*BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)* is a MASTERPIECE!! | First Time Watching | reaction/review
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This is easily one of my favourite films now! The whole concept of being trapped in the past and having to fix things so the future is intact is flawless in this. Also just the anxiety I felt throughout most of the third act was crazy!! Enjoy :)
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If you look closely, the name of the mall changed from “Twin pine mall” to “Lone pine mall”. The reason is that when he goes back in time, he runs over one of two pines in the farm.
That was such a tiny detail I caught after watching it like 20 times.
This is one of my favorite tidbits to share with people when this movie is on, it’s such a fun bit of continuity
There's a bunch of those little details. At the beginning of the movie, the little ledge under the clock is undamaged, but when Doc is climbing on the clock, a piece breaks off under his feet, and that piece is still missing at the end.
The episode of Jackie Gleeson that George watches over dinner in 1985 is the same episode Marty ends up watching with Lorraine's family.
I was waiting for Oscar to comment on that since he usually picks up on the small things 😆
Michael J Fox did indeed have a huge career. It was sidelined when his Parkinson's condition worsened. But since then he's done a HUGE amount of work raising awareness, and raising money for research. All the while keeping a very positive persona. Canadians are incredibly proud to call him one of our own. 🇨🇦❤🇨🇦
It’s sad how Parkinson’s got to him while he was still particularly young. I think Fox was showing signs during the late 90s, not sure though? But he is fighting and still here helping raise awareness!
I thought that it was wonderful when he was supported on to the stage in his wheelchair to play on the main stage at Coldplay's headlining performance at Glastonbury this year.
@@GreatgunYu the Michael J Fox foundation has raised over 2 BILLION for Parkinson's research, marking itself as one of the biggest medical researchers into the disease!
He was arguably the biggest movie star in the world in 1985(along with Eddie Murphy)
@@Dd8505yes! Loved seeing him rock out!
I will say it again, Lea Thompson is way underrated. She did a fantastic job of playing Lorraine across time periods
The old age makeup on her in the 1985 scenes is truly incredible.
She really was outstanding. And drop-dead gorgeous, to boot.
Lea has been dominating the 80s. Shes like a semi Brat Pack member too
Agreed
The creators wanted the Time Machine to be a fridge but they changed it when they realized kids might try to reenact the scene
The actor for Biff is so nice in real life. During the car scene he kept stopping the scene to make sure the actress for Lorraine was still ok with what they were doing
The teacher who said he was too loud was the original performer of the song Marty was singing. (Power of Love by Hewey Lewis and the news)
That'd be me if I had a villian role...
"I didn't mean what I said about murdering your entire village and manipulating the people you love!!!"
I cannot imagine how the movies would've played out if it was a fridge. It being a DeLorean is just so... _integral_ to the plot and action.
Really trying to get all the details in one comment 😂 I salute you my friend. As a fellow BTTF fan 🫡
@@Meteorite_Shower "If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 38.8 degrees, you're gonna see some serious sh**."
"you are telling me you built a time machine... out of a refrigerator?"
"the way I see it if you are going to build a time machine out of an appliance, why not use the _coolest_ one?"
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… I love being a marshmallow
Same man
Me too! ❤🙂
Literally, he does the best reactions
Same
I couldn`t have said it any better❤
Biff: “Now make like a tree and get out of here.”
Oscar: spinning wheel of death
That might have been the best reaction I've seen to that yet.
Yeah, that blue screen of confusion is absolutely perfect
Can't wait to see the payoff reaction
to make you feel better about Biff and Marty's mom in the car...the actor that played Biff was constantly asking if she was ok. he did everything to make her comfortable in the scene. hes a hell of a guy
And I believe her response was, "It's called acting."
@@jowbloe3673 She never said anything of the sort. Rather she graciously accepted his well-meant concern.
I love how much you praise Christopher Lloyd's acting in this. The man is a phenomenal actor in SO many things, and he really brings such a perfect zaniness to the role.
LOL, I love him in Camp Nowhere...
Chris is truly a great talent; I actually met him way back in 2010 at a Dallas convention. What surprised me most of all, is how quiet and reserved he actually is.
Anyone who wants to see the brilliance of Christopher Lloyd, watch his character in the sitcom “Taxi”. It’s the role that made him a star.
@@maggieshevelew1693I never missed an episode of Taxi back in the day. He was fabulous in that role for sure
Lorraine: “Marty… what a nice name. I think I’ll name my THIRD child after him…”
Well her Dad said he’d disown her if she ever had a child named Marty.
I let you connect the dots why she felt ok naming her third child that…
@@Timelord79 maybe the first one is after her father and the second, being a girl, wasn't suited for the name? I thought the same tho, good joke but 😆
@@Timelord79- actually, Lorraine’s dad said:
“Lorraine, if you ever HAVE A CHILD, that acts like that, I’ll disown you”
Huey Lewis rejects his own song "The Power Of Love", because it is too darn loud.
