Sometimes a film comes along that weaves magic at the box office, but even rarer is a set of films that do it. The Back To The Future Trilogy is one of these. There are so many great moments – I think instantly of ‘Mum, Mum… you’re so… thin!’, meathead bully boy Biff’s encounter with the dung truck and ‘I am Darth Vader! From the Planet Vulcan!’. MJ Fox’s own rendition of Johnny B Goode is also a highlight – who’d have thought he could play like that? BTTF on its own is absolutely essential in anyone’s DVD collection. The script sparkles and the plot is admirably handled and tries hard to maintain some kind of logic. I am sure the science is questionable but who cares? The films are not about the science, they are about cause and effect, action and consequence. Not to mention a great look back at the seemingly innocent American 50’s from an 80’s perspective. This element actually gets more interesting now that we can look back at the 80’s with the same fond irreverence as they did back at the 50’s. It is cute to see the (what we could call huge) ‘portable recording studio’ with Doc Brown’s astute observation that ‘of course your President has to be an actor, he has to look good on television!’ Not to mention the choice of a Delorean as a Time Machine (this was a quirly choice even in 1985). Michael J Fox displays impeccable comic timing and brings real depth to his character of Marty and his relationship with mad genius Doc Brown is touching. Though the whole production is slick, well-crafted and the cast has an amazing chemistry – this really is Michael J Fox’s finest hour. I am not sure this film could have worked with anyone else in the lead. He truly makes it his own – and adds a heartfelt realism and quirkiness to his character that make him absolutely believable. All the films have merits but in my opinion get progressively weaker as they rely more and more on the revisited gagline. Though this in itself is done well and give the set of films a consistency that they need, by the time we get to BTTF3 the appeal is starting to wane so they wrapped up the series at the right time. BTTF2 & 3 are entertaining and make the series complete – but for me do not withstand as many repeat viewings. But even so are still head and shoulders above most of their peers in the family movie market. The extras on the DVDs are great, though perhaps there could have been more in-depth and more modern, retrospective interviews with the cast. But to be honest, this is a set of DVD’s you don’t buy for the extras, you buy it for the films because these are the kind you can watch over and over. If you loved them in 1985, show them to your kids, they’ll love them too.
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It’s a real pleasure to be able to own the BTTF trilogy on DVD, not just because the films are so good, but also because the extras are tremendous. By now, no one needs to be told the plot, but Zemeckis tells a brilliant tale throughout as our hero Marty zips forward and back in time righting wrongs and making sure all goes smoothly for his parents and his children whilst trying to avoid destroying the Universe by creating a time and space paradox. It sounds confusing, but Zemeckis makes time travel fun and it’s not worth trying to think too much about it and spoil the enjoyment. The acting is tremendous throughout, with Christopher Lloyd the real star as the crazed Emmett Brown but there’s not a dodgy performance to be found. My personal fave is BTTFII, where Marty has to retread his own steps in 1955, visiting the same locations where he is already in place and trying to avoid running into himself – terrific stuff. The brilliant extras (over five hours worth) consist of cut scenes and wonderful making of documentaries from the time the film was made and also more recently filmed look-backs from the cast and crew. These are worth investing in the package for alone and the extras put shame on other releases that really don’t go anywhere near enough to town on them. These films are what movie-making should be all about; a great tale, excellently played out with top performers and a whole load of fun to boot.
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Back To The Future has finally been rereleased in a great little box set. I’ll go through the story incase you’ve never seen these, if you haven’t you’re in for a treat.
“Doc” Emmett Brown invents the coolest looking time machine ever, a Delorean car with all the extra gubbins stuck on. Marty McFly accidentally gets sent back to 1955 and unwittingly stops his parents from meeting, if he doesn’t get them together he’ll never be born. In the genius sequel Marty and Doc go into the future to prevent a disaster in Marty’s future family. The third and final part of the story finds them in the wild west in 1885, with the time machine out of action they have to find a way to get home and prevent Doc’s death.
The Back To The Future movies are possibly the most enjoyable movies ever made, every installment is clever, exciting and hilarious. Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd are a perfect pairing and are on of the best on screen double acts ever.
The DVD has fully restored the movies so they look are sparkley and new and sound fantastic. There are plenty of extras on all 3 discs including a commentary (1 only), a featurette from the set and a documentary looking back with interviews by Michael J Fox, Robert Zemeckis and Robert Wade (writer), some brilliant outtakes and deleted scenes.
The best DVD set around.
