BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) PART 2/2 - MOVIE REACTION! GREAT! 

We hope you enjoy this Reaction Video. We loved it, and it doesn't feel dated considering how long ago it was made. The script is super tight, and we loved seeing the foreshadows and pay-offs in what is a complex and well crafted script. But I bet we missed some things. If you think there's anything else of interest, please comment on this and get a thread going. Enjoy! In the meantime, we will be reacting to the sequels very soon!

I have watched this film countless times and watched so many reactors on RU-vid, but your son said something I have never heard or thought about before- will the actions of harnessing the lightning to power the time machine keep the lightning from stopping the clock in the clocktower. Wow! Mind blown. Kudos to him for such an astute question. Love your reactions.

I love how the Father starts to get emotional towards the end, love it, plus his Son is so dam smart!!

All 3 movies are essentially one long film. Marty gets his growth and rewards at the end of the third movie, all three having contributed to it.

25:30 It's now Lone Pine Mall because Marty ran over one of farmer Peabody's two pine trees. Remember when you thought he said "You killed my parents?" What he really said was "You killed my pine." 26:50 I'm not sure what you mean by "How did he know exactly where each bullet would go?" It was a vest. As long as none of the bullets hit his head, arms, or legs, the rest of his body was protected. Are you thinking that those metal discs are what stopped the bullets? No, those discs are the bullets, which got flattened when they hit the vest.

Great Scott! We are ready to go! What a summer this was to see in the theater. And for the sequel, the theater was electric before the show. You could tell EVERYONE was about to puke with excitment. It was like waiting in line for a NEW rollercoaster. The moment you feel when you are just about to go on and its almost your turn!

This brings back happy memories for me. You remind me a lot of me and my dad when I was a kid. We watched this one together on VHS, then saw part’s 2 and 3 at the cinema when I was 12 and 13. Part 2 (my personal favourite) came out in November 1989 here in England, and I remember it being so popular that the queue ran right out of the building, down the street and round a corner. Thankfully we were closer to the front so managed to get seats. For part 3 we had to buy tickets a week in advance to make sure we got in. I’m looking forward to rewatching with you two. 😃

17:35 When Doc showed Marty the car at the beginning of the movie, he said it had three time settings: one for the current time, one for the time that you're starting from, and one for the time that you're going to. So it had a record of the exact second that he left.

My favourite part of the original as an adult is the 3 young actors that played the older versions and younger versions of themselves. Absolutely flawless acting. As a kid I didn't understand how they did the make up. It was also flawless. They look old and act old. I used to love marty and Michael j fox but as an adult it's Crispin Glover that steals the whole show. And it's weird to think that he thought George was the actual main character but it makes sense. Its kind of his story. It's such a shame he wasn't in the sequels.

when doc dropped marty off he said he was gon about 30 years, a nice round number

I finished both parts of the review, and it's another fun one. I do enjoy hearing your analysis and interpretation, as well as both perspectives from you and your son. He seemed to really enjoy it, too. I haven't read all the other comments, so maybe these things have been addressed, but... At the beginning, not only is Albery Einstein's picture on the wall at Doc's house, but Benjamin Franklin and other well-known inventors. And the photo Doc is looking at when he says "Tom" is that of Thomas Edison. As for the skateboard, it was invented just a bit earlier, but wasn't really something the general public would know about so much until, I believe, the later 1960s. Without going back entirely, I am paraphrasing here, but with the older couple that is in the car when Marty first arrives in the past says something like, "Wilbur, drive." 😊 I don't know if I picked up on it before, but it's also one of many cool details that the distinction of the Lone Pine Mall and the Two Pines Mall is referencing the plants that Marty drove through when escaping the farmer and his shotgun. It was Marty that took out one of the pines. 😂 I also think it was brilliant that the clock tower was used to pinpoint the exact time something happened, in this case, the lightning bolt. The hands of the clock naturally stopped on the exact moment. I remember originally planning to see "Red Sonja" (1985) with a friend and he didn't make it to the theater, and since it was too late for me to make the screening of that film, I went and saw "Back To The Future," instead. By far, the better choice! Looking forward to the next review from you two!

Have you seen “Blast from the Past”? Some great father/son scenes, as well as just being a super enjoyable wholesome movie.

15:50 It's easy to overlook the fact that Marty's guitar solo is not only a brilliant joke about the supposed construction of a '50s rock 'n' roll classic, but that his over-the-top playing also provides a perfect introduction to his farewell to the '50s when both sides realize they don't really fit together. This is actually one of the best scripts ever written, with an incredible amount of allusions and ambiguity on every level.

Most enjoyable reaction ! Thank you ! Your insights and expressed emotions places another layer of unique perspective upon on a movie that I feel as one of the best !

The greatest trilogy to ever exist together with OT Star Wars and LotR.

They can't call the police that quickly since Marty had to find a payphone to call 911. By then, preventing the incident moot.

After you adjust for inflation the $300.00 in damage to Biff’s car in 1955 would be about $3,500.00 today.

If I may, three parent-child recommendations: "Gremlins" (1984 - Joe Dante, under the Spielberg realm) "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" (1989 - Disney spectacle, with all the pyrotechnics and bells & whistles) "Matinee" (1993 - Again, Joe Dante / A take on the William Castle/1950s gimmicky horror-sci-flick, set against the anxiety of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Florida, October, 1962. I love this little movie.) Thank you. I have been enjoying your videos. Do you have a Patreon page?

My comment in 1/2 about Back to the Future ride at Universal Studios, I forgot to mention when you get into the DeLorean and take off into the future at high speed, Biff is chasing 😀 you! Just a little teaser before you start 2&3. Peace✌️ and Love❤️ Gary😊 great reaction👍

Back to the future part 4, Marty becomes a Raging alcoholic because he didn't get professional therapy, the memory of his mum kissing him in the car was just too much lol.

