Review Info
From the start, this review is confusing, Who is Marty Mcfly and why does he have multiple lives? "Browbeaten" by large words and ly adverbs, the review finally takes shape, stating the characters and their roles within the movie. The eccentric use of words, such as loutish, was confusing to read providing they did not have the quality back up of context clues. Marty is tossed back in 1950's, where he accidentally (ly) comes between his parents meeting causing a shift in the space-time continuum, or so it could have been better written for optimal understanding. Arguably, the end provides the readers with enough knowledge of the plot for them to make a quick judgement of the movie without too many spoilers.
Words I had to look up; Or words I couldn't pronounce
Loutish - awkward; stupid; boorish
Acrimonious - angry and bitter; caustic
Original Review
Contemporary high schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) doesn't have the most pleasant of lives. Browbeaten by his principal at school, Marty must also endure the acrimonious relationship between his nerdy father (Crispin Glover) and his lovely mother (Lea Thompson), who in turn suffer the bullying of middle-aged jerk Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), Marty's dad's supervisor. The one balm in Marty's life is his friendship with eccentric scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd), who at present is working on a time machine. Accidentally zapped back into the 1950s, Marty inadvertently interferes with the budding romance of his now-teenaged parents. Our hero must now reunite his parents-to-be, lest he cease to exist in the 1980s. It won't be easy, especially with the loutish Biff, now also a teenager, complicating matters. Beyond its dazzling special effects, the best element of Back to the Future is the performance of Michael J. Fox, who finds himself in the quagmire of surviving the white-bread 1950s with a hip 1980s mindset. Back to the Future cemented the box-office bankability of both Fox and the film's director, Robert Zemeckis, who went on to helm two equally exhilarating sequels. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi via Rottentomatoes.com
All in all, I would give this review a 3 Corey Feldman Friday the 13th: Final Chapter but minus a .5 Lost Boys: The Tribe ( 2.5 overall)
Rating system (1 - 5, 1 being worst 5 being best) in Corey Feldman movies
.5 Lost Boys: The Tribe
1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles
1.5 Dream a Little Dream
2 Burbs
2.5 License to Drive
3 Friday the 13th: Final Chapter
3.5 Gremlins
4 Lost Boys
4.5 The Goonies
5 Stand by Me
So you're reviewing reviews?
ReplyDeleteWait just a minute! The 'Burbs is only a 2????? Is that because Feldman has a semi-minor role in it or because you do not like the movie that much?
ReplyDeleteHe had a minor roll, that is why. Or else the Burbs would be higher, same thing with TMNT (voice only). It was a tough rating system to come up with, but I think it works.
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