"The Power of Love" scene from Back to the Future (1985)

[@mothmanghost983]

It's almost 2020 and this kid is still the coolest kid I'd want to be in high school.

[@Jon_Maverick]

MothmanGhost I feel like him when I’m in School I have a friendship with My Physics teacher he’s like Doc Brown and I’m Marty

[@schmackbadger9425]

@@Jon_Maverick Ok

[@Jon_Maverick]

Schmack Badger I mean without the skateboard it’s 2020 not 1980 where you can take a skateboard and ride behind a car 😂

[@ante2981]

my name so true. Like I play guitar and would consider myself pretty decent but no one really appreciates musicians like they used to. It just sucks man.

[@Jon_Maverick]

Ante Same man how do you think I feel a teenager in high school that loves Rock n roll mediocre pianist and learning guitar it’s hard to find others that like old school music

[@ScottSullivanTV]

Name a more '80s opening than a high schooler yelling, "Damn, I'm late for school!" as "The Power of Love" starts to play.

[@LalaCT28]

Hola me podrias decir el sinopsis de la película porfavor 🥺

[@AlbertCalis]

@@LalaCT28 Este película es sobre de un joven quien accidentalmente toma una machina de tiempo en un viaje al año de 1955, y necesita ayuda a volver al año de 1985.

[@kevinrooney3351]

The best part is, the amount of '80s packed into this scene -- the music, the clothes, the skateboard, the aerobics studio, the "hot 4x4" -- makes it as good a time capsule of the decade as the "Mister Sandman" scene is for the '50s.

[@suicunesolsan]

Wow, every single scene is a set-up for a scene later in the movie. It's great.

[@kaiden_409]

Well yeah that’s how all movies work

[@SteakTheGuy]

No, a lot of movies have random filler scenes. Back to the Future almost every scene ties into a scene that comes later in the film.

[@kaiden_409]

Yeah I know I meant some movies

[@steelhere5519]

His name is Robert Zemeckis.

[@paulmacdonald1408]

thats how all movies work believe it or not its just that its more apparent in back to the future

[@heff434]

Seeing this as a kid made me think that riding on a skateboard while holding onto the back of cars would be a common occurrence when I got older.

[@rigzmoviediaries654]

Why didn’t you do that then? As you got older?

[@rickCoffee]

@@rigzmoviediaries654 Don't! When I was in middle school, one of my classmates got himself killed doing exactly that. He grabbed onto the back of a moving truck on his skateboard, and when the driver noticed him, he freaked out and hit the brakes, causing him to fall headfirst into the pavement, rendering him braindead.

[@scarfreyy590]

@@rickCoffee shit. My prayers to you nad his family 🙏

[@ausgamecollector]

@@rickCoffee Oh shit :(

[@wbchloe7168]

Me too! I idolized the character Marty as a kid!

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

That scene when Marty FINALLY gets to kiss Jennifer and the music starts and he looks down seeing the "I Love You!" Its Pure Movie Magic! Michael J Fox just nailed the facial reactions. Perfection.

[@Zeddyboi86]

Lauren Middleton Forget knights and princesses, THAT moment is what every guy dreams of, right down to the music playing in his head!

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

@@Zeddyboi86 Yup. Girls too! Everyone dreams of those moments..

[@stephenhandsome268]

we did the ymca i think we had a i always be a cowboy now jesus lol

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

@S SN QN Couldn't agree more! The 80's movies were MAGIC!! This movie and Ferris Bueller are a couple of my favorites! I was DEFINITELY born in the wrong generation! I wish i grew up in the 80's.... no cell phones.. no social media... no nonsense.. get me a time machine please!! Plus 1985 Michael J Fox Was sooooo Cute. I hate seeing the 80's cuties know... its terrible how age ravages your looks.. its to bad everyone doesn't stay 25 forever! Although in San Junipero you stay young forever... or so they say.

[@jan-lucam5977]

@@LaurenMiddleton28 I totally agree! Same with Claudia Wells...

[@metallicarchaea1820]

The one dislike was Principal Strickland.

[@l3on500]

And the one who were late for school

[@DavidRay39]

Now it's up to six. What's wrong with these people?!

