Reacting to BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) | Movie Reaction

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  @DC_Prox · 2 years ago

  There's a subplot that they never make explicit, but it's there if you pay attention : George is left-handed. Until the 70s there was a big misconception that being left-handed was a defect and/or evil, and left-handed kids were forced to use their right hands. George is seen writing with his right hand and it looks like he doesn't even know how to hold a pencil properly. It wasn't until Biff disabled his right hand and he was forced to use a left hook that he started to both see his potential and decide to stop trying to be a righty. Without that left hook, he lived his whole life still trying to be a righty, still awkward, no confidence.

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  @Laura-M-L · 2 years ago

  At the end Marty’s dad wasn’t being a bully!  Biff lied to him about putting on a second coat of wax and George saw through the lie.  That’s not bullying, that’s getting the work you paid for done!

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  @BenBanjo25 · 2 years ago

  Thomas F. Wilson (Biff) is actually a really nice guy in real life. In the scene where Biff is harassing Lorraine in the car, he couldn't stop apologising to her in between takes! Apparently he was bullied himself as a kid, and channelled his experiences into creating this villain. If you enjoyed this movie, you will love Parts 2 and 3!

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• SC

  @scipio7837 · 2 years ago

  The trilogy is a timeless masterpiece. Saw this in the cinema.

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• SR

  @srpratt1 · 2 years ago

  If Marty returned to 1985 too early and stopped the terrorists, then Marty would not have needed to escape from those terrorists, he would never have gotten into the time machine, and never would have gone into the past to warn Doc, creating a paradox.

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  @hawkmaster381 · 2 years ago

  Isn't it weird that the Klingon ship in Star Trek IV belonged to Christopher Lloyd and it was used as a time machine too? 🤔

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• DC

  @DC_Prox · 2 years ago

  "Is that cereal?" No, it's peanut brittle, it refers back to a deleted scene in which George's neighbour talks him (George) into buying a case of peanut brittle from his (neighbour's) daughter, so that she can sell the whole thing at once instead of going door to door. They cut the scene because its only purpose was to make George look pathetic but the scene with Biff did more than enough to establish that.

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• ST

  @StarsDie88 · 2 years ago

  Your confusion over the line "make like a tree and get outta here" had me seriously dying of laughter.

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• RO

  @rodentnolastname · 2 years ago

  When Marty goes to meet Doc, its at the "Twin Pines Mall". Doc mentions that the land was owned by a tree farmer. When Marty first goes back in time, he runs over 1 of 2 pine trees. When he goes to the future to save Doc, the sign in front of the mall says "Lone Pine Mall". 😯

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• PE

  @pettytyrant2720 · 2 years ago

  One running joke modern viewers tend to miss is the DeLorean, it looks fantastic but it was famous, and notorious, for being a heap of junk under the bodywork that was constantly breaking down. Hence Marty's incredulous comment, "You made a time machine, out of a DeLorean?" and why it keeps stalling at crucial moments, the real DeLorean were famous for that.

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  @notjustforhackers4252 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This film is used as an example of a perfect script in film schools. Absolute first class film, it is indeed perfect. I've been unable not to say "Think McFly, think" whenever I hear anyone saying "anyone home", its just ingrained in my psyche now.

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  @phtevenj · 2 years ago

  Fun Fact 1 : Michael J Fox was filming this movie AND Family Ties and he had a car with a mattress to have a nap travelling between sets, so when it looks like hes exhausted its because he really is.

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