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Just got back from a small showing (not 3D) with some co-workers. Avoiding spoilers. Bad gateway error ate my original post, so... Holy poo poo was this an awesome movie and an incredible theater experience. The cinematography is gorgeous (I didn't think 2D was muted at all), the action scenes are fantastic, and the character development (in an action movie - what?) was perfect. As far as action movies go, I have to rank this with some of the best of them that I've seen in theaters. The experience was like seeing The Matrix for the first time. It just such a fun movie wrapped up in amazing visuals and great directing and assisted by a perfect post-apocalyptic soundtrack from Junkie XL. The downside is that it is one giant car chase. Or maybe that's an upside? There's so much going on in every scene that I will probably go back and see it a few more times. And I thought Hardy was a better Mad Max than Gibson, fwiw. Final Verdict: PURE MADNESS FreelanceSocialist fucked around with this message at 16:36 on May 12, 2015 |
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I really wish somebody was showing this in RPX or IMAX near me without 3D. It seems like every action movie on a big screen is only available in 3D now. I hate it. I want a big screen, but I don't want a bunch of washed out colors and a dull headache.
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May 12, 2015 16:48
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Maybe I missed it skimming here and checking online - but is Fury Road supposed to be a sequel to the originals, or sort of a prequel to what happens? Considering talks about more movies in the series, I'd love to see how they follow things up and play the whole story out. Haven't seen it yet but most likely this weekend, the fact that it's scoring between 95-100% on major review sites is promising and every trailer I've seen gets me more and more amped up to go watch it 
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May 12, 2015 17:35
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It takes place vaguely in between Mad Max and Thunderdome. It's intentionally not specified too much as Miller likes the idea of each story being a legend told differently by different people over time.
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May 12, 2015 17:38
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Just think of it as a sequel to Road Warrior. Thunderdome doesn't exist. Actually I think his car is not blown up yet, so maybe it is a prequel to Road Warrior. Best part? It doesn't matter!
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May 12, 2015 17:53
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But it's not really a sequel to The Road Warrior either because the War Boys rip apart and rebuild the Interceptor into some crazy wasteland monstrosity. Just imagine that "The Road Warrior" is like some sort of Arthurian legend or a Shakespearean stageplay, and Fury Road is just another film adaptation of it.
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May 12, 2015 17:56
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From the man himselfquote:If this film had to be fit into the timeline of the other three films, where does it go?
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May 12, 2015 18:31
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Awesome, good to know  I like the "legend" aspect of it with it being a story from different people/perspectives, thanks for the info!
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May 12, 2015 19:52
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50 RT reviews and it's at 98%. Hot drat
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May 12, 2015 21:10
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Some people are having a minor meltdown about this movie being feminist propaganda now, I guess? Gonna be a good time.
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May 12, 2015 21:45
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dreffen posted:Some people are having a minor meltdown about this movie being feminist propaganda now, I guess? Good god even the controversies make this movie sound awesome
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May 12, 2015 21:48
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Heaven forbid we have strong female protagonists
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May 12, 2015 21:57
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dreffen posted:Some people are having a minor meltdown about this movie being feminist propaganda now, I guess? On the flip side, a good number of the reviews are praising it for this exact reason.
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May 12, 2015 21:58
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I would be fine if every action movie was feminist propaganda.
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May 12, 2015 22:12
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mr.capps posted:I would be fine if every action movie was feminist propaganda. We haven't earned a world that beautiful.
