JAWUSUMNESS

[Rusty Venture]

3. OMGWTFBBQ This is the best movie ever! Cowboys? Time machines? STEALING A ****ING TRAIN!? Growing up this was my favorite of the three and I was surprised to learn that most people don't enjoy it. I have a model of the white walled DeLorean to this day.

I enjoy all three movies. The third one gets special mention because it addresses an issue that is rarely touched upon in time travel movies: what do you do if you go someplace where you can't fix/repair/fuel your time machine?

What was the 1% you liked?

The parts of JP3 that touched upon Dr. Grant's life after the events of the first movie were wonderful. Finding out he doesn't like dinosaurs as much anymore (rightfully so) plus the scene of him trying to do a serious lecture, only to have people only want to ask him about Jurassic Park (and the events of Lost World) added a sense of realism.

And you would have been proud of me at the BttF viewing MrMatthews. When I saw Huey Lewis in the beginning of the movie I leaned over to my gf and said in her ear "Meg Honey, we all miss the news, but Huey Lewis needs time to create".

After Marty rocks out at the dance, the gf leaned over to me and said in my ear "I didn't like any of that!".

[17daysolderthannes]

2. The future. Okay, the first 30 mins is great but then it gets confusing as fuck and too dark. Everything in this movie goes wrong and it gets depressing to watch as a kid. Elizabeth Shue ftw. I could trim this movie down to 5 minutes and it would make as much sense. For christ sake, they have to bust out a chalkboard and draw a picture of what the hell is going on so the audience can follow.

I disagree 100%. The "confusing" and "dark" nature make it awesome. It was almost Terminator 2 levels of awesome with less violence. Simple plots bore me, BTTF2 made me go "what's going on!? I MUST KNOW!" and more importantly "how are they gonna fix this!" I almost want to watch it right now, it's balls to the wall fantastic!

3. OMGWTFBBQ This is the best movie ever! Cowboys? Time machines? STEALING A ****ING TRAIN!? Growing up this was my favorite of the three and I was surprised to learn that most people don't enjoy it. I have a model of the white walled DeLorean to this day.

It had almost nothing to do with anything. There's a few "oh, so that's what his ancestors were like" and what not, but for the most part, it was needless. IMO, BTTF3 would've been better as a 10-20 minute ending to BTTF2 and call it a day. Cowboys fucking blow.

For a movie that "put in time travel as an afterthought", the first movie showed a loving level to detail considering the small changes in present-1985 after Marty's return... like the ledge of the Clocktower (unchanged first, then in 1955 Doc accidentally breaks off a small part, after the return its still broken) or The Mall (form "Two Pines Mall" to "Lone Pine Mall" after marty ran over the pine tree).

You're confusing an emphasis on time travel with a well thought out script. In the commentary (or some behind the scenes thing, I don't remember which), they flat out say the whole point of the movie was to see what it would be like to meet your parents when they were your age and answer questions like "would you be friends with them?" etc. All of the past->future details are just quality film making.

I enjoy all three movies. The third one gets special mention because it addresses an issue that is rarely touched upon in time travel movies: what do you do if you go someplace where you can't fix/repair/fuel your time machine?

And that's about 1 minute of the movie, the other 117 minutes can go to hell. Also, what are you talking about? Almost EVERY time travel movie has a segment where they run out of fuel, etc. and go "oh crap, we gotta fix this before Hitlersaurus rex eats us!" I have to say, though, it's pretty damn weak to claim the Delorean still runs on gas but there's a god damn nuclear reactor on the back powered by garbage. Swap in an electric motor for christ's sake.

And you would have been proud of me at the BttF viewing MrMatthews. When I saw Huey Lewis in the beginning of the movie I leaned over to my gf and said in her ear "Meg Honey, we all miss the news, but Huey Lewis needs time to create".

Huey Lewis is the SHIIIITTT. I used to always put Sports in my dad's CD player when I would ride in his car.

[Devil N]

Can you believe I've never seen any of the Back to the Future movies?

[Ecco]

What was the 1% you liked?

