BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) MOVIE REACTION - GOOD FILMS ARE TIMELESS! - FIRST TIME WATCHING

BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) MOVIE REACTION - GOOD FILMS ARE TIMELESS! - FIRST TIME WATCHING - REVIEW

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Ай бұрын

Welcome to our first-time watching as we react to Back to the Future (1985). We've been loving these 80's films! This one had so much to offer, it had incredible chemistry between Marty McFly ( Michael J. Fox) and his scientist friend Emmett "Doc" Brown (Christopher Lloyd), groundbreaking special effects for the time and a highly engaging and fun script!
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, "Back to the Future" (1985) follows the story of Marty McFly, a teenager who accidentally travels back in time to 1955 and must ensure his own existence by orchestrating his parents' romance, all while navigating the unpredictable consequences of altering the past.
We hope that you enjoy our reactions, commentary and review as we discuss how much of an impact this film has had on the Sci-fi genre and pop culture, how the themes of friendship and destiny are a perfect backdrop for a timeless story and the other elements that make "Back to the Future" such an effective film.
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@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

The writing during the setup in this film was masterfully done! What is your favorite 80's film? If you'd like to support the channel and gain access to the full length reaction become a member of our patreon bit.ly/3ICVrJ6 Watch our reactions early! kzfaq.info/love/iCUz1bHid4H9mu6g2IOjXgjoin

@suthius85 Ай бұрын

Can't wait for you guys to finish out the trilogy

@williambryan3346 Ай бұрын

This movie from Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, as well as Director Spielberg’s masterpiece Jaws are on Quentin Tarantino’s list of perfect movies.

@robertcampomizzi7988 Ай бұрын

Eric Stoltz played this role then MJ Fox was recast in the role. Stoltz played in a (French?) Film called Killing Zoe. You'd love it. Tarantino called Back To The Future a perfect movie when asked on a late night show. Factoids!!

@ScarlettM Ай бұрын

When (if) you watch Back to the Future 2, please don't watch the preview for part 3 that starts right at the end of the movie before credits. You'll know when you see it. It's a MAJOR spoiler.

@suthius85 Ай бұрын

^ What Scarlett says. As soon as the last scene ends, turn it off!

@LaytonEversaul Ай бұрын

The sequels are REQUIRED viewing.

@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

Oh we are ABSOLUTELY gonna watch them!!

@richard-davies Ай бұрын

Definitely, it's essentially one very long film as they've blended them together so well.

@Bejita1979 Ай бұрын

If you watch part 2. At the end of the movie, it's going to say to be concluded. Pause it there because there's going to be a spoiler for part 3.

@andymason3555 Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights yay! So glad you are watching all of them

@subspace666 Ай бұрын

personalty apart from the first time i always watched the first 2 at least every time and never only 1. the second one always felt like the rest of the first for me.

@larrypope5142 Ай бұрын

If you noticed Marty was playing The Power of Love in his audition and that the committee member with the bullhorn who told him he was “too darn loud” was Huey Lewis, the actual singer of that song.

@michaelconnor1542 Ай бұрын

Beat me to it. He wrote both songs. Hewie Lewis and the News.

@kellyb4 Ай бұрын

Was going to comment the same thing! Love Huey.

@ZayChambers2 Ай бұрын

Hello guys

@MikeFields83 Ай бұрын

“Don’t need money! Don’t need fame!”

@jayconant3816 Ай бұрын

The original pre did ya know when aragon kicked the helmet meme...lol

@dante340 Ай бұрын

Want to feel old? If Back To The Future was released today, Marty would travel back to 1994 😵‍💫

@thecassman Ай бұрын

Thanks for that 😅

@bddgfx Ай бұрын

NIN and Soundgarden had new albums out that year!! haha

@lila10P Ай бұрын

Shut your filthy mouth! 😂😂😂 That's the year I graduated

@garricktackett3257 Ай бұрын

God... I feel so old. 😂

@domainmojo2162 Ай бұрын

Pre- windows 95, which brought the explosion of the Internet with it... yep.. that's pretty far back(although I'm a mid 80's to mid 90's kid)

@chopperdeath Ай бұрын

I was 14 when this came out and worked at a movie theater. People cheered out loud at the end and were clapping as they left the theater. Great times! Then I had to mop the floors.

@davidemery4759 Ай бұрын

I would have loved life having that job. My favorite thing was to go to a morning showing and sneak into other movies all by myself. 😂

@stevenorellano2039 17 күн бұрын

I was 7 when I saw this at the movies in 1985. Everyone in the movie theater went wild when the car suddenly flew at the end.

@DamionThares Ай бұрын

One of the best movies ever made, it was so awesome back in the day. Dear film industry, dont remake this, this one is perfect!

@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

The writing and how the set up was executed alone makes this film worth watching. What unfolds next is them hitting the bullseye constantly!

@muda_man Ай бұрын

True

@preston13474 Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnightshey can u guys watch back to school with Rodney dangerfield next plz

@Brian25091 Ай бұрын

Apparently Zemeckis and Gale have full control over the trilogy and have stated on the record that as long as they're alive, the trilogy will never be remade, rebooted or have anymore sequels.

@jldog134 Ай бұрын

Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale who both own the rights to the films is the reason it won’t be remade they both assured that, Bob Gale was in involved in a telltale back to the future game which serves as an unofficial 4 installment.

@SeeMore-ki7mq Ай бұрын

I think what makes this film better now is that it used to be a nostalgia trip for the 50's when it first came out. Now its a trip for both 50's and 80's

@Felix-Sited Ай бұрын

Meta.

@davidemery4759 Ай бұрын

Such a good point!! We are getting old!!! 😂

@Reclining_Spuds Ай бұрын

Back in around 1973 when "Happy Days" debuted us young people loved the nostalgia of the '50's. All of a sudden it's 50 years later! Get ready, kids, time goes by fast! ✌️

@tru3sk1ll Ай бұрын

100%

@ryans413 Ай бұрын

You could say it’s nostalgic for 1950s 60s 70s 80, and now 90s 2000s 2010s and 2020s and 1885 but that’s stretching it a bit lol

@patriciadewitt3427 Ай бұрын

I love the line, when Marty comes down the stairs and sees baby Joey in his playpen, and tells him to get used to the view.

