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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.
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.
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.
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!!!!
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! 🙈
@@hennakettunen8755 I think that is supposed to clue in the viewer that changes that Marty did in past have affected the present. So if you picked up on it, you might not be surprised when Marty's family was completely different.
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 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 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 it 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.
@@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.
@@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.
44:41 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
And also the man who played the bum was an adult film actor and played in the movie " orgy American style" which was the movie on the marquis of the XXX movie theatre in 1985
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.
@@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.
@@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.
*_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.
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.
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
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! ✌️
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
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.
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.
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 RUclips 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!
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!
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. ;-)
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ⭐️
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.
@@SaulOhio That's a cool detail, and I'm kind of sad they left it out. (sorry not sorry for that pun 🙂) And that kind of pressure did exist even into the 1970s, when my grandma was trying to change my little sister. (Fortunately she failed.)
@@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.
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
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.
I have to say I really love your channel. I turned 45 on Saturday and I have to say that I am so envious of the two of you for being able to watch this movie for the first time. I saw this when it first came on cable and was mesmerized. Now when I watch it, it takes me back to when I was a little kid, but I will never be able to get the magic back of watching it for the first time. So happy for you to be able to enjoy this movie.
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.
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 RUclips video.
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.
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.
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 👍.
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.
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!
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!
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
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!
This movie never gets old, insanely rewatchable. And in my book, a near perfect script. Perfectly cast. And Marty is such a wonderful character, he is so perfectly played by Fox, and the balance of coolness, charm, and heart in the character is something you rarely see done so perfectly in a film. You are rooting for him from the first second of the film, and his relationship with Doc is so unique and bursting with heart and true friendship. The rare film where every single thing about it is firing on all cylinders. And good lord what an awesome score by Alan Silvestri. You just can’t help loving this movie, and the payoffs throughout the movie, and the character moments are so beyond satisfying. I’m so glad you guys loved it
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🌞🌞🌞
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!
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.
The Back to the Future trilogy is a master class in filmmaking, on every level! Even the music has become emblematic of the 80's. Can't wait to see you cover the next two!
I have watched this reaction by you guys at least 15-20 times. Your commentary is so intelligent and insightful that I can watch this over and over again without getting tired of it. So good. Thank you!
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.
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 🙏🏽🔥💪🏼
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!
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.
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 😂
@@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 RUclips 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!
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
Great reaction!! My #1 movie - all-time - I can watch this at any time, and feel good! To me, it's the perfect movie - it has it all - fantastic acting, dialogue, plot, action, effects (still hold up today!), music (I LOVE the score and soundtrack). You're correct - the writing on this IS perfect. There is a payoff for everything...in it's own time! I first watched this for my 7th birthday - my parents rented the VHS (and the VCR! yes, we didn't have a VCR yet...ahh the mid-80's!), and we watched it together! My parents being teens in the 50's fell in love with the nostalgia (AND we already loved Michael J. Fox being Family Ties fans! AND him being Canadian) - for them it WAS going back in time, to their memories! From then on, whenever it came on, we watched it together. I think I watched that rental 5 more times before it had to go back. Now as an adult, with 3 kids - we watch it together - and my boys LOVE it too! The perfect family movie! Cheers.
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.
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 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.
I can relate to Doc's musing at the beginning. When I was a kid, we lived on the edge of my town, and all around us were corn fields that sloped downhill, and off in the distance was a historic farm site that has to do with the beginnings of our town. I could go out in the fields and lose all sight of my house. Now that is all gone, houses are there and apartments, and you can't even tell there is a slope, and the farm is now within our town, surrounded by duplexes! This film hits me right in the feels!
I first saw this on VHS in 1986, I was 6 years old. Came downstairs early on a Saturday morning, my folks had rented it the night before. Didn’t know if I was allowed watch it or not but I put it on anyway :) loved it from the first watch and I think I’ve probably seen it 300 odd times in the years since. One of the greatest films ever made, an 80s classic, great to see the reaction of two people seeing it for the first time!
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.
@@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❤️
22:55 that's called a bootstrap paradox, basically a loop. the only reason marty tells him he's gonna be mayor is because he was mayor, and the idea came from someone telling him that he can. makes you think though where the idea originally came from, because at some point in time it must've started.