I love that joke.
What you said about actors in the past being more animated and "acting between the lines" is so true. I don't know what it is, but today in most blockbuster movies, between the lines, the actor is either completely neutral and doing nothing, or they are doing some king of smouldering glare or posing for the camera. You pointed out how Michael J. Fox was spinning around as he was walking, showing that he was really lost...little details like that are missing from modern acting.
That's a gross generalization you're making about "films today". Films today are all just as varied and different in their approaches as they were then, or at any time period.
@@thenightstar8312 they're (pretty fairly) generalizing blockbuster movies, not all "films today" as you put it. Don't put something in quotes if you're not actually quoting what the person said.
@@dreamspan99 Thank you. You said what I would have replied, and did it very eloquently!
Today, “acting between the lines” means you stop snorting coke just long enough to shoot a scene.
Marty's arc stretches over 3 movies. His dad was the one that had the most character arc in the first movie. The second and third changes focus on the characters. You are in for a treat. These movies are basically the perfect trilogy.
Funny, when I was young I thought the "ANOTHER ONE OF THESE DAMN KIDS JUMPED IN FRONT OF MY CAR!" scene was about him being a reckless driver and hitting random pedestrians all over the place.
Nope, it's about his high school daughter being an exhibitionist, always changing in front of her window, and other kids coming to the house for a peep show.
I thought it might be something to do with cars being a new thing, but I think you're right.
@@cooltube2000 come on man, this is 1955. The Benz-Patent Motorwagon was built in 1885. The Model T started production in 1908
Back in the fifties kids would jump in front of a car in order to sue for liable damages. That is what I am thinking they are referring to
@@cooltube2000 …Tell me you’re a young soul without telling me you’re a young soul. As OP already addressed, cars had already been around for quite some time by 1955. Bear in mind, ‘55 was only 69 years ago, as of 2024. Not exactly ancient history. (For the record, this isn’t coming from someone who remembers the 50’s like they were yesterday; I’m 31 as of this writing, having been born in 1993. I am an extremely old soul, though, and I tend to view these things through the lens of someone who has been on this Earth a very, very long time.) And it’s not even an issue of cars not yet being commonplace back then, either, as they had already been fairly widely used for a good few decades.
HA!!! I’ve seen this movie over a thousand times and you just made it click for me that that’s what he’s talking about! 😅
The DMC DeLorean was a huge failure. It was only manufactured between January 1981 til December 1982. Not long after people purchased the car did they notice how badly made they were. One of the biggest problems with the car was it sometimes just wouldn't start or as you were driving it, the engine would randomly turn off. DMC lost tons of money and was forced to file for bankruptcy in early 1983. They only produced less than 10,000.
After this movie in 1985, the car became pretty popular, but was extremely rare.
Was about to comment about this after hearing his commentary on "bad product placement". At the time the joke was that Doc Brown built a time machine on a joke or a car that was prone too so much troubles. It's essentially like if Doc Brown built a time machine out of a Tesla or Cybertruck because he thought it was cool.
@RossCastro but the DeLoreon _is_ cool, unlike the cybersuck, I mean cyberfuck, I mean cybercuck, I mean cybertruck. It does actually have an interesting origin story too
The new DeLorean company(under new corporate ownership) is releasing an electric car, the DMC Alpha5. It looks slick af but they didn't remember why the gull-wing doors just do not work and then on top of that they're setting the price point at like 140k USD.
And didn't John Delorean smuggle cocaine as well and got sent to prison for it or was that just a rumour?
@@TaunTaunTundra4477 I think he was caught trying to buy drugs to the sell to keep the company afloat , but it was a sting operation but i think he ultimately got off on a technicality.
Love when a reactor JUST starts the trilogy!!! I do hope you will also watch 2 and 3 they are so worth it.
Oh yes, I'm all in on this. You are gonna enjoy the others. The clock tower scene is definitely on the edge of your seat kind of thing. Brilliant film making.
As many times as I’ve seen this movie, it never occurred to me as strange that Doc Brown discovered the secret to time travel on the SAME day that Marty’s parents met. Fascinating. You get kudos for noticing that! No one else that I’m aware of has pointed that out!
Doc actually briefly comments on that in part 2, wondering if so much of significance happening in that small time period was just a giant coincidence or perhaps something more, before shrugging it off, probably recognizing there’s no way to ever know for sure. It’s a small moment of lampshading that I love.
It is even conceivable George and Doc got knocked unconscious at the exact same time. (Later Marty and Doc.)
