BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) MOVIE REACTION - GOOD FILMS ARE TIMELESS! - FIRST TIME WATCHING - REVIEW
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- Welcome to our first-time watching as we react to Back to the Future (1985). We've been loving these 80's films! This one had so much to offer, it had incredible chemistry between Marty McFly ( Michael J. Fox) and his scientist friend Emmett "Doc" Brown (Christopher Lloyd), groundbreaking special effects for the time and a highly engaging and fun script!
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, "Back to the Future" (1985) follows the story of Marty McFly, a teenager who accidentally travels back in time to 1955 and must ensure his own existence by orchestrating his parents' romance, all while navigating the unpredictable consequences of altering the past.
We hope that you enjoy our reactions, commentary and review as we discuss how much of an impact this film has had on the Sci-fi genre and pop culture, how the themes of friendship and destiny are a perfect backdrop for a timeless story and the other elements that make "Back to the Future" such an effective film.
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Can't wait for you guys to finish out the trilogy
This movie from Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, as well as Director Spielberg’s masterpiece Jaws are on Quentin Tarantino’s list of perfect movies.
Eric Stoltz played this role then MJ Fox was recast in the role.
Stoltz played in a (French?) Film called Killing Zoe. You'd love it.
Tarantino called Back To The Future a perfect movie when asked on a late night show.
Factoids!!
When (if) you watch Back to the Future 2, please don't watch the preview for part 3 that starts right at the end of the movie before credits. You'll know when you see it. It's a MAJOR spoiler.
^ What Scarlett says. As soon as the last scene ends, turn it off!
The sequels are REQUIRED viewing.
Oh we are ABSOLUTELY gonna watch them!!
Definitely, it's essentially one very long film as they've blended them together so well.
If you watch part 2. At the end of the movie, it's going to say to be concluded. Pause it there because there's going to be a spoiler for part 3.
@@OfficialMediaKnights yay! So glad you are watching all of them
personalty apart from the first time i always watched the first 2 at least every time and never only 1. the second one always felt like the rest of the first for me.
If you noticed Marty was playing The Power of Love in his audition and that the committee member with the bullhorn who told him he was “too darn loud” was Huey Lewis, the actual singer of that song.
Beat me to it. He wrote both songs.
Hewie Lewis and the News.
Was going to comment the same thing! Love Huey.
Hello guys
“Don’t need money! Don’t need fame!”
The original pre did ya know when aragon kicked the helmet meme...lol
Want to feel old? If Back To The Future was released today, Marty would travel back to 1994 😵💫
Thanks for that 😅
NIN and Soundgarden had new albums out that year!! haha
Shut your filthy mouth! 😂😂😂 That's the year I graduated
God... I feel so old. 😂
Pre- windows 95, which brought the explosion of the Internet with it... yep.. that's pretty far back(although I'm a mid 80's to mid 90's kid)
I was 14 when this came out and worked at a movie theater. People cheered out loud at the end and were clapping as they left the theater. Great times! Then I had to mop the floors.
I would have loved life having that job. My favorite thing was to go to a morning showing and sneak into other movies all by myself. 😂
I was 7 when I saw this at the movies in 1985. Everyone in the movie theater went wild when the car suddenly flew at the end.
One of the best movies ever made, it was so awesome back in the day. Dear film industry, dont remake this, this one is perfect!
The writing and how the set up was executed alone makes this film worth watching. What unfolds next is them hitting the bullseye constantly!
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@@OfficialMediaKnightshey can u guys watch back to school with Rodney dangerfield next plz
Apparently Zemeckis and Gale have full control over the trilogy and have stated on the record that as long as they're alive, the trilogy will never be remade, rebooted or have anymore sequels.
Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale who both own the rights to the films is the reason it won’t be remade they both assured that, Bob Gale was in involved in a telltale back to the future game which serves as an unofficial 4 installment.
I think what makes this film better now is that it used to be a nostalgia trip for the 50's when it first came out. Now its a trip for both 50's and 80's
Meta.
Such a good point!! We are getting old!!! 😂
Back in around 1973 when "Happy Days" debuted us young people loved the nostalgia of the '50's. All of a sudden it's 50 years later! Get ready, kids, time goes by fast! ✌️
100%
You could say it’s nostalgic for 1950s 60s 70s 80, and now 90s 2000s 2010s and 2020s and 1885 but that’s stretching it a bit lol
I love the line, when Marty comes down the stairs and sees baby Joey in his playpen, and tells him to get used to the view.
Props to you Ari for noticing the 'Lone Pine' change when Marty returns. The really amazing thing about this trilogy is the more you watch it, more you notice subtle changes they did. There are SOOOOOO MANY! This movie has unlimited rewatchability because of it!
I'm embarrassed to confess I hadn't noticed the pine Marty killed back then had such tangible repercussions in the future. I only noticed the name change when someone commented on it - and I'd watched the movie dozens of times! 🙈
I have a Lone Pine Mall t-shirt
In All 3 of them there are subtle differences.. in third check name of the gulch train goes over.
"The appropriate question is : when the hell are they."
Always loved that line.
The writing is superb, especially during those first 25 minutes.
@@OfficialMediaKnights the whole movie is a perfect script...and beyond that a pefect movie. Movies literally cannot get better than this. It brings everything that is great about movies together...the music...the acting...the sets...etc....all of it. It can only be a movie and is in my opinion the purest form a movie can be.
