I worked in a movie theater when this movie opened. At the end of each showing, we had to open the doors to the theater before the customers emerged. We'd walk in the theater just as Doc would say "Where we're going we don't need roads." On cue, everyone in the theater laughed. As the car flew away, everyone cheered and applauded. And we'd open the doors. A half dozen times a day - CHEERS and APPLAUSE. Every day. All summer long. People loved this movie. They were so happy when they came out of the theater.
Summer movies in the 80's were MAGICAL.....there is ENERGY in the audiences back then.....I miss that feeling of being part of an audience laughing and applauding all the way through some of those block busters.....those days are GONE.
My way older brother was asst manager of a 2 screen theater that was showing this. It was so successful they had it for months and months before leaving theater. My mom would drop me off at his job and I would just watch this movie two or three times in a row, eat free popcorn and soda and then catch a ride home with my brother when he got off. This movie and the theater kind of imprinted in my childhood.
Jesus, this sounds like the greatest summer ever. During the summer of 93, my mom dropped my buddy and me off at the theater where we watch Jurassic Park back to back while she rad errands. I still remember it 3 years later. Couldn’t imagine how awesome it would be to do that every day.
I saw this movie in the theater with my Dad (born 1917). When Marty McFly first gets to the past, the camera is showing life around the town square. A car pulls up to a Texaco station and the attendants run out and my Dad - not a guy who talks during movies - said softly, "Hey - They weren't THAT fast."
The 1980s were a fantastic time. People were catching ghosts, traveling through time and fighting over the Ark of the Covenant, & the good guys always saved the day in the end. It was the decade of heroes!
Indy didn't save the day in Raiders, he was captured and about to be killed. Then a magic box killed all the baddies, and Indy was spared BC he closed his eyes.
@@LePedantHe saved himself and his woman because he understood the power of God and humbled himself. Unlike the Nazis and a lot of other people these days.
@@OmegaMan. Huh? Indy is an atheist. He called religion "mumbo jumbo". Also, by saying some god saved Indy, you are agreeing with me that Indy didn't save himself.
Han Solo said “mumbo jumbo”, not Indiana Jones. And I see your other point but still feel that Indy was knowledgable, humble and wise enough that he saved himself and Marion from God’s wrath. Peace.
I realized at one point during a film study class that this script is so tight, that every single joke or reference is tied up by the end of the film. It's ludicrous how good this script is, I don't know if you could write a tighter screenplay.
Man, the easter eggs in this movie blow my mind, every time I watch it I pick up on a new easter egg, gag or joke, flawless movie not one flaw, they try to dig and say there is one but who remembers people from highschool that they only knew for one week
I was working at the Avalon movie theater in DC when this came out and we got this movie. There were certain scenes I saw over and over again and never tired of them. There’s nothing like standing in the back of a theater during a sold out show and watching the entire audience love a movie.
It wasn't often that Siskel & Ebert both loved a movie this much. Back to the Future IS a special movie. I have seen parts 1,2 & 3 many times & I never get tired of them.
Weird thing. My favorite one was part 2 when i was a kid. In my 20’s it was part 1 and in my 30’s it was part 3. I wonder if anyone else changed their mind on which one is their favorite with time.
@@cesarsosa4617 Interesting. I vacillated between the original and the second one during my 20's and 30's (I was 15 when the original one came out). Part 2 was my favorite for years. Unfortunately, it didn't age well. I never liked the 3rd one back then, but I appreciate it more now. The original is by far the best one, critically, though.
It is very rare indeed, made even more so by the time we're living in now, where even the most "family-friendly" movies are often a chore to sit through. Studios and filmmakers these days pander down to everyone, targeting the lowest common denominator for their audience. In my opinion, the only blemish on BTTF's record is the language. While not extreme, its presence is like smudge on an otherwise spotless mirror.
***** There are edited versions of Die Hard, Aliens and Predator that were shown on british TV during the 80s without any of the gore/swearing. My favourite line from the edited Die Hard: "Yippie kay yay mother cruncher!"
***** I'll agree that the original BTTF is definitely a product of its time. Most people don't even realize that in spite of it's brilliant story and heart, it still has that whole "1980's Rags to Riches" motif going on. During the Reagan era, it was very common for movies to have that whole "moving on up" and the "American Dream" thing going on. (Of course, they might have turned it around in some films where "being rich" isn't *only* about having lots of material wealth...it's about having love/friends/family/blah blah...though they still keep the wealth in the end. ;) ) That's why I love the entire trilogy of films (though it wasn't originally written as a trilogy) they end up subverting the materialism message and sending a completely different message in the end...being the masters of our own destiny.
***** Yeah...a lot of that materialism in the 80s stemmed from the economic slump we faced in the 70s. People were working harder, longer, making less, and things were costing more. It's easy to see why pop culture fell in love with movies that show a regular person (just like me!) getting the job/girl/car/whatever despite coming from humble roots. Come to think of it...not much has changed. People are *still* working harder, longer, making less, and things are *still* costing more.
As long as the rights to the film remain at Amblin, it never will. Zemeckis, Gale and Spielberg have all pledged that Back to the Future will never be remade, rebooted, spun-off, or continued after Part III. It'll forever remain just the trilogy, and that's it.