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Incredibly entertaining!,
Sometimes a film comes along that weaves magic at the box office, but even rarer is a set of films that do it. The Back To The Future Trilogy is one of these. There are so many great moments – I think instantly of ‘Mum, Mum… you’re so… thin!’, meathead bully boy Biff’s encounter with the dung truck and ‘I am Darth Vader! From the Planet Vulcan!’. MJ Fox’s own rendition of Johnny B Goode is also a highlight – who’d have thought he could play like that?
BTTF on its own is absolutely essential in anyone’s DVD collection. The script sparkles and the plot is admirably handled and tries hard to maintain some kind of logic. I am sure the science is questionable but who cares? The films are not about the science, they are about cause and effect, action and consequence. Not to mention a great look back at the seemingly innocent American 50’s from an 80’s perspective. This element actually gets more interesting now that we can look back at the 80’s with the same fond irreverence as they did back at the 50’s. It is cute to see the (what we could call huge) ‘portable recording studio’ with Doc Brown’s astute observation that ‘of course your President has to be an actor, he has to look good on television!’ Not to mention the choice of a Delorean as a Time Machine (this was a quirly choice even in 1985). Michael J Fox displays impeccable comic timing and brings real depth to his character of Marty and his relationship with mad genius Doc Brown is touching. Though the whole production is slick, well-crafted and the cast has an amazing chemistry – this really is Michael J Fox’s finest hour. I am not sure this film could have worked with anyone else in the lead. He truly makes it his own – and adds a heartfelt realism and quirkiness to his character that make him absolutely believable.
All the films have merits but in my opinion get progressively weaker as they rely more and more on the revisited gagline. Though this in itself is done well and give the set of films a consistency that they need, by the time we get to BTTF3 the appeal is starting to wane so they wrapped up the series at the right time. BTTF2 & 3 are entertaining and make the series complete – but for me do not withstand as many repeat viewings. But even so are still head and shoulders above most of their peers in the family movie market.
The extras on the DVDs are great, though perhaps there could have been more in-depth and more modern, retrospective interviews with the cast. But to be honest, this is a set of DVD’s you don’t buy for the extras, you buy it for the films because these are the kind you can watch over and over. If you loved them in 1985, show them to your kids, they’ll love them too.
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|Timeless classics,
It’s a real pleasure to be able to own the BTTF trilogy on DVD, not just because the films are so good, but also because the extras are tremendous.
By now, no one needs to be told the plot, but Zemeckis tells a brilliant tale throughout as our hero Marty zips forward and back in time righting wrongs and making sure all goes smoothly for his parents and his children whilst trying to avoid destroying the Universe by creating a time and space paradox.
It sounds confusing, but Zemeckis makes time travel fun and it’s not worth trying to think too much about it and spoil the enjoyment.
The acting is tremendous throughout, with Christopher Lloyd the real star as the crazed Emmett Brown but there’s not a dodgy performance to be found. My personal fave is BTTFII, where Marty has to retread his own steps in 1955, visiting the same locations where he is already in place and trying to avoid running into himself – terrific stuff.
The brilliant extras (over five hours worth) consist of cut scenes and wonderful making of documentaries from the time the film was made and also more recently filmed look-backs from the cast and crew. These are worth investing in the package for alone and the extras put shame on other releases that really don’t go anywhere near enough to town on them.
These films are what movie-making should be all about; a great tale, excellently played out with top performers and a whole load of fun to boot.
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|3 childhood favourites in one awesome set.,
Back To The Future has finally been rereleased in a great little box set. I’ll go through the story incase you’ve never seen these, if you haven’t you’re in for a treat.
“Doc” Emmett Brown invents the coolest looking time machine ever, a Delorean car with all the extra gubbins stuck on. Marty McFly accidentally gets sent back to 1955 and unwittingly stops his parents from meeting, if he doesn’t get them together he’ll never be born. In the genius sequel Marty and Doc go into the future to prevent a disaster in Marty’s future family. The third and final part of the story finds them in the wild west in 1885, with the time machine out of action they have to find a way to get home and prevent Doc’s death.
The Back To The Future movies are possibly the most enjoyable movies ever made, every installment is clever, exciting and hilarious. Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd are a perfect pairing and are on of the best on screen double acts ever.
The DVD has fully restored the movies so they look are sparkley and new and sound fantastic. There are plenty of extras on all 3 discs including a commentary (1 only), a featurette from the set and a documentary looking back with interviews by Michael J Fox, Robert Zemeckis and Robert Wade (writer), some brilliant outtakes and deleted scenes.
The best DVD set around.
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