It's a beautifully written movie and trilogy.
Favorite joke: "Ronald Reagan's the President?! Who's the Vice President, Jerry Lewis?"
When Doc screams up on the clock tower makes me laugh every time.
The judge at the beginning in the talent show rehearsal that says they're just too darn loud is Huey Lewis, the singer for most of the songs on the soundtrack.
Which was hilarious because of how loud Huey Lewis And The News played. 😂😂😂
Yeah they missed this BIG cameo
@@dmbassett Don't you know, though? It's hip to be square :P
@@dmbassett They're from a younger generation, and probably have no clue about Huey Lewis. I doubt that they would recognize Gene Simmons in "The New Guy" playing a preacher, or Henry Rollins as the sheriff! 🤣 I can forgive that based on their age, but that was an iconic cameo by Huey Lewis!
I've seen the movie a bunch of times. Never realized it was him. Huey Lewis cameo, go figure.
One of my favorite details in this movie is how in one of the scenes where Marty is talking to George back in the '50's Marty keeps trying to open a soda bottle by twisting off the cap but he can't because that kind of bottle didn't exist yet and George gets exasperated with him and takes the bottle and opens in with a normal bottle opener before handing it back to Marty, all the while they keep arguing about Lorraine and how George needs to ask her out. It's just a brilliant little thing to throw into that scene because neither of them say anything about it.
That part of the movie never made sense to me. I was 10 years old in 1985, and I remember pry-off caps on Cola and Pepsi bottles. Marty should be well familiar with pry-off caps, considering he was 17 in 1985 and probably seen more different types of bottles than I did.
@@plowe6751 I was eight in 1985 and I always took it to mean that he was distracted talking to George and wasn't thinking about what he was doing with the bottle and he was just defaulting to what he usually did. Back then soda bottles around my parts weren't twist-off, but since I'm not American I just assumed it was much more common in the US, though every time I went to the US I tended to only see cans as opposed to glass bottles.
@@jmhaces Even to this day, I have NEVER seen a twist-off cap on a glass soda bottle. Twist-off caps on glass bottles do exist, but those bottles always contain alcohol -- never soda. I've been in the U.S.A. since 1982.
@@plowe6751 I have seen twist-off caps on soda glass bottles both in the US and outside the US, but I'm pretty sure they always were some smaller possibly local brand as opposed to Pepsi or Coke (or their related brands), which I think is what Marty was trying to drink in that scene. I'm 99% sure I've never seen a twist-off glass bottle of Pepsi or Coke anywhere.
My favorite trivia from this movie is how Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) was/is the polar opposite from a bully in real life but how he plays one so well.
I love that you guys noticed the little changes like Twin/Lone Pine Mall etc. You'd be surprised how many people don't notice any of the tiny details. Please continue paying attention to the recurring little things as you watch the trilogy, you'll find that the level of detail is absolutely amazing.
I've loved the trilogy for close to 30 years now and no matter how many times I watch it I still find some new little detail to laugh about. 😂👍
One small thing I hadn't noticed until this watch-through was how Jennifer writes her number and a love note on the flyer. There's no way Marty's character is going to hang onto that flier but they found a way for it to naturally make sense that he would actually keep it beyond "Well, we need this flier to be around later....I guess he just happens to keep it." Nice touch for sure!
Niiiiiiiiice catch!!
First time ever I noticed the libyans interrupted doc getting more plutonium for return journey 😂😂
👍🏼 I would have caught that eventually. I’ve only seen it 280 times
It’s her grandma’s number, at least that’s how I take it in the context of that scene. I would guess he knows her number, but she mentioned she’s going to her grandmother’s house, he likely doesn’t have that one in his Rolodex. ;-)
It sucks that the character of Jennifer was recast in the later films
I don't know if anyone has pointed this out yet, but the DeLorean was a real car that was available to buy in the early 80's. It had so many performance and quality issues that the company (DeLorean Motor Company) actually went out of business BEFORE Back to the Future came out (they stopped selling the car in '83, and the movie came out in '85).
That's why Marty says "You built a time machine... out of a DELOREAN???" The car already had a pretty bad reputation by that point. Eventually, the name DeLorean became so synonymous with the time machine itself, that most people either forget or straight up don't know the name and car weren't invented for the movie.
The original script had the time machine in a fridge but that was too stationary. The idea of movement was created for action. The producers wanted a Ford Mustang but Ford refused to give them any. Deloreans were easy to purchase cheap junk.
The best joke in the movie is pretending any of those cars could ever do 88mph.
@@SomeGuy-hd4cn that's probably part of the reason the car needed to be nuclear powered. It was mostly to boost the speed of the car, lmao
John DeLorean even wrote the Producers a Thank You letter for using his car in the movie.
@@himwhoisnottobenamed5427 whatever happened to the guy?
George’s left handed punch to biffs face is one of the greatest punches in cinematic history😂
I have heard that there was originally supposed to be a sub plot where George is left handed, but because of social pressure kept trying to use his right hand. And that was the real source of his lack of self confidence. When he punched Biff with his left hand, he discovered his real power.
Just noticed too that after that he's using his left to even push the red headed guy that cut in.
Don't wait to watch the Second movie!!! You need to have the 1st movie fresh in your memory for the 2nd movie!
One can only hope. They watched Lethal Weapon 1 some time ago and haven't watched any of its sequels.
