I was climbing through the window into my bedroom
There was a black girl in my bed, and posters of Michael Jackson on the wall. Her dad then tried to beat me with a baseball bat. But that's the power of love.
(McChinaman banned, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:22, 9 replies)

watched this recently with a room full of people born in the 90s.
None of them had seen it before. Several of them couldn't keep up with the plot or understand the time travel rules. I felt old and depressed.

Marty: What about the police, Biff? They're gonna match up the bullet with that gun.
Biff: Kid, I own the police! Besides, they couldn't match up the bullet that killed your old man.
Marty: You son of a...
[Biff cocks the gun]
Biff: I suppose it's poetic justice - two McFlys with the same gun...
Biff: Go ahead, kid! Jump! A suicide will be nice and neat.
Marty: What if I don't?
[Biff points gun at Marty]
Biff: Lead poisoning.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:51, closed)

Most of my family said they couldn't understand Part II when it first came out
:-S
(McChinaman banned, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:55, closed)

I had no idea that people struggled with it, and I find it deeply troubling
Even as a kid I always kind of assumed that Back to the Future time travel rules were the basic default. One of the guys that night even said "but how can they change the past - it's already happened!" and I became a sneering, condescending prick for the rest of the evening.

Several times during the film, Doc Brown actually explains everything on a chalkboard. I mean, if Doc Brown can't teach you about alternate timelines, nobody can.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:02, closed)

I saw it for the first time last year, much to several of my colleagues amusement.
It was even more of a surprise as I am almost word-perfect on Ghostbusters.

It was odd to watch something with the cooler, critical head of aduldhood, which held such nostalgic value and thus adoration for my friend.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:04, closed)

What did you think of it, without nostaligic fuzz?

(McChinaman banned, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:07, closed)

To my mate's utter disappointment, I thought it
"Alright".

I can understand the nostalgia around it - it's a fun film - and I understand it holding a place in people's hearts, but as a film, it didn't strike me as extraordinary, though I will own the imagination involved is superb, as are many of the details - such as 88mph.

Obviously I found the Libyans reference darkly ironic, too.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:09, closed)

I think the plotting is superb
Nothing is incidental.
(McChinaman banned, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:12, closed)

Ah, you're on about the first one.
The above are references to the sequel.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:22, closed)

Did you enjoy it?
or do you feel like you've missed the Back to the Future boat?
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Fri 24 Jun 2011, 12:08, closed)