Review of Back to the Future Part III (1990) by Mrmoviebuff — 08 Sep 2016

'Back to the Future Part III' is not quite as exciting as the first two movies... and I think the main reason for this is because the filmmakers decided to take these characters to an event where things get a little more far-fetched given when you think how this franchise begun in the first place.

Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is back, and is still in 1955, he tries to convince Dr. Brown (Christopher Lloyd) about how his 1985 self accidentally got struck by lightning while in the time machine and apparently was transported back to 1885, according to the letter that was sent to Marty immediately after the incident occurred.

The Doc, and Marty then try to find the time machine that was apparently buried somewhere the 1985 Doc left it while in 1885, in order for Marty to travel back home. It turns out that the Doc and Marty find out some horrible news in regards to the Doc being in 1885, and Marty feels he must go to that year and warn him before it's too late.

The cast and characters are still great as you'd remember them, but I guess the main reason as to why this movie isn't quite as fun as the first two (the second one I only liked mildly) is due to the fact that they try to make the Doctor's character more interesting and human when he becomes infatuated with a woman he saved named Clara (Mary Steenburgen). The idea of the doctor's character was that he is just supposed to be an enigmatic mad scientist, but giving him a love interest doesn't make him that much more interesting, nor does it seem completely in his character.

At times, it does feel like that the main characters of these movies have changed dramatically, and the situations that they're in this time just seem too unbelievable given how Marty is still supposed to be a high school kid despite the fact that this movie was released a whole 5 years after the original, and even then Michael J. Fox was older than what he was playing.

'Back to the Future Part III' is my least favorite in the trilogy, the idea of the premise is still great, and it's nice to see these characters go on different kinds of adventures... but maybe one adventure was more than enough for a young-adult.