[@prestytesty6521]

2nd dislike is biff 3rd dislike is mad dog tannen 4th dislike is the Libyans 5th is Pa Peabody 6th is Red the Bum

[@DG-um3xi]

They are slackers

[@Homeslice-op3kn]

Metallic Archaea or superintendent Chalmers

[@evanschwartz8589]

You gotta love the Huey Lewis cameo

[@Camo-un8ee]

When?

[@evanschwartz8589]

@@Camo-un8ee Judge during the audition scene that tells Marty and his band "they're just too darn loud".

[@Camo-un8ee]

Aw, ok thanks

[@barock69]

@@francoestrubia6503 Ha ha ! I prefer Jennifer's

[@raterus]

I didn't recognize him without a mullet!

[@AlexDeLarge77]

The 80’s when every thing seemed to make sense and cool! I miss it so...

[@Farhan-Dabhoi]

Your goddamn right

[@scotthayes4135]

I noticed in 1985 downtown Hill Valley doesn't have as many businesses as it did in 1955. Guess when big retailers like Walmart or JC Penny move into town the downtown area loses a lot of its bustle.

[@truthseekertv8858]

Me too………………me too

[@followthru1000]

Same here. Miss those days. Life was just different.

[@carmarasmussen8118]

​@@followthru1000 and waaaayyyy better! 😂

[@caitlinjane92]

0:27 That music cue always gives me goosebumps. I'm so happy that this movie was one of my first movies I watched in my teen years. I'm gonna make sure when my kids are 13 that the first teen movie they watch is this one.

[@cyclops9750]

Valerie Kraft awesome

[@dumbhead3328]

Loll I saw this movie like when I was 5

[@cyclops9750]

caitlinjane92 why does it give you goose bumps?

[@camokeeministercam6821]

I watched this movie when I was 3

[@Mac-wg3wy]

This is one of my dad’s favorite movies when he was a teen and he showed me this when I was 6 and I love this movie!!!👍🏾

[@02mjan]

Marty McFly is the kind of kid that you'd wanna hang out with in high schoolbecause he seems so cool and really fun to be with who won't be a bully.

[@ThatOneDude521]

I knew a guy like this when I was in high school. I was a freshman and he was a senior, one of the best guys I’ve ever met, always stuck up for me and was just so effortlessly cool.

[@tschneids3616]

I saw this movie in 1985 in the theater in Denver. I was 11 years old. It was the best experience.. Love this movie, and the trilogy ever since..

[@mauriceosullivan6832]

@@ThatOneDude521 all ways stood up for you, we're you an ass because he had your back, and you thought you were a cool kid, because of him??.

[@smitj019]

This film. May it never be remade. This is perfection in every sense of the word.

[@mauriceosullivan6832]

Smitj019,,Netflix, will turn it into a series,,like cobra kia, karate kid.

[@Goaty9116]

@@mauriceosullivan6832that was actually rlly good. I wouldn’t be mad

[@TheBeastNC]

Who cares if it gets remade. We will still have this timeless gem.

[@madeleinereads]

It's a musical now! :)

[@tarawright9941]

And even though the second & third ones didn’t work as well, I just watch this version & always will.

[@mzoe12]

“I’m afraid you’re just too darn loud. Next please!” -Huey Lewis. This is one of the best movies from the 1980s.

[@Danny1905]

This is one of the best movies from all times!

[@BeaMode1990]

I knew that face looked familiar. 😩😩😩

[@JWheel5]

“Well, history’s gonna change.” Marty doesn't realize how right his words will be.

[@gingerlynn704]

I just love the way marty is looking at Jennifer when she's writing the phone number

[@88Doug]

I put Back to the Future stuff in my music videos! Help support. Best movie ever!

[@DJSHaKa]

They say if you look at a women the same way you look at a pizza - she's the one 😄

[@nicegan8902]

"Yea, well history is gonna change." Ive always loved that line.

[@ausgamecollector]

This is one of the most non-toxic comments sections on KZbin. It goes to show the positive impact BTTF left, one of the best movies ever made.

[@mdrasedulhoque992]

The way Marty was looking at Jennifer when she was writing the number and the way Jennifer was smiling when Marty was auditioning is the most natural physical expression in Cinematic history

[@adrianpaul1985]

Marty's just a damn cool dude lol

[@yoshei3761]

I wasn’t alive when this movie came out but it won’t stop me from having it as my favourite movie of all time

[@snipersev0743]

Best movie ever

[@88Doug]

Agree! I put Back to the Future stuff in my music videos! Help support. Best movie ever!

