Tim Meyers (Skoit7Up)

No one can dispute the visuals, the costumes, makeup, direction, or the source material. However, as visually stunning and breathtaking as it was it left me a bit empty. Heavy and hard to deal with issues were brought up in real and at times 'frightening' ways but it never feels like that big revelation comes. You don't feel that the journey really helped anything but Max. Max has more of an understanding of himself but the wild things seem to be in about the same way. Strays monumentally from the book other than specific lines being said here or there. A bit depressing for children maybe and even a bit scary for them. The issues raised and answered are subtle and evident to the vigiliant viewer but young children may never pick up on the lessons to be learned. A visually amazing film, but not as filling a plot. Worth the watch but not necessarily for young children. Feels more geared to adults who have grown up loving the book.

A clever and humorous look at a real life story. Matt Damon is superb in the lead role and brings quite a flair to the character. Scott Bakula plays an FBI agent and does a good job of showing his willingness to work with Damon's character even at the times he's extremely frustrated with Damon. Says a lot about human nature and the whole film is nicely executed. The music is quirky and fun and fits the tone and feel of the film perfectly.

Perhaps the ultimate time travel film as well as an excellent comedy. This film is widely known and popular and will remain a classic. Michael J. Fox is great as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd is absolutely brilliant in perhaps his greatest ever character role. The story is gripping and intense and follows through on all its tie-ins. My personal favorite movie of all time. Zemeckis does wonderful work with camera movement and the set-ups for cinematography are brilliant. An added bonus is that Empire magazine listed Back to the Future in spot 23 for their 500 greatest films of all time - the 23rd film! Top 25 is awesome and shows that people love this film.

Just as fun and exciting as the first with even more twists and turns. Double the time travel chaos and make the Delorean fly and you have a recipe for a great new story. The way they film this using the actors in different roles and in the same places at the same time showed that the editors were working overtime on this one. Not as classic as the first in some ways, but not any less fun! The only thing that hurts it is the fact that Back to the Future is a trilogy. It's one main story and this is the middle of it, that's all. When looked at a whole this film feels much better.