch is even better if you see it in the stage musical version.
Have you ever watched Pleasantville? It's also a good 50's nostalgia trip on a sci-fi story, highly recommed
Nat Please do the complete Trilogy! These Films are great so glad you did this reaction.
Just make sure when watching number 2 stop when it says "To be concluded" as it is followed by clips of number 3.
Also so you know Jennifer had to be replaced with Elisabeth Shue because Claudia Wells was busy taking care of her ailing mother
@@DaleKingProfile She's already seen these movies. 😉
@@MrKeychange I believe she said she only watched the first one
28:59 Funny thing is, it wasn't a setup for a sequel. They just intended it as a joke. The sequel wasn't even planned. :D
Nat, please watch the next two sequels: thanks! Always enjoyable to see your reactions. For an older Tom Cruise film, I suggest Legend (1985) with Mia Sara, Billy Barty, and Tim Curry. For another fantastical film, I highly suggest The Neverending Story (1984) you'll really like it.
Yes! Love Legend! Especially Tim Curry's performance as Darkness! It's SO great! Also, I'd suggest The Color of Money with Cruise and Paul Newman.
The next two movies are so fun.
I'm pretty sure Natlie has already seen NeverEnding Story though.
I'd love a reaction to Legends!
Don't watch Neverending Story. Read the book instead.
She's already reacted to The Neverending Story.
Most people don't catch one of the coolest details about changing history. He meets Doc at the Twin Pines Mall but knocks over a pine tree when he drives away from the farm in the 50s. When he gets back to the 80s it's Lone Pine Mall.
I saw this in the theater. I loved it so much I talked my family into going to see it with me, and I will always remember that night, sitting down in a pizza place and having pizza before the movie, and talking and laughing about the jokes in the movie on the drive home. I love when movies have that much of an impact on me, and stick with me forever.
This movie has a special place in my heart, I was born October 18th, 1985, this movie takes place in October 26, 1985, I wasn't even Ten Days Old yet.
I remember watching these trilogy with my family when I was younger… I always have a soft spot in my heart for this series because of it, it’s just so wonderful.
My first thought was, "What?? She hasn't even seen Back to the Future before?!? No way!".......but then Natalie flat-out admitted that she HAS seen it before.........so I'm glad that she was honest about it, and I'm glad that I gave her the chance to actually say it instead of just sticking with my assumptions.
Whenever Natalie does the "Yes, you!" intro, I can't help but smile, haha.
I find it childish and annoying lol.
Same. It always makes me smile.
@@Lozian yeah, me too...and cringy.😬not sure why it triggers me, though.
I love it, my favorite reactor intro on youtube
@@tkthetank I can only think of DSP when anyone says it 🤣
This is one of the few movie theater experiences as a kid that I will never forget. This movie in the theater is like no other. Acting schools actually study "Back to the Future" as "the perfect script". There's a documentary on Netflix called "The Movies that Made Us" and there's a chapter dedicated to it. You should react to to that documentary and "The Toys that Made Us" to give you a flashback to pre-digital era toys. Powered by the imagination.
Natalie is so self aware, I love this channel so much!
There's all kinds of fascinating lore about this movie, so I'll only mention a few. The time machine in the original script was a modified refrigerator, changed because it would have been a very stationary prop and Steven Spielberg didn't want kids locking themselves in fridges. They also would have driven into the blast of a nuclear bomb to fuel the flux capacitor; this was changed because of special effects production costs, and the clock tower lightning strike was much easier and cheaper to film. In one draft of the script, a more generic time machine and the refrigerator were used. However, the time machine required a special ingredient to work: Coca-Cola. Yeah, the soda. In the finale, Marty sneaks into a nuclear testing site, complete with detailed suburban houses. As the countdown starts, he drops the bottle of Coke, and it shatters on the floor. He panics at first, until he realizes that like any American home in that era, the fridge is stocked with another bottle of Coke. It's also lead-lined, so hiding in there lets him survive the blast. This conveniently gives Marty everything he needs to go back to the future. Funnily enough, a similar scenario plays out decades later in Speilberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
I love watching this movie! I couldn't stop watching it along with its sequels since October.
Mom got me the trilogy on DVD for Christmas a few years ago.