@@robbob5302 Oh wow, you just blew my mind! All my years of watching this film countless times and picking up new things, but I never even considered that! You’re right though, and now I’m going to make it my head canon until proved otherwise.
@@BeOurGeist
Also interesting none of the weathermen saw that storm coming. Almost like it formed out of nothing.
If Doc hadn’t hit his head, would that storm have even happened?
People often say the old movies are only good because of nostalgia, but I also only recently got to watch this trilogy and it's definitely a masterpiece, no nostalgia needed.
I never appreciated just how dark that scene is with Lorain and Biff in the car when I was a kid. Watching it as an adult and understanding just how scary that moment is, is wild!
Biff arguably attempted vehicular homicide on Marty earlier. He’s more villainous than your average high school bully.
Lots of easter eggs in this movie. One often overlooked is how the mall is called "Twin Pines Mall" before he travels to the past, and "Lone Pine Mall" after he's been to the past and hit one of Peabody's pines when he left the barn.
Fun fact: The guy that said the band was loud at the school audition thing, is non other than Huey Lewis (he made The Power Of Love song) the band was playing😁fun scene!
AND! The scene where he spits out the alcohol in the car, is a real reaction! It was real booze in the prop bottle😂
I did not know that! Thanks for the fact! :D
I’ve seen that clip but I didn’t know that was the take they used,it seems obvious now that I see how quickly they cut away
Also Huey Lewis was originally tapped to write the ghostbusters theme but turned it down to do BTTF.
And ghostbusters song doesn't sound like any huey Lewis song? 😂
@@banditkfk1463 yes it does! Listen to "I Want A New Drug" it came out a year before Ray Parker Jr. made the Ghostbusters song.
Fun fact: the actor who walks into Doc's place at the very beginning, where you can only see his legs, is the original actor who was supposed to play Marty. Then Michael J Fox came in to play the Marty we all know, but for some reason the production kept that specific footage of the original actor.
The production was apparently really dodgy. Basically any shot that doesn't have Michael J Fox in it was filmed before he even agreed to play the eole. I think he had something else going on and his agent wouldn't release him so they had another guy but they REALLY wanted Michael J Fox so they shot it in such a way that limited the number of shots they had to redo
@@runic_raptor Oof...that is super dodgy. I hate that for the original actor, but Michael J Fox does just make these movies.
Wrong, because E.Stoltz was wearing black pants, while M.J.Fox was wearing blue jeans.
They originally cast Eric Stoltz for the role, but his take on the character was a lot more serious. It didn't work with the tone they were going for, so they recast. Michael J. Fox was working full time on Family Ties at the time, so the majority of his fiming was done at night after he was done with Family Ties for the day. The dude was exhausted, so yeah, they tried to limit the amount of shooting he had to do by reusing some shots from the filming they had already done with Stoltz. I haven't read anything about him not being compensated for his time and work, though.
@@runic_raptorI knew a different story: the first actor was the actual actor chosen but half way the movie they realized that he and Doc didn't have s good chemistry and meanwhile Fox was available again. The director already knew is sense of comedy and called him. But yes, they did try to use some of the old footage because of money shortage.
In the opening scene as we scan across his clock collection, you'll see a paper doll depicting Doc hanging from the clock tower. 😳
Actually, that is a clock based on the 1923 silent movie comedy, Safety Last, where Harold Lloyd climbs up the side of a tall building and winds up hanging off the hands of the giant clock dozens of feet above the street. (This scene, as a still, shows up all over. Because the movie is so old, it is in the public domain and is copyright free. There are several TH-cam videos with the full movie, free of charge - just type in the title. And you will see some of the most amazing stunts often performed by the lead actor.)
Then when Doc is hanging off the clock tower is in turn a homage to the 1923 film.
@@johnnehrich9601 No relation.
@@libertyresearch-iu4fy From Wiki: "At the start of the film, we see a representation of actor Harold Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock, from the film Safety Last. This foreshadows Dr. Emmett Brown hanging from the clock tower on November 12, 1955."
@@libertyresearch-iu4fyI watched the director's commentary. As far as I can remember, he's right.
@@jordancooney6817 I assume he's saying that Christopher Lloyd is no relation to Harold Lloyd.
Marty in the first Back to the Future is an ideal example of a flat character arc. He doesn’t change or learn much. His presence is a catalyst for change in all the other characters’ lives.
Biff is a “perfect villain”. You hate him so much you long to see him get his comeuppance. And Tom Wilson just perfectly plays him.
The impetus of this story was literally the thought, I wonder what my parents were REALLY like when they were teenagers.
Yep. They all lie to us about their younger behavior 😂😂😂
The *"Back To The Future"* trilogy will always be a classic, no matter the amount of rewatches it always manages to keep you on the edge of your seats
I'm 56. I grew up watching Michael J. Fox in the 1980s. His TV series (before this movie and during this movie) called "Family Ties" is great! And I saw this movie in 1985, when I was 17, in the theater!
