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Page 16 Shelton—Mason County Journal — Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023
Review: (Back to the Future’ is one of the best of all time
continued from page 15
encapsulating the essentials
of that character and his
life, with almost no spoken
dialogue, in less than three
minutes, before we even meet
him onscreen.
And yet, as well~honed
this film became by its final
edit, it wouldn’t have worked
without Michael J. Fox our
go—getting adolescent protago-
nist, Marty McFly. Zemeckis
himself realized that when
he was forced to reshoot sev—
eral scenes after recasting
former lead actor Eric Stoltz,
whose award~winning dra—
matic skills, as in 1985’s
“Mask,” failed to translate
into the especially subversive
flavor of screwball comedy
that this film required.
Fox filmed “Back to the
Future” while taping episodes
of his sitcom “Family Ties,”
and a result of working
almost round—the—clock, he
went deeply into sleep-debt
while playing Marty, which
added to the appeal of Fox’s
earnest performance. From
the moment Doc Brown’s
clocks all chime at once, to
when Marty wakes up in his
strangely changed home,
our teen hero is defined by
the trauma and exhaustion
of continually being caught
tardy in his constant race
against time.
Worse yet, when Marty
travels back to 1955, he’s
subjected to what many par-
ents and their kids would
consider a nightmare when
he discovers his dad was
even more uncool as a teen
than George McFly’s dorky
middle—aged self‘had already
led his son to believe. And
Marty’s future mom reveals
herself to be nowhere near
the “good girl” she goes on
to preach about being to her
own children.
Your age as a viewer will
likely determine on whose be—
half you will cringe, Marty or
his parents, but as I’ve gotten
older, I’ve become struck by
how much empathy “Back to
the Future” expresses for the
older generations, by gently
getting the younger genera—
tions to see that their seem-
ingly out—ofltouch parents
used to be starry-eyed kids
with big, impractical dreams,
too, and maybe those kids
could spare some sympathy
and encouragement for their
folks.
One of the most quietly
touching moments, amid an
otherwise manic film, comes
from Marty learning his fa—
ther was once an aspiring
science fiction author. Marty,
in a rare flash of feeling for
his dad, asks whether he
can read some of George’s
writing. r
When the neurotic George
Crispin Glover was irre-
placeable in this role, in spite
of the sequels’ attempts to
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) films the time-traveling De-
Lorean that will take him back in time to 1955 just before
Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) sends him in “Back to the
Future,” released in 1985. Courtesy photo
do just that - hastily covers
his notes and repeats, virtu-
ally word-for-word, Marty’s
own earlier stated reasons for
not submitting his audition
tape to the record company, a
cloud passes over Fox’s face,
as Marty finally gets how
much he and his dad have in
common.
Re~watching “Back to the
Future” as an adult (I was 10
when it premiered), I’d prob-
ably bump its age rating up
a notch, because when your
film features your hero taking
his mom to the prom, that’s
got to be a PG—13, especially
when she’s played by Lea
Thompson.
And yet, in spite of some
intense scenes involving
fistfights and weapons fire,
“Back to the Future” man—
ages to be a film for the whole
family, with jokes targeted
toward multiple ages, plus a
surrogate father—son relation-
ship between Marty and the
pricelessly deranged Christo—
pher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett L.
“Doc” Brown that still chokes
me up.
We all laugh at Lloyd’s
brushstrokes of absurd be-
havior the eccentric Doc,
Adoptfa-Pet
it
but after the DeLorean makes
its first trip through time,
and white smoke plumes out
ofits twin exhaust vents, pay
attention to Lloyd’s facial
reactions, after his initial
goggle-eyed shock. Doc imme-
diately narrows his eyes and
purses his lips, because he’s
a true scientist at heart, and
he feels compelled to examine
what just happened.
Likewise, when Doc ex—
presses his gratitude to Mar—
ty over feeling like he’s finally
on a path toward a future
worth looking forward to,
it’s heartbreaking to watch
Marty struggle to respect
Doc’s voiced wishes, by not
warning his mentor about
the fate that awaits him, be—
cause while Marty may be
short—sighted and impulsive,
he never stops being a good
kid, who wants to do the right
thing and help out others.
“Movies in the Park” is
ending for the summer, but
families still have a shot at
some inexpensive big-screen
entertainment before the
close of this month. The Shel~
ton Cinemas conclude its
“Summer Movie Mondays”
series, with Adam Sandler’s
animated “Hotel Transylva-
nia 3” playing Aug. 28.
Doors open at noon for the
12:30 pm. screening. Admis-
sion is by donation only. Hot
dogs, bags of popcorn and
sodas are $1 each, or you can
pick up all three for $2.50.
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