There's a subplot that's important, and it's obvious once you know it, but they don't ever make it explicit: George is left-handed. In some pockets of culture, even as recently as the 80s, there have been people who think that being left-handed is evil, and they will force left-handed kids to use their right hands, usually leading to problems (mental, physical, and practical) later in life. In the first timeline that we see, before Marty goes back, George is still living as if he were right-handed, and as such is still just as awkward and inept as when he was a kid. In the timeline that got created because of Marty's intervention, one of the most important events was when George's right hand was disabled by Biff, forcing him to use a left hook. After the punch, George is staring at his left hand in amazement. He's not just astonished that he decked Biff, he's suddenly realizing how good it felt to use his left hand like that. The new confident George we see in the new timeline, after Marty gets back, is a proud lefty.
This was one of my favorite movies growing up as a kid! I have so many fond memories of watching it and showing it to friends :)
7:41 It's exposition, but it actually has plot relevance. In fact, just about all the dialogue in this movie has some callback or pay-off later. That's why I heard this movie is taught in film schools, because there's no superflous dialogue.
13:57 He said the time machine took his family fortune to realize and there was some newspaper clipping in the intro montage saying something "Brown household sold" or something.
So excited for this! I got Back to the Future on DVD when I was 16. Loved it so much I ran it on repeat for a full week. It's one of my favorites, hope you enjoy it too!
LOVE THIS SERIES! Part 1 is the only movie I remember seeing in theaters with my Dad. The whole package is just really amazing and should be included in everyone's movie repertoire.
Natalie, you MUST absolutely watch 2 and 3, they are absolutely fabulous. They aren't rip offs of the first, they bring their own challenges, story, and character development. They're amazing.
Great Scott! Another awesome Nattie reaction. You were right. Your reaction was goofy and funny Nat. A really great way to kick off the year. Here's to an awesome 2023 Nat 💛
I know the downtown set has been used many times but it's so weird seeing Gremlins and Back to the Future really feature the same location. The Movie Theater and park with the clock tower.
I for one definitely want reactions to the sequels!
I still remember seeing this when it came out in 1985. I was just getting out of boot camp in the Navy. I wasn't able to see it until 1986 when it came out on HBO (I was not allowed to leave the base for the first 8 weeks after bootcamp and by that time it was out of the theaters). It is so nice to see young people enjoying the same movies I watched when I was their age.
While I appreciate your willingness to try dark, scary, puzzling, exasperating entertainment, I'm so glad that you've been taking time lately to relax with some classic fun. My favorite "let's mess with time" movie is probably Groundhog Day but BTTF is right beside it. I don't really need any of the sequels, I find this to be a great stand-alone, but it's your call. Thanks, Nat, and have a golden 2023.
I love the detail they put into this movie. Like the fact that the mall was the Twin Pines Mall in the beginning, but the Lone Pine Mall at the end because Marty knocked down one of the two pine trees when he jumped to 1955.
This is actually my favorite movie of all time, Out of all the sequels, this is always my favorite classic, but I hope you enjoy part 2 and part 3
For many years, I worked in a frame shop. Among some of the more interesting things that came in was one of the original props from BTTF. One of the cord connectors from the lightning storm scene: that giant plug thing. We built a nice display box, with a custom plaque describing what it was. The customer was a collector, brought in some other interesting film props- some originals, some replicas.
The moment Doc discovers the letter is my favorite musical cue in the trilogy. It's too bad it's cut short.
No matter how many times I see this, I get goosebumps every time Marty skids to a stop in front of his neighborhood when it was just beginning to be built. I love seeing old pictures compared to how things look now.
Saw this in the theater as a kid. Loved it then, and still love it now. From what I've learned of how horribly unpowered DeLoreans are, the most fantastical element of this movie was one of them getting up to 88mph.
Well to do that, they had to remove the stock engine and pout a modified engine in the car.
Now being in my late thirties and with Facebook, it is amazing to me how so many of my graduating class still live where I went to High School and still hang out with the same group of people, my family was nomadic growing up so I didn't get to put down roots anywhere really.
The making of and the behind the scenes details of this movie are fascinating. Michael J. Fox essentially made the thing while half asleep lol
I love that your doggos are just there laying in the same position. It looks like they are trying to watch the movie with you.
I love how this movie has like 3 endings, one after another. The tension just keeps building and building for the last 30 minutes.
Edit: Oh, and do the other two. (3 is the best!).
As any screenwriter or creative writer of any type will tell you writing exposition without making it sound like one is feeding the audience exposition is one of the most difficult tasks.
You definitely need to do the whole trilogy. It fits together well. Even though we didn’t get our flying cars.