Took me forever to realize Doc's place at the beginning is his garage from the 50's! This is a great movie to re-watch and find little extras every time!
I originally saw this at the movie theater with friends :)
I've seen this movie easily 20 times, and every time I watch it, there is something else to notice. It's one of the best screenplays ever written, in my opinion.
You see a newspaper clipping in the very first scene about the Brown family mansion having burned to the ground, that's why he lives in his garage later on. Pretty big honkin garage too btw... :)
@@lennyvalentin6485 The original house/mansion probably had not just a garage but a carriage house; some of them are easily 1,000 square feet!
the spit take marty does in the car at the dance was legit lol.. when filming, the crew swapped the liquid in the flask with real booze without telling Michael. they did it for 2 reasons - one, to get a realistic reaction, and two, it was funny as hell. they left the scene in.
The song that Marty played at the 1955 dance ," Johnny Be Good ", was written by Chuck Barry. The lead of the band in that dance was Marvin Barry, Chuck's cousin and calls Chuck to hear a new style of music to play. In reality Chuck never had a cousin named Marvin. They had to put it in for the song idea to make sense. Some of the moves Marty maakes while playing the song were also Chuck's moves, playing while on one leg with the other extended. Some of Marty's other moves were from other artists like Jimmie Hendrix.
Kind of dark, but at the beginning of the movie Marty's mom says that women who act like that are "asking for trouble". It's possible that she's speaking from experience because if Marty was not in the past originally to promote his future father to stand up to biff, then no one would have stopped him from SAing her at the dance.
Yep, that's my takeaway. Like she felt she had to marry George because he's the only one who would have her after Biff "ruined" her. Horrifying really.
I am so glad you're watching this before Stranger Things Season 3!! They reference this pretty heavily, and the slice of life stuff you see in these is the whole vibe of season 3.
Mjf didn't actually play those guitar parts but he knew how to play guitar and took some lessons prior to filming so he could fake it. But he did it so well and it looked like he was really playing! Good Job!
“WHERE WE’RE GOING WE DON’T NEED ROADS” with a little stylized flux capacitor, it’s the tattoo I have on my forearm, gift from my friends on my 40th birthday ! Me and my husband LOOOOVE this movie, our kids (7 & 9) love it too, it’s a family thing for us, it’s a way to see in our children’s eyes a mirror of our own excitement at their age. fun fact: I’m Italian, so every time someone looks at my tattoo asks “what does it mean?” 😂 but who loves the movie here in Italy, LOOOOVES the movie, so who recognizes the line, goes NUTS for my tattoo 😂 one time a dad at a family meeting at school (I’m a teacher) lift his lower trouser leg to show me his flux capacitor tattoo 😂 All this to tell you that you approached not a movie, but a cultural phenomenon 😅
You would probably love who framed Roger rabbit. It’s directed by the same guy who did this movie, also includes Christopher Lloyd, AND it’s the precursor to the Disney renaissance! My favorite movie of all time
Both movies were directed by Robert Zemeckis. Both reflect his world view, of how American society was radically changed when after WWII, the personal auto transform live, from the downtown to the suburban mall and developments. In Roger Rabbit, it is about the very real conspiracy to eliminate trolley car systems across the US, and running freeways through the center of the city. (Type in "Roger Rabbit" and "trolleys into TH-cam to read discussions about this. But watch Disney movie first.)
Roger Rabbit was absolutely groundbreaking in its nearly seamless blending of live action and animated elements. Without the benefit of CGI, they managed to get cartoon characters to manipulate real-life objects as well as interact physically with actors and lighting, etc.
florence nightingale effect is when a nurse or carer of some kind feels so sorry for their patient that they mistake it for love and become obsessed with them. It was the plot of the famous Stepehn King book Misery
Christopher Lloyd, who plays "Doc Brown" played "Jim", a crazy cab driver in an old sitcom called, "Taxi", with Danny Devito, Judd Hirsch, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway R.I.P. ("Grease"), Tony Danza, and Andy Kaufman R.I.P. Lloyd also is a writer/producer for other shows, including "Frasier", the most successful spinoff of a show in tv history (from "Cheers").
It's a different Christopher Lloyd who did Frasier and Modern Family. That Lloyd is the son of the screen writer David Lloyd (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Frasier and Wings).
Don´t forget Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit!
oh one other thing, not long after i saw the musical of Back to the Future, Michael J Fox talked about it in an interview, he said it was absolutely brilliant, he was saying that the actors who played Marty and Dr Brown in particular did so brillaint in replicating the film
yep that's the delorean...and you can still find it today...although i'm not sure where they keep it now, probably in some museum somewhere.
