So, the real reason we were all sat in the audience, the reason that Cineworld had opted to show the Back to the Future Trilogy on this specific day. October 21st 2015, where we're going, we don't need roads!
When I watch Back to the Future Part II back in 1989 I would have been 10 years old. The thought of magical 3D cinema was a red and green bespectacled pipe dream, computer tablet devices that fit in your hand and were completely mobile defied all logic against my Commodore 64 behemoth and with a brother actively into the skateboarding scene (although not very good at it), I could not wait till the launch of Matel's own hoverboards.
With the exception of consumer priced pitt-bulls and hover boards, things seem to have caught up rather well. Cinema is flooded with the hunt for the next successful franchise, 3D films are gimmicky and colour drained, and people hardly look up any more as they are glued to their iphones and tablets. The Future depicted in Part II of the trilogy, although it seems pretty wild by today's standards, also looks very familiar.
As we watched the second film unfold and started to notice clever repetitions of scenes and dialogue, hidden gems in the background and foreshadows of what was to come, we could only admire the level of detail Bob Zemeckis, Bob Gale and the supportive team went to in order to create a believable time paradox. I have seen a few films recently that really struggle to tell a cognitive time travel story without serious flaws like Project Almanac or Terminator Genysis.
Back to the Future Part II really starts to shine though when Marty goes back to 1955 in order to change the dystopian Biff controlled 1985. The path crossing, avoiding one's future or past selves and the repetition of scenes from alternate angles is just brilliant. The original film is expertly done, so to go back to this from another perspective whilst everything is playing out as you remember makes you start to question, did this happen in the original as well just we had an alternate camera angle?
We were two films down and one to go, the weaker cousin of the trilogy, but still a strong finish....let's go back to 1885
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