Mad Max: Fury Road (obligatory spoiler warning) (Page 1 of 4)

Well, if one assumes that the purest display of raw masculinity involves being stripped of all emotional defenses by a 70-year old Australian man, ultimately being reduced to a happy, sobbing 3 year old in the cinema seat... No, not at all.

George Miller strongly discouraged seeing it in 3D, for the record.

I read on a  reddit thread that they had 2 years go work on the 3d version, and it might be the same company that halped with titanic etc (someone might be able to dig through company credits).

I saw it in 2D though. And seeing it again tonight, I decided on 2D again. FWIW.

I feel like this demands multiple viewings just to absorb the degree of action involved here. The final third might be the densest, most relentless, jaw-dropping piece of action I've ever seen.

That's the crazy thing with this movie, it's not good because it's a "throwback", no it slingshots past its contemporaries and feels like some insane action movie from the distant future that's time-traveled back to the present to blow peoples minds. I feel like someone in the 1920s watching Terminator 2.

The geography manages to be mostly coherent, but without some single-take gimmick a la Gravity or something, no the editing is relentless and in your face.

It was indeed a good film.

Now I wanna go try it in 3D (i know it's 30% less bright or whatever, but still).

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Agree about the steering wheel shot, though I imagine in 3d that would play better. It's sort of irrelevant though as the tanker crash is a real stunt (!!!!!??), and the perfect climax to one of the all time greatest sustained action sequences

Fucking insane!

Exhilarating, grotesque, heart-pounding! Like an extended heavy metal road chase. The production design, stunts, costumes, make-up, stunts, special effects, and cinematography all felt like a breath of fresh air after all that Marvel crap.

For example, that sand-storm approach looked terrific, like a John Martin painting.

How the hell did they film it?! It just looks so over the top. Sorry Star Wars nerds, but Episode VII is gonna look like a lame cartoon by comparison.

My only gripe is that a couple of the third act action sequences were cut a little too fast - it was hard to take it all in. Perhaps they were cut for a lower rating (and will be restored in an UNRATED blu-ray release. As you guys have commented above, it definitely needs multiple viewings.

Highly recommended! 9.5/10 Best movie of the year so far, by far, and I would be most surprised if Terminator, Tomorrowland, Jurassic World, or Ep7 could come near it.

It got a round of applause in the cinema at the end, and that's pretty rare for a British audience.

Really? That's awesome.

I find that aspect of this film mildly humorous and ironic. Here we have a 70 year old director who, while quite versatile, previously made Babe and Happy Feet. The editor has never cut an action film before. The cinematographer has some action-y films, but also Talented Mr. Ripley and Dead Poets Society.

And together they make something that must give 99% of their peers, some who have spent their careers in the genre, a serious inferiority complex.

Skill and talent transcends most genre barriers I suppose.

This is often a bad thing, naturally. A creator so in love with his creation he can no longer see the flaws. I usually get worried when I hear something has been a passion project for a decade. Luckily it worked this time. Usually we get something like the Barry Levinson movie TOYS, staring Robin Williams.

Actually Babe 2: Pig in the City (Miller never directed the first one, Babe) is very under-rated. The middle act gets very dark for a kid's film (even for an adult film) and caused quite a controversy when it came out for a disturbing dog-hanging scene that was deemed too not suitable for children. The chase around the canal sequence is a work of genius.

It made my best friend cry as an adult man. To this day, if someone knowingly teases him with the line "that'll do pig, that'll do", you can guarantee his response will be something along the lines of "Oi! Don't start with that. Fuck off!".

edit: oops. this is, like, the 3rd time this week I thought that Pig in The City was the subtitle of the original Babe movie.

Last edited by Herc (2015-05-19 06:24:59)

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