Marty did give goldie the idea to be Mayor but that's not a paradox...a paradox is when you cause something to happen in time that shouldn't and time collapses. It usually happens when you encounter yourself in time and basically time can't comprehend that so it just goes (BANG!)
It is a paradox. Specifically the bootstrap paradox, where an idea or an invention is part of a time loop but has no real origin.
Look up bootstrap paradox and Doctor Who for a clip that it explains it in more depth brilliantly.
I'm still getting used to these young folks calling movies of this era an "older" film, even though it is. I still feel like it's my senior year of summer when I watch it. Enjoying your reactions and your insights. I'm officially a Marshmallow now!
This trilogy are my comfort movies. I go back to them again and again. They’re so clever, well-written, well-acted, but mostly they’re just so incredibly fun. And the music! The songs chosen for the movie were perfect, and it’s one of my absolute favorite scores.
I love that you pointed out how great Michael J. Fox’s physicality is. His physical acting adds so much to every scene.
This movie is a masterclass of screen writing... EVERY scene and every line of dialog in this movie has a purpose... it's wonderful!!
Hey oscar i'm so happy you're watching this, back to the future is one of my favorite movies also the guy that tells marty's band that they're just too darn loud is huey lewis who made the song the power of love
Yes! They had a whole string of hits in those days. It was a blast seeing them in the movie back when it was first out in theatres.
ZZ Top does a song for the third movie, and they show up at the dance that takes place in that movie! And Flea, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, appears as Needles in the second and third movies.
Hey Oscar, my dad loves watching The Back to the Future trilogy! And yes, the Florence Nightingale affect is a real thing, it happens when nurses fall in love with their patients, it's named after the British nurse, Florence Nightingale.
43:54 It’s my belief that the fact he missed the timer and still made it on time is entirely due to the fact that Doc Brown was still an early scientist and messed up his calculations on when to leave!
He built an entire model of the town for the visual aid, and you think he set the timer wrong?
...well, I mean, I still wouldn't put it past him lol
I think it's because they're working with analog timepieces instead of digital ones. (along with the plot armor; that's some awfully slow electricity flowing through that cable!) :-)
Hey Oscar, I just want you to know that your videos make my day every time. It's like reliving those childhood memories again, but with a different perspective, thank you!
The one who said that the pinheads were too loud is the actual artist who the song belongs,
Huey Lewis! ❤🎶
At the end of Back To The Future Part 2. The words "to be concluded" appear on screen. STOP the movie there to avoid a SPOILER-ISH* teaser trailer for part 3.
*Not "spoiler" in the traditional sense. But if you want to go into part three knowing as little as possible about it. Please heed my warning above.
This!
How do we get this comment pinned
We didn’t have that choice in the theater
I absoutely disagree with that. There's NO spoiler there that isn't blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain before they start the movie anyway, and the preview for part 3 is so much more worth it that missing it would be a crime. It's always really irritating when reactions listen to this bad advice. Stop telling people to do that. It ruins the reaction. It's not a spoiler and it isn't that big of a deal. I really hope Cocoa ignores you.
There was a tendency for putting spoilers in trailers back then, yeah
A lil trivia: what Doc said when Marty was explaining him how their parents met, while they look at his dad in the school, IS INDEED a thing. The "Florence Nightingale effect" referse to a caregiver* (usually nurse) that develops romatic feelings for the person they are caring for. *Named ofc after the person with that name, that actually has no record of being that situation, but she was a pioneer of what we understand as modern day nursing and she was very caring and kind to her calling as a nurse.
Haha love that Huey Lewis is one of the audition judges
Almost every scene in the movie played a role to set up some situation for later in the movie no matter how small they might be.
1. At the beginning when Marty leaves Doc's place, he passes a Burger King on the way out. When we meet the family, Marty's brother is wearing a Burger King uniform.
2. To this day I haven't heard anyone mention the fact about Biff drinking AND driving. How else would Biff have spilt his beer and wrecked the car?
3. At the end, notice that the top end of the cable was originally only attached to the lightning rod at the top of the courthouse, even in Doc's "crude" model. Not until Doc wraps the cable around the clock hands to zipline down, was the clock in danger. Hence the whole reason for the clock being destroyed. 🤫
There are also allot of small moments in this film. Little cultural easter eggs that are often missed. Spielberg was born in 1946. He was 9 years old at the time the film takes place in 1955. The 50's would hold nostalgia for him but also curiosity for the many things he wasn't fully aware of as a preteen. I like things like the scene at the gas station where Marty is struggling to 'twist' open a coke bottle. George absently notices and grabs the bottle, opening it with the built-in opener near at hand and handing it back. I read online that the twist-off cap was invented in the 1960's but I think the twist-off cap wasn't widely used in the U.S. until the late 1970's or early 1980's.
