"I've seen this one. This is a classic."

Back to the Future, 1985.  Dir: Robert Zemeckis.

As much as I love movies, I hate the question "What is your favorite?", because in reality, it is too hard to pick just one.  However, I do give one movie as my answer - "Back to the Future."  

I can't even begin to express how much this movie means to me.  First of all, I don't think I know a single person who has seen this movie and hasn't liked it.  There are few other movies that I can say that about.  In some ways, "BTTF" feels like the perfect movie - does the "perfect movie" really exist?  No, but let me explain.  This is a movie that appeals to everyone.  Do you like to laugh?  Do you like science fiction or adventure?  How about movies that make you think about the consequences of your actions?  You're covered.  

Now I'm not going to into detail over the movie's plot - if you need that, you can find the link to the IMDB page here.  And odds are it will be on TV real soon - the cast and crew have probably made a small fortune just on the residuals.  Instead, I'm going to tell you what this movie means to me.  This is probably the first movie I ever obsessed over.  I was around 8 or 9 years old the first time I saw it (on VHS, with my family).  It was love at first sight.  And then when the movie comes to an end and the DeLorean flies toward the screen, it leaves behind "To Be Continued..."  Needless to say, the family piled into the car, drove to the video store, and promptly rented Part II, viewed the following day.  I'm not going to talk about my lifelong obsession with the concept of a hoverboard...at least not this time around.  

This quintessentially 80's movie has held up for nearly a quarter of a century.  I still laugh at the jokes.  I still worry if Marty McFly will make it back home.  And I get Alan Silvestri's theme stuck in my head when I'm driving just a bit too fast on the freeway.  The point is I still turn into that obsessed little kid with every viewing.  That's what I really want out of my favorite movie.  

Next time:  "What are you supposed to be, some kind of cosmonaut?"