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Rating: 10/10 (21 October 2015)

Depending on what you may or may not know of the series, you may know that Michael J. Fox was not the original Marty, and the majority of the first movie had been filmed before Robert Zemekis and Bob Gale decided to recast (ironically, MJF was their first choice, but due to scheduling conflicts was originally unable to do the movie). MJF makes this movie, not only is he enjoyable to watch, but he brings a comedic feel to an otherwise straight forward movie. I would also say that the on screen relationship in Christopher Lloyd and MJF is wonderful as well with near slapstick line delivery to the facial expressions throughout the movie.
Next, let's talk about the plot; yes, it's overall about a kid who accidentally goes back in time, disrupts the future by negating the events of the past. He then has to fix this. Let's shorten that even, Marty leaves his current time and must get back. Shorten it even more, you say? Alright. Time Travel. So let's move passed the first movie (it's pretty straight forward: Marty goes back in time, disrupts his parents relationship which negated his birth and now must somehow fix this). Second Movie: Due to the events of the future, Marty's son will go to jail and begin a downward trend that ruins the mighty house of McFly. While on this adventure, Marty purchases a sports almanac that Biff eventually finds and sneakily takes back to 1955 which then offsets the future. Marty and Doc now need to go back to 1955 to steal back the almanac, but watch out, Doc, you might get struck by... crap. Movie 3: Doc in the Wild West. The plot truly makes this movie both iconic and disastrous all at once. If we think about the movie in terms of not being a movie, and characters doing the things that make sense instead of doing things for a movie, let's tear this movie to shreds: 1) To negate the whole movie, Doc could have simply told Marty and Jennifer about what would happen and to take precautions. This actually would have worked in III as well ("Hey Doc, don't upset Mad Dog"). 2) Given how the time line works (a linear path from A to B, with B changing as events resolve along the way, however B will always exist because it is the current path, but as we know, B can change), This means that while we see multiple characters (i.e. 1955 Doc interacts with 1985 Doc) the latter character should already have knowledge of this interaction (but perhaps was unaware of who they interacted with). This means that Doc should have a memory of speaking with a random person during 1955, but wasn't aware that it was himself until the 1985 Doc happened. Given this, Marty should remember this problem vividly and even without telling Griff 'no' should have made precautionary actions based on what he already knows will happen. This all of course is based on remembering one event for 30 years (time travel seems like something you'd always remember, but maybe I'm wrong). 3) Given that Doc has immediate knowledge of the future, why doesn't he make better choices? If having a friendship with Marty gets him in this issue, why doesn't the 1955 Doc make plans to not involve Marty? Seems like a selfish decision. 4) Lastly, and probably most importantly, given how the time line works, Biff would be unable to return to the 2015 that includes the 1985 Marty and Doc. Zemekis and Gale stated that their decision to write this plot made sense since 2015 Biff would be traveling from 1955 to 2015 before 1955 Biff makes his first bet, therefore, when he goes back to 2015, it would still be intact as it had been...but then it would...transform? I don't know, but this doesn't make any sense. As we saw in BTTF1, when Marty goes back to 1985, his family is now different, his house is now different, his life is now different. This is because of how our time line was established (A to B with B changing as events resolve), so even though Biff hadn't made his first bet, the act of receiving the Almanac is similar to George McFly knocking out Biff in 1955, which would lead to future events where he no longer is bullied, he's possibly the Class President, he's encouraged to share his writing and becomes a "beloved writer" (see BTTF2 in the obituary). Therefore when 2015 Biff hands 1955 Biff the almanac, the time line completely changes because we know what Biff does with his eventual wealth (creates Detroit, pt2). This would have left Marty and Doc in a situation where they neither have the means of time travel and would be in a 2015 alternate dimension. This is a huge plot hole that ultimately ruins the movie, but since time travel is all theory, I guess Zemekis and Gale can legitimately give their beliefs on this.
So as a wrap up the review, I love this trilogy, and could watch all three movies regularly.