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Mad Max: Fury Road

#41
Fishheadjoe said:
Watched it on the weekend and meh, not one I'll recommend to others. I simply didn't care about the characters and what was happening to them... although Charlize is as always, stunningly beautiful.
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I didn't care either. I don't think that was really ever the point. It's an action movie plain and simple. Practical effects. Blood and explosions. The characters were meh. The story involved going down a road and turning around. But the action was phenomenal.
 
#42
It didn't quite meet my expectations, that had been raised by some friends after the initial "oh great, a reboot..."
On a bright note, it did make me want to re-watch the originals. I'm still missing Thunderdome, which I know it's supposed to be bad, but I'll watch it anyway.
 
#43
My wife and I wound up seeing it in the theater (date night!), and I have to admit it was entertaining. Great action sequences, and we saw it in a 'director's suite' theater where the sound was phenomenal. The biggest issue we had was that Max didn't appear to be the central character because Charlize's character pretty much stole the show. Not a lot of character development, either.
 
#45
I was hearing how it was such a great movie and I should just buy it no questions asked. well I rented it and glad thats all. it was OK at best but i dont need to see it again. it did make me interested in the lore surrounding the world of mad max. I dont find theron attractive.
 
#50
I didn't think much of Fury Road. No plot, no real character development. I didn't really care about any of the characters.The earlier "Mad Max" movies were not notable for having a great deal of either, but they had more than this one. It was just a chase movie with big explosions and good stunt work.

I like chase movies and enjoy them, but they're "B" movies. IMO this was definitely a "B" movie with an "A" budget. I didn't find anything really outstanding about it. Not even sure I'd buy it on DVD. I'd rather have the original Mad Max to re-run.
 
#52
I bought the BD of this movie about a month ago, and I've watched it 1 1/2 times. First time? I quit at the "stop in the Pass to deliver the gas" scene, thinking "well, this was a waste of money & time". After being assured by a couple of friends that it really did get better, I watched it again.
My thoughts? It isn't exactly the best movie I ever watched, and I never felt much of anything about any of the characters; still, it's not too bad. But, I think the MAD MAX in the title creates far too many expectations among us fans of the original movies. IMO, it should have been titled something like Angry Bob: Fury Road...;)
 
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#58
I'm not big on action movies but was curious how it managed to be so critically praised, as action movies rarely are. I loved it. The practical effects and action reminded me of how action movies used to be...any CGI they used blended well and didn't seem unnatural. I loved the characters precisely because they were under-developed...they left me wondering where the hell they came from (apparently the main villain was a major character in the Mad Max comic book) and I liked not knowing too much...its an action movie!

Oh, and this guy:
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If there's something more awesome than that ^^^^, I'd love to see it:)
 
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#60
I watched in on cable.
I never got geeked about the original movies so there wasn't a specific attraction to this movie for me. The director and camera crews did an excellent job of creating a tense movie that makes you anxious. I hated the sped-up\choppiness of the action scenes. Its clearly a trick to make things feel more "action packed."
Nux would have died instantly the first time he inhaled spray paint like that, but whatever.
I thought the plot was weak and that it certainly didn't deserve the awards it received. The Academy occasionally gets off their high horse and nominates a movie that people actually saw to throw all the technical awards at. The Force Awakens should have easily taken many of those, but wasn't even nominated.
The fact that the plot had a none-too-subtle feminist thread to it probably helped its chances. I'm not bothered by it, but thought it was a little overt and ham handed.
 

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