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Rating: - “If you say I'm in 1885, how can you possibly know that?”
- “You sent me a letter”
- “Dear Marty, I'm alive and well. I've happily lived here these past 8 months in 1885. The lightning that struck the DeLorean destroyed the time circuits; that's why I haven't come back for you. My alter ego should have no problem repairing them. Once you get back home, destroy the time machine. Please: don't try to come here to get me. I'm happy living in open air and in these vast spaces. Now Marty, I bid you farewell and wish you good luck. You've been a loyal and faithful friend and have made a difference in my life. Your friendship is a treasure to me. I will always remember you fondly, and you will always have a special place in my heart. Your friend in time, Doc Emmett L. Brown, September 1, 1885”.
The third adventure of our heroes begins in a touching way. Less impressive than the second in terms of screenplay; even deeper for the lessons it leaves us. The icing on the cake.
Marty wants to respect his friend in time's wishes. But they must prevent his death. Off to the old West. But there's no oil there. No problem; there are trains.
Everything seems to be going wonderfully if it weren't for two obstacles: Bufford "Mad Dog" Tannen, a counter-example to the theory of evolution; and Clara, the person who made Doc realize there's something greater than science to contemplate.
A party with music. Incredible: Doc can dance! Never judge a book by its cover.
But Mad Dog is there to spoil it all.
“Leave my friends alone.”
- “What's wrong, short stuff? Are you scared? Just what I thought. A chicken.”
- “No one, no one can call me chicken.”
- “Then you and I will end this on Monday, at eight, here, in front of the Pala Saloon.”
Clint "Marty Eastwood", what a fool.
- “If Bufford Tannen is looking for trouble, he'll find me ready.”
- “Marty, you can't lose your mind every time someone insults you. This will cause the accident in the future.”
- “What did you say?”
- “I can't tell you. It would make things worse.”
- “Doc, what happens in my future?”
- “Marty, we all have to make decisions that will determine our future. You have to do what you have to do and I have to do what I have to do.”
Marty must use his brain and Doc must forget about Clara. But the first heartbreak is the most terrible. Drinking to forget. But the whiskey is also terrible. And at the Pala Saloon, there's the big bully.
- “It's eight, short stuff!!!”
- “You have to go, kid. Otherwise…”
- “What? What happens if I don't go out?”
- “If you don't go out, everyone will say that Clint Eastwood is the biggest coward in the West.”
- “Come out, chicken!!!”
But Marty, for the first time in his life, decides to count to ten:
- “He's a jerk. I don't care what Tannen says. I don't even care what the people say.”
The origin of all evils is defeated. Brother Marty has become Saint Marty. Out with the pride, out with the stupidity. Out with the stupidity, in with intelligence. Now Clint Marty can outsmart Mad Dog.
- “I thought we could settle things like men.”
- “You thought wrong, kid.”
No, you thought wrong, slobbering stray. I've seen Sergio Leone's films; you haven't. To me goes the glory, to you the manure. Everything's fine. Back to home. If only a step away from 88 miles, a voice calls out to Doc:
- “Emmet, I love you”
Doc not only knows how to dance. He also knows how to ride a hoverboard. That's the Power of Love.
No problem. Marty can come back to get them as soon as he returns home. But fate has decided otherwise.
- “Destroyed Doc, just like you wanted.”
1985 is back to normal and Jennifer is well. A ride in the new car. But at the traffic light there's Needles (Flea, the bassist from the Red Hot).
“Hey, McFly. Nice car. Let's see what it can do at the next green light.”
- “No, thanks.”
- “What's the matter, chicken?”
Another Australopithecus provocateur. But Marty now knows exactly what to do. He defeated Mad Dog. Needles is even crazier, but he's just a kitten:
“Did you think I was stupid enough to race with that jerk?”
He would have crashed that beautiful white Rolls-Royce at the next intersection. There's the accident. And the “You're fired” is gone. Now even Jennifer knows that the time trip wasn't a dream.
- “You're right, there's not much left”
- “Doc will never come back. I'll miss him so much, Jen.”
But who can hold back a hyperactive mind, even more so when in love and a father of two children.
“Doc!!!”
- “Marty!!!”
- “Doc, I thought I would never see you again.”
- “I had to come back for Einstein and didn't want you to worry about me.”
- “Dr. Brown, this ticket from the future has been erased”
- “Of course, it has been erased”
- “But what does it mean?”
- “It means that our future hasn't been written yet. Our future is what we make it. So, make it a good one.”
That's right. Our future hasn't been written yet. Each day is a gift given to us to turn our unhappy existence into a full and successful life. It depends only on us and our choices. No one will make them for us. Thinking that our lives can change magically without a change in our way of thinking and (re)acting is called “madness”. How many madmen there are in the world.
Incredible but true: the secrets to happiness are found here, in the second and third chapter of this ridiculous and insignificant sci-fi trilogy. Never judge a movie by its poster.
Ad maiora, Marty!!!
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