*_and please do NOT watch the short preview on part 3 at the end titles of part 2._*
there are *_too many spoilers_* for scenes and the plot of the entire third part in that last one or two minutes.
it might only barely have been ok when it was released and people forgot about it until they could watch that third part.
They even showed some parts that never made it into the movie, too.
@moviemetalhead that's horrible!! Have to continue those right away also!!
And then the second for the third one :-)
This movie's script is flawless. It is used as a study in every major film school.
I’m sure they wished the filming went anywhere near as flawlessly, but it all worked out in the end.
@@0okamino people love to act like it was some catastrophic filming process when in reality all that happened was they recast Stoltz and had to reshoot some of his scenes lol. hardly the disaster people paint it out to be.
Not just the script, it's used by the USC film school as the most perfectly paced movie all time, with no filler scenes.
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Hey, Ari And Denise, another Fun Fact for you:
The homeless person sleeping on the park bench in the transition scene from 1955 to 1985, was the mayor of the town in 1955
Some people don't notice, his mom as youngster has probably been intentionally leaving her window uncovered while she undresses in front of it ( her dad: "Another kid hit my car!" ).
Wait I never made the connection that’s meant to be his mom changing in the window but it completely makes sense. Just another detail I can annoy people with when I watch lol
That's also how he knew what branch to go to. It probably got around school.
I never thought about that, now I feel dumb for not recognising it
OMG I never caught on to that, but you're right! Makes so much sense, especially when we see later that she parks, drinks, and smokes. Hell, she's a bit of a "peeping Tom" herself, spying on Marty's underwear while he was unconscious. She probably took his pants off.
@@MattB2603 Good catch! Word got around just as easily before social media. I've read that, in the '70s, people knew the supermarket aisle that became a cruising spot on a certain day of the week. Or in the '80s they knew the last subway car was the place to get some action, etc.
To me, the script to 'Back to the Future' is absolutely flawless. Countless callbacks that are paid off, there's no fat to trim in the plot, every character has a role to play and every single casting is pitch perfect.
It took them YEARS to get the financing and backing to get the movie done. That's why the script is so good. They kept thinking of new things to put into there. If it had come out in 1982 with a completely different cast, it would have failed for sure.
There are some great documentaries on CZcams talking about how the stars aligned to allow this movie to even exist. I even like the trilogy, especially the third and the animated series.
I too, cannot get going anywhen without a Mr. Coffee.
There are (literally!) hundreds of bigger and smaller callbacks throughout the entire movies. Sometimes really obvious ones, sometimes they're just simply visual cues, sometimes spoken lines or texts, ect ect. Just in this regard only this script is so juicy it could feed an atomic family of five including their dog!
Why did it take George 30 years to release his first book?
@@EP3mentalist Time travel?
It's one of those that just. Never. Gets. Old. I could watch it again and again for the rest of my life and I'd still be either entertained or find something new.
If I was Satan, that is how I would punish you in Hell. I would make you watch Back To The Future, back to back, 24/7, without pausing. You would be restrained and all you can do for eternity, is watch Back To The Future. I'm sure you wouldn't like it after a little while.
I am not a Satan BTW.
You could almost say it's....timeless?
@@rptrrwr I already made a time pun. Look for it in the comments section.
@rptrrwr Please make more puns. There are NEVER enough puns. 🤘🏼😆
This is the only movie that my husband and I went back to the theater over and over. We kept seeing details that we had missed before. It got better with each viewing.
You said, "It's funny he knows what branch to go to."
Yeahhh...him and apparently several other boys. Some people don't connect the dots on this part. Her dad says, "Another one of these damn kids jumped in front of my car!" So this was already really common just in the moments he's been driving by. We can see how wild she is that it's not surprising she's getting some thrills by being an exhibitionist in front of the window too.
The lead singer of the band at the prom was named Marvin Berry. He calls his brother Chuck about a new sound that he was looking for.
It's your cousin, Marvin Berry!
The attention to detail and callbacks throughout this trilogy is a master class of film making.
This move is nearly perfect. The writing is absolutely a masterclass in screenwriting. EVERY set-up they put in those first 20 ish minutes has some kind of pay-off, some of which you don't catch until a fifth or sixth (or beyond) viewing.
Some examples: The episode of Jackie Gleeson that George watches over dinner in 1985 is the same one that Lorraine's watches for the first time in 1955, The mall becomes 'Lone Pine Mall' after Marty runs over a tree in 1955 (originally called 'Twin Pine Mall'), Marty finally gets to play the school dance that he auditions for in 1985 (except it's in 1955), Ronald Reagan's name is on the cinema marquee in 1955, among so many others
I love that Huey Lewis is the teacher saying "I'm afraid you're just too darn loud" at Marty playing literally HIS "Power of Love" music on the guitar lololol
"GREAT SCOTT!" Such a "timeless classic." Christopher Lloyd is a legend
There was an Art Festival in the park across the street from house. Someone brought their DeLorean just to let people take pictures in it, you better believe I did!
Yeah, this is heavy...
I’ve been a huge fan of his since Taxi. Yea, I’m old 😂
@@minnesotajones261is there something wrong with gravity in the future?
@@garyscott9364 Same, he was brilliant in Taxi, and I'll never forget the time when Jim went to get his driver's license - comedy genius.
Fun fact:
Billy Zane, who played Caledon Hockley (Rose's fiancé) in Titanic, appeared in this movie. He is one of the three members of Biff's posse. This was Zane's first movie role. He reprised the role in BTF 2.