@@cockoffgewgle4993 Yes, there has been comics explaining their relationship, basically Marty heard about Doc's reputation of being a crazy scientist and decided to take a peak around his shop when he discovered some of his inventions and Doc caught him then decided to take him under his wing and befriend him because Marty was very interested in Doc's inventions and science
A great film. Will always be timeless. It's so fun. The story is so adventurous. The special effects are well, it's back to the future the special effects are landmark good. The acting is great Michael j fox is the perfect hero. I love the movie.
To this day, BTTF still holds the record of most times I've seen a single movie in the theater (9 times). I still can't believe my dad managed to pull off a miracle and got our family in opening night.
No big budget movie has a good script like this did anymore. It was even up for an oscar. "I can't imagine anyone not liking this film." Can you imagine getting that review lol NICE!
They borrowed from the movie "Time After Time" and "Around The World in 80 Days". They even used the same date (different year) as Time After Time and Mary Steenbergen is in both Time After Time and Back To The Future 3. The main character in Around The World in 80 Days us introduced as you hear the sound of multiple clocks ticking, he's obsessed with time. He also used the phrase "Great Scott" like Doc Brown and the story was written by Jules Verne who's mentioned several times in back the future. Doc Brown has two sons, Jules Brown and Verne Brown. It also has a few odd connections to another 80's movie called "The Wild Life".
I saw this movie in the theatre when I was 13 years old, it blew my mind, I loved it. And as I was walking out after it was over, there, driving by in the parking lot, was a DeLorean. I just about shit my pants.
This and the Goonies were the background of my childhood as I was about 8 when these came out. They came out within a week of each other in the summer of 1985 and sparked my interest in movies that has continued to this day which included working 4 years from age 16-20 at a GIANT movie theater!
So true. I have always believed that films and novels are subjective. If they entertain the reader/viewer, they do their job. This movie is perfectly and unabashedly entertaining.
One of the things I liked about this movie and the trilogy as a whole was when Marty arrived from 1955 to a better 1985. This may sound weird, but most time travel stories feature kids on purposely travelling back in time to change their lives for the better, only for something bad to happen. With Marty though, it was a complete accident. When he went back in time and accidentally changed his past so he wouldn't be born, his number one priority was getting his parents together. But after the job was done and he made it back home, he was super shocked to see that 1985 was better than he remembered. He didn't ask for it, it just happened without Marty realizing it.
As a kid I actually expected him to find a better life when returning home. It was pretty obvious he was training his father to be more self-confident. Not that I had any idea how it would become better.
@@kenlompart9905 Ah, you need to refresh your memory of what happened at Sodom and Gomorrah. The people who have been working to destroy America are going away.
Being a child of the 80's, I couldn't disagree more. TV shows that I used to think were great as a kid (Knight Rider, Greatest American Hero, Littlest Hobo, Diff'rent Strokes etc) are more or less unwatchably cheesy looking back at them now. There was nothing like a Breaking Bad or Succession or even Seinfeld back then on tv. Music is debatable, (I'd take the 90's) but if you look at the charting hits from the 80's, there was some great stuff, but also a ton of Rod Stewart/Debbie Gibson/Richard Marx, along with a lot of Europe-style (the band, not the continent) hair metal action going on 😅
I was 16 going on 17 that year - and I first heard of this movie in a newspaper advertisement. A special sneak preview was happening June 29th, which was the Saturday night before its release on July 3rd. I had no idea what I was in for when I rode the bus to the theater, grabbed some snacks and sat down… Was one of the BEST nights of mass laughter/applause I’ve ever experienced!! A truly special movie; will be a piece of my own teenage years forever! I gotta admit I got teary-eyed reading the marvelous comments here…oh man, how I understand the feels!!!! Cheers, all!
It is pretty fitting that a time travel movie is a timeless classic. When I grew up watching Back to the Future I thought it was a new movie, I didn't know it came out when I was born. It is amazing that it is from all the way back in 1985, if it came out today exactly as it is it would still be a hit.
Michael J. Fox was also starring in "Family Ties" at the same time. He did "Family Ties" during the day and "Back to the Future" at night. Good thing he was in his early twenties at the time!
Good on these two for recognizing the greatness of this film from the getgo. It was destined to become timeless (no pun intended) and legendary - Siskel in particular seemed to pick up on this
What genre is it? I wouldn't even say Sci-Fi, cuz time travel is just in the background. I'd just consider it an adventure movie slash comedy slash romance.
I'm very interested what genre this movie is even considered to be, is it more Sci Fi or comedy? Either way I agree because it's the best movie ever made in my humble opinion
These guys were the best and they nailed this one...To the point were they are predicting the future. This film in 2023 ~40 years later, still a timeless classic😉 My kids even love it in this day and age.
As usual, Siskel & Ebert nailed the review, recognizing this was a special movie and not just a throw-away summer teen flick. The comparisons to Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" are illuminating.
+VersipellistherogueChangeling There are a few movies that even in our time of the remakes just cannot be done again because of how much the time they were made in is central to their charm, and I agree you'd think this would be one of those movies but apparently they came close to actually shooting a damn remake, and it would have starred I shit you not Zach Efron. But people freaked out so bad the studio that wanted to make it was like oh uh... just kidding! God help us if they're not
Hindsight may 20/20, but the problem is the regret of looking back & knowing now what you didn't know then in terms of how you could have made more out of a particular point in time . The 1980's were such a great time to be coming up in America, wish I would have know just how great it was compared to now.
Yeah, I noticed in a lot of his reviews, he gets the minor details wrong. I think its fair though, he probably only saw the film once though, while anyone in the comments here has probably seen it hundreds of times...
