Back to the Future (Movie)

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Every good movie needs a good script, providing a long and well-paved road, where it can drive the characters and tell the story. "Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need…roads", would say Doc Brown with property. After all, this movie didn’t follow a normally paved road: he created new standards, ideas, and concepts, changing the way of filming for all the future (literally).

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With its absolutely unique and fantastic touch, Back to the Future will be forever an epic of world cinema. It is difficult to explain the reasons why this movie is so charming. Or maybe it's not so hard to explain, but hard to number all these reasons. Anyway, the most determining factor is the story: funny, immersive and unforgettable. The premise of the film is relatively simple (with a little bit of imagination): What would happen if you, a teenager, returned to the past, and then met your younger parents at the same age as you?

And if, in addition, all occurred in the same time when they met and fell in love? These are questions that fit almost everyone, who, sometime, got curious about the patents past. Do you know if they were correct or troublemakers? Or if you father were shy and your mother outgoing? To allow this central idea to work during the movie, another concept was proposed.

Discover the changes in the movie city of Hill Valley is also amazing

The possibility of time travel, carried out by car DeLorean model DMC-12. With it, the return to the past became possible, leading the protagonist to meet his parents in 1955, thirty years before the current date. And speaking of the protagonist, the character Marty McFly (played brilliantly by Michael J. Fox) is a classic teenage stereotype, which appeared in the 80’s. Outgoing, cheerful, seeking for success using his talents. It was a generation that began there, and continued until nowadays, making the character so believable and familiar.

DeLorean: you want one, don't you?

In a role almost as important as McFly is his friend Emmett "Doc" Brown (played by Christopher Lloyd in another brilliant interpretation). I believe that we could never find a better “crazy scientist” than Lloyd. Serving as a counselor and companion, the Doctor is a contrast to the young character, adding the tone of seriousness and science to the film, and, sometimes, also providing great laugh moments.

Doc and Marty make a great pair of time travelers

The movie plot focus on two main situations: first, Marty must deal with his parents, and understand their loving relationship; second, but also very important, the time traveler have to find, alongside with Doc, a manner to return to his own time, as the DeLorean has some problems in return home. These two problems end directly related as the movie advances, leading Marty to make important (and funny) decisions to set everything alright.

The clock tower scene is a classical among classical

Inclusive, the movie is able to deliver very different feelings to tell the story, cleverly alternating funny and serious moments. This relation catches your attention, never letting the movie get boring. Join it with great actors, (few, but) well-made special effects, and an engaging soundtrack, and the story turns one of the funniest of all time.

DeLorean going to time travel: great special effects

Besides Marty and Doc, there are other great actors in the movie. The movie antagonist, Biff Tannen, played by Thomas F. Wilson, is a character that we all love to hate. The actor really did a very good job, playing a classical school bully that is always mocking with everybody. Marty’s parents, George and Lorraine, are played by Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson, respectively. Both present a very competent and funny work, especially when played with Michael J. Fox.

Back to the Future had a box office of $383 million, being a complete commercial release in 1985, as the movie cost $19 million. Despite the success, the movie had some problems during the filming. Probably, the most significant is the protagonist change. Despite being the initial choice, Michael J. Fox was not able to play the role due to his participation in the television series Family Ties. So, Eric Stoltz was chosen to plat the main role.

It's difficult to imagine a scene without Lloyd and Fox

However, as the movie advanced, the producer Robert Zemeckis determined that Stoltz should leave the production. He believed that the actor was not meant for the film humor, and again returned to Michael. In a special agreement with the television series, the young actor recorded “Back to the Future” in the “free times”. Nowadays, it’s very difficult to imagine Marty McFly played by a different actor.

And talking about Zemeckis, it’s necessary to remember some others producers of “Back to the Future”. Bob Gale, along with Robert Zemeckis, is the writer of the story, and probably the higher authority when we talk about the movie universe. Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall worked as executive producers, and Alan Silvestri was responsible of the movie music.

Neil Canton, Bob Gale, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Zemeckis and Michael J. Fox

Yes, the music of Back to the Future is a special part of the movie. Certainly, the soundtrack is one of the most remembered things of the story: all the best scenes are supported by amazing songs, specially the instrumental ones. The Outatime Orchestra is the responsible for the movie classical music, a team with 98 members, headed by Alan Silvestri. The time travel scenes would not be the same if the orchestral music wasn’t there. Of course, we cannot forget the Huey Lewis with “Back in Time”, and “Johnny B. Goode”, by the Starlighters.

Marty playing the electric guitar in the past

The movie final leave us wanting for more, but, at the same time, shows the correct message: the adventure never ends. Of course, you probably know that this movie has two sequences, but the first Back to the Future will always be the better one, where (or when) the franchise universe started and became famous around the world.

We always want to go back for more adventure!

You will find everything that an epic movie needs in the “Back to the Future”: fascinating story, remarkable soundtrack, excellent actors, a solid plot, and, the most important thing, a lot of fun. Join Marty and Doc in the best time travel movie ever, and one of the best motion pictures of all time, now and in the future (with or without flying Deloreans).