Upon Saint Crispin's Day!
I just like to pretend that I don't know who Billy Zane is. I hate him.
He was in Memphis’s Belle and Posse and Tombstone as well all not bad films
This movie is the last place you'd expect to find one of the smartest scripts of all time... but there you are. Practically a masterclass in seamless exposition.
One of my favourite Easter eggs is when he says to Joey, who in 1955 is a baby in a crib, "better get used to those bars". Since he is in jail in 1985.
The amazing thing about the BTTF series is that the first movie was never intended to launch a franchise. It was just supposed to be a self-contained story. But when it became so successful and the sequels were greenlit, they still managed to craft an incredibly smart and cohesive trilogy that was built quite naturally upon everything established in the first film.
For one thing, Zemeckis and Gale have both said that if it was originally planned as a trilogy, they'd never have Jennifer get into the car with Marty and Doc at the end of the first film.
That doesnt sound right; it's my understanding that it was written as one long story that got split up into 3 different films and was planned that way. It was even shot back to back
@@timcardona9962 Nope, only II and III were filmed back-to-back. Part II was filmed more than four years after the first film and they even had to rebuild many of the sets.
@@GeoffTrowbridge And had to get a different actor to play Jennifer.
@treetopjones737 she quit acting too take care of her mom who was passing. So they brought in Elizabeth Shue
One of the clocks at the beginning is Harold Lloyd from the silent film Safety Last, and foreshadows Doc hanging from the clock.
Christopher and Michael are VERY CLOSE to this day!! One of the best duo's on screen .. EVER!!
This was an absolute JOY to watch you watch this beloved movie for the first time. As I saw it in theaters, it's been a very long time since this movie was new to me. THIS is what watching reaction channels is all about. Thank you so much!!!!
It didn't hit me until many years after i first saw the movie, but when Marty first arrives in 1955, and he hears the clock tower, the significance for the audience is that it lets us know that the clock tower still works, but the significance for Marty is also that he's never heard that bell before. He knows what a clock bell sounds like, but he's never heard it for real in his own town.
Quentin Tarantino lists this as one of the perfect movies ever made, along with Jaws. Two classics from director and executive producer Steven Spielberg. Quentin has a list that is featured in a CZcams video.
Ohhhh we gotta check out that list for sure!! This movie truly is perfect, it has the heart, the comedy, the stakes! Just wonderful!
It’s crazy cuz it even worked out for Biff too. Look closely he owns his own car detail business.
One of my favorite things about Back to the Future is how they’re always racing against time, even though they have a Time Machine.
I’m glad you caught the mall name change. I shouldn’t be surprised, you two are very sharp. A lot of reactors miss that.
It would be interesting to time travel and have the perception of our parents completely shattered. Marty saw good and bad sides of both parents. George was a creep Peeping Tom and Loraine was thirsty as all hell. Man, she was ready to jump her son’s bones inside of five minutes. But can you blame her? She didn’t know who Marty was and Michael J Fox is all kinds of charming.
Here's one of my favorite details: when Marty first arrives at the parking lot of the mall, it's called Twin Pines Mall. During his time travel, he accidentally knocks down one of the pines while escaping the barn. So when he comes back to the parking lot the second time, it's called Lone Pine Mall 😂
Hahaha that's actually hilarious, great catch!!!
@@OfficialMediaKnightsBut you actually caught that in the reaction - LONE pine mall. And I never noticed THAT before. So it is a great catch
@@OfficialMediaKnights also the bum on the bench when he came back was the guy running against goldie for mayor in the beginning
@@OfficialMediaKnights And there's a TON of Easter Eggs in this film! The movie theater is a porn theater in the original 1985, and a "church" in the "new" 1985. The chunk of marble that Doc knocks off the clock tower, it was "clean" in the original 1985, and that chunk is now gone in the "new" 1985. I think there are websites and CZcams vids that cover all the little changes from the original 1985 to the new one... Such awesome writing!
Dang, all the little Easter eggs have been spoken for, except!, the ledge on the clock tower from where Doc fell) is visibly damaged in revamped 1985.
This movie was fantastic even for the cheap seaters but if you go full geek, you can't help but admire the amazing attention to details on this one.
Great reaction! Glad yous liked it, can't wait for you to do the sequels!
can you imagine, you slip and hit your head and have a weird dream about a device that makes time travel possible, and than a few hours later a person shows up asking for help fixing your time machine... what a trip.
If they ever remake this movie, maybe they could tell it from the perspective of 1955 Doc.
@@jturner7771it will never be remade because Hollywood dosnt own the rights to it. The rights belong to Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale who swore no one but them would touch this franchise and they were pretty clear there be no more movies because they believe the franchise is perfect.
I'm really glad about that. But what happens when they pass away?
@@jughead4845 I believe it was stated when they pass away the right will be locked away so no one touching this franchise unless Robert and Bob decide to start it up again.
@@ryans413 Copyright ends 70 years after the creators die though
Fun Fact, actually there are MANY(!!) in this movie, but... when Marty puts the headphones on George and plays some Van Halen. The guitar Eddie played for that was the iconic yellow and black striped "BumbleBee" guitar. In 2004, at Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott's funeral, Eddie placed the BumbleBee in Darrell's KISS coffin. The guitar that saved the world is buried with Dimebag. RIP DIME, VINNIE and EDDIE!!