@emilysmith259 Ай бұрын

Props to you Ari for noticing the 'Lone Pine' change when Marty returns. The really amazing thing about this trilogy is the more you watch it, more you notice subtle changes they did. There are SOOOOOO MANY! This movie has unlimited rewatchability because of it!

@hennakettunen8755 Ай бұрын

I'm embarrassed to confess I hadn't noticed the pine Marty killed back then had such tangible repercussions in the future. I only noticed the name change when someone commented on it - and I'd watched the movie dozens of times! 🙈

@tru3sk1ll Ай бұрын

I have a Lone Pine Mall t-shirt

@creinicke1000 Ай бұрын

In All 3 of them there are subtle differences.. in third check name of the gulch train goes over.

@V0ltron Ай бұрын

"The appropriate question is : when the hell are they." Always loved that line.

@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

The writing is superb, especially during those first 25 minutes.

@mcnater Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights the whole movie is a perfect script...and beyond that a pefect movie. Movies literally cannot get better than this. It brings everything that is great about movies together...the music...the acting...the sets...etc....all of it. It can only be a movie and is in my opinion the purest form a movie can be.

@JohnnyZenith Ай бұрын

It's a beautifully written movie and trilogy.

@treetopjones737 Ай бұрын

Favorite joke: "Ronald Reagan's the President?! Who's the Vice President, Jerry Lewis?"

@ryans413 Ай бұрын

When Doc screams up on the clock tower makes me laugh every time.

@lordcrispen Ай бұрын

One small thing I hadn't noticed until this watch-through was how Jennifer writes her number and a love note on the flyer. There's no way Marty's character is going to hang onto that flier but they found a way for it to naturally make sense that he would actually keep it beyond "Well, we need this flier to be around later....I guess he just happens to keep it." Nice touch for sure!

@idiostylze Ай бұрын

Niiiiiiiiice catch!!

@penderyn8794 Ай бұрын

First time ever I noticed the libyans interrupted doc getting more plutonium for return journey 😂😂

@jasonm8017 Ай бұрын

👍🏼 I would have caught that eventually. I’ve only seen it 280 times

@c1ph3rpunk Ай бұрын

It’s her grandma’s number, at least that’s how I take it in the context of that scene. I would guess he knows her number, but she mentioned she’s going to her grandmother’s house, he likely doesn’t have that one in his Rolodex. ;-)

@adamsobh4208 Ай бұрын

It sucks that the character of Jennifer was recast in the later films

@jmhaces Ай бұрын

One of my favorite details in this movie is how in one of the scenes where Marty is talking to George back in the '50's Marty keeps trying to open a soda bottle by twisting off the cap but he can't because that kind of bottle didn't exist yet and George gets exasperated with him and takes the bottle and opens in with a normal bottle opener before handing it back to Marty, all the while they keep arguing about Lorraine and how George needs to ask her out. It's just a brilliant little thing to throw into that scene because neither of them say anything about it.

@plowe6751 Ай бұрын

That part of the movie never made sense to me. I was 10 years old in 1985, and I remember pry-off caps on Cola and Pepsi bottles. Marty should be well familiar with pry-off caps, considering he was 17 in 1985 and probably seen more different types of bottles than I did.

@jmhaces Ай бұрын

@@plowe6751 I was eight in 1985 and I always took it to mean that he was distracted talking to George and wasn't thinking about what he was doing with the bottle and he was just defaulting to what he usually did. Back then soda bottles around my parts weren't twist-off, but since I'm not American I just assumed it was much more common in the US, though every time I went to the US I tended to only see cans as opposed to glass bottles.

@plowe6751 Ай бұрын

@@jmhaces Even to this day, I have NEVER seen a twist-off cap on a glass soda bottle. Twist-off caps on glass bottles do exist, but those bottles always contain alcohol -- never soda. I've been in the U.S.A. since 1982.

@jmhaces Ай бұрын

@@plowe6751 I have seen twist-off caps on soda glass bottles both in the US and outside the US, but I'm pretty sure they always were some smaller possibly local brand as opposed to Pepsi or Coke (or their related brands), which I think is what Marty was trying to drink in that scene. I'm 99% sure I've never seen a twist-off glass bottle of Pepsi or Coke anywhere.

@timothyburrows9622 Ай бұрын

My favorite trivia from this movie is how Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) was/is the polar opposite from a bully in real life but how he plays one so well.

@mttschmitt Ай бұрын

Don't wait to watch the Second movie!!! You need to have the 1st movie fresh in your memory for the 2nd movie!

@moviemetalhead Ай бұрын

One can only hope. They watched Lethal Weapon 1 some time ago and haven't watched any of its sequels.

@Anson_AKB Ай бұрын

*_and please do NOT watch the short preview on part 3 at the end titles of part 2._* there are *_too many spoilers_* for scenes and the plot of the entire third part in that last one or two minutes. it might only barely have been ok when it was released and people forgot about it until they could watch that third part.

@jamesplunkett8912 Ай бұрын

They even showed some parts that never made it into the movie, too.

@andreadeamon6419 Ай бұрын

@moviemetalhead that's horrible!! Have to continue those right away also!!

@brezzainvernale Ай бұрын

And then the second for the third one :-)

@taylemgames2652 Ай бұрын

This movie's script is flawless. It is used as a study in every major film school.

@0okamino Ай бұрын

I’m sure they wished the filming went anywhere near as flawlessly, but it all worked out in the end.

@TrippingHawk Ай бұрын

@@0okamino people love to act like it was some catastrophic filming process when in reality all that happened was they recast Stoltz and had to reshoot some of his scenes lol. hardly the disaster people paint it out to be.

@punkem733 Ай бұрын

Not just the script, it's used by the USC film school as the most perfectly paced movie all time, with no filler scenes.

