Mad Max Fury Road (summer 2015)

slefain wrote: THE MOVIE WAS AWESOME!!! Holy crap, not only were the action scenes awesome, but the rest of the movie was fantastic.

I concur

Charlize Theron

That was a fun couple hours at the movies.
Our local drive in is talking of closing since a Walmart Supercenter and all its amazing parking lot lights is being constructed just down the street. Shame, since this is shaping up to be one of the best summers of car movies in a long time...

travellering wrote: That was a fun couple hours at the movies. Our local drive in is talking of closing since a Walmart Supercenter and all its amazing parking lot lights is being constructed just down the street. Shame, since this is shaping up to be one of the best summers of car movies in a long time...

I hear that a lot of the cheap Chinese E36 M3 Walmart sells is flammable...... Just saying.

I've read a number of reviews on the film both from car enthusiasts and the general populace. I still don't know if watching it would be pleasant or annoying.

Here is the problem, for me anyway: if it were just a movie about an apocalyptic world where stuff gets blown up and cars crash I'd probably enjoy it. But when you give it the title of Mad Max there is a certain level of - something - you come to expect. It doesn't sound like this film delivers that. It is Mad Max in name and basic premise only while not really paying proper homage to that which came before it - that which I and others grew up with and shaped our view of what Mad Max is supposed to be all about (and why we loathe Thunderdome so much). This same disconnect has happened many other times. I give you a few examples:

The Italian Job

Gone In 60 Seconds

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Dukes of Hazzard

What Hollywood does is takes something that was popular a long time ago and tries to make it fresh and modern for a whole new generation of viewers. Frequently they fail to make even a decent movie (Dukes) or they make something so far removed from the original you wonder why they even bothered to call it the same thing (Italian Job). Those of us who love and cherish the originals (even embracing its flaws) are sadly in the minority when it comes to Hollywood making money. The result is a lot of tickets get sold, a younger generation thinks its a wonderful movie and the rest of us grumble and grouse about how they 'ruined' what could have been a great movie and want to organize a witch hunt for Jerry Bruckheimer and Nicholas Cage (and angrily bludgeon every so-called hideous Eleanor caricature we see).

It sounds like Fury Road is a good action movie, but it doesn't sound like a Mad Max film.

ddavidv wrote: I've read a number of reviews on the film both from car enthusiasts and the general populace. I still don't know if watching it would be pleasant or annoying. Here is the problem, for me anyway: if it were just a movie about an apocalyptic world where stuff gets blown up and cars crash I'd probably enjoy it. But when you give it the title of Mad Max there is a certain level of - something - you come to expect. It doesn't sound like this film delivers that. It is Mad Max in name and basic premise only while not really paying proper homage to that which came before it - that which I and others grew up with and shaped our view of what Mad Max is supposed to be all about (and why we loathe Thunderdome so much). This same disconnect has happened many other times. I give you a few examples: The Italian Job Gone In 60 Seconds Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Dukes of Hazzard What Hollywood does is takes something that was popular a long time ago and tries to make it fresh and modern for a whole new generation of viewers. Frequently they fail to make even a decent movie (Dukes) or they make something so far removed from the original you wonder why they even bothered to call it the same thing (Italian Job). Those of us who love and cherish the originals (even embracing its flaws) are sadly in the minority when it comes to Hollywood making money. The result is a lot of tickets get sold, a younger generation thinks its a wonderful movie and the rest of us grumble and grouse about how they 'ruined' what could have been a great movie and want to organize a witch hunt for Jerry Bruckheimer and Nicholas Cage (and angrily bludgeon every so-called hideous Eleanor caricature we see). It sounds like Fury Road is a good action movie, but it doesn't sound like a Mad Max film.

To me Mad Max progressed through the three films from pack dwelling revenge seeker to survivor loner. We meet him in Fury Road at the height of his survival mode, and start to see his journey back to humanity (well, less feral at least). I'm a fan of all three previous films (even TinaTurnerdrome) and I thought it was a great continuation. If anything I really liked the idea that hope isn't a place you go, it is what you make where you are at. And Hardy played a great broken Max, even more broken than Mel's version. And adding Theron helped build the story of what happened in the Mad Max world. Kind of like Lord Humongous's "walk away" speech. Bad things happened to all of us. Fury Road also expands the Mad Max universe in ways that make sense. Surely there were other outposts beside Barter Town and the refinery in the previous movies, but we never hear about that. This movie shows an economy, not just scavenging.