Back in 1984, my family had to relocate from one city to another halfway across the country. I was 13 years old and had to leave my school and my friends. We went back for a visit in '85, and I went to see one of my friends from school, and he couldn't stop talking about Back to the Future. It was the greatest movie he'd ever seen, he was saying. I hadn't seen it yet; I was having a very tough time adjusting to my new life. Anyway, my friend was right; it _was_ the greatest movie ever (you ever notice how, throughout the '70s and '80s, the movies just kept getting better?) My friend and I corresponded for the next few years, wondering, When is the sequel coming out? Well, in 1989 his mother responded to one of my letters telling me that he'd passed away after open-heart surgery. I was devastated. I still am. He never got to see Back to the Future Pts. II and III, which he was looking forward to so much. My point isn't to make anybody feel bad with this story, but just to say: live all the life you can. Take in as much of the world as you can. Be thankful for your blessings and for the gift of life. And watch all the movies you can, while you can.
This movie and what made it with the people in it is amazing. I love how Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox are celebrated when they come to conventions even today and they still keep their friendship till today.
This movie and the story about it is so amazing and lovable. It really is a classic that is "OUTATIME" and it gives you the same feeling watching it the 500th time as when you watch it the first time
Masterpiece of a film. Others probably have mentioned this, but this is often cited as “the perfect script” and is used in screenwriting classes. Not one scene or line of dialogue is wasted. Everything is setup and payoff. Also, Tom Wilson, who plays Biff, is the nicest guy in real life, a devout Catholic. When filming the “car scene”, he would always apologize to Lea Thompson (Lorraine) every take. She was so sweet to him and said it was fine, they were just acting.
Eric Stoltz (the drug dealer in Pulp Fiction) was originally cast as Marty. He even shot some scenes that are watchable on CZcams. He didn’t work out though and was fired in favor of budding TV star Michael J Fox.
The script is used in screenwriting classes as an example of perfection.
The clock was a model of comic actor Harold Lloyd hanging on in a famous 1923 silent film.
Doc put the torn-up letter in his jacket pocket when the tree branch fell on the power cord.
Fox had so much more chemistry than the original Marty (Eric Stoltz) had with Lloyd! Replacing Marty meant that the director had to re-shoot the whole first six weeks over again from scratch.
6:09 Fun fact, *that* is Huey Lewis. Not only is he a rock and roll musician, _he wrote_ the song Marty's band was playing. Actually he wrote a lot of the music in this movie including 'The Power Of Love' which played while Marty was riding his skateboard to school. Huey Lewis And The News is the name of his group.
one of the most COMPLETE trilogies ever. everything connects
There were a lot of great movies that came out in the 80s, but this one...this one I actually paid for tickets SEVEN times at the theatre to see it. It was my favorite movie for the longest time. So glad to see a new generation enjoy it as much!
Us Vancouverites continue to be so proud of and supportive of Michael J. Fox. He is so loved in our community even if he hasn't lived here in decades.
Check out the movies Weird Science(1985), The Goonies(1985), and Gremlins(1984).
Yes! This!!
I LOVED gremlins as a kid but watched it recently and I wasnt as smitten by it.... i was only 8 when it came out though 😅
Crispin Glover (Marty's dad, George McFly) was only 19 years old when shooting this film. Yes, he was younger than Marty himself (Michael J Fox), who was 24. Yes, Glover was 19 in those scenes at the beginning with "old" him. The make-up was fantastic!
Lea Thompson (Marty's mom, Lorraine) was 24 like Michael J Fox, but in her case she did look like a young girl in "old" make-up, the work on Glover was good enough to make you think at first that the actor is like 36.
close he was 20. Turned 21 during production.
I believe Lea Thompson was 22 when this came out, she was born in 1963 (Michael J. Fox was born in '61, of course)
@@dth2brny121 Lea Thompson was born in 1961, like Michael J Fox
@AWhistlingWolf Ugh, just looked it up. You're right, whatever I was reading years ago didn't get it right, and I followed. Thanks, d'oh! 🤦👍
Doc and Marty is one of the best friendship in movie history.
This is the very BEST retrospective on this film I have ever heard . I saw this the night of its release in 85! I was a Jr in HS ! The entire theater went crazy and cheered and applauded at the end !! It might just be The Perfect Film ⭐️
In first script the time travel machine would be a refrigerator. But Steven Spielberg was worried that children watching the film would see Marty getting inside the fridge and try to recreate the scene in their homes. In 80s it was possible to get locked in a refrigerator and die.
A very special episode: Punky Brewster edition
So he put the fridge scene in Indiana Jones instead
The quintessential "gold standard" in time travel action adventure fantasy film. It's one of the best movies of all time.
With one of the greatest soundtracks of all time.
A certified classic 😎
THIS!! It's actually crazy how many movies have used the BTTF template! What a fantastic feel-good film, we had such a blast with this!
@@OfficialMediaKnights Extended information, Watch Back in Time the documentary.
Crispin Glover (George McFly), Lea Thompson (Lorraine) and Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) did tremendous jobs portraying their characters both in 1985 and 1955. Same with Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown). I saw this when it came out, and one of the biggest audience laughs came when they saw that full-service gas station in 1955.
Fun fact: Actor Eric Stolz was originally cast as Marty McFly. They shot quite a few early scenes with him and decided he wasn’t right for the part. He got fired in the middle of production and they recast Michael J Foxx. All the early scenes had to be redone. Only a fraction of the early scenes with Eric Stolz playing the lead have been released.