@jesoko6724 Ай бұрын

I don't know if anyone has pointed this out yet, but the DeLorean was a real car that was available to buy in the early 80's. It had so many performance and quality issues that the company (DeLorean Motor Company) actually went out of business BEFORE Back to the Future came out (they stopped selling the car in '83, and the movie came out in '85). That's why Marty says "You built a time machine... out of a DELOREAN???" The car already had a pretty bad reputation by that point. Eventually, the name DeLorean became so synonymous with the time machine itself, that most people either forget or straight up don't know the name and car weren't invented for the movie.

@SomeGuy-hd4cn Ай бұрын

The original script had the time machine in a fridge but that was too stationary. The idea of movement was created for action. The producers wanted a Ford Mustang but Ford refused to give them any. Deloreans were easy to purchase cheap junk. The best joke in the movie is pretending any of those cars could ever do 88mph.

@jesoko6724 Ай бұрын

@@SomeGuy-hd4cn that's probably part of the reason the car needed to be nuclear powered. It was mostly to boost the speed of the car, lmao

@himwhoisnottobenamed5427 23 күн бұрын

John DeLorean even wrote the Producers a Thank You letter for using his car in the movie.

@l0sts0ul89 22 күн бұрын

@@himwhoisnottobenamed5427 whatever happened to the guy?

@christinaknapp5553 Ай бұрын

This is the only movie that my husband and I went back to the theater over and over. We kept seeing details that we had missed before. It got better with each viewing.

@jackhealy3328 Ай бұрын

To me, the script to 'Back to the Future' is absolutely flawless. Countless callbacks that are paid off, there's no fat to trim in the plot, every character has a role to play and every single casting is pitch perfect.

@Great-Documentaries Ай бұрын

It took them YEARS to get the financing and backing to get the movie done. That's why the script is so good. They kept thinking of new things to put into there. If it had come out in 1982 with a completely different cast, it would have failed for sure.

@wren7195 Ай бұрын

There are some great documentaries on KZfaq talking about how the stars aligned to allow this movie to even exist. I even like the trilogy, especially the third and the animated series. I too, cannot get going anywhen without a Mr. Coffee.

@richtifilmpalast5373 Ай бұрын

There are (literally!) hundreds of bigger and smaller callbacks throughout the entire movies. Sometimes really obvious ones, sometimes they're just simply visual cues, sometimes spoken lines or texts, ect ect. Just in this regard only this script is so juicy it could feed an atomic family of five including their dog!

@EP3mentalist Ай бұрын

Why did it take George 30 years to release his first book?

@wren7195 Ай бұрын

@@EP3mentalist Time travel?

@imajinallthepurple Ай бұрын

I love that you guys noticed the little changes like Twin/Lone Pine Mall etc. You'd be surprised how many people don't notice any of the tiny details. Please continue paying attention to the recurring little things as you watch the trilogy, you'll find that the level of detail is absolutely amazing. I've loved the trilogy for close to 30 years now and no matter how many times I watch it I still find some new little detail to laugh about. 😂👍

@treetopjones737 Ай бұрын

Some people don't notice, his mom as youngster has probably been intentionally leaving her window uncovered while she undresses in front of it ( her dad: "Another kid hit my car!" ).

@PurpleNinja-vn4hv Ай бұрын

Wait I never made the connection that’s meant to be his mom changing in the window but it completely makes sense. Just another detail I can annoy people with when I watch lol

@MattB2603 Ай бұрын

That's also how he knew what branch to go to. It probably got around school.

@Thunda1986 Ай бұрын

I never thought about that, now I feel dumb for not recognising it

@josephsoltero7326 4 күн бұрын

OMG I never caught on to that, but you're right! Makes so much sense, especially when we see later that she parks, drinks, and smokes. Hell, she's a bit of a "peeping Tom" herself, spying on Marty's underwear while he was unconscious. She probably took his pants off.

@josephsoltero7326 4 күн бұрын

@@MattB2603 Good catch! Word got around just as easily before social media. I've read that, in the '70s, people knew the supermarket aisle that became a cruising spot on a certain day of the week. Or in the '80s they knew the last subway car was the place to get some action, etc.

@karlsmith2570 Ай бұрын

44:41 Hey, Ari And Denise, another Fun Fact for you: The homeless person sleeping on the park bench in the transition scene from 1955 to 1985, was the mayor of the town in 1955

@danieltodd9038 Ай бұрын

The judge at the beginning in the talent show rehearsal that says they're just too darn loud is Huey Lewis, the singer for most of the songs on the soundtrack.

@ACNelson-officialchannel Ай бұрын

Which was hilarious because of how loud Huey Lewis And The News played. 😂😂😂

@dmbassett Ай бұрын

Yeah they missed this BIG cameo

@lordmortarius538 Ай бұрын

@@dmbassett Don't you know, though? It's hip to be square :P

@ACNelson-officialchannel Ай бұрын

@@dmbassett They're from a younger generation, and probably have no clue about Huey Lewis. I doubt that they would recognize Gene Simmons in "The New Guy" playing a preacher, or Henry Rollins as the sheriff! 🤣 I can forgive that based on their age, but that was an iconic cameo by Huey Lewis!

@jonbutcher9805 Ай бұрын

I've seen the movie a bunch of times. Never realized it was him. Huey Lewis cameo, go figure.

@metoo7557 Ай бұрын

The attention to detail and callbacks throughout this trilogy is a master class of film making.

@michelled.613 Ай бұрын

This was an absolute JOY to watch you watch this beloved movie for the first time. As I saw it in theaters, it's been a very long time since this movie was new to me. THIS is what watching reaction channels is all about. Thank you so much!!!!

@Z-LightfulMemories Ай бұрын

There were a lot of great movies that came out in the 80s, but this one...this one I actually paid for tickets SEVEN times at the theatre to see it. It was my favorite movie for the longest time. So glad to see a new generation enjoy it as much!

