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The Back To The Future Trilogy

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The Back to the Future trilogy is without doubt one of the most recognized and well-known film series ever created. The action and adventure trilogy, written by Bob Gale and directed by Robert Zemeckis, tells the story of a young Marty McFly, journeying through the past, present, and future. Marty is accompanied by Doctor Emmet Brown, the genius who devised the time machine that is used throughout the films. Through the three movies Marty encounters a plethora of obstacles on his path to fix the mistakes caused by the time machine. A prevalent theme in all three Back to the Future films is that the future is what one makes it, and this is shown by cause and effect, character speech, and character actions. In all three of the Back to the Future …show more content…

These actions can help establish a theme for the trilogy. For example, Marty makes his dad become more confident, which changes his future (BTTF I). Marty uses several actions to persuade his father to stand up for himself, and this affects George McFly’s future. Due to Marty’s actions, the future is changed completely. Another example is when Biff from 1955 trusts Biff from 2015 and uses the almanac to change his future (BTTF II). Biff from the future takes action and goes to the past to rewrite his life story. In turn, Biff from the past takes action and uses the almanac to bet on sports games and become wealthy. Biff, via both his past and future actions was able to make his future into what he desired. Likewise, Doc decides that despite the fact that he is from the future, he will be with Clara (BTTF III). In doing this, Doc is making his own future, and he is making it with Clara. He has decided that he doesn’t have to follow a specific path for his future, that he can make his own future. The characters’ actions are extremely effective when it comes to showing a theme. The theme, the future is what one makes it, can be exposed through cause and effect, character’s speech, and character’s actions. Although Back to the Future contains many themes, this is the most prominent, as it is addressed in all three movies. This message that this theme presents is also an incredibly important lesson for viewers as a whole. The future, for each person, is never planned or decided upon. It is infeasible to know what will transpire in forthcoming events. These movies authenticate the fact that the future can be altered, even by the most inconsiderable

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