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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

Last Monday, it was ‘Back to the Future’ Day! 🙂 Yes, it was October the 21st, the day when Marty McFly and Doc Emmet Brown visited Hill Valley in the year 2015. And ‘Back to the Future, Part II’ was being shown for a limited cinema release on that special day. 🙂

I told my Dad that ‘Back to the Future, Part II’ was being shown at the cinema that day. Whatever evening plans we had that Monday were scrapped. My parents and I had to go and see this film on the big screen. The ‘Back to the Future’ trilogy is one of our favourites.

We greatly enjoyed seeing this film again at the cinema. In fact, this was the first time I’d ever seen ‘Back to the Future, Part II’ on the big screen. 😀 We’ve seen the ‘Back to the Future’ films on DVD and Blu-ray of course, but until now, I didn’t see them at the cinema.

It was amazing to see ‘Back to the Future, Part II’ on the big screen, especially when I knew what to expect in terms of plot and dialogue, having seen the ‘Back to the Future’ films for umpteen times. They’re so captivating and easily considered highly regarded sci-fi films.

What I especially like about the ‘Back to the Future’ films is how they’re able to balance comedy and drama within a sci-fi scenario of our heroes, Marty and Doc, time-travelling back and forth in order to preserve their as well as their loves ones’ timelines in Hill Valley.

The paradox elements featured in ‘Part II’, particularly when Mary and Doc discover an alternative 1985 in Hill Valley, created by Biff Tannern, is very gripping and unnerving, especially when seeing it at the cinema. It’s easy to be anxious regarding that situation.

The performances of the cast are excellent, including Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Thomas F. Wilson. There’s no doubt that these films will immortalise them in years to come, as they play their characters so well and they’re pretty memorable.

It’s easy to make fun of the ‘futuristic’ 2015 featured in ‘Part II’ compared to how we’re currently living today beyond that. I mean, there’s no flying cars about, not many people riding on hoverboards, the fashion sense is incorrect, and I don’t see Pepsi Perfect about. 😀

The hydrator to turn small Pizza Hut pizzas into large ones are yet to be made, I think. 😀 Despite 2015 not matching to where we’re at today, it’s still amusing and fun to check out this film and how Marty and Doc handle altering certain things that occur in the future. 🙂

I don’t think ‘Part II’ works well as a standalone film. It needs to have ‘Part I’ and ‘Part III’ to establish what went before and after. Unless you’re into the ‘Back to the Future’ films and know them off by heart, you’re likely to be confused if you saw this film on its own. 😀

I did wonder if I’d missed ‘Part I’ when it came to checking out ‘Part II’ at the cinema, but it turns out ‘Part II’ was the only one being released at cinemas this year. I hope there’ll be an opportunity in 2025 for all three ‘Back to the Future’ films to be released at cinemas. 🙂

Simply because the ‘Back to the Future’ film trilogy is so gripping from beginning to end and I love checking out each film in turn. It was great to see ‘Back to the Future, Part II’ at the cinema recently. I’m pleased my parents and I had a good time watching it on the big screen.

Incidentally, I’ve not seen the ‘Back to the Future’ musical in London yet. Though I’ve heard good things said about it. 🙂

Thanks for reading!

Bye for now!

Tim 🙂