However, the earnest Seamus McFly and his family - that for some reason includes a woman looking like Marty's mother - seem strangely out of place in a BTTF-movie. It's intriguing to learn about the origins of Hill Valley and the ancestors of the McFly-clan. This change of places by the characters was a deliberate decision by the writers and it does push the story and the relationship of Marty and Doc forward, but something about it just doesn't feel right. Marty himself seems to have grown up quite a bit and you'll be surprised to see him behaving more focused on his mission than Doc in the latter half of the movie. What makes this movie seem different from its predecessors is that fittingly it doesn't have a lot to do with teen culture anymore (save for a Michael Jackson-reference). There are shootouts, horse chases and train robberies, but "Back To The Future III" is never a real Western. Although the movie is set mainly in the Wild West, it's still seen through the eyes of two people from the 80's. Maybe the two Bobs went a bit too far away from what audiences loved about the original in part 3. "Back To The Future II" achieved that goal gloriously (although Zemeckis who is very critical about his own work is always downsizing the greatness of it). As Zemeckis explains somewhere on the "BTTF"-DVD set, the hardest part is to give the audience something new without moving too far away from the original's spirit. They know the difficulties of sequels well. Writer/producer Bob Gale and writer/director Robert Zemeckis are two very clever men. "Back To The Future III" is no exception to that rule as it clearly is the weakest part in the trilogy, but it's still one hell of a great ride. Look no further than to the third entries in "The Godfather" and "The Terminator" movies. Even in the best franchises which proved that sequels can be just as good, if not better than the originals, the third parts are often fairly controversial.
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