Born in 81, this was my number 1 movie from the age of 7 to probably 13/14 until more mature tastes emerged. It has remained in my top 5 at all times. After watching you guys here it brought me back to how I felt watching this as a kid and sent it straight back to no 1 for me as of now. It really is a perfect movie.
I keep getting goosebumps as you two make all the connections. This is one of my most favorite movies and watching others enjoy it for the first time makes me so happy.
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
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.
Guys - this makes me so happy to ride shotgun with you as you experience such an absolute classic. Besides the amazing performances, it the script that is so exceptional as you guys noted. This one covers everything - fun action, sci fi, some really resonant moments.... can't wait for the rest of the trilogy (in a time when doing a trilogy like this was not a guaranteed thing).
I just watched your BTTF2 reaction video and HAD to search for your reaction to part 1. I wasn't expecting to watch the entire reaction but you two were so entertaining. THANK YOU for being so engrossed the film and in reacting to it. The man reminds me of myself and my fascination woth time travel movies. Best reaction hands down and I have watched like a 100 of these. ❤️
this movie brings back so many memories. hope you guys do the whole trilogy, even heard there may be a 4th movie in the works. hope you guys have a great day. your content rocks 🤘
Thank you so much for your support, it means the world to us! We are definitely gonna watch the rest, we had such a great time with this one! Hope you have the best day, you rock too! 🤟🏽
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.
Really loved your reaction! Your guys' enthusiasm was so infectious and I've watched probably 20+ reactions of this timeless classic. It came out when I was freshman in HS and we were so astonished by it.
I love this franchise. There are so few films that are perfect, or at least as close to perfect as a human can get. There is nothing in this that is wasted or insignificant. Even like at the start hearing the Mayor Goldie Wilson advertising campaign, it not only pays off with the mirror of the 1955 advert in the exact same way and in the same street, but then also meeting Goldie and it’s Marty who gives him the idea of becoming mayor. You really need to pay attention to the small details. Like where you caught the change of the mall’s name, as a result of Marty crashing through one of the pines in the past.
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
One of the best movies ever made and definitely the very best time travel ever made (applies to the whole trilogy) Loved this enthusiastic reaction Second best time travel is the TV show "Travelers", 3rd place is any time-travel episode of the show StargateSG1 and Atlantis 32:48 she asked for it - Marty delivered soon💩 39:21 just a bit later in the movie - Chuck Berry listened to his "Johnny B Goode" on the phone
This Reaction/Review literally made me cry, I love this. Thank you for taking me back in time. The music, the vibe, takes me back on an emotional nostalgia ride that I can't describe. Love you guys!!!
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.
@@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....
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.
@@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.
You two have the best reaction to this movie. I took my six year old daughter to see it when it came out. She didn’t really understand the details, but she enjoyed it. Good work guys.
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.
@@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.
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 always loved how Huey Lewis was the man with the megaphone that says the band was just too loud. Huey Lewis and the news was a killer 80s band too, love it.
Thats crazy! Back to the Future is literally my favorite series of movies. I've watched them all probably 25 times and I've NEVER noticed the man dangling from the clock at the beginning! Great catch!
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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!
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.
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.
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
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!!!!
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.
@@hennakettunen8755 I think that is supposed to clue in the viewer that changes that Marty did in past have affected the present. So if you picked up on it, you might not be surprised when Marty's family was completely different.
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 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.
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 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 it 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.
@@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.
@@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.
Wow, I never noticed that!
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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
And also the man who played the bum was an adult film actor and played in the movie " orgy American style" which was the movie on the marquis of the XXX movie theatre in 1985
The actor has a bigger role in They Live
The attention to detail and callbacks throughout this trilogy is a master class of film making.
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
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 :-)
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
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 saw this in the theater when it came out when I was in high school....some 4 decades ago. *sigh*
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.
I always just took the line to mean her dad was a bad driver who had almost hit a few people with his driving!
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
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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
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
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
How the four guys shout: "SHIIIIIITTTT!" before crashing into the truck gets me everytime 😂😂😂😂😂
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?
