Time travel is tricky, and it’s a rare movie that even comes close to getting it right. Back to the Future is considered to be one of the best time travel movies, except for one thing. For 35 years now, people have been speculating about the one big possible plot hole. Why didn’t George and Lorraine recognize that their son Marty grew up to look just like their friend Calvin Klein from high school? The debate has recently resurfaced for the film’s anniversary.
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Marvel filmmaker James Gunn argued via Twitter “a perfect film can be different from a favorite film, or a great film. A perfect film is something that sings from start to finish with no obvious mistakes, whether they be aesthetic or structural. There are no logical lapses.”
He pointed to 1985’s Back to the Future, writing, “Back to the Future SEEMINGLY could be imperfect (why don’t Mom and Dad remember Marty?), but I would still argue it’s a perfect film because there are reasons why this could conceivably be the case (time protects itself from unraveling, etc). Or maybe I’m in denial. Who knows.”
Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt replied, explaining the situation as best he saw it: “Maybe they do remember him tho, not as Marty, as Calvin. When Marty returns to present day 1985, it could have been years since his parents would have perhaps originally noted the uncanny resemblance between their son and that kid from high school 20 years previous.”
BTTFscreenwriter Bob Gale sets the record straight, with an explanation that will have you looking through your old high school yearbooks, at the Hollywood Reporter. -via Mental Floss
Source: neatorama