@batmanvsjoker7725 Ай бұрын

It's one of those that just. Never. Gets. Old. I could watch it again and again for the rest of my life and I'd still be either entertained or find something new.

@Felix-Sited Ай бұрын

If I was Satan, that is how I would punish you in Hell. I would make you watch Back To The Future, back to back, 24/7, without pausing. You would be restrained and all you can do for eternity, is watch Back To The Future. I'm sure you wouldn't like it after a little while. I am not a Satan BTW.

@rptrrwr Ай бұрын

You could almost say it's....timeless?

@batmanvsjoker7725 Ай бұрын

@@rptrrwr I already made a time pun. Look for it in the comments section.

@jacquestuan Ай бұрын

@rptrrwr Please make more puns. There are NEVER enough puns. 🤘🏼😆

@johnnytv1885 Ай бұрын

can you imagine, you slip and hit your head and have a weird dream about a device that makes time travel possible, and than a few hours later a person shows up asking for help fixing your time machine... what a trip.

@jturner7771 Ай бұрын

If they ever remake this movie, maybe they could tell it from the perspective of 1955 Doc.

@ryans413 Ай бұрын

@@jturner7771it will never be remade because Hollywood dosnt own the rights to it. The rights belong to Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale who swore no one but them would touch this franchise and they were pretty clear there be no more movies because they believe the franchise is perfect.

@jughead4845 Ай бұрын

I'm really glad about that. But what happens when they pass away?

@ryans413 Ай бұрын

@@jughead4845 I believe it was stated when they pass away the right will be locked away so no one touching this franchise unless Robert and Bob decide to start it up again.

@big_numbers 26 күн бұрын

@@ryans413 Copyright ends 70 years after the creators die though

@whoarocket Ай бұрын

You said, "It's funny he knows what branch to go to." Yeahhh...him and apparently several other boys. Some people don't connect the dots on this part. Her dad says, "Another one of these damn kids jumped in front of my car!" So this was already really common just in the moments he's been driving by. We can see how wild she is that it's not surprising she's getting some thrills by being an exhibitionist in front of the window too.

@jbearclowater 12 күн бұрын

This move is nearly perfect. The writing is absolutely a masterclass in screenwriting. EVERY set-up they put in those first 20 ish minutes has some kind of pay-off, some of which you don't catch until a fifth or sixth (or beyond) viewing. Some examples: The episode of Jackie Gleeson that George watches over dinner in 1985 is the same one that Lorraine's watches for the first time in 1955, The mall becomes 'Lone Pine Mall' after Marty runs over a tree in 1955 (originally called 'Twin Pine Mall'), Marty finally gets to play the school dance that he auditions for in 1985 (except it's in 1955), Ronald Reagan's name is on the cinema marquee in 1955, among so many others

@GeoffTrowbridge Ай бұрын

The amazing thing about the BTTF series is that the first movie was never intended to launch a franchise. It was just supposed to be a self-contained story. But when it became so successful and the sequels were greenlit, they still managed to craft an incredibly smart and cohesive trilogy that was built quite naturally upon everything established in the first film.

@mst3KGf Ай бұрын

For one thing, Zemeckis and Gale have both said that if it was originally planned as a trilogy, they'd never have Jennifer get into the car with Marty and Doc at the end of the first film.

@timcardona9962 Ай бұрын

That doesnt sound right; it's my understanding that it was written as one long story that got split up into 3 different films and was planned that way. It was even shot back to back

@GeoffTrowbridge Ай бұрын

@@timcardona9962 Nope, only II and III were filmed back-to-back. Part II was filmed more than four years after the first film and they even had to rebuild many of the sets.

@treetopjones737 Ай бұрын

@@GeoffTrowbridge And had to get a different actor to play Jennifer.

@andreadeamon6419 Ай бұрын

@treetopjones737 she quit acting too take care of her mom who was passing. So they brought in Elizabeth Shue

@rangerghost2474 Ай бұрын

George’s left handed punch to biffs face is one of the greatest punches in cinematic history😂

@SaulOhio Ай бұрын

I have heard that there was originally supposed to be a sub plot where George is left handed, but because of social pressure kept trying to use his right hand. And that was the real source of his lack of self confidence. When he punched Biff with his left hand, he discovered his real power.

@rebelrob7799 21 күн бұрын

Just noticed too that after that he's using his left to even push the red headed guy that cut in.

@jonpevehouse Ай бұрын

One of my favourite Easter eggs is when he says to Joey, who in 1955 is a baby in a crib, "better get used to those bars". Since he is in jail in 1985.

@TheGeeMan Ай бұрын

I love that Huey Lewis is the teacher saying "I'm afraid you're just too darn loud" at Marty playing literally HIS "Power of Love" music on the guitar lololol

@JK-tn4xp Ай бұрын

The lead singer of the band at the prom was named Marvin Berry. He calls his brother Chuck about a new sound that he was looking for.

@normie2716 Ай бұрын

It's your cousin, Marvin Berry!

@DC_Prox Ай бұрын

It didn't hit me until many years after i first saw the movie, but when Marty first arrives in 1955, and he hears the clock tower, the significance for the audience is that it lets us know that the clock tower still works, but the significance for Marty is also that he's never heard that bell before. He knows what a clock bell sounds like, but he's never heard it for real in his own town.

@ariochiv Ай бұрын

This movie is the last place you'd expect to find one of the smartest scripts of all time... but there you are. Practically a masterclass in seamless exposition.

@gregorychampion4843 Ай бұрын

It’s crazy cuz it even worked out for Biff too. Look closely he owns his own car detail business.

@krisfrederick5001 Ай бұрын

"GREAT SCOTT!" Such a "timeless classic." Christopher Lloyd is a legend

@krisfrederick5001 Ай бұрын

There was an Art Festival in the park across the street from house. Someone brought their DeLorean just to let people take pictures in it, you better believe I did!

@minnesotajones261 Ай бұрын

Yeah, this is heavy...