@@jesoko6724 No, nuclear was purely to power the flux capacitor!
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 RUclips 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?
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!!
👍🏼 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
Yep, as Mitch Hedberg said, when someone gives you a flyer, they're saying "Here, you throw this away.''
"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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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. 🤘🏼😆
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.
And the mom says that little Joey just really enjoys the playpen, so they leave him in it a lot, so maybe adult Joey just enjoys prison. 😆
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 ⭐️
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.
@@SaulOhio That's a cool detail, and I'm kind of sad they left it out. (sorry not sorry for that pun 🙂) And that kind of pressure did exist even into the 1970s, when my grandma was trying to change my little sister. (Fortunately she failed.)
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.
@@TrippingHawk facts, they even reused a significant amount of stoltz footage because to save some money in reshoots.
One of the clocks at the beginning is Harold Lloyd from the silent film Safety Last, and foreshadows Doc hanging from the clock.
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.
I have to say I really love your channel. I turned 45 on Saturday and I have to say that I am so envious of the two of you for being able to watch this movie for the first time. I saw this when it first came on cable and was mesmerized. Now when I watch it, it takes me back to when I was a little kid, but I will never be able to get the magic back of watching it for the first time. So happy for you to be able to enjoy this movie.
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.
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!
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 RUclips 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!
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 love how you guys just enjoy the movie without necessarily trying to guess what's going to happen
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.
His comment " too loud " is a criticism someone gave his band.
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 👍.
one of the most COMPLETE trilogies ever. everything connects
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.
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!
"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.
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
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!
This movie never gets old, insanely rewatchable. And in my book, a near perfect script. Perfectly cast. And Marty is such a wonderful character, he is so perfectly played by Fox, and the balance of coolness, charm, and heart in the character is something you rarely see done so perfectly in a film. You are rooting for him from the first second of the film, and his relationship with Doc is so unique and bursting with heart and true friendship. The rare film where every single thing about it is firing on all cylinders. And good lord what an awesome score by Alan Silvestri. You just can’t help loving this movie, and the payoffs throughout the movie, and the character moments are so beyond satisfying. I’m so glad you guys loved it
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🌞🌞🌞
You're 54?
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 😅
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!
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! 🤦👍
The Back to the Future trilogy is a master class in filmmaking, on every level! Even the music has become emblematic of the 80's. Can't wait to see you cover the next two!
I have watched this reaction by you guys at least 15-20 times. Your commentary is so intelligent and insightful that I can watch this over and over again without getting tired of it. So good. Thank you!
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.
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 🙏🏽🔥💪🏼
"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!
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!
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
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 RUclips 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!
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
Great reaction!! My #1 movie - all-time - I can watch this at any time, and feel good! To me, it's the perfect movie - it has it all - fantastic acting, dialogue, plot, action, effects (still hold up today!), music (I LOVE the score and soundtrack). You're correct - the writing on this IS perfect. There is a payoff for everything...in it's own time!
I first watched this for my 7th birthday - my parents rented the VHS (and the VCR! yes, we didn't have a VCR yet...ahh the mid-80's!), and we watched it together! My parents being teens in the 50's fell in love with the nostalgia (AND we already loved Michael J. Fox being Family Ties fans! AND him being Canadian) - for them it WAS going back in time, to their memories! From then on, whenever it came on, we watched it together. I think I watched that rental 5 more times before it had to go back.
Now as an adult, with 3 kids - we watch it together - and my boys LOVE it too! The perfect family movie! Cheers.
Fun fact: The dangling on the clock thing was an homage to Harold Lloyd in "Safety Last," which is a very fun watch! 👍
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.
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.
I can relate to Doc's musing at the beginning. When I was a kid, we lived on the edge of my town, and all around us were corn fields that sloped downhill, and off in the distance was a historic farm site that has to do with the beginnings of our town. I could go out in the fields and lose all sight of my house. Now that is all gone, houses are there and apartments, and you can't even tell there is a slope, and the farm is now within our town, surrounded by duplexes! This film hits me right in the feels!