The actor that plays Biff is like the nicest guy in real life
Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) is also funny stand-up comedian as well (check out his 'Stop Asking Me Questions' song, lol). I got to meet him at a Comic-Con several years ago. Super approachable, super nice & super gracious.
This will always be one of my fav movies from my childhood, it’s just so good! We need more movies like this! Biff waxing his car at the end was just gold 😆
Bob Gale has often told the story, that his original concept for this movie was born from a vacation he took in the late 1970s to visit his parents. While rummaging in their basement, he came across his father's high-school yearbook. Flipping through it, he learned his father was the President of his graduating class...and Bob thought of the student from his own school years in that position being someone he had nothing to do with. So the following question entered his mind - "If I had gone to high school with my Dad, would I have been friends with him?" So it was that first creative "spark" that he took to Robert Zemeckis, and they started writing the script in 1980. But all the major studios turned it down, most of them repeatedly, and it wasn't until Zemeckis got a hit with "Romancing the Stone" in 1984 that all the executives wanted to make "Back to the Future". But the only person who'd had any faith in the material itself beforehand was Steven Spielberg, so Zemeckis & Gale returned and asked him to be executive producer.
He's gotta watch the movie Totally Killer lol
1. Cranky principal Strickland/James Tolkan also played the ship's squadron leader in "Top Gun".
2. The teacher that tells Marty, "Hold it fellas, I'm afraid you're just too darn loud" is Huey Lewis himself. "Heart of rock and roll" etc.
3. Eric Stoltz was first cast as Marty, but he didn't play well with others and wasn't giving the tone they were looking for. fired. Some of his long shots are still in the movie.
4. The flammable material set on fire with the model exercise had to have been put there on purpose. Movie magic.
5. It's always fun to see how people react to the Marty and his mom car scene.
6. George McFly/Crispin Glover didn't like that the story ended with the family being prosperous. DA🙄
7. Twin Pines Mall becomes Lone Pine Mall when Marty takes one out when he goes back to 1955.
8. IMVHO part II is my favorite of the trifecta.
9. If you want a first time/share of an OUTSTANDING movie where Christopher Lloyd plays the heavy you must do "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
I've seen the lightning strike sequence a hundred times, and every time I'm on the edge of me seat. It's brilliant film making coupled with one of the greatest scores ever.
The DeLorean was actually known for being a poorly made car that broke down all the time so it fit into the script perfectly. Also, John DeLorean was on trial at the time of production so they thought it would be funny to go with his car.
Your face when the lightning became relevant was AWESOME! This is why I love watching reactions!
Back when i was in high school in the 80's a common saying 'Make like a tree and get the f*** out of here' because in previous decades people would often say, 'Make like a tree and leave'. People expect you say 'leave' and you say something else.
This movie is so well done. And I love watching reaction videos of people watching it for the first time. It takes me back.
I have been a huge Backer since I was a kid in the late '80s/early '90s. They're was one time I had a dream that I will never forget just because it was so damn FRUSTRATING. I was in the DeLorean, had it floored, that digital speedometer got to _87..._ and I woke up. I have no idea when I was going to.
I promptly screamed into my pillow. 😂
Someone here commented that MJF is actually spitting out alcohol when in the car with Lorraine. That's not entirely true. The crew played a practical joke on Fox by actually putting alcohol in the bottle, that's true, but when he spits it out that's not alcohol. They re-did the shot. HOWEVER, notice just before Fox drinks from the bottle... he hesitates because he thought they might repeat that prank. 🤣
I was 10 years old and saw this movie in the theater in 1985. Afterwards we walked to my friends dads car in the parking lot. The car wouldn’t start and the starter turned over and over just like the Delorian. All us kids yelled for my friends dad to hit his head on the steering wheel. The car ended up starting eventually without hitting his head, but we all thought was still crazy that it happened. It’s awesome watching people watch this movie for the first time!
The big question about this movie is where did Johnny B Goode come from? Marty presumably knew it from hearing the Chuck Berry version, but Chuck Berry learnt it from hearing Marty play the song. This is, as far as I'm aware, the only actual time loop in the movie, but almost everything in the movie appears in a later callback.
It's my opinion that the Chuck Berry joke doesn't work if you think about it. In the original timeline, unaltered by time travel, Chuck just wrote the song on his own- that's the only way the original Marty could know the song himself. So nothing in music history was changed. (Much like Goldie Wilson was also going to become mayor without Marty's encouragement).
I know that's what they're going for, but really by the time Chuck hears the song, it's just Marty going through his imitations of guitar soloists. Chuck would've written the song regardless of that call
45:05 - The Back to the Future trilogy is known for its close calls. This won't be the last time you see things getting cut this close.