Would definitely be happy to see the rest of the trilogy! It never stops being charming and funny, and the whole cast (minus Crispin Glover of course) just continue to be amazing. Especially Thomas Wilson with all of the different versions of Biff
I just can't get over how funny BOTH Natalie and Cameron are. Natalie has that quirky humor that I can relate to, and Cameron has that editing skill to add to the fun. I laughed way too hard with the owl clock. 🤣🤣🤣
Cameron makes everything better 😂
🎶 When Cameron was in Egypt's- laaaannnddd!
LET-MY-CAMERON..... Gooooo! 🎶
@@NatalieGoldReacts MrParkerman6's comment just made me want to ask if you would ever do a reaction video of Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
The hilarious part about the DeLorean not starting in the film is its accurate.... those cars were LEGENDARY for breaking down constantly lol
At 27:50 Natalie is adorably funny! "Oh, how the turn tables!" I love it!
When Marty goes to meet Doc it's at the "Twin Pines Mall". When Marty goes back in time, he runs over 1 of 2 pine tree saplings on the farm. At the end, when Marty goes to save Doc from the Libyans, the mall sign says "Lone Pine Mall" 😲
This is my favorite movie. Thank you so much for this!
The rest of the trilogy is definitely worth watching. An Easter Egg in this one I'm not sure you noticed: the mall at the beginning is the "Twin Pines Mall", but when Marty gets back there at the end (after having run over one of the farmer's trees escaping from the barn in 1955), it's the "Lone Pine Mall".
You HAVE to do the sequels. They are also really fun, especially 3 but I'm biased to westerns. 2 is actually kinda dark but the finale is amazing!
Probably the hardest choice - the best movie of the 80s is Terminator or Back to the Future? :) The cinemas didn't show Back to the Future, the Soviet Union, but the "pirates/smugglers," brought both films on VHS. Now we also have many films banned, but everything is downloaded via the Internet, yeah. Something doesn't change. "War never changes" as they said in Fallout...
“Damn it all, because I can’t think of anything other than these words of his - HAPPINESS FOR EVERYONE, FREE, AND LET NO ONE GO OFFENDED!” (Roadside Picnic, 1972)
I've been saying that this is as close to a perfect movie as we'll get. I absolutely love it and it is in my top 5 favorites. Can't wait for you to get to the sequels. If you're so inclined, there is another UA-cam video that does a fan script of a BTTF 4 and I really dig it.
"Its make like a tree and leave"
Please do back to the future part 2 & 3
Fun fact they don't call too much attention to. Marty meets Doc at Twin Pines Mall. After Marty knocks down a pine tree on his trip to the past, the mall when Marty goes back is called Lone Pine Mall.
Fun fact; they didn't intend to make a sequel so when a sequel was greenlit they had to make what was a gag (the flying car) work for the next movie also ;
Michael had to film both Family Ties the TV show and Back to the future at the same time so Most scenes were filmed at night or indoor locations. He would shoot scenes for the TV show from 10am-6pm and immediately get driven to the shoot for Back to the future from 7pm-4am - Rinse and Repeat
Thing is, I think things turned out better for Biff too because of Marty - it's not like the tables really turned on him: He owns his own business and he seems genuinely happy and content at the end, something you certainly can't say for the other Biff.
Yeah, the original and alternate Biff are both miserable, unhappy people, while car-wash Biff seems to be a lot happier. His future self's anger seems to be tied to his idiot nephew Griff and jealousy, and might also be averted by the events from the last movie.
This only applies if you view the film as standalone. BTTF2 makes it clear he's *not* happy
@@TheJokerAkaCirque people change. it's quite possible he was happy in between and just reverted back to his old self, but more likely than that it's just imperfect script writing. the whole future part of bttf2 is a little off
@@snooks5607 idk if it's "off"- people change, but bitter losers also often know how to put up a good smiling face around the people they resent.
That was fake happiness. It's really obvious.
I was the same age as Marty McFly back when this movie was first released in 1985. I loved this movie so much that I went back to see it again. In fact, I saw this movie TWELVE TIMES in the theater! I have never watched anything else more than once in the theater. Add to that all the times I have watched this on VHS, DVD, TV, and every reactor on UA-cam since then... well... I lost count how many times I have seen it. I always look to the background for inconsistencies in filming (something that is all too easy to slip in when making a movie about time travel), but every time I am rewarded with tiny details that were purposely put in which are unlikely to be seen on a first viewing. Please watch the sequels. I think you will love them.
Happy New Year, Natalie! Would love to you react to parts 2 and 3, they're just as fun as the first one.
(BTW Cameron that Ye appearance at 19:30 took me out 💀)
18:57 love the double meaning of the shout…both as a general “uh oh” reaction, but also describing what they were about to get covered in
Marty: "I've got all the time I want, I have a time machine."