[@rainbowappleslice]

Even though I missed the 80’s by over a decade I still adore just how 80’s this one scene is

[@jscountrygirl85_326]

One of my favorite opening scenes of all time. The song always gets me pumped and excited for the movie, and seeing Marty skateboarding, hitching a ride on the back of the vehicles and waving at the people in town is still so cool after all this time. I really wish I was able to go to school in style through a nice little small town like that! Also, i love seeing that vintage Burger King next to Doc's place, and I wish Burger King restaurants still looked like that. Man, the 80s seemed like such a cool time!

[@nicegan8902]

"Hungry Jacks" restaurants in Australia still do.

[@Cavefire76]

This movie is a timeless classic

[@conradpham]

Everyone was so chill in the 80s

[@SonOfKong33]

I never get tired of this film..I saw it almost 39 years ago as an 11 year old in theaters, that awesome summer of '85!...Its my all time favorite movie! And that history is never gone change!

[@ashokthomasGeorge]

It’s 3021 and Marty McFly is still the coolest High Schooler

[@Drago_Whooves]

where did you get your time machine from? and got any investment tips?

[@user-rh7xt9hk7v]

The famous scenes are always interesting no matter how many times I watch them, and I can't believe it was nearly 40 years ago, so I want to go back to those days!

[@Aglassact77]

girlfriend number one was HOT!!!

[@ataurusqueenofzion916]

I agree, much better than Elizabeth Shue

[@seanbush5056]

Claudia Wells? Most definitely.

[@cyclops9750]

QUEEN OF ZION! I hate Elizabeth, every old movie casted her because she was “hot”

[@Johnny-lightning]

Doc was hotter

[@gracieschwarz5987]

lc0806 lmao same

[@Wolverich]

KZbin is the closest thing we'll ever get to a time machine. So grateful to have gotten to experience the 80's and 90's in America. That was possibly the pinnacle of mankind and experiencing it in the greatest country to ever exist, was nothing shy of extraordinary.

[@nicknightingale2993]

This scene is when effortless coolness was invented

[@danielbelcher6116]

Thank you Michael J Fox my 16 month old daughter completely stops a temper temper and glues to this movie

[@sabrinazakrowski1399]

Well couldn't ask for better quieting material than one the greats in movies. You can actually watch it with your little andnot want to blow your brains out like Barney or Caillou

[@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114]

2:54 Paul Hanson and Michael J. Fox playing the metal version of The Power of Love! Huey Lewis (as the judge): I'm afraid, it's too loud! Marty (as he left out him guitar): *Bullshit, it's your song, Huey!*

[@thetwistedsamurai]

Okay, I've always wanted to know: WHY DO ALL THE GIRLS IN THE AEROBICS CLASS KNOW MARTY?

[@thetwistedsamurai]

LMFAO THE DUDE AT 5:39

[@MM455x]

marty probably passes by there from time to time

[@TheBdsmer]

He waves at his sister!

[@steelhere5519]

Because he rides his skateboard pass their windows five days a week on his way to school. That's how.

[@PioneerGrrrl]

@@steelhere5519 they're used to seeing him ride by

[@truthseekertv8858]

Man I miss the eighties! There was still a level of purity and innocence back then 😔😔

[@anthonyhenderson3625]

The 90s early,mid and late 2000s was pretty good

[@scotthayes4135]

I WANNA GO BACK!!!!!!

[@arabellastringer3788]

All I know about the 80s is what my dad tells me about. And I miss it even though I never experienced it 💗

[@enriqueromero8859]

👍🌼💖

[@truthseekertv8858]

@@scotthayes4135 omg do I!!!!

[@dreamshapes7]

I heard that Huey Lewis worried that this song might not fit the movie because the movie was not billed as a love story. I say the song fits perfectly and the movie is a total love story❤❤❤

[@calia9078]

It fits perfectly love this part makes you feel amazing with this song

[@ragnotgreymane]

I love all BTTF films and part one is the best. It is actually about two love stories, George and Lorraine falling in love and Marty wanting to get back to his love Jennifer, for MJF in that look to Jennifer sums up the emotion of Love in one second (especially for teenage boys,I was one of these a few years after this came out)You can’t explain it, you just feel it.