You should see it and decide for yourself. Catch a mid day $5 matinee like I did.

ddavidv wrote: Here is the problem, for me anyway: if it were just a movie about an apocalyptic world where stuff gets blown up and cars crash I'd probably enjoy it. But when you give it the title of Mad Max there is a certain level of - something - you come to expect. It doesn't sound like this film delivers that. It is Mad Max in name and basic premise only while not really paying proper homage to that which came before it

This was my take on the World War Z movie. If it were just called "Oh berkeley, zombies!" then I would have enjoyed it. But to give it the name (and some semblance of the book, which is great), it was a big let-down for me.

I'm on the fence on this MM movie. I loved the originals, well, I saw Road Warrior in the theater and then found out about Mad Max on VHS. The 3rd? Meh, it was tolerable. This new one? I'll probably Netflix it when it comes out in 2.5 months.

I have not seen it, but it REALLY seems like a movie you want to see on a huge screen with a big sound system. (e.g. if you wait to see it on your TV you are likely missing out on one of it's best aspects). Am I wrong?

In reply to aircooled:

No, you're not wrong. To enjoy this at home you'd need a very large screen, loud surround sound, and neighbors you're on good terms with. As with any sci-fi/fantasy battle movie....

Just seeing those vehicles posted above makes me not want to see the movie even more. Those are stupid looking and I'd spend most of the movies thinking about how the vehicles in a dystopian future will look nothing like those. No dude in the outback with limited gasoline is going to make a monster truck. Those things are too dumb to even exist in a comic book, much less an actual movie.

All four Mad Max movies have had the same producer, so I would imagine they're all about as close to being real Mad Max movies as possible despite what we think! Disclaimer, I haven't seen the new one yet. But I will.

Is it wrong that I suspect the real vehicles would look more like this?

T.J. wrote: ...I'd spend most of the movies thinking...

This right here is your problem. You want to spend time thinking? Don't go to this movie. You want to be entertained? SWITCH YOUR STUPID BRAIN OFF AND GO SEE IT! It was dumb. It was awesome. I want to see it again, possibly more than once.

T.J. wrote: Just seeing those vehicles posted above makes me not want to see the movie even more. Those are stupid looking and I'd spend most of the movies thinking about how the vehicles in a dystopian future will look nothing like those. No dude in the outback with limited gasoline is going to make a monster truck. Those things are too dumb to even exist in a comic book, much less an actual movie.

No spoilers but you'll have to see the movie to understand that for this group of bad guys, gasoline is not an issue.

Also, I think most of the characters in the movie are borderline or completely insane. Their vehicular creations reflect the insanity.

FYI, their is another original/new movie connection:

I'm excited to go see it. Explosions, stunts and ridiculous vehicles are just what I need as this school year comes to an end.

mapper wrote: ...FYI, their is another original/new movie connection:

When I saw that guy, I was thinking Twisted Metal:

Watch the opening of "Borderlands 2". You get a bit of the same vibe.

Wanna go all out for a bit?

check out "Wasteland Weekend"

And I am off to Craigslist. That would be so much fun to build and drive around. We need a mad max entry in the 2016$ challenge.

Some can't just drink haterade..they have to share it around!

This movie was incredible. As good as the previous versions and better than Thunderdome.

The Doof Warrior, wow. He almost stole the show without saying a line. Charlize Theron makes a great female Mad Max. Tom Hardy does the character well. Keep in mind, these are all broken people who have lived with tragedy, pain, and the possibility of a quick death for the majority of their lives.

Now, about the less intellectual stuff. All the cars and chases were mind blowing. The implied stories behind what is going on was just as good as the actual story you are watching.

Go see the movie. It was reviewed well not because something is broken but because it is what a summer block buster should be.

I haven't seen it yet, but I will. I'm sure you guys caught the short piece on Jalopnik about the guy that did the cars, but if you missed it, it's worth a read: http://jalopnik.com/how-the-man-behind-the-machines-of-mad-max-put-a-hellsc-1704037927

So when I first saw the movie cars I thought this: was a Corvette. Apparantly it's not, it's an 80's Aussi Kit car a 'Perentti GT' thus: Based of the chassis of some silly Holden 'ute' thing it was, eerr, blessed with a 120" wheelbase and was 22" longer than a C3 Vette. Weird E36 M3 hey?

You guys may know this (I didn't for way too long, I'm slow) but all of the Mad Max movies after the first one are stories told about him. Road Warrior is told by the feral child and Thunderdome is told by the airplane kids. The things I've read say that Fury Road has a narrator as well. The reason that the stories and the vehicles and the villans are so far out is that they're legends. Stories that were passed down and exaggerated and added to through time. They look way beyond reality because that's what they are.

I thought it was fan-freakin-tastic. all of it. everything. the choices of actors. the cars. the plot. the dialogue. best movie i've seen in awhile.

I'd almost go again to see the look on the punk's face after he eats the big bug off the beautiful readhead's arm and then tries to follow the direction to: "Look natural, like you do this all the time." Awesome!