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Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
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Re: Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
Saw it in 3D (only showings left now near me). Was very good. Killer crazy action.
Only thing that bothered me was how some stunts didn't have the actors hair blowing in the wind, which made it obvious that they were in a slow moving dolly or green screen.
Only thing that bothered me was how some stunts didn't have the actors hair blowing in the wind, which made it obvious that they were in a slow moving dolly or green screen.
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Re: Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
You thought wrong. The first two films were giant hits. Mad Max was a smash hit and the biggest-grossing Australian release at that time. "The Road Warrior" aka Mad Max 2 was a huge hit in America.
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They did respectably, especially for imports, but I wouldn't consider either "huge".
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Re: Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
I wasn't just thinking domestically. MM was a huge hit in its country. Its biggest ever. "TRW" was considered a big hit State-wide.
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I guess it's all in respect to expectations of the time.
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Good news for us in Austin - the Texas State Museum will be showing MMFR starting next week. Odd since its been out for a while, and it was never on their calendar, but I'll be watching it again. Bittersweet since this will be the first movie there with the new all digital setup. RIP IMAX film.
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Good news for us in Austin - the Texas State Museum will be showing MMFR starting next week. Odd since its been out for a while, and it was never on their calendar, but I'll be watching it again. Bittersweet since this will be the first movie there with the new all digital setup. RIP IMAX film.
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You have no idea.
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I'll never understand the inability of some people to look at anything in context. The original Mad Max was a drive-in exploitation flick. None of the actors are experienced, and the budget was what, $150,000? Looked at through that lense it's one of the greatest ever made. Even broadening your context to include "anything made before the 2000's" the complaints of it being slow are completely baffling. It has plenty of incident, stuff happening all the time. No, it's not one long car chase but since when did that become a requirement?
Except I acknowledged the budget and age previously And who said anything about a long car chase being a requirement? I don't know the best way to explain it, but honestly i'm not big enough a fan of film to put qualifiers as to what entertains me now when it comes to older movies and say "it's good for what it was." Mad Max just didn't do much for me as someone watching it for the first time today, and that's all there really is to it. I don't understand folks that get upset or offended at that. Sorry?
Uh, no.
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Re: Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
Good news for us in Austin - the Texas State Museum will be showing MMFR starting next week. Odd since its been out for a while, and it was never on their calendar, but I'll be watching it again. Bittersweet since this will be the first movie there with the new all digital setup. RIP IMAX film.
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Good riddance to IMAX film! The new digital laser IMAX projector with 12 channel sound rolled out in my area back in early May. It's without a doubt the most ridiculous movie going experience I've ever been in. It's just an assault of amazing sound and picture quality. Chris Nolan and any other film purists can go eat a dick. This is the way movies deserve to be viewed in.
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Re: Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
Hrmmm.
Previously I made mention that it was set to release in China this month but from what I'm now reading is that China hasn't set a date yet.
Also something about China not liking certain future type of movies? Is that right? I know very little about what they censor from our stuff.
Previously I made mention that it was set to release in China this month but from what I'm now reading is that China hasn't set a date yet.
Also something about China not liking certain future type of movies? Is that right? I know very little about what they censor from our stuff.
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Loved the action, music, fight choreography. Liked Hardy as Max.
Not so enthused about Theron. Physical action...nice. Dialogue...not so nice (both of us agreed after comparing notes). Not just the American accent...just didn't seem "authentic" (to use a trendy acting word). Really disagree that she stole the show or that it was Furiosa's movie. Yeah, she drove the action (no pun), but Max had at least an even amount of input. Theron looked great in the role.
The wives...waaaay too "model-looking" for such a setting. Who did their hair, makeup, & nails (besides the old crone)? Their acting was okay...not that they were asked to do much. Would have liked more "real"-looking characters such as those in Road Warrior.
Nux...
In short...while on the road, A+++. The "emoting" scenes...C. Way too predictable, cheesy, overly-sentimental (those final head nods...). Ending was too pat...would have been nice to see a takeover struggle.
Minor quibbles overall (I wouldn't have minded if there had been no dialogue or if only Max had spoken English & had to communicate by way of pantomime & gestures). On the other hand, I loved the old ladies who went berserk on the war rig...THEY added tons of character.
Highly recommended to see in a theater. And has a lot of replay value on BD/DVD, especially with FF. I just don't see this as in the same league as Road Warrior, which I thought had a better balance of plot, dialogue, action...and heart.
Not so enthused about Theron. Physical action...nice. Dialogue...not so nice (both of us agreed after comparing notes). Not just the American accent...just didn't seem "authentic" (to use a trendy acting word). Really disagree that she stole the show or that it was Furiosa's movie. Yeah, she drove the action (no pun), but Max had at least an even amount of input. Theron looked great in the role.
The wives...waaaay too "model-looking" for such a setting. Who did their hair, makeup, & nails (besides the old crone)? Their acting was okay...not that they were asked to do much. Would have liked more "real"-looking characters such as those in Road Warrior.
Nux...
In short...while on the road, A+++. The "emoting" scenes...C. Way too predictable, cheesy, overly-sentimental (those final head nods...). Ending was too pat...would have been nice to see a takeover struggle.
Minor quibbles overall (I wouldn't have minded if there had been no dialogue or if only Max had spoken English & had to communicate by way of pantomime & gestures). On the other hand, I loved the old ladies who went berserk on the war rig...THEY added tons of character.
Highly recommended to see in a theater. And has a lot of replay value on BD/DVD, especially with FF. I just don't see this as in the same league as Road Warrior, which I thought had a better balance of plot, dialogue, action...and heart.