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May 12, 2015 22:16
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From what I'm hearing, Nux is one of the more fleshed out characters. Some possible Nux facts -Has two tumors, named Barry and Larry  -Uses Max's blood not just to keep him alive, but also in the hopes he will get Max's adrenaline from being strapped to the front of his car -Seems like the polar opposite of Max; while Max is trying to find every possible way to survive no matter how dire, Nux is much like the mythical Achilles who would rather live a glorious, short life than a terrible long one. For anyone else that has been looking into the backstory like myself, did you notice that Immortan Joe's War Boys are kind of like a beehive? Early in their life, they start out as mechanics, staying inside the Citadel. It is only when they reach maturity that they get to get one of the steering wheels that lets them be part of the War Party. This reminds me a lot of bees since 'younger' adult bees tend to stay in the hive, and it is only the 'older' ones that go out and forage. This is because as they get nearer to the end of their already short lifespan, they become more expendable. The War Boys are supposed to suffer from something that causes them to die young. They're all convinced they are going to die anyway, and it seems like Immortan Joe is brainwashing them into dying gloriously for him. It would make sense to use the 'older' boys, and I bet them having no regard for their own safety probably strikes a lot of fear in the other gangs/people in the wasteland. Hugh Keays-Byrne had a clip where he was talking about playing Immortan Joe, and it was pretty good. Something like "Look, he's taking these boys in, trying to keep them alive by stealing people to use their blood/breeding out the plague, he's trying to rebuild civilization by planting crops and stuff, maybe he's not all that bad of a guy!" 
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May 12, 2015 22:20
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It's interesting to me that the War Boys share a resemblance to Scrooloose from Thunderdome.
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May 12, 2015 22:43
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dreffen posted:Some people are having a minor meltdown about this movie being feminist propaganda now, I guess? Yeeesss! This is everything I wanted!
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May 12, 2015 22:49
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Panfilo posted:Hugh Keays-Byrne had a clip where he was talking about playing Immortan Joe, and it was pretty good. Something like "Look, he's taking these boys in, trying to keep them alive by stealing people to use their blood/breeding out the plague, he's trying to rebuild civilization by planting crops and stuff, maybe he's not all that bad of a guy!"
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May 12, 2015 23:15
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So I've bought the tickets for a Saturday mid-day screening. I grew up with these movies so I really, really hope it's good. I'll let you bastards know whether it was good or poo poo once I get home.
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May 12, 2015 23:47
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Reminder that Savannah gets shot at twice by Max before he has to knock her out to prevent her from tracking and Auntie Entity is the only ruler of civilization that we see in the wasteland, so if you're a Mad Max fan and are surprised at strong feminine characters you're a loving idiot.
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May 12, 2015 23:51
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And let's not forget that Warrior Woman was the biggest badass in the refinery compound, and May the old farm lady held Toecutter and his gang at gunpoint.
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May 13, 2015 00:22
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Jessie's mom in Mad Max is metal as hell for an elderly polio survivor as well. Also Warrior Woman and Big Rebecca are cool too. Low screen time in Mad Max 2 but it passes Bechdel test and everyone in the camp has a chance to do something.
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TerminalSaint posted:And let's not forget that Warrior Woman was the biggest badass in the refinery compound, and May the old farm lady held Toecutter and his gang at gunpoint. Word, I loved that bit.
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May 13, 2015 01:04
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Just bought my tickets for Saturday evening. Too excited.
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May 13, 2015 02:16
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dreffen posted:Some people are having a minor meltdown about this movie being feminist propaganda now, I guess? haha are they? pretty hilarious and a nice change of pace that such a savage and sensational action flick gets ahead of the curve and might be the benchmark for writing good women characters in the genre.
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So right after watching Mad Max 1, I jumped straight into the sequel and holy poo poo it is kinda insane how massively its better than the first movie. I think my problem with the first movie was that the pacing was just kinda weird, and you could barely hear what the characters were saying because of the score, or maybe I just couldn't understand it because of the accent. Either way it just felt like mostly a boring movie albeit with some amazing car stunts/crashes. Mad Max 2 is like everything I thought it would be and more. Max is a badass, the bad guys are insane, Lord Humongus is crazy as gently caress. I loved the aesthetic, the whole punk apocalypse vibe. The action in the movie was amazing too and then reading up how a lot of the stunts were real and got people hurt was loving insane to me. Such a fantastic movie. I'm thinking about watching Beyond Thunderdome but I heard its the weakest of the three (although its hard to believe its worse than the first movie). I know some stuff from the movie like quotes and of course the 2pac video of California Love, but I also heard that the newest movie is before it.