Watched this review for the first time, and I have to agree, growing up this was one of the best films of all time. Spielberg was involved, but Zemackis made it happen. Even replaced the lead after the film was half done - and they could only have Michael J Fox at night (which is why of the three films made, this one was nearly completely at night).
I've watched all of the Back to the Future movies over and over again since I was a kid and these movies are always so much fun to watch they never get old.
Try this: Watch the movie "Around The World in 80 Days" (1956 version) then watch the movie "Time After Time"; then watch the 1980's movie "The Wild Life" THEN watch the entire Back To The Future trilogy. You'll see a lot of interesting connections. Also, while you're watching BTTF 2, make a note of Biff's address, they mention it in the movie. Then look up who Albert Pike was, look up his birthday.
The Back to the Future trilogy is absolutely perfect. I'm really glad they aren't going to ruin perfection by trying to re-make this masterpiece. I go back and watch these movies every year or two and sometimes catch something new or interesting.
What a great movie. I feel fortunate that movies like this and Star Wars, the Star Trek movies and Indiana Jones were sitting on VHS in my house as a kid and I got to experience all of them before my teens.
I think watching Siskel and Ebert every Sunday night is what got me into becoming a movie buff. I miss this show. I was only 10 here, so the younger version I missed out on, and this video is so nostalgic. Love this.
it is funny that they got the real premise so clearly. It is now known that the "what would it be like to meet your parents as teens when you were a teen" was the central idea. guess there is something to their film criticism IQ.
If we only knew back then, how much of a cultural impact this movie would make. I love this entire trilogy and I consider the first to be one of my all time favourite movies and one of the all-time greatest films ever made.
I'm the same age as Michael J Fox, was 23 when this came out in the summer of 85. I had no intention of seeing it, but my 12-year-old sister asked me to please take her because she was a fan of Family Ties. At the end of the movie when the other people in the theater were actually applauding, I knew we'd just seen a classic in the making. 🙂👍👍👍👍
This was nice to see. I truly miss Siskel & Ebert. While I was in my teenage years as they were in their prime, I did not begin to appreciate them until I listened to their interaction with Howard Stern back in the 92.3 K-Rock days. It was there that I learned what fun intellects both of these Critics were and it was sad to loose Siskel 1st to Cancer and then Roger went through a terrible ordeal as well with bloody cancer. As I said, I miss these guys. RIP brothers 💕
I don't know why this made me teary eyed. Maybe it's that I love this movie and it fills me with such warmth and comfort to think of it. Or it could be that watching two gentleman discuss a movie with all their passion, as if nothing else in the world mattered, somehow seems so foreign to me now. The 80s does it again.
The weekend that BttF opened I found myself at the mall, on a Saturday afternoon, bored outta my mind. So I went across the street to the theatre to see what matinees were playin. I had seen ads for BttF but thought it sounded stupid. I was so bored tho, I decided to give it a chance. When it was over, I couldn't believe how entertaining it was. I thought it was all in my mind how good it was. When I got home & turned on S&E, I was pleased to hear them verify that, yes, this movie was that good.
They had such classic movies to review back in the day! The critics who said they didn't like this movie, really probably could kick themselves! Peace!
Believe it or not, I was able to catch a special showing of "Back to The Future", in Orlando, Fla., at the old Rocking Chair Movie Theater in Dec. of 1984, just before I left for W. Germany on Dec. 7th.1984. Why they released it early, or for how long, I have no idea. After I got to my duty station, I was asked about all of the new movies and TV shows state side, and I was talking up "Back to The Future"(It hadn't made it to European theaters yet). I even asked my parents to buy the VHS copy of the movie when it came out and ship it to me (It cost me $75.00). I was the only person on the base who had it! Once word got out, (my supervisor shot his mouth off) it was crazy! Everybody wanted to borrow it, from the base commander on down! I had Bird Col.'s ASKING to borrow a movie from an E-2! They didn't try using their rank or statis and was very grateful when I let them borrow it and remembered it every time that I bumped into them!😁
This is one of the few movies I saw in the theater as a kid. I saw it with my best friend and his Mom. I still remember watching the final scene and hearing her say, "Wow guys, it looks like there's going to be another one!". This movie is just about perfect. It is one of a small handful of movies I can watch over and over and over again without getting tired of it.
Some days, I’ll just put it on while I’m doing other stuff at home. It never gets old. It’s one of my Top-5 movies 🎥 of all-time. A truly remarkable and unique piece of American 🇺🇸 culture.
Still one of the greatest movies ever made, and I wholeheartedly stand by that statement. There's a reason why BTTF is analyzed in film classes to this very day. It's that great.
This is probably the greatest movie of all time I can't even count the number of times that I've seen it including on VHS CD and digital format a must-see for all you young people who never got the chance to see it I watched Parts two and three in theater to have been hooked ever since
My wife never saw Back to the Future until I tried hard to get her to watch it. The night I got her to watch it I promised her that if she didn't like it, I'd turn it off. She was angry because she thought Doc killed Einstein when the DeLorean disappeared. When the movie was over she told me to put in Part II.
BTTF is my best friend's favorite film. I was lucky enough to see it in a theater in 1985, and was simply blown away, and consider it the best film of 1985. As for Siskel and Ebert, may they rest in peace, I always enjoyed their review shows on TV.
