Class Task: Film Studies - Back to the Future Review

Back to the Future (the first one) is a film about a boy who travels back in time after seeing an old scientist get brutally murdered by a terrorist organisation. Whilst in the past he accidentally makes his mother fall in love with him, and he also makes his parents incredibly wealthy, as well as saving the scientists life - all within a week.

You know, when you put it like that, it loses a lot of it's charm - something that this movie has an awful lot of. You have charming, memorable characters. Charming sets, charming scenes and a charming plot that is a lot less charming when you explain it to someone. It has time travel, it has guns (although not that many), it has romance (but it's kind of uncomfortable) and it has action (but again, not many guns in it). When I watched it I was all like "Wow, this is a pretty good film." and the general consensus is that yes, it is a good film. However, nothing is perfect, and it does have a few flaws present. For example, I find it odd that Doc Brown breaks a slab of stone off of the clocktower and it magically reappears in the next scene. I find it odd that Marty's parents wouldn't say to him "My, you look awfully familiar." after he returns to the future. I find it odd that, after Marty's parents become rich, Marty still has to find a friend in Doc Brown and that, if he hadn't, he would've created a paradox and would never be able to see his parents again. I find the concept of Marty and Doc Brown's relationship odd, seeing as it's never really addressed why Marty would actually talk to this old man.

But I'm willing to look past all this. Because this film is a good, fun film that, if you haven't yet watched, then I need to say one thing to you, and that is: "Watch the film, mate."

Overall, I'd give this movie a 7.8/10 - Too much water.

No but for real, though, it gets like, a 9.7/10. That 0.3 taken off is just because there are some plot points that bother me about it, but it's charming enough and interesting enough to make you not care. Time travel has never been done right, but this does it well enough to do it in a charming way.