The better future of our childhood since 21st October 2015...

Rating: 8/10 (21 October 2015)

Finally we are ‪‎Back To The Future‬. And Part II of the movie franchise is still the better version of our childhoods future. Four years after the great success of the first "Back to the Future" film, Director Robert Zemeckis released the first of the two sequels in 1989 - just titled "Back to the Future Part II".
After Marty McFly (Michael J Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) correct the time-line by traveling to 1955 in the first film, "Back To The Future Part II" starts immediately where the first movie left off. Marty McFly, along with his girlfriend Jennifer and Dr Emmett Brown, travel to 2015 to correct a few glitches in the McFly family's future. They think they've fixed things, but when they return home to the year 1985, they discover the present has changed and not for the better. So, it's off to 1955 for another set of adventures and the chance to put things right. Like the first part the end of the flick sets the plot for the next part.
A throwaway line provided at the end of the first Back to the Future provides the basis of the plot for "Back to the Future Part II". It's intended to be far darker than its predecessor and serves as a bleak middle part to the franchise - like "The Empire Strikes Back" was to "Star Wars".
Robert Zemeckis pioneered a few production tricks during the filming, including the notion of filming two concurrent sequels to keep productions costs lowered and using motion control technology to have the same actors interact with each other. Part III was released just a few months later in 1990.
The movie itself has a ton of plot holes, differences from its predecessor in terms of continuity and a lot of other flaws. But what makes it special, for me and a lot of other people who grew up in the 80s, is its nostalgic factor. The general tone along with weird ideas like the Hoverboard, clever dialogs and the great performances by Christopher Lloyd or Michael J. Fox provide an amusing comedy. Not more but also not less. It's not like the first film but it had a well earned impact on pop culture and it was one of the first movies I remember seeing in theaters - like "Ghostbusters 2" or "Indiana Jones 3" the movie just resembles childhood for me. I even had a radio-play version on cassette tape.
After we reached the future on October 21st 2015 one can still realize the creative potential it had commenting on pop culture of the 80s. Some things were a little optimistic, such as flying cars oder the self tying shoes, but the movie got one thing completely right: the future will always have a fascination of certain decades such as the 80s. Call it "retro".
My final verdict is 8 out of 10 - but only when viewed with holographic glasses and a Pepsi Perfect.