Thank heavens above the original “Back to the Future” released in 1985 is not going to be remade, despite rumors to the contrary.
There were also rumors that a fourth chapter in the groundbreaking time-travel family fantasy was in the works. That is just a giant rumor.
“Back to the Future” debuted on July 3, 1985 and has not faded in popularity in its 40-year history. Some of that is because there was no foul language in the PG-rated family fare. I enjoy this one to this day. It’s a fun ride all the way through. Michael J. Fox, who was a big TV star at the time on “Family Ties,” is out front in “Back to the Future” as Marty McFly, a high school student told by a teacher that “No McFly had ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley.”
Marty is friends with Doc Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, who invented a time machine out of a DeLorean. Together, they travel back to 1955 to make sure Marty’s parents fall in love and get married. A young Elijah Wood played a small role as Video Game Boy and told Marty that the video game he was playing was a baby game.
“Back to the Future” came back to the movie theaters in a special retrospective on Oct. 21.
That date is significant because according to “Back to the Future” lore that’s the date McFly and Brown started their adventure to the past, which changes their entire future.
I remember taking a girl I was dating at the time to a screening of the time-traveling tale. Fond memories, like great movies such as “Back to the Future,” last a lifetime.
I give the original and the two sequels, “Back to the Future Part II” in 1989 and “Back to the Future Part III” in 1990, a top rating A+ for what I think is one of the finest trilogies in movie history.
Grade: A+