I still want to go to the alternate reality where they made the Eric Stoltz BttF, just to check it out.
@@himwhoisnottobenamed5427 - I’m sure they’ll decide to release it on an anniversary edition at some point. I’m guessing there’s only 30-45 minutes of scenes at most before he was canned.
The irony that they keep having issues with the DeLorean is amazing. One of the coolest, but least reliable cars ever made. I'm sure it was a nightmare on ser
This movie was crafted to perfection! The performances bear it through wonderfully without making the story feel stilted. Silky smooth and heart warming. One of my favorite "comfort" movies!
I'm blown away. Had to click on this video. They have not seen Back to the Future until now. Let that sink in. 😮😮
That being said, welcome to one of the 5 best movies of all time and the perfect movie to say THIS is why we watch movies. Movie magic!
"They found me, I don't know how but they found me"... says the guy driving around town in a big van with his name on the side of it!
Oh can we also have a standing ovation for Drew Struzan's stunning, iconic Back to the Future poster art? 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😍😍😍😍
It's such a gorgeous poster, right???
@@OfficialMediaKnights he used to do all the film posters back then and they were all epic. There's a beautiful book of all his film art and Sky Arts channel did a great documentary about him I think you guys would love❤️
He's the unsung hero of cinema, really. His posters were part of the magic of the movies they promoted.
@@OfficialMediaKnights Yes! and check out all three posters side by side if you can!
I thankfully got to watch all these 80's movies as a kid in the 90's (Born in 89). Some movies and what they were about, kinda flew over my head as a kid but rewatching them as an adult, brings back some good memories and clarifies some things for me.
I only recently discovered your channel (When you started the LoTR trilogy) but I have been watching quite a few of your old videos as well by now.
It's almost like watching a movie with friends when I see these videos
I was 11 when that movie was released into theaters. The 80's was an amazing time to grow up.
How the four guys shout: "SHIIIIIITTTT!" before crashing into the truck gets me everytime 😂😂😂😂😂
Love this. Michael J. Fox's charisma is what made you really connect with Marty McFly throughout the entire trilogy. The skateboard and going back to 1985 were my 2 favorite scenes/ moments in BTTF. And to think, due to Fox's scheduling conflicts with Family Ties, his casting nearly didn't happen. So glad it worked out and Fox was casted because it wouldn't have been the same. And a huge credit goes to Zemeckis for his creativity after seeing an old picture of his parents which gave him the idea/ concept.
Tom Wilson is the actor who played Biff, and he's a pretty great guy IRL, who just happens to be very good at playing dickheads (he was also in the Legends of Tomorrow show on the CW)
I also developed the BIGGEST crush on Lea Thompson thanks to this film, and she still looks damn good :P
It's also pretty obvious, but Rick & Morty draws pretty heavy inspiration from the Doc & Marty relationship in these films.
In the 80's, cool-ass vehicles was the jam in films and tv; the DeLorean, Christine, the Ecto-1, the A-team van (a GMC Vandura), the last of the V-8 Interceptors, the General Lee, K.I.T.T., that black Lamborghini Countach from Cannonball Run, the Airwolf, the cartoon show M.A.S.K. (which has an incredible theme song), all the cool stuff from GI JOE, etc. etc. God I miss the 80's man
Tom Wilson is so cool, dude is humble as hell... He's funny in April Fools, a pretty great slasher from around then... we rewatch it every april so I just saw it lol
This is why 'Rick' from 'Rick & Morty', refuses to do time travel.
Tom Wilson also had a recurring role in season 2 of "Ghost Whisperer." One of his few "nice guy" roles.
Tom Wilson was also Flats Flounder and the Tattletale Strangler on Spongebob.
The script in this film is so tight. It reminds me a lot of the writing in the Cornetto trilogy written by Edward Wright and Simon Pegg. Almost everything that is mentioned gets a callback at some point in the film, almost nothing is wasted. Love it.
Much of it goes over people's heads unless you were from the '80s. Things are missed today. I was 10yrs. old when this movie came out and generally movies weren't all that great. Very few. This was written and filmed So good with great actors, It was a major breakthrough film..!
As soon as it ended we walked out. My dad said you guys want to watch it again, He bought more tickets my family went back in watched it twice in a row..! "1985"
I’m still thinking about what Bruce Banner said in Endgame: “If you travel to the past, your past becomes your future and your former present becomes the past, which can’t now be changed by your new future.” Despite how great this movie is, that line about time travel still makes sense to me.
I was remembering in Endgame when Scott said “ ‘Back to the Future’ isn’t shit!!!”, and I was like “YEAH!”.
@@turbopokey was that 'Great Scott'? lol
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Bruce Banner just says in a "cleaver way" how "TIME" isn't linier. So Marty effectively created a new timeline. BTTF2 even expands on the idea.
Being born in the 80's, I was absolutely in love with Michael J. Fox, Jason Bateman, and Malcolm Jamal Warner. I can't tell you how many times I've watched this movie. I see why old people are so Nostalgic, I'd give a Kidney to go back to the 80's & 90's! 🥺
Rick & Morty had to be an inspiration from Doc & Marty.
