Back To The Future

Watched: 21st October 2015

Top 250 position: 45

Rating: (IMDB): 8.5/10 (from 674,709 users)
Correct at 2nd January 2016.

Who's In It:
Michael J. Fox
Christopher Lloyd
Lea Thompson
Crispin Glover
Thomas F. Wilson
Claudia Wells

Directed By: Robert Zemeckis

Year: 1985

Duration: 1 Hour 56 Minutes

Accolades: Won an Oscar for Best Effects. Nominated for a further 3 Oscars (Best Writing, Best Sound and Best Music (Original Song).

Plot:

Teenager Marty McFly (Fox) is sent back in time 30 years by a time travelling car invented by his friend  Dr Brown (Lloyd). In 1955 things are very different to howMarty knows his home town, including his high school aged parents. But is Marty going to be able to make it back to the future?

Interesting Facts About the Film:
- Writers Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis actually received a fan letter from John DeLorean after the film's release, thanking them for immortalizing his car.
- The script was rejected 40 times before it was finally green-lit.
- When Marty is being judged at the band auditions at the beginning, the judge who stands up to say he is "just too darn loud" is Huey Lewis, whose songs, "The Power of Love" and "Back in Time" are featured on the movie's soundtrack, and also wrote Marty's audition song (which is a re-orchestrated version of "The Power of Love.")
- The parts of the script with references to President Ronald Reagan needed to be reviewed by the White House for approval so as not to offend the President. Producers had some concerns over Reagan's reaction to Doc Brown's famous line mocking the improbability of his being President in 1985, but Reagan was said to get a real kick out of it.
- Was the top grossing release of 1985.
- Budget of $19,000,000
(Source IMDB.com) 

Review:

So here we are 30 years on. I couldn't help myself but watch this movie on the date that Marty McFly goes to in Back to the Future Part II, I'm a bit of a geek like that.

Looking back at this film nowadays it does don't get me wrong look a little dated (you might say of it's time), however it is still stunning and I have to say a film that I very much enjoy. I was introduced to this movie by a friend many years ago and it has been a firm favourite since then.

When I say stunning, as I know some of you might not agree. I don't mean stunning effects etc. like you might have in a blockbuster now. It's more the way it is constructed and flows. The story is easy to follow even if you are a sci-fi geek, and there is a light and humorous side this this capper; for instance Marty's teenage mother in 1955 believing his name is Calvin Klein as his name was written in his underwear.

If like me you are a fan of this movie (and the other 2 in the series) then I would highly recommend, if you don't have it already, getting this movie on Blu Ray. It adds to the experience some what making the picture quality sharper and visually very good watching.

If you have never seen this movie before I would recommend watching it, though unlike some other movies in the top 250 I can't put my finger exactly on what it is that makes it so good. Is it the quirks, the sci-fi ness, the easy to follow plot, visual aspects or the fact that we now have so many quotable references from this movie, 88 miles and hour, 1.21 gigawatts or that we know what a flux capacitor is? I don't' quite know, all I know is it's blooming good and in my opinion should remain for some time to come in the top 250.

I'm just off to jump in my DeLorean , see you all soon.

For more information about the movie visit the IMDb webpage, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/