@garyscott9364 Ай бұрын

I’ve been a huge fan of his since Taxi. Yea, I’m old 😂

@c1ph3rpunk Ай бұрын

@@minnesotajones261is there something wrong with gravity in the future?

@incamoran9532 Ай бұрын

@@garyscott9364 Same, he was brilliant in Taxi, and I'll never forget the time when Jim went to get his driver's license - comedy genius.

@BubbaCoop Ай бұрын

One of the clocks at the beginning is Harold Lloyd from the silent film Safety Last, and foreshadows Doc hanging from the clock.

@chrispruett81 Ай бұрын

Christopher and Michael are VERY CLOSE to this day!! One of the best duo's on screen .. EVER!!

@CreepyNeighbor666 Ай бұрын

Doc and Marty is one of the best friendship in movie history.

@vince5546 Ай бұрын

Fun fact: Billy Zane, who played Caledon Hockley (Rose's fiancé) in Titanic, appeared in this movie. He is one of the three members of Biff's posse. This was Zane's first movie role. He reprised the role in BTF 2.

@wvman2374 Ай бұрын

Upon Saint Crispin's Day!

@jamesplunkett8912 Ай бұрын

I just like to pretend that I don't know who Billy Zane is. I hate him.

@ryans413 Ай бұрын

He was in Memphis’s Belle and Posse and Tombstone as well all not bad films

@williambryan3346 Ай бұрын

Quentin Tarantino lists this as one of the perfect movies ever made, along with Jaws. Two classics from director and executive producer Steven Spielberg. Quentin has a list that is featured in a KZfaq video.

@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

Ohhhh we gotta check out that list for sure!! This movie truly is perfect, it has the heart, the comedy, the stakes! Just wonderful!

@LivingInElysium Ай бұрын

Us Vancouverites continue to be so proud of and supportive of Michael J. Fox. He is so loved in our community even if he hasn't lived here in decades.

@paulamoya7956 Ай бұрын

This is the very BEST retrospective on this film I have ever heard . I saw this the night of its release in 85! I was a Jr in HS ! The entire theater went crazy and cheered and applauded at the end !! It might just be The Perfect Film ⭐️

@germanmagicstories Ай бұрын

This movie and what made it with the people in it is amazing. I love how Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox are celebrated when they come to conventions even today and they still keep their friendship till today. This movie and the story about it is so amazing and lovable. It really is a classic that is "OUTATIME" and it gives you the same feeling watching it the 500th time as when you watch it the first time

@ScottTrolls Ай бұрын

one of the most COMPLETE trilogies ever. everything connects

@Rick-jf6sg Ай бұрын

Crispin Glover (George McFly), Lea Thompson (Lorraine) and Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) did tremendous jobs portraying their characters both in 1985 and 1955. Same with Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown). I saw this when it came out, and one of the biggest audience laughs came when they saw that full-service gas station in 1955.

@garricktackett3257 Ай бұрын

I was 11 when that movie was released into theaters. The 80's was an amazing time to grow up.

@JJgibson1 Ай бұрын

Check out the movies Weird Science(1985), The Goonies(1985), and Gremlins(1984).

@melissacreel4719 Ай бұрын

Yes! This!!

@umageddon Ай бұрын

I LOVED gremlins as a kid but watched it recently and I wasnt as smitten by it.... i was only 8 when it came out though 😅

@batmanvsjoker7725 Ай бұрын

Here's one of my favorite details: when Marty first arrives at the parking lot of the mall, it's called Twin Pines Mall. During his time travel, he accidentally knocks down one of the pines while escaping the barn. So when he comes back to the parking lot the second time, it's called Lone Pine Mall 😂

@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

Hahaha that's actually hilarious, great catch!!!

@anafromr5413 Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnightsBut you actually caught that in the reaction - LONE pine mall. And I never noticed THAT before. So it is a great catch

@johnpaullogan1365 Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights also the bum on the bench when he came back was the guy running against goldie for mayor in the beginning

@minnesotajones261 Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights And there's a TON of Easter Eggs in this film! The movie theater is a porn theater in the original 1985, and a "church" in the "new" 1985. The chunk of marble that Doc knocks off the clock tower, it was "clean" in the original 1985, and that chunk is now gone in the "new" 1985. I think there are websites and KZfaq vids that cover all the little changes from the original 1985 to the new one... Such awesome writing!

@Taylorswiftfan13308 Ай бұрын

Dang, all the little Easter eggs have been spoken for, except!, the ledge on the clock tower from where Doc fell) is visibly damaged in revamped 1985. This movie was fantastic even for the cheap seaters but if you go full geek, you can't help but admire the amazing attention to details on this one. Great reaction! Glad yous liked it, can't wait for you to do the sequels!

@gspendlove 5 күн бұрын

Back in 1984, my family had to relocate from one city to another halfway across the country. I was 13 years old and had to leave my school and my friends. We went back for a visit in '85, and I went to see one of my friends from school, and he couldn't stop talking about Back to the Future. It was the greatest movie he'd ever seen, he was saying. I hadn't seen it yet; I was having a very tough time adjusting to my new life. Anyway, my friend was right; it _was_ the greatest movie ever (you ever notice how, throughout the '70s and '80s, the movies just kept getting better?) My friend and I corresponded for the next few years, wondering, When is the sequel coming out? Well, in 1989 his mother responded to one of my letters telling me that he'd passed away after open-heart surgery. I was devastated. I still am. He never got to see Back to the Future Pts. II and III, which he was looking forward to so much. My point isn't to make anybody feel bad with this story, but just to say: live all the life you can. Take in as much of the world as you can. Be thankful for your blessings and for the gift of life. And watch all the movies you can, while you can.

@HerpMcDerp89 Ай бұрын

I'm so glad Denise mentioned the abundance of Chekov's guns in this movie. You could call the B2tF trilogy a Chekov's Arsenal.

