Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future Part II
1989 Directed by Robert Zemeckis
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Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.
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For some reason many people call this one the weakest in the series and I for one disagree with that completely.
The Back to the Future trilogy is a film series that is engrained on many 80s kids' psyche and I am no exception. These three films have perfect blockbuster qualities, providing harmless yet tantalizing entertainment of the highest level. All three films are of the highest order sporting a perfect balance between humour, adventure and character development. This level of high adventure filmmaking has not been reached many times before or since this trifecta of movie magic.
Within the trilogy everyone has their favourites and I tend to lean towards this one because it is the Dark Horse of…
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Only two more years till hoverboards :D
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When I was a kid, I actually preferred Back to the Future Part II to the original. I can see now that it has a few flaws compared to the perfection of the first film, but I still love it for exactly the reason it has a reputation as a disappointment. The most common complaint I've heard about it is that it replaces the warmth and character-driven humor of the first film with a complex time travel plot that is more concept-driven and effects heavy. It's not inaccurate - the first film hardly has any visual effects, and Part II is constantly throwing state-of-the-art (for 1989) setpieces at us. But I appreciate that Robert Zemeckis and co-writer Bob Gale didn't…
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An amazingly ambitious paradox filled second film in the trilogy. Equally intelligent and makes time travel easily accessible to all ages, but what the first film had in character credibility the second has substituted for style. But however you feel this compares to it's amazing original - it still stands strong as a brilliant, solid, fascinating and down right exciting sequel in one of the greatest adventure trilogies put to film.
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Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
-Doc BrownIt's a problematic sequel that doesn't get better with repeat viewing, but I still love it. I think it's that I don't particularly enjoy the trek to 2015 or the Faux 1985, but you have to go through those two to get to the highly enjoyable third act that takes place in 1955.
Now I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that the sequel creates a plot hole, or paradox where it goes completely against the "time travel rules" that were set up in the first film. Not only that but they actually fall back on those same rules after they were clearly broken. Also is it just me…
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Certainly the weakest of the trilogy, 'Part II's downfall is in its distinct lack of the humour that made the first part such a joy to watch. Whereas in Part I we had the culture clash comedy of an '80s teenagers in the '50s, in Part II we get an admittedly interesting but largely humourless look at the world of the (now not-too-distant) future, with the only comedy coming unintentionally from the anachronistic fax machines and huge TVs, that are now archaic.
'Part II' has a far more science-fiction led plot than its predecessor, with the romantic elements lost almost completely - Marty's girlfriend is dumped on a bench for the majority of the…
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Watching this movie almost immediately after the first one (or if you know the first one REALLY well) is the best. There are so many tiny jokes connecting the two movies... though there's enough recapping that I'd suspect none of it is really lost if you watch the movies far apart.
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I really liked this one, it started by threading on the same themes as the first one, which was amusing but starting to get annoying, but later on when they basically intersect the plot with the first one and they have to preserve two timelines at once I found myself very surprised by how well planned it all seemed, unlike most sequels.
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Okay, so: future greed and corruption and an unknown political landscape in a vision of the world we know will never happen (and, damn, do I want an Instant Pizza Hydrator) - since 2015 is 2 years away and we still don't have hoverboards, let alone flying cars and a freaking sky highway - are responsible for turning the suburbs into a new ghetto for the 80's. And apparently, Hill Valley is within walking distance of Las Vegas.
This movie is dumb. Real dumb. But... it's more fun than the original. When did this sequel win me over? Cafe 80's. A scene trying to be the opposite of the first film's figurative Cafe 50's, imagining how they're going to top…
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Certainly the weakest of the trilogy, 'Part II's downfall is in its distinct lack of the humour that made the first part such a joy to watch. Whereas in Part I we had the culture clash comedy of an '80s teenagers in the '50s, in Part II we get an admittedly interesting but largely humourless look at the world of the (now not-too-distant) future, with the only comedy coming unintentionally from the anachronistic fax machines and huge TVs, that are now archaic.
'Part II' has a far more science-fiction led plot than its predecessor, with the romantic elements lost almost completely - Marty's girlfriend is dumped on a bench for the majority of the…
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I want my god damn hover skateboard.
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When I was a kid, I actually preferred Back to the Future Part II to the original. I can see now that it has a few flaws compared to the perfection of the first film, but I still love it for exactly the reason it has a reputation as a disappointment. The most common complaint I've heard about it is that it replaces the warmth and character-driven humor of the first film with a complex time travel plot that is more concept-driven and effects heavy. It's not inaccurate - the first film hardly has any visual effects, and Part II is constantly throwing state-of-the-art (for 1989) setpieces at us. But I appreciate that Robert Zemeckis and co-writer Bob Gale didn't…
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Only two more years till hoverboards :D
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Possibly the weakest of the trilogy, but only because the overal quality is so high! By no means a bad film, with a very interesting look into the predictions of what 2015 would be like in 1989. Very cleverly avoided being a boring repeat of the first film by introducing the slightly more complicated multiple-timelines element. Also, a very nice touch in going back to the events of the first film.