This Is Heavy: Why Back to the Future is the Best Movie Trilogy

There are many famous movie trilogies, but it is clear to me that Back to the Future is the greatest one. All of the star wars films are really terrible messes. Lord of the Rings is overlong and has too many homosexual undertones. Indiana Jones is no longer a trilogy. I have been told that the original three Muppet movies do not count as a trilogy. Lastly, Godfather Part III has some unwatchable scenes. What is left? Back to the Future is left and it is the best film trilogy ever made. Every single movie is essential to understanding the whole story and every movie has an individual feel to it. Part I is cheesy 80s, yet has universal ideas about time, love and family. Part II is endlessly creative and like no movie ever made. Part III, deemed the weakest, has the most heart and is needed to conclude the amazing ending of part II.

The Back to the Future saga is also much more meaningful than I remember. I just re-watched them and while they are undeniably fun and creative, many have pointed out their lack of meaning. I disagree with this whole heartedly and find them to be the most meaningful trilogy, with the possible exception of Godfather. The movies explores issue of time to show how fragile everything is. This includes love and relationships. If Marty's grandfather never hit George McFly with the car, Marty wold not exist. When Biff gets the almanac, this alters all of 1985, not just Biff's life. The movie is also thought provoking with its ideas of time. Most importantly, the film is as quirky as anything Wes Anderson can dish up. Its oddities are remembered and are iconic. 1.21 jigawatts, 88 miles per hour, the Libyans plutonium are just some examples.

I wonder if Doc will agree with me or if he will support another trilogy as being the best ever. Good trilogies are only as good as their weakest entry. So, let's examine Part III to show that it is not as bad as Godfather Part III and all of the other weak members of the trilogies. Unlike Godfather Part III the film is not overlong and there is no one whose acting makes you sick to your stomach. I appreciate Sofia Coppola as director, but we have to face up to the fact that she is terrible in this movie. I watched the Godfather Part III commentary and Francis Ford Coppola said that since the previous two entries won the best picture, the critics were just looking for anything to pick on and were really going after Francis when they went after Sofia. Francis has to wake the hell up because Sofia really is that bad. Since she is also a key component to the film and its ending, the film is ultimately not very good, even though it has some nice moments. So, I guess we have to talk about the character of Clara in Back to the Future Part III. She is a bit of an annoying character and they shoehorn her in to being perfect for Doc. However, she is a necessary force in the plot to its ultimate conclusion. Her acting is OK, but Doc's search for love is necessary to the development of the character. It is not a great section of the trilogy, but much better than Sofia in Godfather.

Back to the Future Part III also does better than any entry into the star wars or lord of the rings saga in the fact that it is entertaining throughout. We all want to fast forward during those ewoks and scenes between sam wise and frodo. However, Back to the Future Part III has no scenes that one would ant to fast forward through. Every scene is necessary to resolving the plots of the first two films and references those films as well. The other trilogies do not fair as well and have some clear time wasters, such as the scenes I have just mentioned. Doc you are just going to have to come on the blog and admit that I am right because there is no doubt about it, Back to the Future is the best film trilogy ever made...unless the first three muppet movies count as a trilogy. Do they? Because then I have to do this post over again.