Great images, weak story. Some of the performances are pretty bad too (Shue as Fox's girlfriend). Fox does a great job in three roles though. Good visual effects.

Yup, weak story, nothing much was wrong with Marty's kids, unfortunately we will not reach that level of technoological sophistication by 2015.

Where can I get me one of those hoverboards?

Great microwave pizza.

I really love this part of the Back to the Future series, a lot more than Part III. It still does not reach the greatness of the first one, but is still good.

Grade: 88.6 , B+

A+

2nd favorite movie of all time. I know most say this isn't as good as the first but I say it's right up there. Great, new, creative way of storytelling seeing the first movie through a different point of view. I love the hoverboards also.

B+

C

Great movie, great sequel

B+

I absolutely loved this movie! Sequels rarely ever get in the same territory as this. The story is great, the performances are great, the special effects are great, everything is great. Also, great homage to Jaws.

A

A


It does lack the originality of the original, but it's still at least just as much fun. Seriously, I love the entire trilogy. This is summer fun blockbuster at its best and that without any sophisticated visual effects. Just goodhearted, well-made fun. The first two movies of the trilogy are a bit better than the third which seems a little out-of-place. This one just rocks. I loved the way they developed the storyline.

Not even close to as good as the Original, but I still like it.

***

B+

It's uneven and has a weird pace about it for the first 40 minutes, but once Doc and Marty return to 1985-A and especially 1955, it picks up and is a hell of a lot of fun.

Its not a classic like the first, but I liked it alot

A

This is a great time travel movie but the first half with future could have been cut short. There is too much stuffed in this so the pace feels inconsistent and the resolution while good is not as great as the original. It was good to see Biff eating manure in terms of final resolution and going back to 1985 again at times felt too much.

B+

I used to love this movie almost as much as the first. A 2021 rewatch has dropped my opinion down a little bit for one main reason, though I still do enjoy the overall ride.

As soon as they get to the future, Doc basically roofies Jennifer because she is "asking too many questions." OK, that was kinda funny back in the day, but is now totally not cool. Still, it wouldn't be such a big deal if they left her in the car rather than leaving her body by a dumpster. Another red flag, but one that could be forgiven for their purposes.

My main problem, that I just figured out last night, is that this is the catalyst for the entire movie. If Doc Brown just relaxed a bit and let Jennifer join them on their adventure, they never would have had to save her from future Hill Valley and Old Biff would have never had the opportunity to bring the sports almanac back in time. Sidelining Jennifer nearly destroys their reality, and Doc never even takes any responsibility for it, letting Marty blame himself for buying the book in the first place.

Doc deserved to get struck by lightning.

How can this get "me too" for you but the first where they set up Marty molesting his mom, and ultimately has Biff try to rape her" rise in your expectation? And she is not roofied, let's make that perfectly clear. My bigger issue is that futuristic "tranq gun" only works for one person. But I agree, Jennifer is so weak, but they painted themselves into a corner with the ending of the first film. I kind of more or less laugh at the fact that say, yeah that was a bad idea "All right lets just knock her out 5 minutes in and tell her it was a dream" They needed something to give Biff enough time to steal the Delorean (her being confused with her older self is actually a great idea on paper and I like the scene at the McFly house) and they came up with Marty being distracted by a "self dog walker"

From a screenwriting aspect probably the easiest fix would have been to have Doc drop Jennifer off at her house, they then cut to night and find a quiet spot to time travel. (No one tells her it's a time machine until she is in the future) There really was no point to the sense of urgency to since they can arrive 15 minutes ahead at any point. They even could have just ignored the cliffhanger of the first film and just use that as set up as they have gone back in time a few times at that point successfully.

All of the movies have their glaring plot holes. Part III shouldn't even be a film since they could have gone back to the Delorean that he still has in the cave and fix the whole gas issue.

But I love all these movies. Part II works best for me, and more so from the behind the scenes aspect, where they developed so many new special effects and plot devices because Crispin Glover refused to be in the sequel. Robert Zemeckis with this and Who Framed Roger Rabbit changed a lot of the big budget movie making practices.

I'd love a super edgy spinoff limited series about the Tannens, lol

Back To the Future Part II A+
Back to the Future A+
Back to the Future Part III A

My problem isn’t just that it is me too, but that none of the unfortunate events that follow were necessary. If she is there, fully awake and conscious, then they just go back to 1985 and say “job well done.” The sidelining of Jennifer ends up being a monumental mistake and its done because “she was asking too many questions.” And then they drop her off by a dumpster lol. These are the people I’m supposed to be rooting for?

I agree with you, but it's all pretty silly.

Why the hell would Doc have Marty meet him at the mall in the first one if he has the letter that tells him he will get got shot by terrorists? First thing I would have done after Doc created Mr. Fusion was go back in time and stop him from having to use Plutonium, thus making the first movie erased from existence, because it is believable Doc could visit himself and he would believe it.

You have a valid complaint, and I agree it's stupid, I was pointing out that a lot of it is pretty stupid, and the roofie (still not a roofie, call it a micky if you want, lol) is is worse than Marty's plan to molest his mom in the first one.