Should have let the entire film take place in the future

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2006)

I really like this film a lot and don't think it deserves all of the criticism that it gets. But i can understand why people are disappointed that this film changes time period to often and recreates much of the first film. The first forty minutes of this film are incredible and the vision of the future is wonderful. It's very far fetched in an 80's way and presents a vision of a future with flying cars, hydrating jackets, and of course, hover boards. The effects of the film showing the futuristic Hill Valley are incredible and do not look dated, even in 2006. It would be a futuristic world that most people would love to live in. The hover board scene and the futuristic cafÃ© 80's are presented well, as is the futuristic Macfly home. I love the scene when Marty is walking to the Cafe 80's and we see a women coming out of an instant silicone breast implant shop, now that's a future world that any man would love! I also like the theme of how one event in a persons life can have such a dramatic impact, i.e Marty Jr breaking into the court house with Griff's gang, Marty agreeing to Needles scheme and getting busted by his Japanese boss, Marty getting into a car accident and flushing his music career away. This movie is very dark and scary because it paints a picture of a life ruined by mistakes, and it made me realize that there were single events in my own life that affected me in a positive and negative manner, and makes you wonder how your life would be different if certain events had not occurred. I try not to get caught up in the negativity of this and try to remember a great quote by Doc Browne. It's at the end of the third one when he say's something like no one's future is predetermined, so make your's a good one.
Well a digressed from my review of Back to the Future II, so i'll continue now. This movie was great but could have been a lot better if they had just kept the whole thing in the future. The studio probably would not give them enough money because of all the special effects. Money problems also caused a futuristic slam ball scene to be deleted, which was too bad. The film is not horrible when it goes back to the alternate 1985 and then 1955, but the 1955 part is recycled and is not fun. It's essentially back to the future one again with different camera angles and a slightly different plot. Also the absence of Crispin Glover due to a contract dispute was a major loss, because we don't get to see the interaction between him and Biff in the future. The original script called for Marty and Doc to go back to the 60's and have George as a college professor, and Lorraine as a flower child, but this was scrapped because Glover asked for too much money. This would have been better because then we would have gotten to see a new time period, instead of old recycled material. Still overall this film is good, and i would recommend it to anyone who liked the first one.