@renzero9206 Ай бұрын

Masterpiece of a film. Others probably have mentioned this, but this is often cited as “the perfect script” and is used in screenwriting classes. Not one scene or line of dialogue is wasted. Everything is setup and payoff. Also, Tom Wilson, who plays Biff, is the nicest guy in real life, a devout Catholic. When filming the “car scene”, he would always apologize to Lea Thompson (Lorraine) every take. She was so sweet to him and said it was fine, they were just acting.

@stephanginther9051 Ай бұрын

6:09 Fun fact, *that* is Huey Lewis. Not only is he a rock and roll musician, _he wrote_ the song Marty's band was playing. Actually he wrote a lot of the music in this movie including 'The Power Of Love' which played while Marty was riding his skateboard to school. Huey Lewis And The News is the name of his group.

@bran7134 14 күн бұрын

I'm blown away. Had to click on this video. They have not seen Back to the Future until now. Let that sink in. 😮😮 That being said, welcome to one of the 5 best movies of all time and the perfect movie to say THIS is why we watch movies. Movie magic!

@garyjbaker Ай бұрын

"They found me, I don't know how but they found me"... says the guy driving around town in a big van with his name on the side of it!

@AWhistlingWolf Ай бұрын

Crispin Glover (Marty's dad, George McFly) was only 19 years old when shooting this film. Yes, he was younger than Marty himself (Michael J Fox), who was 24. Yes, Glover was 19 in those scenes at the beginning with "old" him. The make-up was fantastic! Lea Thompson (Marty's mom, Lorraine) was 24 like Michael J Fox, but in her case she did look like a young girl in "old" make-up, the work on Glover was good enough to make you think at first that the actor is like 36.

@Rohan-nc8jt Ай бұрын

close he was 20. Turned 21 during production.

@dth2brny121 Ай бұрын

I believe Lea Thompson was 22 when this came out, she was born in 1963 (Michael J. Fox was born in '61, of course)

@AWhistlingWolf Ай бұрын

@@dth2brny121 Lea Thompson was born in 1961, like Michael J Fox

@dth2brny121 Ай бұрын

@AWhistlingWolf Ugh, just looked it up. You're right, whatever I was reading years ago didn't get it right, and I followed. Thanks, d'oh! 🤦👍

@ScarlettM Ай бұрын

In first script the time travel machine would be a refrigerator. But Steven Spielberg was worried that children watching the film would see Marty getting inside the fridge and try to recreate the scene in their homes. In 80s it was possible to get locked in a refrigerator and die.

@lordcrispen Ай бұрын

A very special episode: Punky Brewster edition

@indiatastic Ай бұрын

So he put the fridge scene in Indiana Jones instead

@stefanlaskowski6660 Ай бұрын

The two of you are becoming one of my absolute review channels. I love that you not only enjoy the films for their entertainment value, but also that you appreciate the skill and craftsmanship that went into older films.

@ridleysaria Ай бұрын

One of my favorite things about Back to the Future is how they’re always racing against time, even though they have a Time Machine. I’m glad you caught the mall name change. I shouldn’t be surprised, you two are very sharp. A lot of reactors miss that. It would be interesting to time travel and have the perception of our parents completely shattered. Marty saw good and bad sides of both parents. George was a creep Peeping Tom and Loraine was thirsty as all hell. Man, she was ready to jump her son’s bones inside of five minutes. But can you blame her? She didn’t know who Marty was and Michael J Fox is all kinds of charming.

@phillytothej4001 Ай бұрын

The irony that they keep having issues with the DeLorean is amazing. One of the coolest, but least reliable cars ever made. I'm sure it was a nightmare on ser

@perki1573 Ай бұрын

This movie was crafted to perfection! The performances bear it through wonderfully without making the story feel stilted. Silky smooth and heart warming. One of my favorite "comfort" movies!

@argent-kestrel90 20 күн бұрын

How the four guys shout: "SHIIIIIITTTT!" before crashing into the truck gets me everytime 😂😂😂😂😂

@shallowgal462 Ай бұрын

The script is used in screenwriting classes as an example of perfection. The clock was a model of comic actor Harold Lloyd hanging on in a famous 1923 silent film. Doc put the torn-up letter in his jacket pocket when the tree branch fell on the power cord. Fox had so much more chemistry than the original Marty (Eric Stoltz) had with Lloyd! Replacing Marty meant that the director had to re-shoot the whole first six weeks over again from scratch.

@thejuhlerofdk Ай бұрын

I thankfully got to watch all these 80's movies as a kid in the 90's (Born in 89). Some movies and what they were about, kinda flew over my head as a kid but rewatching them as an adult, brings back some good memories and clarifies some things for me. I only recently discovered your channel (When you started the LoTR trilogy) but I have been watching quite a few of your old videos as well by now. It's almost like watching a movie with friends when I see these videos

@MrBoyYankee Ай бұрын

The quintessential "gold standard" in time travel action adventure fantasy film. It's one of the best movies of all time. With one of the greatest soundtracks of all time. A certified classic 😎

@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

THIS!! It's actually crazy how many movies have used the BTTF template! What a fantastic feel-good film, we had such a blast with this!

@MrBoyYankee Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights Extended information, Watch Back in Time the documentary.

@AnxiouslyGaming Ай бұрын

Rick & Morty had to be an inspiration from Doc & Marty.

@user-dm2pc7dh6g Ай бұрын

I love how you guys just enjoy the movie without necessarily trying to guess what's going to happen

@greenguardian7427 Ай бұрын

Hey I just got to say , you guys are probably my favourite reaction channel ever, I love how you actually get involved and invested in the movies you watch and don’t talk over important stuff and don’t joke and poke holes in the story all the time , it’s very annoying when other reactors do that . Keep up the good work guys 👍.

@Rahk5929 Ай бұрын

Love this. Michael J. Fox's charisma is what made you really connect with Marty McFly throughout the entire trilogy. The skateboard and going back to 1985 were my 2 favorite scenes/ moments in BTTF. And to think, due to Fox's scheduling conflicts with Family Ties, his casting nearly didn't happen. So glad it worked out and Fox was casted because it wouldn't have been the same. And a huge credit goes to Zemeckis for his creativity after seeing an old picture of his parents which gave him the idea/ concept.