People throw this term around waaay too much these days, but this is, without a doubt, an absolutely PERFECT FILM. I was 14 when saw it at the theater multiple times, and it was electrifying. I've seen hundreds of films in the theater since the late 70s when I was so young I had to sneak in, but I've only witnessed a standing ovation 4 times: 1) Star Wars, 2) Return of the Jedi (Empire's downer ending freaked people out too much for a standing-o), 3) Back To The Future, and 4) Pulp Fiction.
This movie is perfect. No seriously, on a technical level this is how you execute a film.
Flawless character introductions.
Buttery smooth pace.
Exposition is avoided like the plague.
The cinematography is incredible.
It just goes on.
Hey I just got to say , you guys are probably my favourite reaction channel ever, I love how you actually get involved and invested in the movies you watch and don’t talk over important stuff and don’t joke and poke holes in the story all the time , it’s very annoying when other reactors do that . Keep up the good work guys 👍.
I remember going to our local cinema waaaayyyyyy back in 1985 to see this awesome movie, was such a blast back then, especially for a 15 year old lad, I loved it back then and I watch it to this day and still love it just as much! Love your reactions guys, always brightens my day🌞🌞🌞
I'm so glad Denise mentioned the abundance of Chekov's guns in this movie. You could call the B2tF trilogy a Chekov's Arsenal.
Christopher Lloyd is weirdly underrated... one of those actors that was so famous for one thing a lot of people kind of forget how amazing in general he was... Total comedic genius... watch him on Taxi or in other nostalgic faves like Camp Nowhere... so so good.
He made a great Klingon in the Star Trek movie, also John Larroquette!
@@douglasdavis8395 John Larroquette is a national treasure, he's always amazing
you both have the #2 reaction in my book of over 70 reactors! The enthusiasm makes me smile--thats how we all felt in the theater. We had a little more "WTF did we just see?" going on in 1985, but as I was 18 then, thats expected. You gotta do the last 2 of the Future trilogy. It is all wild and great. Really, in the 80s, we had all these great movies that we barely had enough time to see them all in theaters! You made me feel better today. Thank you!
Back To The Future is a rare example where all 3 films in the trilogy are excellent.
A fun thing about Doc and Marty -- which you may already know through pop culture, but I'll mention here just in case you don't -- is that they were the inspiration for "Rick and Morty." That's why the names have a similar cadence, the characters have a similar (albeit caricatured) look, and why Rick sounds a little bit like a weird wino while Morty has that squeaky, mid-puberty voice. That cartoon is basically a low-brow animation version of "Back to the Future" taken to the extreme. MANY extremes.
I'm looking forward to you two continuing this series. It's fun and has lots of creative storytelling that I think you'll appreciate. I'm not sure if you've done the math yet, but Doc, Marty, and Jennifer going 30 years into the future from their present of 1985 means "the future" you'll be seeing is 2015. I remember when the movie came out, 2015 seemed SO FAR away and we fully expected the post-2000s to be a sci-fi wonderland (and, tbh, if you take a step back and compare the tech of the two without considering the gradual transition in between, it kind of is; little kid me would be losing his mind over the tech we take for granted today).
That being said, we all know that movies that predict what "the future" will look like are often hilariously inaccurate when that future actually arrives. Without any spoilers, I honestly think you can see some arrows pointing in the right direction in BttF 2's 2015, even if the details are a little wacky. I mean, this isn't hard sci-fi, but, y'know, they took some swings, made some guesses, extrapolated what they knew in the '80s. And, not that different from how Marty planted seeds in 1955 that blossomed in 1985 -- paradox be damned -- there's tech being developed BECAUSE people saw it in "Back to the Future 2" and wanted it to be real. The movie predicted things that exist because the movie predicted them.
Anyway, reactors usually get a little laugh out of how wack some of the vision of 2015 is, but I sort of think of it as an "alternate 2015 timeline," different from the one we lived through IRL. Because, hey, in an infinite universe where the 5th dimension is a field of alternate timelines extending "sideways" from our own, pretty much any vision of "the future" is right somewhere. Even the wack ones.
Enjoy the series, y'all. I think you'll have a good time with it.
6:08 That's Huey Lewis from Huey Lewis & The News.
Yessss!! Love Huey Lewis & The News!
I was just gonna put that in the comments. I love that he says “it’s just too darn loud”. 😄💗
@@OfficialMediaKnights Reminds me, have y'all ever watched American Psycho?
I was going to post the same thing. By the way, the Back to the Future trilogy is pure awesomeness.
I never got to see this in the cinema when it first came out, but once it was available on VHS, I used rent it out all the time (it took a few years for it to be available to buy). It was a massive hit when I was a kid, and was responsible for inspiring so many kids to start skateboarding (including myself). I never stuck with skating, but I must have seen this film nearly 100 times throughout my life. I finally got to see it on the big screen when it got a theatrical re-release on its 25th anniversary in 2010, and I took my own 5 year-old son to see it. The film is an all-time classic, and watching it again with you two only makes me love it even more.
The sequels didn't quite (and frankly, couldn't possibly) live up to the original, but I still thoroughly recommend watching them. I watched those in the cinema as a kid with my dad, and they too bring back a lot of fond memories of my childhood in the 80s. Looking forward to seeing your reactions to those too 🙏🏽🔥💪🏼
The song Marty's band was playing in the band competition was "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News, and the judge that tells them, "I'm afraid you're just too darn loud" was Huey Lewis, himself. I always thought that was funny. I also thought it was funny that Huey is using a bullhorn when he tells them they're too loud.
