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Back To The Future [1985]
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Editorial
Amazon.co.uk Review
Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis topped his breakaway hit Romancing the Stone with this joyous comedy with a dazzling hook: what would it be like to meet your parents in their youth? Billed as a special-effects comedy, the imaginative film (the top box-office smash of 1985) has staying power because of the heart behind Zemeckis and Bob Gale's script. High schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox, during the height of his TV success) is catapulted back to the '50s where he sees his parents in their teens, and accidentally changes the history of how Mom and Dad met. Filled with the humourous ideology of the '50s, filtered through the knowledge of the '80s (actor Ronald Reagan is president, ha!), the film comes off as a Twilight Zone episode written by Preston Sturges. Filled with memorable effects and two wonderfully off-key, perfectly cast performances: Christopher Lloyd as the crazy scientist who builds the time machine (a DeLorean luxury car) and Crispin Glover as Marty's geeky dad. Followed by two sequels. --Doug Thomas
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Synopsis
A fast-moving and heart-warming comedy, 'Back To The Future' presents the story of Marty McFly, a teenager from 1985 who commandeers the time-travelling DeLorean invented by Doc Brown, a wacky scientist friend, and is accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s. But the real problems start after he inadvertently disrupts the first meeting between his future parents - and his mom ends up falling for him instead. Eliciting help from the inventor of the time machine (who is now 30 years younger), Marty must untangle the reverse oedipal knot he's created, or he will never be born. If he can't influence them to fall in love, he might never exist! And if he somehow manages to succeed, he must then find a way to get 'back to the future'.
Interesting time travelling adventure
Review date: 2006-07-30 Rating: 8 out of 10
This Oscar winning (1986 Best Effects) fantasy adventure came highly recommended to me by a number of people and I was delighted when I watched it.
The first film I watched where Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd starred and both performed tremendously. Lloyd captures the essence of the crazy doctor beautifully and brings an eagerness for life to the protagonist. His jokes and sheer craziness are highly enjoyable to observe. Fox also performs to a great standard with his portrayal of the stereotypical teenager Marty McFly. His dealings with his love life, bullying and school dealings are convincing and pleasing to teenagers alike.
The story is very imaginative and thoroughly detailed. The doctor creates a time machine in the form of a great fashionable car with all the gadgets contained and sends the young kid back to 1955. The sheer imagination and likable qualities of the overall plot and characters are enough to capture the hearts of the audience, even if at times it seems over exaggerated.
It's very interesting to see the teenager meeting up with his parents when they were teenagers, having many funny ideologies contained makes the film very likable and crazy.
Such a basic storyline was developed so well because we are able to see two very different settings from the 80's and 50's and how the residents from the different ages reacted to different situations. Coming from the future Marty brings his knowledge of his time to the 50's and is interesting to see what his parents and other residents think of him and his uniqueness. There is always a lot of tension surrounding the plot. The car scenes are exciting and the dealings with the time travelling are also captivating.
The jokes are well used but some are predictable and exaggerated.
It's a film where the whole family can sit down and enjoy. There are ideologies of loyalty, friendship and love constant throughout. We have many teenage conventions such as high school crushes, bullying and jobs etc present. Audiences can therefore understand these and appreciate the situations which the characters are dealing with. At time these elements jump too far ahead of themselves but overall the film has a unique likeness to it and the characters are all very funny stereotypes and very likable.
A fast paced time travelling film worth seeing
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Reviews
One of the most entertaining movies of all time!
Review date: 2006-06-13 Rating: 10 out of 10
From the time when i was a kid to the present day, i've probably seen this movie over a hundred times, literally! Yet, there's still something that drives me back to it again and again. There are various new little details i discover each time i watch it. Simply fantastic.
Great Movie, all round fun
Review date: 2006-02-18 Rating: 8 out of 10
I really enjoyed this movie. The innocence of the 80's blown up onto the modern world. Marty is a regular 17 year old with ambitions and a girlfriend who dreams for a better life. Only after an accidental trip into the past sends all things AWOL.
In the present Marty is an all round good kid, with a hard working but disfunctional family, but in the past Marty is his Mother's dream idol! It's his job -nay his life- to get his Mum and Dad to meet otherwise he will cease to exist.
Enter Marty's world of humour, adventure, and science-fiction yet hidden beneath this simple comedy lie a manner of other moral tones. I'll let you figure those out.
A great family flick that maybe spoiled by harsh language for a younger audience, but decent fun anyway.
Back to the future
Review date: 2006-02-17 Rating: 8 out of 10
Back to the future Directed by Steven Spielberg it was in 1985, it is about a boy who tries to go back to the future.
Marty (the main character), Prof doc brown (he helps Marty), his parents and Biff (the bully). Are the main characters that are involved in the story...
Marty sees doc (po prof brown) get shot so he by accidentally went to the past. To escape he finds Doc, but 30 yeas younger. He makes doc believe that he is from the future and help him get back, Doc believes after getting him to see the time machine and helps Marty.
What I like and disliked,
I liked it because it is funny and that when a problem is solved, worse problems. You get a good laugh always.
I don’t like that there are soppy parts, that’s all.
I rate these movie 4 stars.
it was brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review date: 2006-02-17 Rating: 10 out of 10
'Back to the future' is a science-fiction film produced in 1985 and directed by Steven Spielberg. It is about a 17 year old boy who accidentally goes back 30 years in time and has to go back to the future.
There are many characters including Marty McFly, his parents, Doc Brown and Biff, the bully. It was set in America and is about Marty McFly who jumps into a time machine while escaping from a terrifying group of evil people. But Marty forgot that when the car hits 88 kph, it would go either into the future or back into the past. In this case, 30 years back into the past. What’s more, he can't go back to the future, because he needs an enormous amount of power to do this, which in 1955 can only be provided by a bolt of lightning. How can he get back to the future?
This is a great movie! I enjoyed every bit of it, even the overly soppy bits. It was brilliant!!!!!!!!!!
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Lea Thompson
Thomas F. Wilson
Crispin Glover
Michael J. Fox
Christopher Lloyd
Creators:
Michael J. Fox (Primary Contributor)
Crispin Glover (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582401288
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-12-26
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 112 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1985
Language: English (Original Language)