[@ALFIEBOY-de9rh]

1985 was the best year in human history

[@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114]

0:25 Marty: I'm late for school! *Music starts*

[@jswatch9270]

My favorite part in this scene

[@giraffeman326]

Seamless

[@hideo99brian]

3:04 Huey Lewis got mad at Marty twisting his music.

[@maxjones5705]

Actually, on the contrary, listen to his comments in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWfKlmmuZap7h6M

[@iainrichards6872]

3:07 interesting bit of trivia for everyone is that the “you’re just too darn loud” guy is actually Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News, who were not only a huge band in the 80’s, but also created the songs “Power of Love” and “Back in Time” for this film. So Marty and his band literally start playing his song for the audition before being told they’re too loud 😂

[@mjrmrz5932]

3:52: Dude, ur w/ ur girl...

[@ma2443]

but dude...that ass

[@delete--5563]

@@ma2443 Dude no. 🤔😑.

[@mo8239]

@@delete--5563 dude yes

[@michaelsieger9133]

He’s a pimp

[@Itsnoahscott]

Marty’s a pimp

[@superpieton]

3:12 That's Huey Lewis himself with the megaphone... 😉

[@vincentpaternoster7842]

This series could never be rebooted . It’s just perfect the way it is. It’s literally impossible to make better . The thing about great movies is that I’ve literally seen these movies thousands of times. I can recite every line, and still notice something new every time I watch. For example, I may be really slow, but I’ve just r Pieces together for the first time that Huey Lewis turns Marty down to perform at his dance, but Marty goes back in time, performs at his parents dance and subsequently creates rock and roll for Huey Lewis to eventually become a part of lol. Just amazing movies and always will be.

[@Eerier]

Too true

[@chrisbarrett2117]

Kathleen Kennedy was a producer on this once, maybe she wants to produce it again! 😂😂

[@patrickbaquiran8783]

Always will be my fav movie! Watched it since i was 10! Fantastic soundtrack by huey lewis and the news

[@chagy93204]

Mine too, miss those kind of movies, they don't make em good anymore...

[@tarawright9941]

This is my childhood movie.

[@zeagazetotsiyon2942]

One of the many great movies of the 80s & one of my favorite trilogies !!!!!!

[@smitj019]

This is one of them films I wish I could watch for the first time again.

[@therockstar9259]

2019 and I’m still watching this

[@GraceHartman28]

gang

[@TheFlowerofSpades]

2020

[@sanya5538]

2020!

[@jez3718]

2021

[@PumpkinFelix]

2022

[@roberthughes2803]

This is my absolute most favorite scene of this movie still to this day. From the time Marty is riding his skate board to school, running into his girl, the conversation they have, the kiss and finally the ride on his skate board making that turn heading home with "Power of Love" playing in the background...Man! Does it for me every time. Thanks for this post ‼️👍🏾

[@SV588]

That look she gave him at 2:57 is the stare every rockstar would dream to get from his crush watching him perform.. she is so beautiful, i was born in the wrong time.. im jealous of those musicians who lived in the 80s its my favourite music and i am a musician myself that needs a time machine to go to the 80s and have a gf just like this gorgeous jennifer😍😎

[@Yzerman1991]

I want a girl that looks at me the way Jennifer does Marty @ 2:58

[@reignforrest2090]

With comments like that so the reason people lookin at you like the bald teacher looks at Marty

[@cyclops9750]

Chris Campos what?

[@cyclops9750]

Justin Fortin you will

[@shredmonkeymatt96]

Justin Fortin I feel ya brother.

Sorry to break it to ya. Women are incapable of love.....

[@kenjiii728]

Last year in quarantine, I enjoyed watching the whole trilogy

[@Sachin_C10]

05:50 this scene & that music. Legendary!

[@josiahstearns9615]

Absolutely love it!. The timing, Claudia's hair, MJ's squinting eyes, the song.... Perfection The intro sequences for this movie literally pull you in and before you know it, Lloyd is flying down a cable right before the lightning strikes. Love this movie!!