I first saw this on VHS in 1986, I was 6 years old. Came downstairs early on a Saturday morning, my folks had rented it the night before. Didn’t know if I was allowed watch it or not but I put it on anyway :) loved it from the first watch and I think I’ve probably seen it 300 odd times in the years since. One of the greatest films ever made, an 80s classic, great to see the reaction of two people seeing it for the first time!
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.
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!
22:55 that's called a bootstrap paradox, basically a loop. the only reason marty tells him he's gonna be mayor is because he was mayor, and the idea came from someone telling him that he can. makes you think though where the idea originally came from, because at some point in time it must've started.
Born in 81, this was my number 1 movie from the age of 7 to probably 13/14 until more mature tastes emerged. It has remained in my top 5 at all times. After watching you guys here it brought me back to how I felt watching this as a kid and sent it straight back to no 1 for me as of now. It really is a perfect movie.
I keep getting goosebumps as you two make all the connections. This is one of my most favorite movies and watching others enjoy it for the first time makes me so happy.
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
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.
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.
Guys - this makes me so happy to ride shotgun with you as you experience such an absolute classic. Besides the amazing performances, it the script that is so exceptional as you guys noted. This one covers everything - fun action, sci fi, some really resonant moments.... can't wait for the rest of the trilogy (in a time when doing a trilogy like this was not a guaranteed thing).
I just watched your BTTF2 reaction video and HAD to search for your reaction to part 1. I wasn't expecting to watch the entire reaction but you two were so entertaining. THANK YOU for being so engrossed the film and in reacting to it. The man reminds me of myself and my fascination woth time travel movies. Best reaction hands down and I have watched like a 100 of these. ❤️
this movie brings back so many memories. hope you guys do the whole trilogy, even heard there may be a 4th movie in the works. hope you guys have a great day. your content rocks 🤘
Thank you so much for your support, it means the world to us! We are definitely gonna watch the rest, we had such a great time with this one! Hope you have the best day, you rock too! 🤟🏽
Christopher and Michael are VERY CLOSE to this day!! One of the best duo's on screen .. EVER!!
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.
Really loved your reaction! Your guys' enthusiasm was so infectious and I've watched probably 20+ reactions of this timeless classic. It came out when I was freshman in HS and we were so astonished by it.
I love this franchise. There are so few films that are perfect, or at least as close to perfect as a human can get.
There is nothing in this that is wasted or insignificant. Even like at the start hearing the Mayor Goldie Wilson advertising campaign, it not only pays off with the mirror of the 1955 advert in the exact same way and in the same street, but then also meeting Goldie and it’s Marty who gives him the idea of becoming mayor.
You really need to pay attention to the small details. Like where you caught the change of the mall’s name, as a result of Marty crashing through one of the pines in the past.
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.
It’s crazy cuz it even worked out for Biff too. Look closely he owns his own car detail business.
that car is so awesome I actually got to drive one at the dealership when I was in high school.
One of the best movies ever made and definitely the very best time travel ever made (applies to the whole trilogy) Loved this enthusiastic reaction
Second best time travel is the TV show "Travelers", 3rd place is any time-travel episode of the show StargateSG1 and Atlantis
32:48 she asked for it - Marty delivered soon💩 39:21 just a bit later in the movie - Chuck Berry listened to his "Johnny B Goode" on the phone
This Reaction/Review literally made me cry, I love this. Thank you for taking me back in time. The music, the vibe, takes me back on an emotional nostalgia ride that I can't describe. Love you guys!!!
Doc and Marty is one of the best friendship in movie history.
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....
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.
That was the best reaction to this film I've seen from anyone. It was sheer pleasure to watch you two be so delighted about every aspect of the film.
Thank you so much, what a kind comment!! You brightened our day with that, thank you!
You two have the best reaction to this movie. I took my six year old daughter to see it when it came out. She didn’t really understand the details, but she enjoyed it. Good work guys.
I've seen this movie dozens of times, and every time I forget Huey Lewis is one of the audition judges.
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.
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 always loved how Huey Lewis was the man with the megaphone that says the band was just too loud. Huey Lewis and the news was a killer 80s band too, love it.
Thats crazy! Back to the Future is literally my favorite series of movies. I've watched them all probably 25 times and I've NEVER noticed the man dangling from the clock at the beginning! Great catch!