The most depressing ending in movie history
Dalton Boland
Issue date: 10/7/09 Section: The Edge
"Back to the Future" has one of the most depressing endings of movie history.
For both of you out there who haven't seen the film, let me explain. Marty McFly is plagued with a skittish father, a delinquent uncle and an imposing sister. He has a questionable friendship with a mad scientist, Doc, who ultimately leaves him stranded 30 years in the past. By extreme coincidence, this is the exact week that his parents fall in love.
His parents originally met in the most romantic way I can imagine: stalking. Of course Marty finds a way to ruin that beauty, thus possibly negating his existence. He spends the next week trying to ensure that his parents end up together, all the while working to return to his own time.
Well, his mother falls in and out of love with him, he invents rock 'n' roll, and a guy named Biff would have undoubtedly raped his mother had his father not intervened. He makes it back to his own time, where all the family's problems have been resolved. His transformed family loves each other and Biff is subjected to washing the family's car. They all live happily ever after.
Well, kind of.
If I were Mr. McFly, I wouldn't want the man who attempted to rape my wife hanging around the house. In the movie we only see Biff washing the car for a few moments, but I think it's safe to assume he has other cleaning responsibilities both inside and outside the home. He most likely has a key to get in. This situation just seems like a problem waiting to happen.
Marty may be relieved that his family has transformed into a loving unit after his adventure, but I see a pretty clear problem with this. He has never met these people before. Sure, they look familiar, their voices are the same, but by changing his father's personality, Marty completely changed the family's dynamic.
In fact, now he has absolutely no memories of the first 18 years of his life. Imagine if you forgot everything that happened before college, that's what his life has become.
For both of you out there who haven't seen the film, let me explain. Marty McFly is plagued with a skittish father, a delinquent uncle and an imposing sister. He has a questionable friendship with a mad scientist, Doc, who ultimately leaves him stranded 30 years in the past. By extreme coincidence, this is the exact week that his parents fall in love.
His parents originally met in the most romantic way I can imagine: stalking. Of course Marty finds a way to ruin that beauty, thus possibly negating his existence. He spends the next week trying to ensure that his parents end up together, all the while working to return to his own time.
Well, his mother falls in and out of love with him, he invents rock 'n' roll, and a guy named Biff would have undoubtedly raped his mother had his father not intervened. He makes it back to his own time, where all the family's problems have been resolved. His transformed family loves each other and Biff is subjected to washing the family's car. They all live happily ever after.
Well, kind of.
If I were Mr. McFly, I wouldn't want the man who attempted to rape my wife hanging around the house. In the movie we only see Biff washing the car for a few moments, but I think it's safe to assume he has other cleaning responsibilities both inside and outside the home. He most likely has a key to get in. This situation just seems like a problem waiting to happen.
Marty may be relieved that his family has transformed into a loving unit after his adventure, but I see a pretty clear problem with this. He has never met these people before. Sure, they look familiar, their voices are the same, but by changing his father's personality, Marty completely changed the family's dynamic.
In fact, now he has absolutely no memories of the first 18 years of his life. Imagine if you forgot everything that happened before college, that's what his life has become.
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