Great to see Siskel and Ebert gushing over a movie they both liked! They both saw a certain heart and staying power in this movie that has gone on to make it one of the most loved American movies of all time. I saw it twice in 1985, but have seen it in part or whole numerous times on TV. It's a great movie with many memorable scenes and lines.
I can't imagine anyone not enjoying BTTF. It's the best time travel of all time. Gale & Zemeckis wrote & executed it well done. It was smart, funny & lot of heart to it. On my list of favorite films. 2 Thumbs up, way up 👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐
I worked in a movie theater when this movie opened. At the end of each showing, we had to open the doors to the theater before the customers emerged. We'd walk in the theater just as Doc would say "Where we're going we don't need roads." On cue, everyone in the theater laughed. As the car flew away, everyone cheered and applauded. And we'd open the doors. A half dozen times a day - CHEERS and APPLAUSE. Every day. All summer long. People loved this movie. They were so happy when they came out of the theater.
Summer movies in the 80's were MAGICAL.....there is ENERGY in the audiences back then.....I miss that feeling of being part of an audience laughing and applauding all the way through some of those block busters.....those days are GONE.
My way older brother was asst manager of a 2 screen theater that was showing this. It was so successful they had it for months and months before leaving theater. My mom would drop me off at his job and I would just watch this movie two or three times in a row, eat free popcorn and soda and then catch a ride home with my brother when he got off. This movie and the theater kind of imprinted in my childhood.
Jesus, this sounds like the greatest summer ever. During the summer of 93, my mom dropped my buddy and me off at the theater where we watch Jurassic Park back to back while she rad errands. I still remember it 3 years later. Couldn’t imagine how awesome it would be to do that every day.
i was a union projectionist in Denver, Colorado 1977 to 1985
IATSE Local 230 projection union...
nothing more to say‼️®™️
Nice story
One of cinema's greatest ever movies. Never gets old or tiring. Phenomenally engaging movie.
Well said! :-)
absolutely the greatest
I agree, my alltime favorite movie.
100% Facts Bren.
An enormous blockbuster megahit that made Michael J. Fox a superstar, it's *the* movie of the '80s.
I saw this movie in the theater with my Dad (born 1917). When Marty McFly first gets to the past, the camera is showing life around the town square. A car pulls up to a Texaco station and the attendants run out and my Dad - not a guy who talks during movies - said softly, "Hey - They weren't THAT fast."
That's great! Thanks for sharing!
The 1980s were a fantastic time. People were catching ghosts, traveling through time and fighting over the Ark of the Covenant, & the good guys always saved the day in the end. It was the decade of heroes!
Indy didn't save the day in Raiders, he was captured and about to be killed. Then a magic box killed all the baddies, and Indy was spared BC he closed his eyes.
@@LePedantHe saved himself and his woman because he understood the power of God and humbled himself. Unlike the Nazis and a lot of other people these days.
@@OmegaMan. Huh? Indy is an atheist. He called religion "mumbo jumbo".
Also, by saying some god saved Indy, you are agreeing with me that Indy didn't save himself.
Han Solo said “mumbo jumbo”, not Indiana Jones.
And I see your other point but still feel that Indy was knowledgable, humble and wise enough that he saved himself and Marion from God’s wrath. Peace.
@@OmegaMan. Your right, that was Han, Indy called it "hocus pocus".
This is one of the tightest and best movie scripts ever written, every script teacher uses this as an example of a PERFECT movie, and it is.
My professor called this script "More smooth than a precise, well oiled machine".
I realized at one point during a film study class that this script is so tight, that every single joke or reference is tied up by the end of the film. It's ludicrous how good this script is, I don't know if you could write a tighter screenplay.
Man, the easter eggs in this movie blow my mind, every time I watch it I pick up on a new easter egg, gag or joke, flawless movie not one flaw, they try to dig and say there is one but who remembers people from highschool that they only knew for one week
It did take them a good while to polish it to what it is. Many many rewrites
Absolutely! I took a movie/TV production course in high school and this was the first film we watched. Thank you Mr Jacques.
This movie is so awesome that even the youtube comments section of an old review of the movie is awesome
I was working at the Avalon movie theater in DC when this came out and we got this movie. There were certain scenes I saw over and over again and never tired of them. There’s nothing like standing in the back of a theater during a sold out show and watching the entire audience love a movie.
Yes! I used to work at a theater too and did the same thing, even with trailers.
Grew up down the street off Western. Loved that theater. Lived there when this came out.
@@httr21skins I probably saw you there.
I loved the Avalon! Saw so many movies there in the late 90s. Covid killed it I heard?
"Get used to those bars, kid".. lol
N. Pike fuck you, its a sneaky good line.
its impossible to hate this movie
Exactly I just love this movie a lot wholeheartedly too death
How would anyone hate this movie? Doc and Marty's chemistry is off the charts! Best duo in cinema
You lose
ive seen people say its boring. theres people that hate anything.
@@markmac2206 Generation Ztard trolls just craving attention.
It wasn't often that Siskel & Ebert both loved a movie this much. Back to the Future IS a special movie. I have seen parts 1,2 & 3 many times & I never get tired of them.
Weird thing. My favorite one was part 2 when i was a kid. In my 20’s it was part 1 and in my 30’s it was part 3. I wonder if anyone else changed their mind on which one is their favorite with time.
