Back to the Future Part III - Is it really that bad?

[DonRSD]

the only thing i dont like about part III is the love story with Doc

[Slick Nick]

Originally Posted by Coqui2k

BTTF 3 is better than Matrix 3, Scream 3, Friday the 13th 3, Pirates 3, Resident Evil 3. Just give a try

Nice... all those listed are terrible. You forgot Terminator 3?

BTTF 3 is the weakest. I don't know how people can prefer it over the second one, which is arguably the best sequel ever made in my opinion.

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by Slick Nick

BTTF 3 is the weakest. I don't know how people can prefer it over the second one, which is arguably the best sequel ever made in my opinion.

We respectfully disagree.

Sincerely,
The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, The Godfather Part II, The Road Warrior, From Russia With Love & Goldfinger, and The Dark Knight

[ZoetMB]

[QUOTE=Adam_ME;4302311]Part III has always been my least favorite. I saw it opening day when I was 12 and even at that age I was distracted by several gaping plotholes:

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

1) If the younger Doc in 1955 found out he got shot by Buford "Don't Call Me Mad Dog" Tannen 30 years later, why would the older Doc be clueless about it once Marty went back to 1885 to rescue him?.

Time travel paradox and different timelines.

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

2) Why does Maggie McFly who has no genetic link to the Baines family look like Lorraine?.

This is mentioned in the commentary: McFly men have a genetic predisposition to be attracted to women who look like the Baines women. Maybe the Baines women exude a particular endorphine.

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

3) Why does Doc spend the entire first two films ranting about how it's too dangerous to know too much about one's future and making any changes could destroy the entire space-time continuum only to basically tell Marty and Jennifer to ignore all that in the final scene of the third movie?.

Because he also ignores it in the first when he pastes Marty's note back together.

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

4) How did no one in Hill Valley suspect Doc(and "Clint Eastwood") of hijacking the train? Doc said out loud in the bar with everyone listening that that's where they were headed. So after commandeering and destroying that train, he just waltzes back into town and nobody says a word?.

How do you know what happened when they went back? Maybe they didn't go back to town. Maybe they lied. Maybe Doc, after building the time traveling train, went back in time and changed something.

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

And there are other aspects of the film that bugged me. Like the love story with Doc and Clara. That was pretty cheesy. .

That's very easy to say, but what made it cheesy? You had two mature, intellectual adults whose relationship was based upon a common love of knowledge, science and literature in an era when most people did not have formal educations. Not cheesy at all, IMO. Far more believable than 90% of movie romances.

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

Ultimately what makes it somewhat enjoyable is the chemistry between Fox and Lloyd, the always entertaining Tom Wilson, the epic train sequence, and the fact that it does successfully(plotholes notwithstanding) wrap up the trilogy.

All those things and it's only somewhat enjoyable?

[Stationary Explorer]

I like part III just fine. It's my least favorite of the three, but that's only because the other two are so damn great.

[Slick Nick]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

We respectfully disagree.

Sincerely,
The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, The Godfather Part II, The Road Warrior, From Russia With Love & Goldfinger, and The Dark Knight

Do you know what 'arguably' means?

[Briscogun]

Originally Posted by Coqui2k

BTTF 3 is better than Matrix 3, Scream 3, Friday the 13th 3, Pirates 3, Resident Evil 3. Just give a try

Amen, brother!

[Blu-Benny]

i take back my original comment in this thread.

i had this on this morning while working on some business stuff....it is a lot better than i remember it being.

i would put #3 as my #2 in the trilogy.

[Harry Caul]

Okay if it was a Movie made for Television.

[kdo]

Originally Posted by The_Basterd

I watched it. I really enjoyed it! But yeah, least favorite, but again it was still good!
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3

Exactly as I see it in terms of rankings, though I disagree that "Part III" is "good."

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

What makes it so bad? I'm just trying to understand why people don't like it so much.

The fact that they bothered making it.

Originally Posted by Slick Nick

BTTF 3 is the weakest. I don't know how people can prefer it over the second one, which is arguably the best sequel ever made in my opinion.

I agree, and I actually consider "BTTF II" to be the 2nd greatest sequel ever made behind "Mad Max 2" (a.k.a. "The Road Warrior").

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

We respectfully disagree.

Sincerely,
The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, The Godfather Part II, The Road Warrior, From Russia With Love & Goldfinger, and The Dark Knight

The greatest sequel ever made IMO.

Originally Posted by Harry Caul

Okay if it was a Movie made for Television.

Agreed!

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by kdo

The fact that they bothered making it.

That's not even a reason But that your opinion, your entitles to it. I still like it more than the second

[kdo]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

That's not even a reason But that your opinion, your entitles to it. I still like it more than the second

Well, true to an extent, considering that "Part III" started filming while "Part II" was still in post, but honestly, I just wish they had never made it, extended "Part II" by a half hour, and just finished the film there.

I think the Box Office numbers say it all in regards to the 3 films:

Part I: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/business
Part II: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096874/business
Part III: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099088/business

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by kdo

Well, true to an extent, considering that "Part III" started filming while "Part II" was still in post, but honestly, I just wish they had never made it, extended "Part II" by a half hour, and just finished the film there.

I think the Box Office numbers say it all in regards to the 3 films:

Part I: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/business
Part II: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096874/business
Part III: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099088/business

Well, originally there wasn't even going to be sequels. In a way I kinda wish it had been the case, but I got two really good sequels out of it so I'm alright with it. They wrote 2 & 3 back to back, knowing they were going to shoot it back to back. And honestly, the third has some of my favorite scenes in the series. I think the whole series works best with both sequels now, but had they never been made I would have been ok with that. Again, just my opinion. Just like your entitled to yours.

[Talal86]

I enjoyed them equally, maybe because the first time I watched them I watched them back to back, so it felt like one long movie and LOVED the continuity of the jokes between them
I don't see me myself watching only one part of the trilogy, it's all or nothing kind of deal

ps. this scene is unintentionally hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq5-6PkVGCg

[SixSpeedSamurai]

I'm watching it right now. Been watching the Blu-Rays with my kids for their first time.

I think it's not as good because the focus is more on Doc instead of Marty. The movie does not really have much affect on Marty's timestream and so he's just there.

I still love it though.

[Ruemorgue10]

Originally Posted by SixSpeedSamurai

I'm watching it right now. Been watching the Blu-Rays with my kids for their first time.

I think it's not as good because the focus is more on Doc instead of Marty. The movie does not really have much affect on Marty's timestream and so he's just there.

I still love it though.

Awesome! What do they think of them?

[GORT]

Originally Posted by Slick Nick

Do you know what 'arguably' means?

Yes and there is not much to argue about when you compair it to those listed

[SixSpeedSamurai]

Originally Posted by Ruemorgue10

Awesome! What do they think of them?

They enjoyed them, I forgot about some of the language in the films as I had only seen them on TV in recent years, but they know what words they are not supposed to say.

My 6 year old was asking all sorts of questions about the DeLorean. Then she finally "got it" about the time travel. She was formulating a question, I thought maybe "can he go back and see Jesus" or something like that, but it was "can he go to the grocery store in that?" My wife and I are still laughing at that.

[masob98]

I personally dont think the third part is that bad. Of course I think it pales in comparison to the first two. The franchise would have been alright if they stopped at 2, but like I said the third is not terrible.

[Ite]

I liked the third part.