Just watched the trilogy again (2008)

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2008)

What can I say; it's the usual Spielberg/Zemeckis sensibility; a little dumbed-down and "B-movie"-ish, while delivering genuine humor and pathos.
They're movies "for the masses;" the writing, scenario work, pacing, directing is carefully designed to fill in the blanks for our slower brethren, but it works on many levels and has something for everyone.
After all these years, it's still a great trilogy.
Which reminds me of perhaps the most amazing thing of all. In stark contradiction to the immutable law of sequels, the trilogy gets better with each installment; the third is a marvel, feeling like the storyline has reached maturity. Perhaps, by the time they were shooting the third, the money folks backed off a tad and let the creative people breathe: You can feel it. The hyperbolically directed leads are actually given some slack to ply well-honed stage-style theatrical skills, and it looks and feels well-rounded and true.
Also, the film is simultaneously dated--'80s American youth values, without serious circumspection--and yet somehow timeless. Perhaps the feeling is that there *is* a kind of circumspection; that Marty, by story's end, has actually grown a little. Always nice to see some of that leak out of a "pop" movie.