@@cesarsosa4617 Interesting. I vacillated between the original and the second one during my 20's and 30's (I was 15 when the original one came out). Part 2 was my favorite for years. Unfortunately, it didn't age well. I never liked the 3rd one back then, but I appreciate it more now. The original is by far the best one, critically, though.
The movies they both loved a lot often ended up being real classics.
Will always and forever be my favorite film
Grant Turner absolutely!! My favorite movie of all time.
Grant Turner yep this and II
This movie was spectacular.. a rare gem
It is very rare indeed, made even more so by the time we're living in now, where even the most "family-friendly" movies are often a chore to sit through. Studios and filmmakers these days pander down to everyone, targeting the lowest common denominator for their audience. In my opinion, the only blemish on BTTF's record is the language. While not extreme, its presence is like smudge on an otherwise spotless mirror.
***** There are edited versions of Die Hard, Aliens and Predator that were shown on british TV during the 80s without any of the gore/swearing.
My favourite line from the edited Die Hard: "Yippie kay yay mother cruncher!"
***** I'll agree that the original BTTF is definitely a product of its time. Most people don't even realize that in spite of it's brilliant story and heart, it still has that whole "1980's Rags to Riches" motif going on. During the Reagan era, it was very common for movies to have that whole "moving on up" and the "American Dream" thing going on. (Of course, they might have turned it around in some films where "being rich" isn't *only* about having lots of material wealth...it's about having love/friends/family/blah blah...though they still keep the wealth in the end. ;) )
That's why I love the entire trilogy of films (though it wasn't originally written as a trilogy) they end up subverting the materialism message and sending a completely different message in the end...being the masters of our own destiny.
***** Yeah...a lot of that materialism in the 80s stemmed from the economic slump we faced in the 70s. People were working harder, longer, making less, and things were costing more. It's easy to see why pop culture fell in love with movies that show a regular person (just like me!) getting the job/girl/car/whatever despite coming from humble roots. Come to think of it...not much has changed. People are *still* working harder, longer, making less, and things are *still* costing more.
He just never wanted his intelligence insulted. Not a hard thing to ask for while being entertained.
I hope they never remake this.
gr8 b8 m8 I r8 8/1985
As long as the rights to the film remain at Amblin, it never will. Zemeckis, Gale and Spielberg have all pledged that Back to the Future will never be remade, rebooted, spun-off, or continued after Part III. It'll forever remain just the trilogy, and that's it.
In Biff's alternate universe they made six, prequels directed by George Lucas.
@@wiseguymaybe Tannen: a back to the future story
@@tomsassmann5305 🤣 As far as prequels go, I would have liked to know how Marty got to know Dr. Brown.
Marty didn't "bump into" Doc at the mall, he was summoned. Come on, Gene.
Is it ever explained why the two are friends? It's a weird relationship.
@@cockoffgewgle4993 one of the draft mentions Marty was hired for some odd job and then stuck around. Presumably because of the wacky inventions.
@@cockoffgewgle4993 Yes, there has been comics explaining their relationship, basically Marty heard about Doc's reputation of being a crazy scientist and decided to take a peak around his shop when he discovered some of his inventions and Doc caught him then decided to take him under his wing and befriend him because Marty was very interested in Doc's inventions and science
They don’t want to give away the plot it’s a review
@@jd5726 Also, Marty was in a local rock band, and Doc had built the biggest guitar amp in town! It’s a great scene at the beginning.
Ah the 1980s...when people were nostalgic for the 1950s. Every generation wants to go back 30 years.
I want to go back 60 years!!!
Marketing makes this happen.
Lou Reed wanted to be born a thousand years ago…
And also wear a sailor suit and cap… lol
A great film. Will always be timeless. It's so fun. The story is so adventurous. The special effects are well, it's back to the future the special effects are landmark good. The acting is great Michael j fox is the perfect hero. I love the movie.
The uploader traveled back in time 25 years to get this video. We should all be thankful to him for that.
Actually the movie traveled 25 years into the future. Took 25 years :)
This is always the film that comes to mind when asked what my favorite film is. It never gets old.
One of the greatest films ever. I can watch it again and again and never get sick of it.
To this day, BTTF still holds the record of most times I've seen a single movie in the theater (9 times). I still can't believe my dad managed to pull off a miracle and got our family in opening night.
Go Dad Go!!! 🙂
You have a great Dad.
No big budget movie has a good script like this did anymore. It was even up for an oscar.
"I can't imagine anyone not liking this film." Can you imagine getting that review lol NICE!
They borrowed from the movie "Time After Time" and "Around The World in 80 Days". They even used the same date (different year) as Time After Time and Mary Steenbergen is in both Time After Time and Back To The Future 3.
The main character in Around The World in 80 Days us introduced as you hear the sound of multiple clocks ticking, he's obsessed with time. He also used the phrase "Great Scott" like Doc Brown and the story was written by Jules Verne who's mentioned several times in back the future. Doc Brown has two sons, Jules Brown and Verne Brown.
It also has a few odd connections to another 80's movie called "The Wild Life".
Good guy Gene, respecting the spoiler alert all the way back in 85
One of the best overall films ever made.
I can’t stand my parents
Masterpiece. And one of the 5 greatest screenplays ever written.
