Your favorite Back to the Future movie

[C_Miller]

The first movie is an undisputed classic of both the Sci-Fi and Comedy genres. I enjoy all three, but number one is clearly head and shoulders above the other two.

 

[Mage]

They really are one complete story to me. I can't think of them as seperate.

 

[martok2112]

Considering that I haven't seen the second or third movies, well, I guess the first would have to be my favorite.

 

[Dales]

part 1, the sequels where unnecessary but they were still okay.

 

[Campe]

Definitely the first one. The second one doesn't really stand on its own and although the future sequences and putting Marty and Doc back into those scenes from the first one is kind of fun, it just seems a lot like a lot of "because we can." The third one is somewhere between the two of them. I do like the emotional center of that one a lot but it just doesn't rack up with the fun that is the original.

Personally, I love that even though these movies' central character is Marty, as its seen through his eyes, each entry is more about one individual character: the first - George, the second - Biff, the third - Doc.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I like to think that Marty's new mission in Hill Valley is to make sure that the real 2015 doesn't turn out as cartoonish and silly as BTTF2's did.

And BTTF3 is my favorite.

 

[Sybok Was Wrong]

Absolutely no contest: the 1st film.

An 80's classic. The sequels aren't classics.

 

[JediKnightButler]

As a whole, it is one of my favorite film trilogies and it's kind of hard to evaluate them independent of each other though the first one is pretty self-contained. The second one is probably the weakest of the films, however it serves its purpose as the "bridge" between the other two films. The third film nicely wrapped up all of the plot threads left hanging by the first two and leaves you with a good feeling about the end of the story. The only question I've ever had about the last movie is, why did Doc spend most of the movie talking about how it was a mistake for him to create the time machine in the first place and how he just wanted it to be destroyed- yet goes off and (somehow) builds a brand new spanking Locomotive one at the end. Not really a complaint per se as it was really cool-looking but just a minor nitpick. My wife and (late) mother-in-law adore these movies and they're hard to avoid watching whenever they're on TV.

I think Clara gae Doc a new leash on life and a new purpose as well as two sons. In the end she changed his life or the better.

Good point. It would be interesting to know how he built the new time machine but then sometimes it's just fun to turn off your brain for a few moments and just enjoy the excitement of the scene.

 

[Richard Baker]

It is a great trilogy but of the three the first film I think is the best.
After watching a film for the first time I have a tendency to jump forward to scenes I enjoy the most when I watch it again. Only three films I have in my collection this does not happen with- BttF I, the original Star Wars and the original Alien.
It could have bogged down several times with Marty at his High School in the past but it never does. The editing keeps the story moving and it ends with you wanting to see more. With the second film you get a chance to see that 'more' but it was not quite as good as what the imagination stirred as I watched that Delorean lift off and fly to it's next adventure...

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

I like the one with Billy Zane.

He was in both Parts I & II. "How the hell did he change his clothes so fast?"

Part II is the sentimental favorite for me. I love the flying cars & hoverboards.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

The first movie is an undisputed classic of both the Sci-Fi and Comedy genres. I enjoy all three, but number one is clearly head and shoulders above the other two.

Yep.

The trilogy is plenty of fun and well-worth rewatching every so often. But the first is the true classic movie.

 

[tomalak301]

I'd rank them the order in which they arrived: BTTF, B2TF, and BTTF 3. All three were great movies, and I saw BTTF 3 in the Theater.

 

[Push The Button]

The first film has an almost magic quality to it that the others lack. The 2015 scenes in the second one haven't aged well, obviously, which makes it the weakest of the three for me. I like the third one for Doc's improvised feats of engineering, especially the replacement IC that he builds with vacuum tubes and mounts on the hood of the DeLorean.

 

[Kilana2]

Today they show BTTF II on TV. It's about time for a re-watch.

 

[davejames]

It may not be as great as the first movie, but to me the third movie feels like a true classic as well by this point. It's got some of my favorite moments with the 50s-style Delorean being chased by indians and the entire train sequence. And the Doc love story works surprisingly well too.

It's only the second movie that feels painfully dated at times and doesn't work nearly as well (although it's still certainly more than watchable).

 

[tomalak301]

It may not be as great as the first movie, but to me the third movie feels like a true classic as well by this point. It's got some of my favorite moments with the 50s-style Delorean being chased by indians and the entire train sequence. And the Doc love story works surprisingly well too.

It's only the second movie that feels painfully dated at times and doesn't work nearly as well (although it's still certainly more than watchable).

I posed the question earlier and didn't really get an answer. Which scene was better, the Iconic clocktower scene of the first movie or the train sequence in the third. Yeah the Clock Tower scene is famous, but I actually thought the train scene had more adventure and excitement. Plus to get Clara Dangling off the train is a plus.

 

[Anwar]

I like all three...but my personal fave is Part two.

 

[DWF]

While I've grown to like al three of them, I really love the first and third ones.

 

[Gaith]

It's only the second movie that feels painfully dated at times and doesn't work nearly as well (although it's still certainly more than watchable).

I don't think anything in II's as dated as the Indians and Cavalry gag. Ha ha ha, cultural stereotyping and genocide!

 

[Commander Richard]

For the first time ever, I watched the 3 movies back to back. They flow like a complete story, more so with 2 and 3, both of which I found to be the most exciting. The first one, not so much, so I picked "I like only two of them" in the poll.

These are good movies, that surprisingly, don't feel dated and they're fun without being goofy. It found a good balance somewhere. Their place as modern classics is well deserved. Christopher Lloyd is fun to watch. They don't make 'em like that anymore. And Thomas F. Wilson was fantastic the way he hammed it up as both Biff and Buford Tannen where he totally immersed himself into the part and was totally unrecognizable.

I'll miss these characters and the world of Hill Valley. Next, I'll check out the animated series to see what kind of fix that provides.