However, the third 1985 highlighted Biff’s insane amount of power and included him secretly shooting George McFly with a handgun. Ironically, the second version of 1985 showed George McFly as a successful writer with more confidence (as a result of Marty’s first trip back to 1955), and showed Biff waxing George McFly’s car. Additionally, George’s confidence level was quite low as he experienced setbacks. In the first 1985, Biff was a bully to George McFly, and wrecked his car. Part of the dramatic irony is that we, the audience, have already experienced 1985 twice before Biff played his cards. But the fact that both the audience and Marty know what happens in the second 1955 is incredible, and goes to show the attention to detail that was put into the plot design.ĭramatic irony is plentifully spread throughout the first movie alone, however, as a viewer, experiencing dramatic irony throughout Biff’s rise to power and return to normalcy provides a more polarizing viewing experience. Marty and Doc successfully revert the timeline to a better version of 1985. He finds a way to obtain the almanac, and then burns it, which therefore erases the changes it had made to the timeline. Knowing this, Marty and Doc travel back to 1955, where Marty follows Biff to the dance and does his best to avoid changing the events that happened in his first visit to 1955. Doc is able to figure out that Biff stole the time machine and gave the almanac to his younger self, and after talking to and avoiding getting shot by Biff, Marty learns the date that the transaction of the almanac happened. Marty was enraged when he found out that Biff shot Marty’s father, George, and then used force to marry Loraine, Marty’s mother. That was until they had conversations with people and read newspapers. When Marty and Doc travel back to this alternate 1985, Marty described it as “hell”, and is shocked by his surroundings.Įven though the audience knew about Biff’s actions, Marty and Doc had no idea of what the chaos was that was happening around them. He immersed himself in a lifestyle of luxury, while under his watch, Hill Valley, California tumbled into a corrupt dystopian disaster. Biff owned the city, and used his power to influence politics so that gambling was legalized and he could profit even more from it. He founded his own company, BiffCo, and build a colossal casino that was over 25 stories tall. He was able to amass a huge amount of wealth. Because of the almanac, he never lost a bet. However, Biff, Marty, and Doc are the only characters who know the truth about the almanac, and the audience is able to follow Marty and Doc’s journey as they travel back in time to restore the original timeline.īiff placed a numerous amount of bets on competitions and games, starting with horse races. In Back to the Future part 2, Biff, the main antagonist, takes Gray’s Sports Almanac back with him in time from 2015 and creates an alternate 1955 timeline, in which he lives a life of luxury and transforms Hill Valley into a version of hell. It’s like you’re always making the audience feel smarter than the characters.” - Dean Cundey, Back to the Future cinematographer “The fact that the audience knows something the characters don’t. However, the captivating conditions of time travel allows for the dramatic irony to also happen through Marty’s point of view, which is contrary to other movies. Normally, dramatic irony is used to let the viewers know additional information that the characters don’t. The way Back to the Future uses dramatic irony goes far beyond expectations. But what many people don’t pick up on is the use of dramatic irony. Soundtrack, actors, and dialogue are things that many people appreciate from good movies. Back To The Future awards the audience for paying attention to the recurring themes and character personalities that become evident throughout the movie. See, that’s the type of suspense that Back to the Future brings. Or imagine you’re watching Jaws, and your heartbeat doubles when that iconic soundtrack begins to play. She doesn’t know the killer is hiding there, but y ou do. Picture this: You’re watching a horror film, and you see a girl enter a closet where the killer is hiding. Have you ever watched a movie for a second time and noticed things you never picked up on before? It’s almost as if you feel much more involved than the first time, right? “All you gotta do is bet on the winner and you’ll never lose”
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