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Re: Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
You did get WHY the wives were the way they were, right? Made sense as to why they looked that way.
A takeover struggle from what? There wasn't much to oppose by that point.
Theron's voice was fine. That's pretty much her voice as a whole now. I also thought her dialogue was fine.
A takeover struggle from what? There wasn't much to oppose by that point.
Theron's voice was fine. That's pretty much her voice as a whole now. I also thought her dialogue was fine.
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Yeah. The women were "breeders," the creme de la creme of the females in that world, which is why Joe wanted to have a better litter of children that could take over his empire. His current crop of kids were no good. He needed to pull from a better gene pool.
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They did address the takeover. She showed them that she killed Joe. They accepted her as the new ruler.
I'm not familiar. But I wouldn't be surprised if that's how it works in Viking culture.
I'm not familiar. But I wouldn't be surprised if that's how it works in Viking culture.
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Talking about breeders, the first time I saw the film the "Mother's Milk" room... I totally didn't notice what some of those women had in their hands. The 2nd time... I started taking in more of the side details more than the focused point of the visual. Amazing details in this world. Miller has his focus in the middle, so you take that in but the amount of detail building that world outside of the central focus is insane. It makes you want to know more about how Citadel came to be. Sick sick detail in so much of what are building blocks for the visual frame Miller gives us. And that's the point of his eye for these things. We're jumping in on another day and you may want to know HOW or WHAT all this is but he's got you focused on something more central. Very good eye Miller has.
How good is the comic btw, bro? I hate movie prequel comics cuz they're all crap but this one has my interest.
I think he's asking for a more standard takeover. Fighting and whatnot.
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Yeah. The dialogue from and about them highlighted the environment they were in.
Talking about breeders, the first time I saw the film the "Mother's Milk" room... I totally didn't notice what some of those women had in their hands. The 2nd time... I started taking in more of the side details more than the focused point of the visual. Amazing details in this world. Miller has his focus in the middle, so you take that in but the amount of detail building that world outside of the central focus is insane. It makes you want to know more about how Citadel came to be. Sick sick detail in so much of what are building blocks for the visual frame Miller gives us. And that's the point of his eye for these things. We're jumping in on another day and you may want to know HOW or WHAT all this is but he's got you focused on something more central. Very good eye Miller has.
How good is the comic btw, bro? I hate movie prequel comics cuz they're all crap but this one has my interest.
I think he's asking for a more standard takeover. Fighting and whatnot.
Talking about breeders, the first time I saw the film the "Mother's Milk" room... I totally didn't notice what some of those women had in their hands. The 2nd time... I started taking in more of the side details more than the focused point of the visual. Amazing details in this world. Miller has his focus in the middle, so you take that in but the amount of detail building that world outside of the central focus is insane. It makes you want to know more about how Citadel came to be. Sick sick detail in so much of what are building blocks for the visual frame Miller gives us. And that's the point of his eye for these things. We're jumping in on another day and you may want to know HOW or WHAT all this is but he's got you focused on something more central. Very good eye Miller has.
How good is the comic btw, bro? I hate movie prequel comics cuz they're all crap but this one has my interest.
I think he's asking for a more standard takeover. Fighting and whatnot.
The comic rocks. First issue alone you get Joe and Nux's origin. I think #2 arrives this week and that one may be Furiosa's origin.
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Re: Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
I think that is right. Joe and Nux for an issue. Furiosa for the next one. And then we get 2 Max issues. Cuz it's only 4 issues. I'll get the TPB when it comes out.
#473
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I sort of want a Slit one, he was well played for a fairly quiet guy. That actor has a long career ahead of him playing bad guys, sort of Sean Bean-ish.
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Might have to check out the comic.
Well, tastes differ, but I figured that Joe wouldn't take his entire crew out to recapture the wives. I get the "The king is dead...long live Furiosa" idea...makes sense...but seemed a bit anticlimactic (which does sound petty considering the staggering amount of action sequences).
My objection to the wives was not that they were too attractive (and, yes, I got that they were breeders...although they could have just been chosen as sex slaves solely due to their appearance. They just seemed too ready for a Vogue photo shoot. But I guess any culture that could produce all those awesome vehicles & armor could come up with some rouge, lipstick, and a stellar hairdresser. And lots of the war boys, the mad guitarist, etc. seemed pretty fashionable (along with Immortan). So, yeah...I see your point & withdraw the complaint.
But I totally disagree about Theron. And I usually like her performances. This one didn't convince me (or my wife) at all, and that's my story that I'm sticking to...at least until I see it again.
Well, tastes differ, but I figured that Joe wouldn't take his entire crew out to recapture the wives. I get the "The king is dead...long live Furiosa" idea...makes sense...but seemed a bit anticlimactic (which does sound petty considering the staggering amount of action sequences).
My objection to the wives was not that they were too attractive (and, yes, I got that they were breeders...although they could have just been chosen as sex slaves solely due to their appearance. They just seemed too ready for a Vogue photo shoot. But I guess any culture that could produce all those awesome vehicles & armor could come up with some rouge, lipstick, and a stellar hairdresser. And lots of the war boys, the mad guitarist, etc. seemed pretty fashionable (along with Immortan). So, yeah...I see your point & withdraw the complaint.
But I totally disagree about Theron. And I usually like her performances. This one didn't convince me (or my wife) at all, and that's my story that I'm sticking to...at least until I see it again.
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Re: Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) — The Reviews Thread
I can understand the complaints on Theron, her performance actually worked better for me on the second viewing. The whole movie unwinds a bit the second time around because you know what's happening and where it's going.