Colin Farrell names cinema’s greatest-ever trilogy: “I love them all”
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Despite having been around for decades now, Colin Farrell is one of those actors who, every time you think you’ve got him figured out, he comes out with a new role that’s completely different from the one before.
Farrell has delivered some of the most interesting and captivating performances of the past few years, from acclaimed projects like The Banshees of Inisherin to underrated bangers like Ballad of a Small Player, and while he’s not completely immune from stinkers (he was in A Big Bold Beautiful Journey after all), most of the time, he hits it out of the park.
Given the Irishman’s prominence, it’s strange that he hasn’t done more franchise work. He’s done a few superhero movies, playing The Penguin in The Batman and its self-titled spin-off, and appearing as Bullseye in the doomed Marvel film Daredevil, although some people think that performance is actually underrated, but other than that, he’s mostly a one-and-done kind of guy.
However, that doesn’t mean that Farrell doesn’t vibe with franchises, as in an interview with Good Day DC, the Oscar nominee was asked about some of his favourite movies, and he revealed his love for a classic science fiction adventure and the two sequels it spawned.
“The one I’ve seen most is probably Back to the Future, the first one,” he said, “I love three. Three is tons of fun. I love them all… I just…go back to the original time and time again. My kids have been raised on the original.”
For those of you who didn’t make it past the first movie, Back to the Future Part II and Part III continue the story of Marty McFly’s time-travelling escapades. While the second one actually sees him travel to the future, Farrell’s beloved third instalment takes the action all the way back to the Wild West, where Michael J Fox’s McFly and his scatterbrained companion Doc Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, end up creating a train time machine to return to their present, resulting in one of the most stunning visuals of the entire trilogy.
Notice how Farrell didn’t specifically talk about Part II. The movie, which originally had a very different plot, famously pits Marty against a version of Biff Tannen, played by Thomas F Wilson, who has become a millionaire thanks to an almanack full of sports results.
It’s often viewed as the black sheep of the family, garnering the lowest scores of the trilogy on Rotten Tomatoes by almost 20 points, and is often deemed derivative of the first entry. This couldn’t be further from the truth, though, because of the number of iconic moments that come from this movie, such as the hoverboard, the self-tying shoes, “Nobody calls me chicken!”, it’s all gold.
In a world where old franchises are routinely dug up and desecrated, Back to the Future remains unsullied. It’s a very rare example of a classic trilogy that has remained a trilogy, and Farrell is bang on the money when he calls it one of the best.
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