I saw this movie in the theatre when I was 13 years old, it blew my mind, I loved it. And as I was walking out after it was over, there, driving by in the parking lot, was a DeLorean. I just about shit my pants.
bullshit
I watched it in the theater in 1985. When I walked out it was 1955. I just about shit my pants.
when i was saw the Libyans i about shit my pants
trouty42 if a time machine is ever built, it better be a DeLorean, with a DVD player of all three films and a kickass 80's soundtrack
i was 12 at the time. All kids should see Back To The Future
It should be on the school curriculum 👍❤️
This and the Goonies were the background of my childhood as I was about 8 when these came out. They came out within a week of each other in the summer of 1985 and sparked my interest in movies that has continued to this day which included working 4 years from age 16-20 at a GIANT movie theater!
This isn't Shawshank, Gump, Gone with the wind, Jaws, etc, yet it is perfect.
So true. I have always believed that films and novels are subjective. If they entertain the reader/viewer, they do their job. This movie is perfectly and unabashedly entertaining.
Back to the Future is better then all those movies.
It’s better than all those lol
@@collegefootballfrenzy1344 no its not better than jaws or Shawshank
@@CHUCKYFAN100 *Than
a near flawless movie. a cinematic achievement, iconic. it's a wonderful life for a generation of 80s fans.
One of the things I liked about this movie and the trilogy as a whole was when Marty arrived from 1955 to a better 1985. This may sound weird, but most time travel stories feature kids on purposely travelling back in time to change their lives for the better, only for something bad to happen. With Marty though, it was a complete accident. When he went back in time and accidentally changed his past so he wouldn't be born, his number one priority was getting his parents together. But after the job was done and he made it back home, he was super shocked to see that 1985 was better than he remembered. He didn't ask for it, it just happened without Marty realizing it.
It changed just through his good heart.
As a kid I actually expected him to find a better life when returning home. It was pretty obvious he was training his father to be more self-confident. Not that I had any idea how it would become better.
Glad you told us. I would have never fingered that out.
Didn’t it all go back to the way it was at the end of BTTF III?
@@5roundsrapid263 No, it remained in III the way it was at the end of the first.
Nearly 40 years later this movie still holds up. 40 years!!!!!
GREAT movie, which still holds up well in 2022...
Back to the Future is a perfect movie!
There will never be a decade as great as the 80s again, especially when it comes to TV, movies and music.
Exactly
Oh no, it's coming back very soon. Watch.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie I'm afraid not, the world has changed too much for the laid back days of the 80s to ever come back.
@@kenlompart9905 Ah, you need to refresh your memory of what happened at Sodom and Gomorrah. The people who have been working to destroy America are going away.
Being a child of the 80's, I couldn't disagree more. TV shows that I used to think were great as a kid (Knight Rider, Greatest American Hero, Littlest Hobo, Diff'rent Strokes etc) are more or less unwatchably cheesy looking back at them now. There was nothing like a Breaking Bad or Succession or even Seinfeld back then on tv. Music is debatable, (I'd take the 90's) but if you look at the charting hits from the 80's, there was some great stuff, but also a ton of Rod Stewart/Debbie Gibson/Richard Marx, along with a lot of Europe-style (the band, not the continent) hair metal action going on 😅
I was 16 going on 17 that year - and I first heard of this movie in a newspaper advertisement. A special sneak preview was happening June 29th, which was the Saturday night before its release on July 3rd. I had no idea what I was in for when I rode the bus to the theater, grabbed some snacks and sat down…
Was one of the BEST nights of mass laughter/applause I’ve ever experienced!! A truly special movie; will be a piece of my own teenage years forever! I gotta admit I got teary-eyed reading the marvelous comments here…oh man, how I understand the feels!!!! Cheers, all!
I wish that my parents never met each other
It is pretty fitting that a time travel movie is a timeless classic. When I grew up watching Back to the Future I thought it was a new movie, I didn't know it came out when I was born. It is amazing that it is from all the way back in 1985, if it came out today exactly as it is it would still be a hit.
Michael J. Fox was also starring in "Family Ties" at the same time. He did "Family Ties" during the day and "Back to the Future" at night. Good thing he was in his early twenties at the time!
Originally, he wasn't in it. They reshot his scenes after Eric Stoltz was cast and didn't work out.
@@sha11235 so MJF had to do this movie by night and Family Ties at day, also that same year Teen Wolf came out in theaters, but BTTF is legendary.
He only got four hours of sleep each night as well
he slept in a stationwagon while being driven from set to set. must be tough remembering lines and performing at such a high level on no sleep.
@@CraigMcfly1985 Teen Wolf was going straight to video until BTTF hit it big. The studio rushed out Teen Wolf to theaters instead.
Good on these two for recognizing the greatness of this film from the getgo. It was destined to become timeless (no pun intended) and legendary - Siskel in particular seemed to pick up on this
God these two were everything when it came to movies back then
Back to the Future, Number 1 for eternity !!!!!!!!!!
Probably the best movie of its genre.
Mortimer Not being facetious, but what genre do you consider it to be?
Movies where the plot is a bizarre reverse Oedipal thing
What genre is it? I wouldn't even say Sci-Fi, cuz time travel is just in the background. I'd just consider it an adventure movie slash comedy slash romance.
I'm very interested what genre this movie is even considered to be, is it more Sci Fi or comedy? Either way I agree because it's the best movie ever made in my humble opinion
officially its a sci fi/comedy.
These guys were the best and they nailed this one...To the point were they are predicting the future. This film in 2023 ~40 years later, still a timeless classic😉 My kids even love it in this day and age.
As usual, Siskel & Ebert nailed the review, recognizing this was a special movie and not just a throw-away summer teen flick. The comparisons to Frank Capra's "It's A Wonderful Life" are illuminating.