@mbbiz21 Ай бұрын

Eric Stoltz (the drug dealer in Pulp Fiction) was originally cast as Marty. He even shot some scenes that are watchable on KZfaq. He didn’t work out though and was fired in favor of budding TV star Michael J Fox.

@alansevern290 Ай бұрын

I remember going to our local cinema waaaayyyyyy back in 1985 to see this awesome movie, was such a blast back then, especially for a 15 year old lad, I loved it back then and I watch it to this day and still love it just as much! Love your reactions guys, always brightens my day🌞🌞🌞

@bethcushway458 Ай бұрын

Oh can we also have a standing ovation for Drew Struzan's stunning, iconic Back to the Future poster art? 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼😍😍😍😍

@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

It's such a gorgeous poster, right???

@bethcushway458 Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights he used to do all the film posters back then and they were all epic. There's a beautiful book of all his film art and Sky Arts channel did a great documentary about him I think you guys would love❤️

@Warlocke000 Ай бұрын

He's the unsung hero of cinema, really. His posters were part of the magic of the movies they promoted.

@playy1797 Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights Yes! and check out all three posters side by side if you can!

@srichey444 Ай бұрын

Being born in the 80's, I was absolutely in love with Michael J. Fox, Jason Bateman, and Malcolm Jamal Warner. I can't tell you how many times I've watched this movie. I see why old people are so Nostalgic, I'd give a Kidney to go back to the 80's & 90's! 🥺

@MrNelloxx 16 күн бұрын

the Script for this Movie is just brilliant, everything clicks, everything is at the right place, at the right time, every little bit and piece is well thought out.

@finster1968 Ай бұрын

Fun fact: Actor Eric Stolz was originally cast as Marty McFly. They shot quite a few early scenes with him and decided he wasn’t right for the part. He got fired in the middle of production and they recast Michael J Foxx. All the early scenes had to be redone. Only a fraction of the early scenes with Eric Stolz playing the lead have been released.

@himwhoisnottobenamed5427 12 күн бұрын

I still want to go to the alternate reality where they made the Eric Stoltz BttF, just to check it out.

@finster1968 12 күн бұрын

@@himwhoisnottobenamed5427 - I’m sure they’ll decide to release it on an anniversary edition at some point. I’m guessing there’s only 30-45 minutes of scenes at most before he was canned.

@orangeandblackattack Ай бұрын

you both have the #2 reaction in my book of over 70 reactors! The enthusiasm makes me smile--thats how we all felt in the theater. We had a little more "WTF did we just see?" going on in 1985, but as I was 18 then, thats expected. You gotta do the last 2 of the Future trilogy. It is all wild and great. Really, in the 80s, we had all these great movies that we barely had enough time to see them all in theaters! You made me feel better today. Thank you!

@K7CG2004 Ай бұрын

I’m still thinking about what Bruce Banner said in Endgame: “If you travel to the past, your past becomes your future and your former present becomes the past, which can’t now be changed by your new future.” Despite how great this movie is, that line about time travel still makes sense to me.

@turbopokey Ай бұрын

I was remembering in Endgame when Scott said “ ‘Back to the Future’ isn’t shit!!!”, and I was like “YEAH!”.

@gailscrypto1536 Ай бұрын

@@turbopokey was that 'Great Scott'? lol

@SeenGod Ай бұрын

🤔

@IN-tm8mw Ай бұрын

Bruce Banner just says in a "cleaver way" how "TIME" isn't linier. So Marty effectively created a new timeline. BTTF2 even expands on the idea.

@victorramsey5575 Ай бұрын

Fun Fact, actually there are MANY(!!) in this movie, but... when Marty puts the headphones on George and plays some Van Halen. The guitar Eddie played for that was the iconic yellow and black striped "BumbleBee" guitar. In 2004, at Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott's funeral, Eddie placed the BumbleBee in Darrell's KISS coffin. The guitar that saved the world is buried with Dimebag. RIP DIME, VINNIE and EDDIE!!

@shamancarmichael5305 Ай бұрын

The Back to the Future trilogy is a master class in filmmaking, on every level! Even the music has become emblematic of the 80's. Can't wait to see you cover the next two!

@mustlearnmore4884 Ай бұрын

I never got to see this in the cinema when it first came out, but once it was available on VHS, I used rent it out all the time (it took a few years for it to be available to buy). It was a massive hit when I was a kid, and was responsible for inspiring so many kids to start skateboarding (including myself). I never stuck with skating, but I must have seen this film nearly 100 times throughout my life. I finally got to see it on the big screen when it got a theatrical re-release on its 25th anniversary in 2010, and I took my own 5 year-old son to see it. The film is an all-time classic, and watching it again with you two only makes me love it even more. The sequels didn't quite (and frankly, couldn't possibly) live up to the original, but I still thoroughly recommend watching them. I watched those in the cinema as a kid with my dad, and they too bring back a lot of fond memories of my childhood in the 80s. Looking forward to seeing your reactions to those too 🙏🏽🔥💪🏼

@ForceGhostAnakin Ай бұрын

This movie is perfect. No seriously, on a technical level this is how you execute a film. Flawless character introductions. Buttery smooth pace. Exposition is avoided like the plague. The cinematography is incredible. It just goes on.

@roncooper5602 Ай бұрын

that car is so awesome I actually got to drive one at the dealership when I was in high school.