Also Marty: "10 minutes should do it."
Also-ALSO Marty: Turns off Engine in Delorean almost immediately after going Back To The Future even he knows damn well The Delorean is known to stall!
@@MrParkerman6 To be fair, the DeLorean would have stalled either way.
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Um... No!!!! The Delorion never stalled with the engine still running. It only stalled whenever Marty shut off the engine just Ike Delorions in real life. If he would have just kept the motor running he could have made it back before the libians, Yu dumbass!
@@MrParkerman6 Nope. It stalls (dies) when he's at the starting line for the lightning bolt. He's sitting there, he changes the Destination Time to give him his 10 minutes, does a checklist and finishes with "engine running..." then we hear the engine die and see the tach drop to 0.
@@MrParkerman6 Dude, he just went through the most stressful situations in his life plus crashed into a wall. I wouldn't remember how to drive on his place.
knowing what happens in this movie makes it damn ndear as good as the first time you watch it cuz you catch all the elements of foreshadowing. its great
Fun Fact: The ending wasn't meant to be a setup for a sequel. It was originally intended to imply that Marty and Doc will continue to have adventures. But due to being such a hit, Universal approached Zemeckis and Gale to do a sequel, and they decided to do two, and wrap them up as a trilogy. Due to them having the rights to the BTTF story, they have both sworn that there wouldn't be any reboot for as long as they live. However, there have been some continuations, with a bulk of them having Bob Gale involved with them (including the Tell-Tale Games' Back to the Future: The Game and a comic series).
Other media I'm fine with... but they had better damned well never remake, reboot, or extend this trilogy. It stands as is for all time.
@@mycroft16 As long as the Bobs are still alive, there will never be a remake, reboot or any additional film spin-offs.
You've got to see the whole trilogy! It's worth the watch. It was actually filmed with the intention of fans watching them all.
the present future past talk at the start made my mind actually twirled around
Fun Facts: Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis never thought this movie would be the success that it was, which is why the theatrical version didn't have have a To Be Continued at the end (as with the DVD and Blu-Ray versions), just the later VHS tape release after the movie left theaters. Zemeckis was busy making Who Framed Roger Rabbit for a few years before he and Gale could make BTTF 2 & 3.
Any chance for STAR TREK reactions this year? 🖖
I miss the 1980s (I first saw this movie at age 29, when it was new, in a movie theater.) and had seen Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd in TV sitcoms (Fox in "Family Ties" as a conservative Republican youth living with his sisters and liberal, former hippie parents) and Lloyd, a few years earlier, in "Taxi," where (in 1983 he still had dark hair) he played one of the cabbies; his character was an eccentric a bit like Doc. I'd also seen Lloyd as the villain in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" another 80s movie well worth reviewing, about cartoon characters ("toons") living among humans in a section of LA. Amazing that Lloyd, who's done a slew of other movies, is still active in his 80s. Fox, who married the woman who played his first "Family Ties" girlfriend, is in his early 60s and an advocate for research to cure Parkinson's Disease, whose symptoms first beset him in the 80s and early 90s about the time the BTF sequels were made. In my opinion this movie needed no sequels, but it generated such a clamor for more (not to mention financial profit) that the producers had to give in. No doubt you've seen the history of BTF including how Fox, the movie makers' first choice, eventually was cast to replace another actor, Eric Stoltz, who in their opinion was wrong for the part of Marty; by then the "Family Ties" producers had agreed to let Fox do the film as well as the TV show (which stretched his schedule, deprived him of a lot of sleep, and sometimes made him call his TV dad "Doc" by mistake, according to articles I've read.) Thanks for the nostalgia. (I was born in 1956 and vaguely remember those old cars and storefronts, etc., from my early childhood. Now it's time for me to "make like a tree and LEAVE" (to correctly quote the phrase that the 1955 BIff screws up.)
Could you react to the Star Trek movies? Please! 🙏
A thing I’ve wondered recently: the Marty we see use the Time Machine at the end of the movie is not the same Marty that used it at the start of the movie. This Marty is from the happier timeline with happy parents. What the heck happens to him when he runs away from the Libyans? He’s not the marty we see in 1955 in BttF2. For all we know, he just disappears in time, never to be seen again, replaced by original Marty.
its a nearly perfect trilogy you gotta watch em all
How have you not watched the rest of the trilogy!!!
So much great trivia for this... they filmed like half the movie with Eric Stoltz as Marty before they rebooted it.. Michael was shooting Family Ties at the same time and basically slept while being driven from set to set, which is why a lot of the movie is shot at night. Twin Pines Mall becomes Lone Pine Mall after he returns because he runs over one of the trees.
