Romancing the Stone was the film he made before Future, but I didn’t see it till after on HBO. It’s a fun comedic/adventure. You can tell Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas had a fun time making the film, and that translates over to the viewer. Every so often I get the itch to watch it.

A few years after Future, he made Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It’s another great film that the entire family can enjoy. As a kid I loved the humor . As an adult I love how it’s perfectly written detective story, with some social satire, put together beautifully with animated characters. Bob Hoskins has the most convincing performance with a non existent character in the history of cinema.

The Back to the Future sequels are ok. I don’t even remember if I saw them in the theater or not. They’re both fun in that they continue the story. But neither come close to the “perfection” of the first. Part two is fun for how much they mess with the timeline. Part three takes us back to the old west, which is a great genre, but sadly it’s got to be one of the least convincing westerns ever.

Death Becomes Her is a fun dark comedy. I love all the backstabbing going on in this film. The effects are fun as well. But it’s a mostly forgettable film.

Forrest Gump is one of those films that completely captured me on my first viewing. I remember coming out of it and telling my mom, “If that thing doesn’t win best picture, it’s a crime against humanity.” Or some such thing. (Looking back I think Pulp Fiction should have won that year.) I still think Gump is a fantastic film. Tom Hanks is completely convincing in his role. The adventure he goes on is one of my all time favorites. There are so many “WOW” moments in this film, that it still gets me every time.

Contact is one of my all time favorite sci-fi films. It captures what I think a true alien encounter would be like. The story is very well told, and Jodie Foster is fantastic in it. I remember people were disappointed that it wasn’t another ID4, but I was happy as hell and far more satisfied when I came out of that theater.

What Lies Beneath is my most hated trailer of all time. It gives away nearly every twist and turn in the film. So needless to say, I was pretty damn bored the first time I saw this film. Even the ending was completely obvious without them giving it away. Now, I enjoy it for some of the Hitchcockian moments, but nothing more.

Cast Away is a pretty good film. It takes you on a fairly realistic adventure. Tom Hanks is his usual wonderful self. However, I feel like it goes on too long. I want to see some of the stuff he has to deal with when he gets back to civilized world, but I think it could have been handled better and in a shorter time.

I appreciate Zemeckis’ work as a producer of horror. Especially Tales from the Crypt, which was one of my favorite shows growing up. There are so many memorable episodes. I really wish they’d come out on DVD, I’d buy them in a heartbeat. Now he’s making some slick, but mostly boring stuff under his and Joel Silver’s Dark Castle productions. Hopefully they’ll turn out something good one day.