BACK TO THE FUTURE - PART III

(May 1990, U.S.)

By this time BACK TO THE FUTURE-PART III is a lot like watching RETURN OF THE JEDI - it's a sequel that, like it or not, had to be made because PART II left us with a cliffhanger situation and it's a story that by now has run out of steam. Not to say that the story of PART III in sending Marty back in time (again!) to the old west in the year 1885 to save Doc Brown's life is a bad movie, it's just not a great movie. In fact, it isn't until the final train-pushing-the-DeLorean-up-to-88-miles-an-hour sequence that you really start to take any part in the excitement of it all. The first two thirds of the film...well, you've seen the formula before (twice!) and it's just not as exciting anymore. On the plus side, though, there is an amusing cameo by rock band ZZ Top and some nice touches of homage to western great, Clint Eastwood.

As you can clearly see, be the time I get to PART III of this trilogy (the FIRST complete set of franchise films on my blog, by the way), I have less to say about Marty McFly and his time travel adventures.

Favorite line or dialogue:

Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: "What's your name, dude?"
Marty McFly: "Uh, Mar- Eastwood. Clint Eastwood."
Tannen: "What kinda stupid name is that?"