Best Movie Ever

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2018)

The first Back to the Future movie is one of the greatest movies of all time. It is a classic movie, and is widely considered one of the best movies Universal Studios has ever produced, even over 30 years later. Back to the Future was the first major success of Robert Zemeckis' directing career, who would later go on to direct easily recognizable movies such as Forrest Gump, A Christmas Carol, and The Polar Express among others. Michael J. Fox plays the protagonist of the movie, Marty McFly, which is one of the coolest names I have ever heard. According to empireonline.com, Marty McFly is the 12th greatest movie character of all time, higher than Iron Man, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Gandalf. Doc Brown finds himself 20th on that same list. This movie is set in the year 1985, and takes place in the fictional town of Hill Valley, California. Marty is a 17 year old teenage boy who finds himself in a situation like any other.
Marty unknowingly changes the course of his life, and history, when he accidentally takes a modified Delorean car back in time using Plutonium stolen by Libyan Terrorists. These terrorists hoped to make a nuclear weapon using this plutonium, and seeked the help of Dr. Emmett Brown. Instead of making this weapon, Dr. Brown uses the plutonium to modify a Delorean spots car and turn in into a fully functional time machine.
There are many reasons why people should watch this movie, widely known as one of the best movies of the 1980s. The concept of time travel was a popular one, as Arnold Schwarzennegger's The Terminator having come out the year before. For Back to the Future to come out the next year, adding fuel to the time travel fire that The Terminator created. Some would argue that the Back to the Future trilogy is one of the greatest movie trilogies of all time, maybe even eclipsing those of The Godfather and Lord of the Rings. My personal favorite in the Back to the Future trilogy is the first one due to the plot twists it takes. The first time I had watched this movie, I really didn't know what to expect, but I was quickly fascinated by the intricacy of the plot. The plot is brilliantly interwoven in movie, with setups buried throughout the entire film. One of my favorite things about Back to the Future's plot is how the movie is centered on the idea of running out of time. A ticking clock is central symbol, counting down to the moment when Marty will be stranded forever in 1955, or even to the moment when Marty will actually cease to exist because he's interfered with his parents getting the chance to fall in love. I really enjoyed Back to the Future, and went on to enjoy the remaining two movies in the trilogy. Although millions have enjoyed this movie and place it high up on their "All-Time" lists, not everyone has a favorable opinion of this movie, as hard to believe as it may seem.
On the IMDB website regarding Back to the Future, it was hard to find negative reviews. Considering that Back to the Future is considered one of the greatest films ever made, that finding did not come as a surprise. One of the negative comments was that the movie did not portray the idea of time travel in a serious manner. How can one possibly expect talk about the idea of time travel to be serious in a film made with the sole purpose to entertain? Back to the Future was definitely not meant to revolutionize the science of traveling through time, and should not be criticized as such. I feel that Back to the Future is unfairly criticized for its lack of "serious talk about time travel." Say Stephen Hawking were involved in the production of this movie. Surely the newfound seriousness would overshadow the comedy that this movie intended to be. The humor of the movie would be lost, leaving viewers confused if they are watching a childish documentary about time travel, or if they are watching a comedy that was unsure of its own identity, jumping back and forth between humor and science.