Back to the Future Part III

Excellent end to the series!
If there's any movie series I really love, it's the "Back to the Future" trilogy. In the original film, Marty McFly travels thirty years into the past (1955) where he tries to warn Doc of being murdered in the future, but his teenage mother-to-be falls in love with him instead of his father. In the first sequel, Marty and Doc went into Marty's future. And in the final episode, Marty travels back to the Wild West to prevent western cowboy Biff from murdering Doc. The series takes on a new charm with the romance between Doc and a schoolteacher he saves the life of, played by Mary Steenburgen. Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd star.

Back to the Future Part III
Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly receives written word from his friend, Doctor Emmett Brown, as to where can be found the DeLorean time machine. However, an unfortunate discovery prompts Marty to go to his friend's aid. Using the time machine, Marty travels to the old west where his friend has run afoul of a gang of thugs and has fallen in love with a local schoolteacher. Using the technology from the time, Marty and Emmett devise one last chance to send the two of them back to the future. Back to the Future 3 is a well-written, well-directed, well-balanced piece. With an incredible musical score, brilliant acting and excellent composition, the movie reminded me that Back to the Future was never about action. It is truly about the characters we came to know and love in the first movie. The perfect finale to a wonderful trilogy

Why Was This the Best Science Fiction Movie Ever Made?
Well, there are five reasons. The first four are found in the review of the DVD set of all five; here is the last one:

5. Gestalt. Call it what you want, but consider the conceptual continuity of these three movies. 1985 remained the "present" for all the films, right? Even this one and BTTF3, made some years later, preserved 1985 as the fulcrum. Quick quiz: of all the eras depicted, which one was the best: 1885, 1955, 1985 or 2015? Tough question, given that there were at least three distinct 1985s, etc.

But look: even the "best" 1985 was, in significant ways, not as good as 2015. Our predicates, then, are that obstacles can be overcome, the past reinvented as needed, and, most importantly, "the future is what you make it."

I've found no clearer demonstration of a fundamentally optimistic philosophy in any movie I ever saw. Even though these films intentionally avoid sentimentality (all right, you could argue that), they express a...

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