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You're this far in, you might as well check out Beyond Thunderdome, because for whatever flaws it might have, it's pretty drat iconic. Also, the newest movie is just kinda set in "whenever" after the first movie. The director doesn't care about film timelines or canon. Treat it like a post-apocalyptic fairy tale.
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MinibarMatchman posted:haha are they? pretty hilarious and a nice change of pace that such a savage and sensational action flick gets ahead of the curve and might be the benchmark for writing good women characters in the genre. It's great: http://www.donotlink.com/framed?704311 Big babby MRA posted:Not only REFUSE to see the movie, but spread the word to as many men as possible. … Because if [men] sheepishly attend and Fury Road is a blockbuster, then you, me, and all the other men (and real women) in the world will never be able to see a real action movie ever again that doesn’t contain some drat political lecture or moray about feminism, SJW-ing, and socialism.
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"American culture"?
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May 13, 2015 04:10
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Mad Max belongs to the world
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Also if the signals of Mad Max reach aliens in space it would be part of the UNIVERAL culture.
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May 13, 2015 04:25
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That guy sounds like a real smegma crazy if I've ever heard one.
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What a gently caress. No one in the US even knew Mad Max existed until Mad Max 2 came out (under the name The Road Warrior here because it was a given that the average American citizen could not handle Mad Max nor be cool enough to know about it). If this person doubts that, on the Mad Max 2 blu-ray there's like a ten minute intro by Leonard Maltin about it. 
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He's pretty mad about women and talks a lot about men, manliness and manly men. My money is on Gayboy Berserker. Edit: Even the first Mad Max had strong female roles. Jesse could have easily been painted as a damsel in distress for Max to save, but the only time we see her really freak out and flee was when she's being chased by a dozen armed men, which is pretty justifiable. But she also drops Toecutter with a ball shot and smashes an ice cream cone in his face defending Sprog, and later confronts his entire gang unarmed to try to get him back. Of course, May is a solid badass who holds up the entire gang with a shotgun and refuses to back down, and risks her own safety to try to intercept the gang and allow for Jesse and Sprog to escape. Even the woman who is presumably gang-raped by the gang was alongside a man who endured the same treatment and reacted the exact same way. Much like Alien, all of the main characters could have easily been gender swapped and the story really wouldn't have suffered a bit. Wild T fucked around with this message at 05:05 on May 13, 2015 |
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That article is by a guy pretty well known for being a hardcore MRA. All his books are about it, but he's probably just an insecure nerd like the rest of us. quote:Nobody barks orders to Mad Max. HAHA holy poo poo that is a laughable line, what a loving A grade moron.
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May 13, 2015 05:10
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This is hilarious considering the homo eroticism in this series.
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thehomemaster posted:HAHA holy poo poo that is a laughable line, what a loving A grade moron. It's kind of funny, I rewatched the original last night and realized that almost every time Max tries to take agency in his life it ends in tragedy for him. His takedown of Nightrider sets the entire gang after the MFP for revenge and gets Goose burned. His decision to leave the MFP and go to the countryside leads his family straight into Toecutter's home turf without backup. Deciding to chase off into the woods with a shotgun after the long-gone gang members results in his being too late to try to save them. His decision to pursue revenge leads to his being an outlaw and losing the last connection he had with the world. In The Road Warrior, everything he tries to accomplish on his own ends in failure until he's finally forced into a corner and has to listen to the refinery settlers. It's not until the end of Thunderdome where something he does finally works out, but even that results in his almost certain death stranded in the desert. On the other hand, when he's working under the orders of other people, they always seem to profit. He was the MFP's top pursuit man, led the refinery settlers to safety and allowed Auntie Entity to take over the methane plant. The tragedy of the character is that he's great for helping out everyone around him but things just never breaks his way.
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