Showing posts with label Lea Thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lea Thompson. Show all posts

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Movie Review: Back to the Future III

This movie gets the story back on track.  Doc has been transported back to 1885.  Marty is going back to save him, as in the past, Doc Brown was killed by Buford Mad Dog Tannen.  The plot has several twists, and Marty finally learns a lesson.  It doesn't matter if an "ass-hole" calls you names, you don't have to respond.    Doc meets the new school teacher, keeping her from a fall that should have killed her, and fall madly in love with her.  And Marty puts himself in the way of the gun fight with Mad Dog which was intended for the doctor.  Will they ever get back, because they need 88 mies per hour, and trains can barely go that fast.
Several cast members play multiple roles, including Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and his great-great grandfather, And Lea Thompson as both Marty's mother and great-great grandmother.  Lastly Thomas F. Wilson plays Mad Dog and Biff.  Christopher Lloyd recreates Doctor Brown.  New cast member Mary Steenburgen plays Clara.  Three cameo people in the par are played by Pat Buttram, Harry Carrey Jr. and Bub Taylor.  James Tolkan plays the Marshal, while he was the vice-principle in other films.

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Movie Review: *****Back to the Future (1985)


Talk about a fun movie.  This is one of the best.  Christopher Lloyd is so good as Doctor Brown.  I especially like his demonstration of pride after they get the DeLorean back.  His reaction is classic acting.
If figure the story line is well enough known to most people, but this involves Marty (Michael J. Fox) accidentally sending himself back in time.  He seeks out Dr. Brown (Christopher Lloyd) to help him get back to his own time, as he made the time machine in what is his future now.  Marty meets his parents, and in fact interferes with their meeting.  This is setting up an alternative future in which he and his siblings are not born.  Marty's parents (Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover) are quite a pair in their high school days.  (Speaking of acting, this two actors have to portray their character in two different times, 30 years apart.  They actually do a great job.)  The other actor who has they same task is Biff (Thomas F. Wilson) who is father's nemesis.
Some highlights of this film are Marty getting to play guitar at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance and the actual time machine build in a DeLorean.  The Mr. Fusion is pretty cool too.
This is a great family film with lots of fun action and intriguing nuances with the use of time.  Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale should be given note as the writers.