"If she ended up calling him Kelvin." This is truly funny.
Calvin, actually.
At the beginning of the movie, while they are at Twin Pines Mall, Doc comments about the guy who used to own that land wanted to grow Pine trees. When Marty goes to the past, he crashes through a fence where there are two pine trees growing, and he runs over one of them. When he returns to the future, it's called Lone Pine Mall.
"I love his acting! It's so crazy." You could also say it's spooky and kooky? Cause that's Uncle Fester!
He'll have to do The Addams family franchise if he hasn't seen it yet.
One plot hole with the timing of the lightning bolt. They knew the precise minute it would strike. But were only guessing on the precise second.
LOVE these movies! Fun fact: The Twin Pines Mall scenes were filmed at real life Puente Hills Mall in City of Industry, California. My Mom grew up near there and rode her bike out to go watch filming!
I lived across the street and I went to the set to check it out. I heard they’re going to get rid of the mall. They had the twin pine sign in the mall.
The way I always interpreted it was that Doc always invented the time machine, whatever else happened, and Marty always went back in time. He didn't necessarily interrupt his parents' meeting but, on this one time around the loop, he did - that's the version of the loop we're seeing. Other things he may have influenced - Chuck Berry, Goldie Wilson, the invention of the skateboard - he may or may not have influenced each time, but in the world he grew up in he had, hence Rock'n'Roll, Mayor Goldie Wilson and skateboards existed in his world (our world? - now that's a whole other question really - this is fiction).
My all time favourite film! Everytime I watch it, I catch something else. EVERYTHING that happens before he goes back in time is either called back or paid off in some way.
Michael J Fox was such a brilliant actor, it’s a shame he had to retire from his career so early. But if you don’t know he’s helped create incredible advancements in neurological diseases through his Parkinson’s foundation. Just an all around good human
The first night of my first time in LA, I met Michael and his wife Tracy, they were engaged at the time. We were at Spago which was so popular there was a wait despite having reservations. We were all at the bar and Michael over heard my friends and I talking. When he heard the heavy Boston accents he started a bit of fun and got into playful trash talk over hockey (Maple Leafs vs Bruins). There were several celebrities there but the Foxs were super chill and content to chat with some regular gals from Boston.
@@peridot1706 that’s so cool!
A great detail in this movie which is easily missed. When Marty is at the mall before he first travels back in time, it's called the Twin Pines Mall. When he travels to the farm, there are two pine trees and Marty accidentally destroys one with his car. Fast forward to the end when Marty is back in 1985, the Twin Pines Mall is now called, The Lone Pine Mall. How amazing is that.
i worked at Universal Studios back in those days... I used to love eating my lunch in Court House Square where the Original Clock Tower was! The Leave It To Beaver house was another one of my Chill Lunch Spots!
Biff is a very huge guy but Marty is also very short which makes him look even more intimidating. Michael J Fox is 5’4
My dad and I love these movies! We always watch them together when they’re on TV.
Biff is my fav movie villain cuz he's literally evil in so many time frames...also would highly recommend who framed Roger rabbit. Another zemeckis/Spielberg classic
You would absolutely love the princess bride, that would be a phenomenal movie to put up on your channel, love your stuff!
The part of the lightning and the clock is so well done that every time I watch it, even in this react, I'm on the edge, like if there was the possibility that they may eventually NOT make it _in time._
(I'm talking about *"immersion",* of course. Rationally, I know they're gonna make it)
You're young, so this joke most likely fell flat with you, but I'll put it into context:
Around 17:08, the coffee shopkeeper asks Marty if he’s going to order anything, Marty then says “Yeah, give me a TaB (which was a diet soda brand back in the 80’s)”. Since the TaB diet soda has not been invented yet, the shopkeeper misunderstands and says “Tab? I can’t give you a tab unless you order something” as in “Bill you? I can’t bill you for anything if you haven’t placed an order for anything.” Marty then at 17:09 says “Alright, then give me a ‘Pepsi Free’ (which was a “Caffeine Free” version of Pepsi, hence why it was called “Pepsi Free”, which BTW can be seen in Marty’s bedroom near his alarm clock throughout the movie)” and since that “Caffeine Free” version of Pepsi has yet to be invented, the shopkeeper again misunderstands him and responds with “If you want a pepsi pal, you’re going to pay it” as in “I’m not giving you a Pepsi for free.” Marty then realizing he can’t order his preferred choices of drinks from the 80’s in the 50’s, resigns and says “Look, just give me something without any sugar in it, ok?”
I know that explaining why the joke is funny doesn’t magically make it funny for some people, but I just wanted to share that because it was a joke that I always liked from the movie.
