Back to the Future Part II: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissman, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen, Charles Fleischer, E. Casanova Evans, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Neil Canton, Steve Starkey: Movies & TV
Back to the Future Part II: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissman, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen, Charles Fleischer, E. Casanova Evans, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Neil Canton, Steve Starkey: Movies & TV
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Critics and audiences didn’t seem too happy with this inventive, perhaps too clever sequel to the popular 1985 comedy about a high school kid (Michael J. Fox) who travels into the past and has to bring his parents together (or lose his own existence). Director Robert Zemeckis and cast bent over backwards to add layers of time-travel complication to this follow-up, and while it surely exercises the brain it isn’t necessarily funny in the same way that its predecessor was. It’s well worth a visit, though, just to appreciate the imagination that went into it, particularly in a finale that has Fox’s character watching his own actions from the first film. –Tom Keogh
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/10/2009 Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg
THE MOST EPISODE COMPLEX OF THE TRILOGY,
By Dr. Luther Wolfgang Polaris “LWP” (orbiting within the Oort Cloud) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Back to Future 2 (VHS Tape)
IN A NUTSHELL: DOES WHAT A TIME TRAVEL MOVIE IS SUPPOSED TO DO!
This sequel of the superb “Back To The Future” is a very earnest attempt to follow a winning formula up with a truly worthwhile effort in this sequel. Complex, yes, but interesting. Unfortunately, at times it gets a bit too mechanically contrived with the time sequence derivations, and I find myself mentally checking the continuity which detracts from the theme. Nevertheless, if you liked the first “Back To The Future” you will probably enjoy this movie. All the characters are present from the original and they are playing multiple generations almost simultaneously. After all, isn’t that what a time travel ovie is supposed to do?
Why Was This The Best Science Fiction Movie Ever Made?,
By John P Bernat (Kingsport, TN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Back to Future 2 (VHS Tape)
Well, there are five reasons. The first four are found in the review of the DVD set of all five; here is the last one:
5. Gestalt. Call it what you want, but consider the conceptual continuity of these three movies. 1985 remained the “present” for all the films, right? Even this one and BTTF3, made some years later, preserved 1985 as the fulcrum year.
Quick quiz: of all the eras depicted, which one was the best: 1885, 1955, 1985 or 2015? Tough question, given that there were at least three distinct 1985s, etc.
But look: even the “best” 1985 was, in significant ways, not as good as 2015. Our predicates, then, are that obstacles can be overcome, the past reinvented as needed, and, most importantly, “the future is what you make it.”
I’ve found no clearer demonstration of a fundamentally optimistic philosophy in any movie I ever saw. Even though these films intentionally avoid sentimentality (all right, you could argue that), they express a relentless optimism that enables characters and, derivately, ourselves, to take charge of our situations, invent new solutions and fulfill Doc Brown’s mandate.
You cannot leave the movies without feeling more empowered about your own life. And it does not get any better than that.
Best of the 3,
A Kid’s Review
This review is from: Back to Future 2 (VHS Tape)
I am a big fan of the Back to the Future series, and I think the second one is the best. This one starts out where Marty McFly has recently returned from the 50’s and is about to start relaxing when………………Doc Brown comes in and tells Marty he has to go to the future with him to save one of his future kids. While in the futur, Marty takes the place of his son, who looks like him, and tell’s Biff’s grandson he does not want to particapate in whatever get Marty’s son in trouble. After that is settled Marty buys a sports almanac. He plans to go back to the 80’s and win money on predictions (or already-known-answers) from the book. But, Biff steals the book, steals the time machine, goes to the 50’s, gives young Biff the book, and soon Biff becomes powerful, rich, and married to Marty’s mother. So now Marty has to go back to the 50’s, get the book back, and safely return to the 80’s without screwing anything up. How? Watch this GREAT movie to find out!Search Amazon.com: Back to the Future Part II: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissman, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen, Charles Fleischer, E. Casanova Evans, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Neil Canton, Steve Starkey: Movies & TV from AmAzon
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