I decided to watch all three of these recently, and realized that I clearly had forgotten how problematic (and annoying) the two sequels were.
One of the things that made the first movie so good was that, generally speaking, Marty was constantly out-thinking everyone around him. In short, he was the clever one. In re-watching the series again, I realized that I must have not paid much attention when watching the two sequels (eons ago), because Marty is written as being a total moron in the sequels, continuously ignoring what he has been told to do, and continuously being too stupid to avoid (obvious) problematic situations, such that everything that goes wrong (repeatedly) is just the result of his ridiculously low IQ.
I really do feel like the first film is enjoyably re-watchable, because Marty is the clever one, and drives the plot forward with his actions. I am clueless as to why they seemed to have lobotomized his character in both the sequels, because it reduces them both to just being seriously frustrating viewings. I certainly doubt that I'll ever watch either of them again.
One of the things that made the first movie so good was that, generally speaking, Marty was constantly out-thinking everyone around him. In short, he was the clever one. In re-watching the series again, I realized that I must have not paid much attention when watching the two sequels (eons ago), because Marty is written as being a total moron in the sequels, continuously ignoring what he has been told to do, and continuously being too stupid to avoid (obvious) problematic situations, such that everything that goes wrong (repeatedly) is just the result of his ridiculously low IQ.
I really do feel like the first film is enjoyably re-watchable, because Marty is the clever one, and drives the plot forward with his actions. I am clueless as to why they seemed to have lobotomized his character in both the sequels, because it reduces them both to just being seriously frustrating viewings. I certainly doubt that I'll ever watch either of them again.