24:50 Marty calls the old man on the bench "Red." Remember the sound truck in 1955 saying "Re-elect Red Thomas as Mayor."

You like the concept of a son going back in time to help his father? Then you need to watch "Frequency" (2000) starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel. Great film for Father's Day.

I'm so happy that you are going to finish the trilogy. Marty will definitely have a great character ark and learn valuable life lessons before the finallee .love the channel.

Most movies about time travel don't take into account that the earth is moving around the sun, the sun is flying thru space around the milky way, and the milky way is moving thru the universe. Traveling thru time would mean the earth is in a different spot in space than when you started, so you'd end up floating in space, or deep inside the planet.

I think Marty does grow, although it isn’t shown explicitly. He starts off like his father, lacking in self-confidence. However, confronted by his father’s lack of self-confidence in the past, Marty realizes and addresses his father’s problem. The fact that he could do this and succeed implies that he has changed himself in the process.

Need to also remember that back then there were only pay phones. If you didn't know where 1 was - you had to drive all over to find one. Another Christopher lloyd movie you might enjoy - angels in the outfield.

31:54 This is definitely one of those movies that you have to watch more than once, you notice so many things on subsequent viewings :)

"Parking" was a euphemism for "necking," kissing ("going to second base.") In a car, of course. A fascinating chapter in American moviegoing was the advent of the teen-themed horror film of the late-1950s. With the advent and rise of television in the early-'50s, fewer people attended their neighborhood movie house on a weekly, or more frequent, basis. Hollywood studios combatted this in-home trend by introducing Cinemascope, Panavision, Vista-Vision, of course 3-D (It's comin' right at ya' - in THREE dimensions), among other gimmicks to put asses back into theater seats. Interestingly, one area of film where early-television could NOT compete was horror films. With the post-WW2 Baby-Boomers reaching their teenaged years, they became a fertile market for theater and especially drive-in fright flicks of all kinds; from William Castle, with his "Macabre," :House On Haunted Hill" and "The Tingler," and more, utilizing all manner of gimmicks from glow-in-the-dark flying plastic skeletons to wiring seats so patrons could be buzZzZed at key moments, to teen-angst-horror maestro Herman Cohen and his work for American-International Pictures, with iconic titles such as "I Was A Teenage Werewolf," "I Was A Teenage Frankenstein," "How To Make A Monster," to name of few. Flush with disposable cash and their own steel-&-chrome hotrods with tail-fins, teenagers crowded drive-in theaters by the millions, watching a young Michael "Little House on the Prairie" Landon, steeped in his adolescent torment, transform into a werewolf before their eyes - this kinda' stuff was not being marketed at home by Lucille Ball or Jackie Gleason or Milton Berle on TV. No, no. Imagine yourself a young dude lookin' to score with his girl. Take her to the drive-in, and put your arm around her as she winces in fright from the hokum on the screen. Then, make your move . . . Picture all of the steamed windows.

Your are not watching reviews with your son. I've always seen this channel as a man watching movies with himself as a child! You must have your own Delorean Time Machine in the garage😅

Plot hole - How did the keys get in the trunk?

You will love the other two movies. IMO, this is the greatest movie trilogy of all time. Please note the original actress that played Jennifer could not be in the sequels so the actress, Elisabeth Shue, took that role.

0:57 One major plot hole here is that there's a whole 60 seconds worth of 10:04 pm in which the lightning COULD strike, so there's no way for them to know "precisely" when the lightning strike happens.

You must continue on with the PART 2 and Part three. this movie has 2 more films in the series

Something from the future has ended up in 1955, and it’s not something Marty brought with him. Marvin Berry somehow has a Gibson ES-345 guitar (the one Marty plays at the dance), which weren’t produced until 1958. I’m pretty sure even Chuck Berry didn’t have one until the 1960s. Could the flux capacitor unintentionally be causing things to slip through? 😄

Love your stuff but you got me yelling at my screen. Lol If the young-one doesn’t remember something and asks you what’s going to happen, I suggest you remain noncommittal and just let him see what unfolds instead of just telling him what’s going to happen. For example, the chuck berry phone call. I like your channel, introducing todays youth to the golden age of film. Keep going 👍

Please stick the Ryan Reynolds film, The Adam Project, on your watch list. It’s heavily influenced by Back to the Future, and Stand by Me. Its great family adventure film.

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Hello, would you like to react to the movie Tarzan The Fearless?

That Brokeback Mountain comment was wild lol what on earth made you think of that?

A few tidbits for you: 1. The reason the mall's name changed to Lone Pine is because Marty killed one of the two, escaping from the barn family. You thought he said "you killed my parents," but he said, "you killed my pine." 2. The reason they knew the precise time that Marty had left 1985 was because neither of them had changed the time machine's settings, and so when they turned the dashboard on, the original settings came back up. 3. One thing I noticed several views later was that at the end of the film when Marty sees his parents' new life and he falls to the floor, the father asks, "Did you hit your head?" That was a throwback to Marty hitting his head on the pavement when he was hit by the car. 4. Another one I noticed several years ago is in the earlier scene when Biff is berating George over crashing his car while drinking and driving, Biff exits the scene by saying to Marty, "Say hi to your mom for me," a foreshadowing of the other important car scene, where Biff is trying to take advantage of Lorraine. Finally, another thing I'd noticed on this very viewing was that Doc comes back to warn Marty and Jennifer about their kids. Therefore, that's a throwback to Marty visiting his own parents before THEY had kids. The update is that Marty and Jennifer currently don't have kids. Always something to spot with subsequent viewings.

Have you guys seen the 1986 movie Short Circuit?