I hadn't seen these movies in as long as I can remember so I watched all three back-to-back the other day and have reconfirmed my long held suspicion that the second one is my favourite in the series. Oh and the third one wasn't as bad as I thought either, but not in the class of the other two. So it sort of goes like this -
Part 2 >> Part 1 >>> Part 3
I like the continuity between the movies, the clock tower for example which plays an important role in the trilogy, from protesters trying to preserve it in 1985, to it being hit by lightning in 1955, Biff's grandson going through it in 2015 and its construction in 1885. Then you have the various family lines like Marty's, Biff's or Strickland's.
There is a potential plothole (or paradox) in the third movie however which everyone probably knows about already. Marty stumbles on Doc's grave in the 50's which says he was shot in the back and killed by Mad Dog Tannon, problem is that it is Marty that triggers the initial confrontation between them when he goes back to 1885, yet when he looked at the gravestone he obviously hadn't went back in time yet. Furthermore, the gravestone also notes Doc's mistress Clara which the Doc only met through working with Marty.
Part 2 >> Part 1 >>> Part 3
I like the continuity between the movies, the clock tower for example which plays an important role in the trilogy, from protesters trying to preserve it in 1985, to it being hit by lightning in 1955, Biff's grandson going through it in 2015 and its construction in 1885. Then you have the various family lines like Marty's, Biff's or Strickland's.
There is a potential plothole (or paradox) in the third movie however which everyone probably knows about already. Marty stumbles on Doc's grave in the 50's which says he was shot in the back and killed by Mad Dog Tannon, problem is that it is Marty that triggers the initial confrontation between them when he goes back to 1885, yet when he looked at the gravestone he obviously hadn't went back in time yet. Furthermore, the gravestone also notes Doc's mistress Clara which the Doc only met through working with Marty.