Right: Picking Up Where The First One Left Off
The sequel picked up where the first one leave off , recreating the view with a newfangled actor play Jennifer and follow up on it with a trippy future - set first enactment in which Jennifer encounter her older self and Marty saves his dopey son from becoming a criminal .
Missed The Mark: Overusing Chase Scenes
There was a brief shakeup inPart IIIas the characters doing the chasing switched from cars to horse , but it was n’t enough to separate itself from the familiar type of suspense .
Right: Doc And Marty’s Dynamic
The friendship share by a teenage son and an old man was n’t explain any better in the sequels than in the original moving-picture show , but the exact backstory does n’t count becauseMichael J. Fox shared unbelievable interpersonal chemistry with Christopher Lloydacross all three flick .
The character reference ’ dynamic was the most fun element of the original , and that dynamic was the giving that keep on giving across the two sequels .
Missed The Mark: Part II’s Overcomplicated Plot
The complicatedness ofPart IIare layer on top of the complications of the first movie . Doc ’s account of how substitute timelines work is beyond bilk .
Right: High Stakes
Biff ’s rise to power in the second movie and Doc getting strand in the Old West in the third ensured that the sequels assert these high wager .
Missed The Mark: Part III’s Oversimplified Plot
While Zemeckis and co. discover from overcomplicatingPart II , they go too far the other way and oversimplifiedPart III . The threequel is chiefly a love tarradiddle between Doc Brown and Mary Steenburgen ’s theatrical role , with the time travel taking a backseat .
Doc and Marty game to hijack a train and use it to get the DeLorean up to 88 miles per hour on the rail , but it goes off almost without a hitch , going through the motions .
Right: Part II’s Cliffhanger Ending
Then , a courier from Western Union shows up with a 70 - year - old letter they ’ve been holding onto with very specific instructions . The alphabetic character says that Doc ’s in 1885 , place upPart IIIas a fourth dimension - move western .
Missed The Mark: Ending Part II With A Trailer For Part III
Shooting the sequels back - to - back made this potential , but Zemeckis was so lost with whether or not he could , he did n’t block off to think if he should .
Right: Making Part III As A Western
Missed The Mark: Losing The Original’s Universal Emotions
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