The only film trilogy we know won't be remade
Lol you know theyre making plans to do another Back to the future? Or no wait, nvm, i think they want to do a sequel
+AyVee we need to get our shotguns and go to Hollywood's house
Dangeresquelover lmao agreed, but not seriously NSA! Dont come knocking down our doors lmao
+VersipellistherogueChangeling I fuckin' hope not.
+VersipellistherogueChangeling There are a few movies that even in our time of the remakes just cannot be done again because of how much the time they were made in is central to their charm, and I agree you'd think this would be one of those movies but apparently they came close to actually shooting a damn remake, and it would have starred I shit you not Zach Efron. But people freaked out so bad the studio that wanted to make it was like oh uh... just kidding! God help us if they're not
Still the only movie I remember the whole audience cheering and clapping at the end. An amazing movie.
Hindsight may 20/20, but the problem is the regret of looking back & knowing now what you didn't know then in terms of how you could have made more out of a particular point in time .
The 1980's were such a great time to be coming up in America, wish I would have know just how great it was compared to now.
Amen to everything you just said.
Grew up in the 80s it was awesome
Being a kid in the 1980s was great, but I didn't become a teenager until the '90s. I wish I could have lived my teen years in the '80s too!
Siskel was wrong - he said Marty "bumped into a scientist at his local mall". Doc called Marty to the mall, he didn't "bump into him".
Yeah, I noticed in a lot of his reviews, he gets the minor details wrong. I think its fair though, he probably only saw the film once though, while anyone in the comments here has probably seen it hundreds of times...
Saw this with my dad at the theater. He loved it as much. So original
Watched this review for the first time, and I have to agree, growing up this was one of the best films of all time. Spielberg was involved, but Zemackis made it happen. Even replaced the lead after the film was half done - and they could only have Michael J Fox at night (which is why of the three films made, this one was nearly completely at night).
Zemackis also made "Used Cars."
This is one of my all-time favorite films! And Ebert compared this to "It's a Wonderful Life," MY SECOND FAVORITE MOVIE EVER!!! XD
I've watched all of the Back to the Future movies over and over again since I was a kid and these movies are always so much fun to watch they never get old.
Try this:
Watch the movie "Around The World in 80 Days" (1956 version) then watch the movie "Time After Time"; then watch the 1980's movie "The Wild Life" THEN watch the entire Back To The Future trilogy. You'll see a lot of interesting connections.
Also, while you're watching BTTF 2, make a note of Biff's address, they mention it in the movie. Then look up who Albert Pike was, look up his birthday.
Thats the power of love!
Marty kissing his sweetheart & then looking at the otherside & then hoverboarding with the cop vehicle.
Timeless forever.
The acting, writing, directing, editing, cinematography and score are all absolutely perfect
'Back to the Future" at least for me is one of the greatest cinematic events of my lifetime.
The Back to the Future trilogy is absolutely perfect. I'm really glad they aren't going to ruin perfection by trying to re-make this masterpiece. I go back and watch these movies every year or two and sometimes catch something new or interesting.
What a great movie. I feel fortunate that movies like this and Star Wars, the Star Trek movies and Indiana Jones were sitting on VHS in my house as a kid and I got to experience all of them before my teens.
Oh man I miss these guys. RIP Gene and, sadly, now Roger. LOVE that they loved this movie so much! One of my faves!
I think watching Siskel and Ebert every Sunday night is what got me into becoming a movie buff. I miss this show. I was only 10 here, so the younger version I missed out on, and this video is so nostalgic. Love this.
1985 as a whole has more classics than any other year imo.
Have you seen Come And See?
Try 1939.
Woah, Siskel likes it! He hates everything!
This movie is what happens when Hollywood goes right.
Hey @RobGravelle - Gene Siskel does NOT hate everything! Exaggerate much in daily life, too?
@@warriormanmaxx8991 I never exaggerate! (ok, that's an exaggeration)
He likes it! Hey Siskel!
it is funny that they got the real premise so clearly. It is now known that the "what would it be like to meet your parents as teens when you were a teen" was the central idea. guess there is something to their film criticism IQ.
This and The Goonies were probably two of my favorite films ever
Mine too
I'll never understand the love for Goonies. Blows me away.
@@Nominay It's a fun movie
@@Nominay it’s every kids dream to go on an actual pirate treasure hunt.
@@Nominay Funnier than hell.
Ebert's Capra comparison is so spot on.
"You bet your ass it works."
I had my picture taken with Einstein, the dog in the movie, when I went to universal studios in 1994
The dog's real name was Tiger. But they had a different dog for parts 2 and 3 (Freddie).
It's interesting looking back now wondering what the thought was when it was released. ONLY iconic films like this are timeless, no pun intended.
If we only knew back then, how much of a cultural impact this movie would make. I love this entire trilogy and I consider the first to be one of my all time favourite movies and one of the all-time greatest films ever made.
One of the greatest and most enjoyable movies ever. Great being a kid in the 80s
I was 16 in 1985 when this came out and ditched school on my birthday to see it in Beverly hills.... Awesome movie!!!😊
I could say without any hesitation, Back to the Future could very well be the greatest film ever made!!!
Certainly not
That's like.... your opinion, man...
I thought "Star Wars" was the greatest movie.
