A classic for all the ages

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2019)

Back to the Future, in its 80s cheese, stands out for its cultural influence and iconic storyline. It's a film no one can help but smile about, definitely due to the optimistic and adventurous aura this film radiates.
Michael J. Fox plays cool kid Marty McFly who is living life like his last whilst living with a family that seems to barely survive or live anymore. His weak-willed father and depressed mother along with his no-good brother and sister find themselves between a rock and a hard place with Marty in very middle. Fortunately Marty's crazy yet brilliant scientist friend Doc. Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd has one solution to change the fate of Marty and his family's life: To go back to the future.
The film is definitely interesting in that its storyline is very cheesy and cliched which is all acceptable given the period this film was released. Yet, even viewing this film now in the 2010s, we aren't affected negatively by how cheesy or corny certain scenes or dialogue are because its what makes this film unique. The over-the-top hysterics of Doc Brown and his time traveling theories, Biff and his gang chasing Marty across Hill Valley square and certainly the sequence of Doc Brown trying to connect the big clock with a cable power point before Marty in the DeLorean strikes it. Its scenes like these that people remember 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 1 year or hell after 10 years simply because only Back to the Future can execute them with perfection.
I'm not bluffing when I'm saying anyone of any age MUST watch this film. Whether you're a middle aged adult, this film will bring back memories as you ponder on the freedom and energy of your youth with refreshing optimism. Even watching this film as a teen, you feel a sense of urgency to live life the way Marty does in this film; always on an adventure, being the coolest or popular anywhere you go or just learning how to be a great friend like Marty is to George, his father. This film is filled with hidden life lessons on how to treat yourself and those around you.
I believe that even as the 21st century comes to an end, people will still remember or talk about this film because there is nothing or there will be nothing like it ever.