@e.a.r.9155 28 күн бұрын

Much of it goes over people's heads unless you were from the '80s. Things are missed today. I was 10yrs. old when this movie came out and generally movies weren't all that great. Very few. This was written and filmed So good with great actors, It was a major breakthrough film..! As soon as it ended we walked out. My dad said you guys want to watch it again, He bought more tickets my family went back in watched it twice in a row..! "1985"

@lordmortarius538 Ай бұрын

Tom Wilson is the actor who played Biff, and he's a pretty great guy IRL, who just happens to be very good at playing dickheads (he was also in the Legends of Tomorrow show on the CW) I also developed the BIGGEST crush on Lea Thompson thanks to this film, and she still looks damn good :P It's also pretty obvious, but Rick & Morty draws pretty heavy inspiration from the Doc & Marty relationship in these films. In the 80's, cool-ass vehicles was the jam in films and tv; the DeLorean, Christine, the Ecto-1, the A-team van (a GMC Vandura), the last of the V-8 Interceptors, the General Lee, K.I.T.T., that black Lamborghini Countach from Cannonball Run, the Airwolf, the cartoon show M.A.S.K. (which has an incredible theme song), all the cool stuff from GI JOE, etc. etc. God I miss the 80's man

@EarnestEgregore Ай бұрын

Tom Wilson is so cool, dude is humble as hell... He's funny in April Fools, a pretty great slasher from around then... we rewatch it every april so I just saw it lol

@Felix-Sited Ай бұрын

This is why 'Rick' from 'Rick & Morty', refuses to do time travel.

@bobbuethe1477 Ай бұрын

Tom Wilson also had a recurring role in season 2 of "Ghost Whisperer." One of his few "nice guy" roles.

@phousefilms Ай бұрын

Tom Wilson was also Flats Flounder and the Tattletale Strangler on Spongebob.

@ACsPianoCorner Ай бұрын

This is truly one of the best movies ever made and it’s #1 on my top trilogy list. I ended up finding this is a bizarre way. As a kid growing up in the early 90s they made a Back To The Future cartoon. It didn’t last long but I watched it and really enjoyed it. It wasn’t until a few years later that I found out it was based on a movie. Watching the movie made me understand why the cartoon was cancelled - it just didn’t compare - the movie trilogy is incredible. I ended up purchasing the VHS trilogy boxset, then years later when working at a DVD store putting myself through college I ended up getting a signed (by MJF and CL) Back To The Future: The Ultimate Trilogy Box set. This is a fantastic piece of cinema and I hope Hollywood doesn’t ruin it with a remake. I truly enjoy more people finding this movie and going through the rollercoaster of emotions I did and do when re-watching it.

@wvman2374 Ай бұрын

One of the classics. I first saw this in the theater when it was released in 1985. I was 11 years old and we were at the beach for a week for a family vacation. It rained one day so the adults took us kids to the movies. I hadn't heard anything about this movie at all so I went in blind, but when I came out I thought it was the best movie ever made!

@OldMan_PJ Ай бұрын

Back To The Future is a rare example where all 3 films in the trilogy are excellent.

@MrBoyYankee Ай бұрын

6:08 That's Huey Lewis from Huey Lewis & The News.

@OfficialMediaKnights Ай бұрын

Yessss!! Love Huey Lewis & The News!

@Taramw32 Ай бұрын

I was just gonna put that in the comments. I love that he says “it’s just too darn loud”. 😄💗

@batmanvsjoker7725 Ай бұрын

@@OfficialMediaKnights Reminds me, have y'all ever watched American Psycho?

@willracer1jz Ай бұрын

I was going to post the same thing. By the way, the Back to the Future trilogy is pure awesomeness.

@esclad Ай бұрын

Despite how the movie ends, they never actually planned a sequel. It's was only after fans demanded it in 1987 that they even began to write a script. It took a further two years in production to be released (1989). The four year wait was excruciating. Luckily, we only had to wait one year for part 3 :)

@BubbaCoop Ай бұрын

"To Be Continued" was on the home video release by 1986. Part of the reason it took so long is because they filmed both sequels back to back, after years writing scripts and building sets.

@halharvey3314 Ай бұрын

I always loved how Huey Lewis was the man with the megaphone that says the band was just too loud. Huey Lewis and the news was a killer 80s band too, love it.

@erikbailey2525 Ай бұрын

This is one of those movies that serves as a master class in how to make a truly great movie. No scene, or even element in a scene is meaningless. Everything you see, hear, and feel serves to drive the story forward.

@JustaGuy2.0 Ай бұрын

And, as everyone knows, Rick and Morty is inspired in this legendary trilogy....and wears it's inspiration proudly. Now a few curiosities: > The original actor to play Marty was Eric Stolz, and he actually shot a few scenes, but he was fired because he played the role very seriously, never got the comedy tone right. > The original Jennifer was also changed because she was too tall to be along side Michael J Fox. The actress was Melora Hardin, from The Office. > Claudia Wells is replaced by Elizabeth Shue in the 2nd and 3rd due to Claudia's mother getting diagnosed with cancer and she taking a break to be with her. In the end, there were 3 actresses playing Jennifer.

@phousefilms Ай бұрын

The original Jennifer was brought back for the Telltale video game, at least.

@Jay20112968 Ай бұрын

22:55 that's called a bootstrap paradox, basically a loop. the only reason marty tells him he's gonna be mayor is because he was mayor, and the idea came from someone telling him that he can. makes you think though where the idea originally came from, because at some point in time it must've started.

@Alpha-Trion7 28 күн бұрын

My favorite part in any back to the future is the first part of: 'part 3' where marty is relaxing at Doc's house, with the hoverboard at his feet, just blissful contentedness. Then howdy doody comes on the tv. So kool!

@blatherama Ай бұрын

I've seen this movie dozens of times, and every time I forget Huey Lewis is one of the audition judges.

@LupusLifestyle Ай бұрын

I've watched the whole Back to the Future franchise many times since it was released. I've never caught the "Lone Pine Mall" change. Dang!

@King-Omega- Ай бұрын

The script in this film is so tight. It reminds me a lot of the writing in the Cornetto trilogy written by Edward Wright and Simon Pegg. Almost everything that is mentioned gets a callback at some point in the film, almost nothing is wasted. Love it.

@j.woodbury412 6 күн бұрын

The song Marty's band was playing in the band competition was "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News, and the judge that tells them, "I'm afraid you're just too darn loud" was Huey Lewis, himself. I always thought that was funny. I also thought it was funny that Huey is using a bullhorn when he tells them they're too loud.