I'm the same age as Michael J Fox, was 23 when this came out in the summer of 85. I had no intention of seeing it, but my 12-year-old sister asked me to please take her because she was a fan of Family Ties. At the end of the movie when the other people in the theater were actually applauding, I knew we'd just seen a classic in the making. 🙂👍👍👍👍
Awesome! “Family Ties” was what brought me to the sneak preview night!!! I was blown away!
This was nice to see. I truly miss Siskel & Ebert. While I was in my teenage years as they were in their prime, I did not begin to appreciate them until I listened to their interaction with Howard Stern back in the 92.3 K-Rock days. It was there that I learned what fun intellects both of these Critics were and it was sad to loose Siskel 1st to Cancer and then Roger went through a terrible ordeal as well with bloody cancer. As I said, I miss these guys. RIP brothers 💕
I don't know why this made me teary eyed. Maybe it's that I love this movie and it fills me with such warmth and comfort to think of it. Or it could be that watching two gentleman discuss a movie with all their passion, as if nothing else in the world mattered, somehow seems so foreign to me now. The 80s does it again.
The weekend that BttF opened I found myself at the mall, on a Saturday afternoon, bored outta my mind. So I went across the street to the theatre to see what matinees were playin. I had seen ads for BttF but thought it sounded stupid. I was so bored tho, I decided to give it a chance. When it was over, I couldn't believe how entertaining it was. I thought it was all in my mind how good it was. When I got home & turned on S&E, I was pleased to hear them verify that, yes, this movie was that good.
They had such classic movies to review back in the day! The critics who said they didn't like this movie, really probably could kick themselves! Peace!
Back to the Future (1985) has both a story and cleverness. Most high concept movies just have one or the other.
Believe it or not, I was able to catch a special showing of "Back to The Future", in Orlando, Fla., at the old Rocking Chair Movie Theater in Dec. of 1984, just before I left for W. Germany on Dec. 7th.1984. Why they released it early, or for how long, I have no idea. After I got to my duty station, I was asked about all of the new movies and TV shows state side, and I was talking up "Back to The Future"(It hadn't made it to European theaters yet). I even asked my parents to buy the VHS copy of the movie when it came out and ship it to me (It cost me $75.00). I was the only person on the base who had it! Once word got out, (my supervisor shot his mouth off) it was crazy! Everybody wanted to borrow it, from the base commander on down! I had Bird Col.'s ASKING to borrow a movie from an E-2! They didn't try using their rank or statis and was very grateful when I let them borrow it and remembered it every time that I bumped into them!😁
This is one of the few movies I saw in the theater as a kid. I saw it with my best friend and his Mom. I still remember watching the final scene and hearing her say, "Wow guys, it looks like there's going to be another one!". This movie is just about perfect. It is one of a small handful of movies I can watch over and over and over again without getting tired of it.
Never needed a sequel, but they pulled them off very well.
An all-time classic movie for sure. People hundreds/thousands of years into the future will continue to enjoy it. Has timeless appeal for sure.
Some days, I’ll just put it on while I’m doing other stuff at home. It never gets old. It’s one of my Top-5 movies 🎥 of all-time. A truly remarkable and unique piece of American 🇺🇸 culture.
Still one of the greatest movies ever made, and I wholeheartedly stand by that statement. There's a reason why BTTF is analyzed in film classes to this very day. It's that great.
This is probably the greatest movie of all time I can't even count the number of times that I've seen it including on VHS CD and digital format a must-see for all you young people who never got the chance to see it I watched Parts two and three in theater to have been hooked ever since
Your kids are going to love it, classic, 😊
Not only a great movie but the BEST ride Universal Studios Florida ever had !
Sure miss these days when movie reviews were honest and not all political.
This is my second favorite movie of all time. (1st being Casablanca)
When they get it right, they get it *absolutely* right.
Great great movie. Everyone should see thisMovie. Years later the special effects are still amazing. It just doesn't get old.
My wife never saw Back to the Future until I tried hard to get her to watch it. The night I got her to watch it I promised her that if she didn't like it, I'd turn it off. She was angry because she thought Doc killed Einstein when the DeLorean disappeared. When the movie was over she told me to put in Part II.
BTTF is my best friend's favorite film. I was lucky enough to see it in a theater in 1985, and was simply blown away, and consider it the best film of 1985. As for Siskel and Ebert, may they rest in peace, I always enjoyed their review shows on TV.
Great to see Siskel and Ebert gushing over a movie they both liked! They both saw a certain heart and staying power in this movie that has gone on to make it one of the most loved American movies of all time. I saw it twice in 1985, but have seen it in part or whole numerous times on TV. It's a great movie with many memorable scenes and lines.
It really is a truly special film.
Wow. He compared it to Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, that's a pretty good comparison, and quite a praise.
I can't imagine anyone not enjoying BTTF. It's the best time travel of all time. Gale & Zemeckis wrote & executed it well done. It was smart, funny & lot of heart to it. On my list of favorite films.
2 Thumbs up, way up 👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐
It's great to see Ebert being like a kid again when talking about a movie he enjoys.
This is more than a movie, it’s an event. I’ll watch it every time it’s on, even if there’s 5 minutes left
Ah, the 80's, miss those days,,,,
You have no idea
glad he likes my movie
why did you allow the crazy old doctor to perform time travel experiments on you?
Marty Mcfly Don’t you mean they?
We saw this at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara in 1985 while on vacation, a grand theater from the 1930s. Was great !!!
Underrated score and sound design. amazing picture.