“Back to the Future Part 1 has always been the favorite of the three movies by mostly all who have ever watched them all, and the basis for this opinion can be clearly pointed out and articulated in just a few paragraphs; which is, pretty much, the primary reason for my creating this blog.

I will leave out the more obvious explanations as to why that might be true. Explanations such as those that point out reasons concerning the matter that the two subsequent films’ plot circles on the almost the same exact theme and concept as the first. In other words, the telling of the same story - in the same town, same characters and so on, make the movie less exciting, and therefore a real bore. Though that may be partially true, i have reason to believe otherwise; the movies might had been more successful if only they possessed the same degree of “sexiness” and rock influence as the first original movie did - while keeping the plot as it was -then my guess is that the later two films would had also been as successful - if not more successful - as the first. That said, I’ll now start by jotting down the general things that were good points in the first film

* Rock > In the first film, the element of Rock music and culture was heavily expressed all throughout the film. However the Rock genre in which I’m referring to wasn’t heavy metal( as what was still predominately popular at that time); instead, it was more so punk rock influenced - but rock music nonetheless. o Examples of how this was expressed. + Theme music: “Power of Love” + Marty(Michael J. Fox) played with a rock band( he was the guitarist) + Giant speaker: he gets “blown away” by a loud ass speaker(beginning scene) + Marty performs at school dance (prom dance) o How’s that important? + It shows that the movie will be embraced by a younger, mature audience; meaning, it signifies that the movie is “hip”(chic) and appealing to a cooler, younger crowd. + Rock is sexy; rebellious; courageous and fun * School scenery & Teenagers > It had that 80s vibe/”Teen-movie” chemistry involved in the films production style. In the future scenes he’s shown in a lot of scenes with him at school; and in the past, also, the presence of school scenery is featured a lot. Lets point out the various “elements” shown in the movie regarding the school/teen element: o Fast Cars o Marty disliked by his Principles o Disliked by school’s music department o Viewed as a rebel by all his authority figures o The new kid at school (past scenes) o Suddenly becomes the cool, new kid(popular) o Marty’s a “chick magnet” o Marty is tough and courageous( Remember Biff the bully) o Hangs out at popular young crowd spots (e.g. Cafe) o Prom scene: Marty’s “the man” who can play a wicked guitar o Marty is a fashion beau o so, in short, Marty sort of reminds you of James Dean in the movie titled ” A Rebel Without A Cause” o Also i forgot - Marty has a “hot” girlfriend + What’s more? # Michael J. Fox played a better role in this movie than he did in the following two. Why you ask? Who knows really - but my guess is that maybe he was more comfortable with the character at the time because the character was more youthful and cool to play the first time around ( as he himself was a still a “kid” at the time of the making of that movie). He was obviously more passionate in the first Back to the Future. # Also, What the other two films failed to have that Back to the Future part 1 had was clever humor. That’s to say the humor style of Back to Future 1&2 were a little too over the top and “animated”; unlike the first movie whose style of humor was less ridiculous and reasonably more clever in content. That in turn caused the appearance of the other films’ Back to the Future trilogy to come off as ,perceptively, corny and attempting too hard to make the film humorous. Back to the Future 1 was “stylish” all the way - whether that had been by having Marty maintain a sense of fashion taste or showing how a move can turn a simple commercial product (e.g. the Delorean) into something that becomes suddenly cool and nationally iconic.

Other Highlights

* Coolness: Marty’s hair was always slicked-back * There was romance: Lorain & Marty, Marty & Jennifer * There was Heart, Loyalty, and Brotherhood(passion) Doc & Marty * Ambition: Marty’s Determination to be someone.

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