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After watching the first two Back to the Future films, I was immediately interested in seeing how the final part of this trilogy, Back to the Future Part III, would turn out. I mean the second part left off on quite the cliffhanger, so I was interested in seeing how they would continue from their. I have to say I enjoyed this film and considered it a fitting finale to this spectacular trilogy. However, I would be lying if I said I didn't consider it to be a bit disappointing. I don't consider Part III to be a bad movie by any means but compared to the first two films, I just wanted more out of it than I got. Though, I can say that this film is still funny. From the beginning of the film, there were so many great humorous moments that I was laughing nearly constantly. There were less laughs as the films goes on but overall, it was still a fun comedic experience.
However what I think doesn't work is just the whole western feel, I feel considering what the first two films were able to explore with the concept of time travel. I felt they went backwards with this one by only travelling to the old west. It just feels like someone any other generic time travel movie would try to do and I think the other Back to the Future films were able to explore the more creative potentials of the time travel concept. Another thing that I found really disappointing was the fun fact that apparently there was talks of Ronald Reagan playing the Mayor of Hill Valley. I just thought that was such a perfect opportunity that I couldn't believe they never went through with it. I mean Ronald Reagan was a big fan of the Back to the Future films having even mentioned parts of those films in his speeches. He been joked about in the first film and showed up as a Max Headroom-expy in the second one. I'm sure he would have loved to finally have made an actual appearance in the final film to make things come full circle. I mean besides being the fricking President at one point, he was also at one point a popular actor and even starred in some westerns. It is just a damn shame that was never the case because that would've been just amazing. But besides those elements, I think Back to the Future Part III is still overall a good film. I don't even mind the presence of Clara in this film and I believed she worked out fine despite the backlash she received by fans. I think this film is good but not as amazing or spectacular as the first two films. But let's be grateful that this film was good at all considering how awful and story-destroying third installments of film trilogies have infamously been known to be.
Also, one interesting epiphany that I discovered is how each film of this trilogy focuses primarily one of the three primary characters that appears in each film. The first film focused on Marty, how he discovers and interacts with his parents from the 50s, and how he learns to appreciate his family and what he has. The second film focuses on Biff, how he manages to destroy Hill Valley and the future through a sports almanac, and how much of a real asshole he really is from the past, present, and future. The third film focuses on Doc Brown, his death in the Old West is prevented, and exploring the more personal aspects of his character. After realizing this kind of obvious fact really gives me a deeper appreciation for this films and the creativity, intelligence, and hard-work that went into the making of each of these films, while definitely a headache to keep track of and declining in quality as the trilogy goes on. As a trilogy, these are three great films that worked in connecting and exploring all kinds of story elements that makes it such a cinematic experience to see the completed story of Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and the time-travelling DeLorean.
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7/10