Yeah, now think about what translators had to invent here to make this scene work. Different meanings of "free" in different languages translate differently.
1985a: Twin Pines Mall. 1985b: Lone Pine Mall.
George and Loraine’s relationship changes, because in the first timeline she falls in love with him out of pity, in the second timeline she sees him as her knight in shining armor and protector falling in love with him at first sight, changing their relationship dynamic forever
YAS. MY FAVOURITE FILM FRANCHISE. It’s so good. I even saw the musical on Broadway and was absolutely blown away.
19:11 your squeal of apprehension 🤣
Love discovering people who haven't seen this especially you lol you always have the best reactions. This trilogy got me through so many rough times it kept me going, just cinema perfection. Make sure after part 2 you stop immediately at the To Be Concluded at the end, they give major spoilers for part 3 😁
This movie has so many climax points it's crazy!
The mall was "Twin Pines" when Marty left and "Lone Pine" when he go back. He knocked down one of the pine trees leaving the farm.
BTTF 2 and 3 were filmed back to back. Like LOTR. Speaking of Peter Jackson during a Michael J Fox movie, you HAVE to check out "The Frighteners" from 1996. Especially since it's almost October.
OSCAR how have you not seen this?! 😂 I’m so excited to watch the reaction!!
8:02 - "He's a kid, so he's got TIME to make CHANGES..."
The level of foreshadowing is insane xD
It was great to see you react to one of my all time favorite movies. I saw this in the summer of 1985 at the age of 19 with one of my Navy buddies. There are so many cool cultural elements and easter eggs. There are some things that you definitely won't pick up on the first time through. One thing I love to mention is the comic significance of making the time machine out of a DeLorean. It was quite a gag at the time. When they were making the film, it had only been a few years since a huge scandal in 1982 put the DeLorean Motor Company out of business and sent it's founder John DeLorean to jail (he tried to sell a large amount of cocaine to keep his business afloat). The line in the movie where Marty says, "You made a time machine... out of a DeLorean" was a really big laugh line at the movie theater in 1985 because of the scandal. Today the DeLorean is both famous and infamous and has achieved a legendary status (in no small part because of this film). In 1985, it was anything but cool. So, very long story short, today when people see this film for the first time, they never laugh at that line.
One theory I think is fun to think about is that the DeLoreans starter issues were the universe/time trying to keep everything woven together. The first time he was about to drive in to 1955 Hill Valley, that woulda been a huge event. The second was because Doc got something wrong, so the starter starts for it to be the right launch time. And then the third stopped him from getting to the mall before the Libyans, also causing a major time loop popping event.
Of course the DeLoreans were a bit of a train wreck, so it coulda been a dig at their quality. Funny thing though, they were notoriously underpowered and you'd be lucky to get a stock one up to 88, let alone with all that after market equipments extra weight.
That's a neat theory! I like it!
one of the few film where the vibe is just immaculate esp with the additions in the 2nd movie.
I just love how this movie gets ya every time if you've never seen it. Payoff after payoff, and it's so satasfying! I'm glad you had fun! The others are just as campy and fun too lol
This movie and the script is taught in Film Schools as the perfect movie and perfect script!
Ah, your first experience with Crispin Glover. Nice. He's one of the weirdest people in the world, and his eccentricites bleed through in to his acting, leaving a real impression. You should look up his dancing in one of the Friday the 13th sequels. He was also a super creepy hit man in the first Charlie's Angels movie.
and Willard!
Watch “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”!!! Another amazing masterpiece presented by Steven Spielberg & directed by Robert Zemekis!
Mad Scientist: If you really think about it, Doc could easily earn a whole of three Nobel's for his inventions - a) time travel, b) a fusion reactor compact enough to fit into a car, c) a superconductor that can withstand power of such magnitude (at a super short duration as well).
Last Ditch Effort: If you take into consideration what Doc said about spending whole family fortune on the time machine and his after celebration that he's made something that works, it really does look like standing in front of the DeLorean when it speeds into time travel is his 'it either works, or it's not worth it anymore' moment, with Marty being there because he didn't want to 'go' alone.
Home Without A Home: Previous mayor from the 50's is now a homeless bum, which calls Marty's return "drunk driving". Most likely after losing his position he went on a downward spiral.
Jailbird: Uncle Joey, mentioned to not make parole at the beginning, and seen as a kid in his play pen with bars, isn't mentioned in any capacity with changed timeline, sadly implying that there are things you can't change.
Marty inventend skate, mayor and rock'roll, and he and doctor destroyed the clock
xD.
I really have fun watching you experience these older movies for the first time, both for how much you genuinely enjoy them and for your really great insights as you're watching. Great job!
Delorians by 1985 were well known for a multitude of problems. Including ignition problems.