This book really took me back... literally! *Back to the Future* by George Gipe is based on one of my all-time favorite movie trilogies from my childhood. While there were some differences between the book and the movie, it didn’t detract from my enjoyment of reading it at all. As far as movie tie-in books go, this one is great! I’ll definitely be reading the other *Back to the Future* books very soon, and I hope I enjoy them just as much. Highly recommended for fans of the film looking for a fu...

George Gipe's *Back to the Future* is the book version of Robert Zemeckis's famous movie of the same name, and it roughly follows the story. Of course, to make it into a book, they've added episodes here and there to stretch things out a bit. In particular, it gives more space to Strickland and the relationship between young George and Marty. These additions are mostly in tune with the original story, except when it addresses the issue of the Libyan terrorists, where it ranges from the ridiculou...

HD Film Tributes music video: The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News. And a memory stirs... I was singing this once at YMCA after school care in... I reckon it was fourth grade? Anyway, I'm prone to randomly burst out in song from time to time, and for years I would do it in front of others.[1] Brian Niedermayer witnessed one of these soulful serenades as I belted out, for no reason, "it's the power of love," and he said "Ew!" I zipped up posthaste since I figured I must've done something ...

He who is strangled by the voice of the past cannot address the future.This has been the motto of my favorite film since childhood, and for decades; the Back to the Future trilogy has continued to dazzle me repeatedly.It shaped my understanding of the so-called butterfly effect from a very early age.No successful future without a successful past; a summary of Marty McFly's attempts to fix the impact of his constant tardiness and what his parents messed up; and what his repeated visits in that al...

I saw Canadian Michael J. Fox on “Family Ties”, but I didn't need to read his award-winning autobiography, “Lucky Man”, to know that the adoration he receives in pop culture stems from the box office smash, “Back to the Future!” This trilogy is my family’s favorite entertainment phenomenon from our childhood. With very little prompting, I can recite the actors’ dialogue, describe the scenes, and hum the soundtracks. It's mysterious, touching, funny, magical, relatable, and inspiring. It made eve...

It's the same story you've cherished for 35 years, but stripped of *all* its comic timing and narrative spark. How did George Gipe manage to make one of the most exciting stories ever told so utterly lifeless and boring?While most movie novelizations simply transcribe the scenes and dialogue word-for-word, with minimal artistic flourishes, this one pads out each scene with excessive (and often repetitive) dialogue, and overtly dramatizes events that happened off-screen – proving that sometimes l...

It's been years since I last read this. The first time was right after the movie (and *Back to the Future* by George Gipe!) came out, and I've revisited it a couple of times since. This was my absolute favorite movie, and reading the novelization felt like a 'spot the differences' game, although the book actually highlighted a few things I'd completely missed when watching it in the theater. If you're looking for classic movie novelizations to read, check this one out!

The writing in this novelization is so atrocious it loops back around to being hilarious. The choices George Gipe made are just bonkers, from kicking things off with a family getting nuked to scenes that make Marty look racist (check out his freakout when he hears Libyans are coming), homophobic (an entire conversation where Marty worries that pretending to assault his mom will mess with his sexuality), and almost sociopathic (he tries to torch the school just to make his band's audition). And y...

Considering that *Back to the Future* is one of my all-time favorite movies, and a good movie novelization has been a staple of my book collection for the last 27 years, it's pretty strange that I've never read George Gipe's *Back to the Future* before. It wasn't until a good friend bought me the trilogy of *Back to the Future* novelizations for my 31st birthday that I even knew they existed. Thanks to this awesome gift, these books were finally brought to my attention. As with all movie adapta...

I'm definitely going to reread this book at some point. I first read "Back to the Future" back in high school. And let me tell you, in high school, I was *not* what you'd call a voracious reader. Quite the opposite, actually. Of course, I was assigned the usual literary lineup of classics: *Little Women*, *The Scarlet Letter*, *Lord of the Flies*, *Fahrenheit 451*. I even remember once watching a movie with a friend and asking, "Who exactly *is* Dorian Gray?" She looked at me like I was crazy an...