A BLAST!

Rating: 9/10 (13 June 2002)

When I first saw this I didnt really like it that much. There was too much going on and it didnt make much sense. But once this hit video and I had a chance to watch it a couple of more times, I realised what a truly impressive film it is. Zemeckis and Gale are geniuses! This zips along at a breathtaking pace and doesn't let up for second. The effects are superb, it's very funny most of the time, but it isn't afraid to be very dark in places. One thing I really like is that Zemeckis and Gale actually credit the audience with having some intelligence, whereas most fantasy films these days only require the IQ of a 5 year old to understand.
HOWEVER one thing thats always bothered me about this is why does Marty meet his future self when they go to 2015? In the first one Einstein disappears when he goes into the future and Doc and Marty live those seconds without him, so surely when Doc and Marty travel into the future the rest of the world should have gone on without them and they would have been reported missing in 1985? Alternate time line you say, but when is it ever stated that by simply travelling through time you enter a different reality. Fair enough if you go back in time and alter the past and then go forward again things might have changed, but if you are travelling on a straight line forward you shouldnt be able to meet yourself.
Aaahhh! It makes your brain ache just thinking about it!!