Great writing and cast all the way.
October 21st, 2015 was 'Back To The Future Day'. :))
And there never was a sequel planned. It was only pressure from fans that made it happen- hence why it took 4 years.
They didn't start writing the script until 1987.
I love that the setup for the sequel was just done for fun, they didn’t think the movie would perform very well. But when the move got super popular and the studio wanted a sequel they then had to match with the joke ending of the first movie.
Your "greetings from the past" in the beginning reminded me of a quote:
_"Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now."_
I like the game grammar plays in this quote.
Hi Natalie!
What makes this movie timeless 😉for me, it's not so much about tec stuff but about family and friendship. And it's full of little details and easter eggs! For example: one of the many clocks in Doc's garage is in the shape of a clock tower with a little man hanging on it, just like Doc later in the movie. This is a hommage to the silent movie "Safety last!" from 1923 with Harold Lloyd. And Christopher Lloyd is the name of the actor who played Doc Brown. 🤯
The name of the mall changed into "Lone Pine Mall" because Marty drove over a pine when escaping the Peabody farm.
The homeless guy in 1985 is the mayor in 1955.
And so on.... 😉
And for the easter eggs:
In the beginning, you see a newspaper article about "Brown mansion destroyed" or something like that, and Doc mentioned he spent all the wealth of his family for realizing his vision. So, yes, in the 50s, he was a wealthy man. Just look at his car he loaned Marty to drive Lorraine to the dance ;-)
Eddie van Halen (RIP) played a guitar solo exclusively for the scene Marty pretends to be "Darth Vader", and if I remember correctly, just for the fun.
The guy at the audition who says that Martys band ist just too loud is Huey Lewis, who performed "Power of love" and "Back in time" for the soundtrack.
Marty's performance on stage is a mix of Eddie van Halen (Van Halen), Angus Young (AC/DC) and Jimi Hendrix, in my opinion ;-)
The final scene was intendet as a last joke, but as the movie became such a HUGE success and fans demanded a sequel, the team has to do it. So, have fun with part 2 and 3! 😁
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Yes, yes it is perfection. I was pretty much Marty's age when this came out so it seemed fabulous. Years later I realized how finely crafted the whole movie is. Everlasting brilliance.
Watch the sequels!!! And just for fun on your own, watch the tv series "Taxi" (I think it's on Hulu)... It has Christopher Lloyd as Reverend Jim, Danny DeVito, Tony Danza, Judd Hirsch (from Independence Day & The Goldbergs) & Andy Kaufman... Lloyd isn't in the first few episodes, but stay with it...
If you look at the mail sign at the start of the the movie, it reads Twin Pines Mall, whereas when Marty returns later it says Lone Pine Malll. This is simply because Marty ran over one of the trees when he entered 1855.
Easter Egg: The farmer's name is Peabody and the boy is called Sherman... from the animated TV show about time travellers who have a time machine called the Wayback Machine.
Yes do the next 2. Try to do them close to each other because they have jokes referencing the previous movies.
So thankful that my aunt showed me these movies when I was little cause it’s been my favorite ever since
For those that didn't know, the lead singer "Marvin Berry" calls his cousin "Chuck" to tell him about the "sound he's been lookin for". Chuck Berry was a grandfather of Rock'n Roll, and wrote "Johnny B. Goode"
Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) is a cool guy in real life. He does stand-up comedy where he talks about his time on the _BTTF_ sets.
At first, Tom had a really difficult time playing Biff because *he* was bullied as a child. Tom actually hates bullies. During the almost-rape scene, he was being too gentle with Lea Thompson (Lorraine). Lea had to take him aside and almost yell at him to be rougher with her or else he wouldn't sell the scene. Whatever she said, it worked.
Back in 2015, there was a big revival of _BTTF_ centered around the time Doc, Marty and Jennifer traveled to in the second movie. They brought back all 3 films in the theaters, and many of them would show the entire trilogy back-to-back-to-back. What a butt-number (as in your butt would get numb from being stationary for that long) that must have been.
If you haven’t seen it, sometime you gotta watch My Girl (1991)
Thank you for revisiting this classic, and allowing us to come along on the journey.
5:56 "Can you imagine..?"
Don't have to, Nat. That was high school in the 1980s. I got jumped by 5 guys during lunch one day. Had to defend myself. Get in trouble for fighting. Principal did that exact thing to me. I winced and pulled back and told him to "lay off the onions at lunch." Made an enemy that day.