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New Mad Max movie due out 2015 (1 Viewer)
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I loved The Road Warrior, and I'd put it and Aliens at the top of my action movie list. Fury Road might be better than both of those as a pure action movie. Remember the climatic chase scene in Thunderdome? It was a recreation of the Road Warrior, and it just didn't work as well. Fury Road is a similar recreation, and it's significantly better than the original in many many aspects. The automotive/mechanical/war boy mayhem goodness is just incredible. The Road Warrior did have The Feral Kid and Wes, (one of the best bad guys of all time, btw), so I'm not sure how the two will compare over repeated viewings.
Btw, I should add that I usually detest movies that punctuate scenes with big explosions, and I still loved this movie.
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TripItUp
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I'll rain on this parade.
Fury Road was too much action, not enough plot/story to be considered in the upper echelon of action movies IMHO.
Hell, I still don't know much about the main antagonist or second protagonist(Max.) There wasn't enough story here to really draw me in. Also, the guitarist/flamethrower guy and some other attributes made the movie a bit over the top for my taste, not as believable. When I watched the Road Warrior, I always thought "this could happen." You are either believable or totally out there(star wars) for me to be intrigued...movies in the middle tend to lose me.
Good, but not as great as Road Warrior, T2, Aliens and some of the other all time greats that have been mentioned in the same sentence.
And as I implied earlier, I'll take Ex Machina over Fury Road.
8.5 stars
ETA - a female biker clan surviving in the wasteland = not believable
Fury Road was too much action, not enough plot/story to be considered in the upper echelon of action movies IMHO.
Hell, I still don't know much about the main antagonist or second protagonist(Max.) There wasn't enough story here to really draw me in. Also, the guitarist/flamethrower guy and some other attributes made the movie a bit over the top for my taste, not as believable. When I watched the Road Warrior, I always thought "this could happen." You are either believable or totally out there(star wars) for me to be intrigued...movies in the middle tend to lose me.
Good, but not as great as Road Warrior, T2, Aliens and some of the other all time greats that have been mentioned in the same sentence.
And as I implied earlier, I'll take Ex Machina over Fury Road.
8.5 stars
ETA - a female biker clan surviving in the wasteland = not believable
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BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Chasing a dude thru the desert for 3 movies in a row gets a little redundant IMO
TheIronSheik
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No different than having drummers and flag people in wars before radio. I took it as this is how they communicated signals in battle. Although, I kept waiting for President Commacho to pop up from a vehicle.
TheIronSheik
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Saw it last night and it was pretty awesome. I won't go nuts and say it was the greatest action movie ever, but I really enjoyed it. My fiance and daughter also enjoyed it much more than they thought they would.
I will say that after hearing people talk about how it was action packed from start to finish, I felt that it dragged a little towards the middle. Either develop a full plot and have a story, or just go all out action. I felt like at the 1:20 mark, they tried too hard to develop characters. In a movie with almost no dialogue, just go with non stop action.
The 3-D was amazing, though. The used it very well, IMO.
I will say that after hearing people talk about how it was action packed from start to finish, I felt that it dragged a little towards the middle. Either develop a full plot and have a story, or just go all out action. I felt like at the 1:20 mark, they tried too hard to develop characters. In a movie with almost no dialogue, just go with non stop action.
The 3-D was amazing, though. The used it very well, IMO.
Smack Tripper
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My take on mad max films is that they are sort of allegories to bigger ideas and concepts of life. How much this is needed or how successful it is, well your mileage may vary. I call thunderdome the best bad movie ever made. Becuase if basically sucks but there are aomlany good parts.
All the movies explore the notion of authority versus the individual with a realzation that isolation isn't really possible, even if the life pennance of that character based on the first film is to be alone.
And in greater constructs, I would say road warrior is a document of the Cold War eras, thunderdome very subversively questions religion and idolatry and the undercurrent of this film would be the impact of an environmental apocalypse. And these aren't heavy handed but merely some shading and nice depth to the central chase of the story.
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flapgreen
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Avatar did nothing for me. I guess it was geared more toward kids.
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sports_fan
Footballguy
I saw it in 2d. I usually avoid 3d but if I go see this a second time in theaters I think I'll have to give the 3d a shot.
BustedKnuckles
Footballguy
Did u see Mad Max?
What?
Did u see Mad Max?
What?
DID U SEE MAD MAX?
Sorry, I can't hear anything. I saw Mad Max.
What?
Did u see Mad Max?
What?
DID U SEE MAD MAX?
Sorry, I can't hear anything. I saw Mad Max.