[@waitin4winter]

That girl is a keeper

[@anthonyhenderson3625]

Too bad they replaced Candace Wells ' Jennifer with Elizabeth Shue's Jennifer

[@subooking]

@@anthonyhenderson3625 yeah

[@abrahamguevara7158]

Kids these days:im so good at skateing Marty:hold my Pepsi

[@lbruhin532]

Abraham Guevara Pepsi free

[@walterwhite6216]

Abraham Guevara hold my tab

[@dillon_1944]

@@walterwhite6216 hold my something without any sugar in it

[@StaytonProductions]

Maleki Stayton billy Jean Pepsi

[@southsidesaiyan8641]

Kids these days are actually way better at skating than 80s kids.

[@wandmayeslupik6302]

ahhhhhh... feel like I'm back in fourth grade...free, happy innocent....twirling batton and dancing to this song.. on the back porch stoop...for hours and hours.. boombox blasting....m

[@mr.popper9759]

"History's gonna change."

[@MrLady1971]

You gotta love the Huey Lewis cameo Best movie and best song ever 5 negatives never grew up in the 80’s sad really

[@JustRememberWhoYoureWorkingFor]

One of the best films ever. The 80's and the 90's were the best times!

[@matthanf6126]

This movie never gets old! 80's rule ❤

[@robertgillespie3635]

*leans in for the kiss* Music volume turns up-“that’s the power of love”-close-up of Marty’s love struck face It wasn’t until I took a film class in college that I realized how insanely well-edited this film was. Like to the point of making it as much ‘high art’ as it is ‘mindlessly fun Summer blockbuster’.The kiss in the dance scene towards the end of the movie is an even better example.

[@rjzavala87]

Everytime power of love comes on the radio i always yell "are u telling me its 8:25? Im late for school!!!"

[@calia9078]

😂 my favorite part too

[@stephenm8725]

Ikr...everytime I hear that song it makes me think I'm in this movie

[@TheGamingKiller242]

So much foreshadowing!

[@user-dk9gs3pq3d]

0:50〜 My Japanese friend :This is daily scene in America,right? Me:T H I S I S H E A V Y

[@suicunesolsan]

Funnily enough, it's still a daily scene in America, right down to the Burger King signage. Minus the Toys R Us.

[@FrankieWithAY]

SuicuneSol San i know exactly where that scene was shot

[@brandonmayo4063]

I saw this in the movie theater when it came out. I was 8 years old and it was the most awesome experience

[@grahamhulse6622]

Best movie and best song ever

[@xxitactical_8723]

Marty was the kid we all wanted to be the coolest kid in school

[@tortie481]

3:52 so that's where the meme started

[@jasonbrown7312]

That part when he kisses Jennifer and then heads home hanging off of the back of trucks is one of my favorite parts...with the power of love playing.

[@garettnelson1]

Can we go back to the 80's? This 2024 stuff is for the birds.

[@bethanycousineau197]

I swear I will forever think of this movie when I hear this song

[@ctsr1117]

This movie was awesome!

[@Hfzenteno]

These scenes bring back memories of that time, the best time of all.

[@wbchloe7168]

This was the first movie I ever watch on the VCR not long after it came out. I had the movie and played it over 200 times, more than any other movie as a kid. Still when I watch it I learn some new reference or meaning off the movie, which makes it one of the best movies made! I miss the 80s. I cant stomach watching many new movies anymore.

[@HoolaaBaaloo]

5:34 as almost everything in this movie that was a supercool amc eagle 4x4

[@rexsexson5349]

Best movie ever. 2:32 Huey Lewis I'm afraid your just too darn loud. 3:17

[@Schlotzinger]

Es ist einfach herrlich...

[@briankarp746]

That song that was too loud stayed on the chart for 19 weeks

[@andrelavandero3041]

Brian Karp Wasn’t that the point?

[@88Doug]

I put Back to the Future stuff in my music videos! Help support. Best movie ever!

[@pr9062]

That guy who says it is too darn loud has always wound me up since i first saw this in the 80s...it is never too loud..and is actually a good song for an amateur band.

[@rconley95]

The guy who says its too loud is Huey Lewis, the guy who sings the song.... Hahahahaha

[@pr9062]

@@rconley95 I was being ironic

[@DavidRay39]

@@rconley95 And he wrote it, too.