I saw Gremlins on the big screen a number of years ago. The original reel, too. The quality was pretty blah, but the experience was salubrious!!!

I don't remember if I saw the original Gremlins movie at the theater or on VHS, but I definitely saw Gremlins 2 at the theater and it was indeed salubrious!!!

It's awesome when, in the theater version, the film appears to tear up and the screen goes blank. A few people in the audience would be getting up to leave, when the Gremlins suddenly start doing noises and hand puppets on the screen. Hilarious. The home versions of the movie had a different segment when the VHS tape would seem to break down, and I think diff. TV channels appeared to be flipped through, with Gremlins on all the channels. lol

[Joe Redifer]

Films I saw at the theater on their original release:

-Star Wars
-The Empire Strikes Back
-Return of the Jedi
-Ghostbusters
-Back to the Future
-Jurassic Park
-The Lion King
-Batman (Michael Keaton version)
-Transformers: The Movie
-Raiders of the Lost Ark (before it was renamed Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark)

-Probably many other worthwhile movies.

Most of the experiences were lackluster because the theaters of the day were lackluster themselves, but Jurassic Park was really cool because I saw it in a big, new theater with true 5.1 DTS (not the shitty stereo DTS versions that were floating around most lesser theaters). I was blown away by the flying disc logo in the beginning and how the sound went back and forth to the surrounds, left and right and all of that. It was an experience. So I ended up working at that theater as projectionist and I got to play with all of the cool toys.

But mostly older movies like that are best enjoyed in the home as the sound is better, the picture quality is better (though smaller) and you don't have to deal with a bunch of other idiots known as the typical movie theater audience.

[17daysolderthannes]

so you listed Transformers as a worthwhile movie?


...unacceptable.

[Rusty Venture]

Can you believe I've never seen any of the Back to the Future movies?

Blasphemy!

[Nunzio]

so you listed Transformers as a worthwhile movie?


...unacceptable.

I believe he is referring to the animated film (G1) which is most definitely worthwhile.

[Rusty Venture]

Engineers don't like animated robot movies.

[Joe Redifer]

Other, not-so-good movies I saw at the theater:

Street Fighter The Movie
Mortal Kombat

Both were horrible. Thank god I was paid to watch them since it was part of my job.

Also saw Independence Day 2 or 3 times about 4 months before it was released to the public. The first incarnation was OK at best. The 2nd was much better, but for the final release they edited it back so it was closer to the first incarnation. I don't remember much about the 2nd edit because it was long ago and I hate the final version of the movie.

[17daysolderthannes]

Engineers don't like animated robot movies.

The animated Transformers movie was actually pretty good from the few minutes I looked at it one day. The Michael Bay turd sandwich, though, uggghhhh. I'm sorry, but robo DNA can suck a dick, that's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard.

[Rusty Venture]

Also saw Independence Day 2 or 3 times about 4 months before it was released to the public. The first incarnation was OK at best. The 2nd was much better, but for the final release they edited it back so it was closer to the first incarnation. I don't remember much about the 2nd edit because it was long ago and I hate the final version of the movie.

I wonder if this is the same as the "extended cut" on the DVD. I watched it, and it added 10 minutes of....well, not much.

Too bad you had to jump through hoops just to see the "blowed up them aliens with his crop duster" ending.

[Joe Redifer]

17Days, why would anyone brag about seeing the Michael Bay version in the theater? Even if it were any good, it is so recent it is not something to brag about.

[GregadetH]

BTTF was the first movie I saw at the theater. My mom picked me up from school and took me to the mall in Athens, Ga to see it. I miss my mom. She was an awesome little woman.

On a related note, my brother took me to see Delta Force, Masters Of The Universe, Rambo: First Blood part II and Rocky IV and Batman. I remember the line for Batman went outside of the mall and wrapped around to the Sears entrance on the other side of the parking lot. At least my innocence wasn't ruined until he took me to see Pulp Fiction in middle school.

[Alvatron]

Back to the Future was Jawusum in the theatre. Transformers the Movie was even more Jawusum than any movie in the theatre EVER.