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MovieMeditation presents...
HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... viewing day count
257 .......................... 293
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October 21st
1989
adventure
PART II
REWATCH
Soon after the past events of the first film, Doc comes back from the future to present day,
in order to warn Marty about the future of his future family.
Despite the warnings of never to tamper with what already happened, he ends up joining Doc on a mission, which admittedly isnt in conflict with the above comment, since the events hasn't actually happened yet. But future or past, the rule is always not to alter or change anything you wouldn't be able to prevent in present time. However, the mission stands no matter the stance of their beliefs which they must indeed bail from all the while future plans must be changed in time, to prevent time in jail. With that in mind, Doc and Marty and Jennifer all travel to October 21st 2015 and yours truly stand ready to welcome them into our present day...
Despite taking place in the future instead of the past, the theme and title is kept tightly interconnected with the imaginative original by having Doc present the destiny of Marty and Jennifer only to have them travel back together with him, back to the future, in order to prevent it all. Things also take a turn for the worst, which forces Marty from the future to the present to the past and back again. Put all this into a single feature film and you got multiple storylines, which might as well end in one mighty mess. Everything feels more ambitious alright, but also less elegant and straight forward than its predecessor. The style also feels less tongue in cheek and more thrown in your face than earlier, which leaves every element elevated another level or two in terms of goofiness and gags. In short, the futuristic setting feels more exaggerated than experimental and the characters and their respective actors follow this recipe very closely especially Biff appears more bloated and blabbering an idiot than ever before.
Nevertheless, it doesn't change the fact that this film is still fun and charming enough to elevate the campy craziness out of an imbecile state and straight into its own quirky comfort zone. The successor is a weirder and wilder ride than its predecessor and slightly less successful overall but the confidence caressing the concept and the cool attitude attached to the ambition still manage to make this a fun time completely on its own time and premise. I can never quite click with it all, but when the film travels past the halfway mark and from future to past, while intervening its two timelines and overlapping in and out of each other, that is when the persistent attempt to entertain becomes articulated enough and ultimately electrifies my endorphins and releases them as a result of finally having a good time, through and through, after so many time travels.
In a way, things do come together, though the journey there is both tacky and turbulent. It feels elaborate and rushed at the same time and despite its highpoints the movie feels like a faint nose dive that is enjoyable though a notch or more below the more successful original and despite not being on the nose and more a product of noisy entertainment, it is a worthy journey through time and in line with the original. It has enough charm and fun to find its way into the catalogue of classic and easily accessible entertainment, at least at inside the core, despite the rather messy exterior. The film is funny but not fully functioning; fast-paced but not entirely fault free... in the end though, it is still worthy of another time trip in the drivers seat of the DeLorean dream machine!
__________________________
HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... viewing day count
257 .......................... 293
__________________________
October 21st
1989
adventure
PART II
REWATCH
Soon after the past events of the first film, Doc comes back from the future to present day,
in order to warn Marty about the future of his future family.
Despite the warnings of never to tamper with what already happened, he ends up joining Doc on a mission, which admittedly isnt in conflict with the above comment, since the events hasn't actually happened yet. But future or past, the rule is always not to alter or change anything you wouldn't be able to prevent in present time. However, the mission stands no matter the stance of their beliefs which they must indeed bail from all the while future plans must be changed in time, to prevent time in jail. With that in mind, Doc and Marty and Jennifer all travel to October 21st 2015 and yours truly stand ready to welcome them into our present day...
Despite taking place in the future instead of the past, the theme and title is kept tightly interconnected with the imaginative original by having Doc present the destiny of Marty and Jennifer only to have them travel back together with him, back to the future, in order to prevent it all. Things also take a turn for the worst, which forces Marty from the future to the present to the past and back again. Put all this into a single feature film and you got multiple storylines, which might as well end in one mighty mess. Everything feels more ambitious alright, but also less elegant and straight forward than its predecessor. The style also feels less tongue in cheek and more thrown in your face than earlier, which leaves every element elevated another level or two in terms of goofiness and gags. In short, the futuristic setting feels more exaggerated than experimental and the characters and their respective actors follow this recipe very closely especially Biff appears more bloated and blabbering an idiot than ever before.
Nevertheless, it doesn't change the fact that this film is still fun and charming enough to elevate the campy craziness out of an imbecile state and straight into its own quirky comfort zone. The successor is a weirder and wilder ride than its predecessor and slightly less successful overall but the confidence caressing the concept and the cool attitude attached to the ambition still manage to make this a fun time completely on its own time and premise. I can never quite click with it all, but when the film travels past the halfway mark and from future to past, while intervening its two timelines and overlapping in and out of each other, that is when the persistent attempt to entertain becomes articulated enough and ultimately electrifies my endorphins and releases them as a result of finally having a good time, through and through, after so many time travels.
In a way, things do come together, though the journey there is both tacky and turbulent. It feels elaborate and rushed at the same time and despite its highpoints the movie feels like a faint nose dive that is enjoyable though a notch or more below the more successful original and despite not being on the nose and more a product of noisy entertainment, it is a worthy journey through time and in line with the original. It has enough charm and fun to find its way into the catalogue of classic and easily accessible entertainment, at least at inside the core, despite the rather messy exterior. The film is funny but not fully functioning; fast-paced but not entirely fault free... in the end though, it is still worthy of another time trip in the drivers seat of the DeLorean dream machine!
__________________________