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Should I Watch the Back to the Future Trilogy?
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This might sound like an extremely redundant question for fans of the films but I've never actually seen the Back to the Future Trilogy and was wondering if I should?
Now obviously I'm going to watch the first one. I've heard a lot of good things and I'm going to give it a chance. But what I'm basically wondering is are the sequels worth buying as well? Obviously at the end of day my opinions - should I watch them - will probably be different than yours but I'm just curious as to the general consensus? Do you think all 3 films stand up? Does the series perhaps get better as it goes along?
Like I said before this might sound redundant and so I'm grateful for anyone who chooses to respond. That's all I really have to say on the matter because that's all I can say at this moment in time. All I know about the films are that there's a Marty McFly, a Doc Brown, a time travelling Delorean, one of them's set in the Wild West, he almost fades plus not to mention helps his parents hook up. Oh, and Doc Brown says where we're going we don't need roads!
Hopefully you made some sense of that. Thanks again for any feedback and help
Now obviously I'm going to watch the first one. I've heard a lot of good things and I'm going to give it a chance. But what I'm basically wondering is are the sequels worth buying as well? Obviously at the end of day my opinions - should I watch them - will probably be different than yours but I'm just curious as to the general consensus? Do you think all 3 films stand up? Does the series perhaps get better as it goes along?
Like I said before this might sound redundant and so I'm grateful for anyone who chooses to respond. That's all I really have to say on the matter because that's all I can say at this moment in time. All I know about the films are that there's a Marty McFly, a Doc Brown, a time travelling Delorean, one of them's set in the Wild West, he almost fades plus not to mention helps his parents hook up. Oh, and Doc Brown says where we're going we don't need roads!
Hopefully you made some sense of that. Thanks again for any feedback and help
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The first one is the best one imo, they're all quite enjoyable.
Maybe you could borrow the 3 films from people you know? as if you dislike them in the end you won't feel you wasted your money.
Give 'em a watch I say
The first film is the best of course but it's a classic 80's set.
Second one is a bit ho-hum with split time lines etc. but I enjoyed the Wild West setting of the final one.
Come on, they're nowhere near as awful as those.
"1" is one of the great high-concept movie comedies of all-time, immaculately put together, perfectly cast, funny and clever, a must-see anyway you slice it.
I love "2", it's a super-clever ramping up of the concept of "1", but I can see how some viewers find it a bit contrived and exhausting... however, it does deliberately end on an annoying cliff-hanger, so make sure that if you bother watching it, that you have the final movie to hand!
"3" gets back to a story (mostly) told in a single time-period, and benefits as a result. There are a few clunky bits (Why does Marty's great-grandmother look like his mother, despite being unrelated? Why bother bringing in an entirely new character [Needles] in the last few minutes?), but as a love-letter to western movies, it works nicely as a fitting end to the series.
Watching all 3 in quick succession also emphasises quite a few repeated visual and musical motifs, adding a nice extra layer of enjoyment... enjoy!
Needles appears in 2 as well.
He's the one that
But seriously, yes I highly recommend them. It's a fun classic series with fantastic actors. A personal favourite of mine.
Two reasons:
A) It's a joke about how men fall for women who look like their mother
As above he is in the second one and
To OP, yes, watch them all. You can pick up the trilogy on DVD for less than a tenner, so why not? Most people prefer the first film but I've always had a soft spot for the third.
If you don't like the first one the odds are you won't like the sequels, as is true with most movie series.
Personally, despite a few problems, the third is actually my favourite! The first is probably the best in terms of quality but I find both 1 and 3 especially good, and 2 is by no means a bad film
Interesting trivia - the set used for the town was later used as the town in the TV series Ghost Whisperer.
Unrelated, but in the first film when Doc makes Einstein the first ever time traveller, was it really a good idea to stand right in the way of the De Lorean? What was wrong with standing by the side, just in case it didn't work (as many of Doc's inventions clearly didn't)?
The second one was okay, watchable but not a patch on the first movie.
The third one say no more, no comment.
Part III is more light-hearted and places more emphasis on Doc's character; his romance with Clara is a nice touch. As is the ZZ Top cameo.