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*fangirls on BTTF*
Mar. 2nd, 2007 01:50 amNow THAT is how you make a final sequel.
"Back to the Future" was one of the best movies ever made, bar none. It is perfect in casting, writing, plotting. (In fact, it is very much like POTC in those respects.) The sequel was awkward, and I don't like it very much because it's sort of goofy (and not a real movie - just a "bridge"), but Part III kicked some serious ass. Yet despite the problems with II, it's still a movie I don't mind watching if it comes on TV and I happen to be there.
You know why it all works? Because Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale (or, The Bobs, as I like to call them) never lost sight of the fact this was supposed to be a fun trilogy. Sure, II got a little dark and flailed in the second half, but when the movie ended, you knew things would turn out well in Part III - you just weren't sure HOW the writers were going to get there. They weren't trying to change the world or make statements on gender or politics or corporate bullshit. They weren't trying to symbolize every goddamned thing Marty wore or picked up or sneezed into; they were more concerned with presenting a story that made sense and fit into a time-travel motif. They realized that sometimes, people go to a fun movie to have FUN. (Yeah, I'm aiming this at YOU, Terror Twins.)
"Back to the Future" was one of the best movies ever made, bar none. It is perfect in casting, writing, plotting. (In fact, it is very much like POTC in those respects.) The sequel was awkward, and I don't like it very much because it's sort of goofy (and not a real movie - just a "bridge"), but Part III kicked some serious ass. Yet despite the problems with II, it's still a movie I don't mind watching if it comes on TV and I happen to be there.
You know why it all works? Because Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale (or, The Bobs, as I like to call them) never lost sight of the fact this was supposed to be a fun trilogy. Sure, II got a little dark and flailed in the second half, but when the movie ended, you knew things would turn out well in Part III - you just weren't sure HOW the writers were going to get there. They weren't trying to change the world or make statements on gender or politics or corporate bullshit. They weren't trying to symbolize every goddamned thing Marty wore or picked up or sneezed into; they were more concerned with presenting a story that made sense and fit into a time-travel motif. They realized that sometimes, people go to a fun movie to have FUN. (Yeah, I'm aiming this at YOU, Terror Twins.)