[@rconley95]

Ya like huey lewis and the news?

[@christosstamato527]

@@rconley95 they're okay..

[@osako_gaming7512]

One of my favorite scenes in Back To The Future

[@Adino1]

THAT'S THE POWER OF LOVE

[@justanotherguy23432]

I was negative 12 years old when this movie came out, and it is my favorite movie of all time

[@Substereomusic]

Damn good movie!!!!

[@snazzy28]

I wanna be back in the 80s to 90s again

[@perabenius8558]

At 1:24 in the lower right corner, you can see the grafitti saying ”Lorraine Loves Calvin”. Really cool easter egg, just noticed it as I rewatched the movie for the hundreth time yesterday.

[@mickfunny4185]

@Per Abenius there are so many Easter Eggs in the 3 films it’s become a whole cottage industry finding them

[@olbanix5209]

I just love that lead guitar playing in the beginninh

[@kiis0]

Ahhh! When he rushes and skateboards out the driveway, you can see the OG Burger King, and the old Toys R Us sign behind BK. And right in the back of the Toys R Us sign, if you zoom in a bit closer - You can even see the Lancers Restaurant sign - which STILL exists today! That same original Lancers sign, too! Hasn’t been changed to this day! That entire street that he comes out of, where the BK, Toys R Us, and the old school Lancers Restaurant are, is on Victory Blvd in the city of Burbank, CA, in the year 1985…… What a time to be alive 🙏🏼 ⏪ ♥️ ~I wish everything still looked like this! However, I’m SO glad that the Lancers Restaurant is still here today - AND with that SAME original sign from this scene, and just knowing that sign hasn’t been changed is another sigh of relief 😌🧘🏼‍♀️ I WISH we can go back, to the more simpler times in life 🙏🏼 ⏪ 🫶🏼 ♥️ The 80s and 90s were just something else… Incredible ♥️

[@gregmicheals6231]

“Yeah, well history’s gonna change.” How am I just now noticing this awesome use of foreshadow!!?

[@LOOGIEYT]

Im so into the 80s and I just met this girl the other day that also loves the 80s as much as I do it's amazing

[@mickfunny4185]

@Zack Black bro u still with her🤷‍♂️

[@LOOGIEYT]

@@mickfunny4185 sure is buddy

[@mickfunny4185]

@@LOOGIEYT have you watched Back to the Future with her 🤷‍♂️

[@LOOGIEYT]

@@mickfunny4185 yesterday

[@levithecreation424]

i love this cool scene how he skates to school while holding the back of a pick up. I hope they never try to make a reboot to this perfect trilogy

[@cyclops9750]

Just finished watching this movie right now cuz yesterday I watched part 2 then part 3 and today I watched part 1 but this is not my first time watching them. And I loved watching the first one after like 2 years so I think I am just going to watch the third one now

[@r7kan.alexzi10]

Cool!

[@tylerrebik7700]

Still the coolest scene of any movie today.

[@retropodcast8740]

Great song and great movie

[@GucciGambino1967]

Michael J. Foxx was so I sonic and his Guess Jean jacket & pants were selling. I was in 11th grade if I'm not mistaken!

[@leahwiles7650]

Marty McFly is the coolest kid on earth and the song by Lewis the news power of love is my favourite, I want to sing it from Beginning to end, I’ve always LOVED back to the future it’s my favourite 😻

[@antoniocuevas3823]

Haha savage holding on to the back of the police car

[@mickfunny4185]

@Antonio Cuevas and they didn’t even shoot him dead

[@antoniocuevas3823]

@@mickfunny4185 that's because he's a goon haha he got it On lock down

[@FilmingAustralia1623]

The 80s will always be the best

[@ines7921]

one of my favorite film by farrrrrrrrrrrrr, ofc i put it on the top 3 !!!!!!!!! i wish i was born in the 80´s so badddd it was the best era ever i swear !!!

[@JoshuaModerwell]

I kind of miss how Burger King and Toys "R" Us were of the 1980s and 1990s, and by that, I mean the exterior and interior of the restaurants and stores.

[@QWERTY10680]

Marty's girl was gorgeous

[@Arcasting1]

Still my favorite movie to this day

[@caribstarz]

Jennifer #1 Forever a babe