I love how you guys just enjoy the movie without necessarily trying to guess what's going to happen
And, as everyone knows, Rick and Morty is inspired in this legendary trilogy....and wears it's inspiration proudly.
Now a few curiosities:
> The original actor to play Marty was Eric Stolz, and he actually shot a few scenes, but he was fired because he played the role very seriously, never got the comedy tone right.
> The original Jennifer was also changed because she was too tall to be along side Michael J Fox. The actress was Melora Hardin, from The Office.
> Claudia Wells is replaced by Elizabeth Shue in the 2nd and 3rd due to Claudia's mother getting diagnosed with cancer and she taking a break to be with her. In the end, there were 3 actresses playing Jennifer.
The original Jennifer was brought back for the Telltale video game, at least.
This is truly one of the best movies ever made and it’s #1 on my top trilogy list. I ended up finding this is a bizarre way. As a kid growing up in the early 90s they made a Back To The Future cartoon. It didn’t last long but I watched it and really enjoyed it. It wasn’t until a few years later that I found out it was based on a movie.
Watching the movie made me understand why the cartoon was cancelled - it just didn’t compare - the movie trilogy is incredible. I ended up purchasing the VHS trilogy boxset, then years later when working at a DVD store putting myself through college I ended up getting a signed (by MJF and CL) Back To The Future: The Ultimate Trilogy Box set. This is a fantastic piece of cinema and I hope Hollywood doesn’t ruin it with a remake. I truly enjoy more people finding this movie and going through the rollercoaster of emotions I did and do when re-watching it.
Quentin Tarantino said this trilogy was the PERFECT movie, and the craziness of it inspired him.
I've seen this movie dozens of times, and I never caught that there was a man hanging from one of the clocks in the first scenes! Well done!
Despite how the movie ends, they never actually planned a sequel. It's was only after fans demanded it in 1987 that they even began to write a script. It took a further two years in production to be released (1989). The four year wait was excruciating. Luckily, we only had to wait one year for part 3 :)
"To Be Continued" was on the home video release by 1986. Part of the reason it took so long is because they filmed both sequels back to back, after years writing scripts and building sets.
That part about Lorraine calling Marty "Calvin Klein" was changed in the dubbed versions depending on the country, because at the time the film was released in 1985 not all countries were familiar with all brands.
In the Spanish dub, Lorraine calls him "Levi Strauss", and in the French version it's "Pierre Cardin", all clothing brands that sell underwear, and luckily they are all actual names rather than only a commercial name.
Perhaps there was a country out there where Lorraine called him “Fruit of the Loom“…😂😂🤣🤣
Interesting, that Spanish dub must be for Europe tho, because in the Spanish dub for Latin America she still calls him Calvin Klein
@@WiiZ1771 True, important to note for non-Spanish speakers that Spanish voice dubs for movies and TV series are always done either in Spaniard Spanish (country in Europe) or Latin American Spanish. There often are also different dubs of Latin Spanish for different countries because, for example, the accent and wording of a Mexican person is very different to that of an Argentinian.
@@AWhistlingWolf The really interesting thing about dubbing in Spain is that it's a lifelong thing. When an actor gets big enough to appear substantially in more than one film, a voice actor is "cast" to do his voice and his voice only. This goes on as long as the actor is making films and/or the voice actor keeps working. So in Spain, Tom Cruise has a voice that is exclusively his; you never hear another actor with that particular voice, and that voice is always his screen voice. Same for Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd - they all have their own individual dub voice, thus creating the same continuity for the audiences there that we have when we hear their natural voices. It's quite clever.
@@Serai3 The thing that strikes me is that the guy playing Tom Cruise also plays Tom Hanks, Sean Penn, Dennis Quaid, Robin Williams, Nicholas Cage, Colin Firth, Val Kilmer, Roberto Benigni, Kenneth Branagh, Daniel Day-Lewis....
The actor playing Harrison Ford also plays George Clooney, Liam Neeson, Kurt Russell, Mark Hamill, Alec Baldwin, Richard Gere, Dan Aykroyd....
Harrison Ford is sometimes played by the actor that also plays Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Gerard Depardieu....
the Script for this Movie is just brilliant, everything clicks, everything is at the right place, at the right time, every little bit and piece is well thought out.
The two of you are becoming one of my absolute review channels. I love that you not only enjoy the films for their entertainment value, but also that you appreciate the skill and craftsmanship that went into older films.
I've seen this movie dozens of times, and every time I forget Huey Lewis is one of the audition judges.
I was 14 years old when my mom took me to the movie theater to see this in 1985. The vibe to this movie was incredible. I left the theater was such a great feeling and I wanted to get my parents to buy me a skateboard right away. Before this movie, Michael J. Fox was not an established movie star, but a very popular star on his television show, family ties, which turned from an ensemble to show focused on him. Once they realized how talented he was, and how much the audiences loved him.
he had 2 movies drop back to back months Teen Wolf & Back To The Future
@@XxThePhantomFreezexX yeah, I remember that! I dragged my mom to see Teen Wolf as well, which came out later that summer, although it was shot before Back To The Future.
Unlike most others who watch BttF for the first time, you have a unique coveted "notch on your belt" even for die hard BttF fans in that you got to experience the Universal Studios ride! I got to ride it also, multiple times, and it was such an amazing memory I'll never forget as a BttF fan. The movies are forever and can always be watched by anyone at any time, but the ride was a once in a lifetime chance that had passed and will never come again.