Mad Max Fury Road Review by Bob

[Bob T]

Without a doubt one of the best vehicular action movies this year and likely next year too. I could go and see it again and see more stuff going on, there's a lot happening at once

Pretty much non stop full on action and believable stunts not some F & F ridiculous garbage. Similar to MMI & II.

Usual screenplay, gas raiders and power/control/nomadic existence and redemption.  What else would you expect?
And lots of really cool off road machines like a couple of heavy duty Aussie Valiant Chargers and the giant guitar playing War Boy shooting rockets out of his twin neck .

Charlize Theron has some really gritty performances and Tom Hardy is good as tough nut/ low word count Max.


I give it an 8.75 

Go see it.

[68X426]

You Kiwis get to see it 24 hours before we do here.   

Based on your fine review I'll go see it. 

http://www.madmaxmovie.com/?utm_source=sembing&utm_medium=Mad%20Max_Pre-O_Brand_Title%20&utm_term=mad%20max%20&utm_campaign=resolutionmedia

[myk]

I heard that Max isn't even the main character? 

[Mike DC]

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I heard that Max isn't even the main character?

Of course he's not.  He has to share the screen with several vintage Mopars.   

[myk]

Well, yes lol.  However scuttlebutt has it that the main character is Charlize Theron, and it chronicles her struggle to free herself and a group of female slaves from the clutches of....the slave traders/road warriors.  Max is merely a secondary character that helps Charlize in her fight which, consequently, is almost the same formula used in Mad Max 2/Road Warrior...

[HPP]

So this isn't a reinterpretation of the original Mad Max but another chapter of his post MFP existence?

[John_Kunkel]

If it's got Charlize Theron in it, I'll be watching it but won't be diggin' the haircut.

[Bob T]

You Kiwis get to see it 24 hours before we do here.  

Based on your fine review I'll go see it.  

http://www.madmaxmovie.com/?utm_source=sembing&utm_medium=Mad%20Max_Pre-O_Brand_Title%20&utm_term=mad%20max%20&utm_campaign=resolutionmedia

Yeah, I like this time zone better than the last one I was in haha.

Well, yes lol.  However scuttlebutt has it that the main character is Charlize Theron, and it chronicles her struggle to free herself and a group of female slaves from the clutches of....the slave traders/road warriors.  Max is merely a secondary character that helps Charlize in her fight which, consequently, is almost the same formula used in Mad Max 2/Road Warrior...

Yep, pretty much. The Director still needed a workable premise for Max to rise to the occasion for a ''righteous cause'' and this fits the bill.
But for me, it has more real value with this franchise instalment than F & F Hollywood retreading....  Dom and the rest of the crew will watch this and think "Damn, that's a good movie"

Saw some stuff on the net this morning about a Men's Rights group slamming it for being a feminist positive movie and urging boycotts. Man, get a life  guys, just accept its not your thing and move on.

Might have to have a Mad Max I & II and maybe III extravaganza at Bob's place this weekend.
My Wife was annoyed that I went to see it yesterday without her while she was working as I'm on holiday at the moment. "No problem'' I said, " I'll be going back to see it again so we can both go"  

[Bob T]

Just seen that Max's Falcon has got a Cooper Cobra up front 

[1974dodgecharger]

Better have NOS.......AND HIS BLOWER BUTTON....

[Trulyvintage]

Redemption ...

That is my take away from a really good movie ... 

Lots of action but not the Michael Bay Transformer Overload style where you cannot follow everything that is on the screen ... 


A Great Summer Flick !



Jim

[myk]

So this isn't a reinterpretation of the original Mad Max but another chapter of his post MFP existence?

I THINK so...

[Mike DC]

          
Unless Max had two copies of his V8 Interceptor this movie has to be a reboot in its own universe.  


Having said that, this was an awesome flick.

It no longer seems linked to 1980s Australia at all.  That's about the worst criticism I could make.  The landscape & setting & people & vehicles . . . . it's all taken up a couple notches farther into fantasy-land, but in a good way.  It's about as stunt-filled as it can get.  Very uncompromising.  Most of the movie is one long running chase that speeds up & slows down at times.  There is violence with some actual blood.  

Give props to Warner Bros - they saw early footage of the stunts/etc during production, and gave the movie a bunch more money to shoot more stuff and let them release it R-rated.  

[69CoronetRT]

Well, yes lol.  However scuttlebutt has it that the main character is Charlize Theron, and it chronicles her struggle to free herself and a group of female slaves from the clutches of....the slave traders/road warriors.  Max is merely a secondary character that helps Charlize in her fight which, consequently, is almost the same formula used in Mad Max 2/Road Warrior...

Yep.
Yep.
Yep.

"Max"  = poorly cast. The guy may have had 50 lines in the whole move. It's a Charlize movie and she's good. The rest...not so much.
Car action was great.
Lots of physic defying scenarios
The popcorn was good. Wait for it to hit the dollar movie house.

[Mike DC]

"Max"  = poorly cast. The guy may have had 50 lines in the whole move. It's a Charlize movie and she's good. The rest...not so much.
Car action was great.
Lots of physic defying scenarios
The popcorn was good. Wait for it to hit the dollar movie house.

The feeling seems to be mixed on Tom Hardy for Max.  (He was the masked Bane villian in the last Batman movie, looking totally different here.)  He didn't do a BAD job but he doesn't feel like the old Max at all.  Just feels like a completely different guy.  He actually had way less than 50 lines in this. 

I disagree about lots of physics-defying scenarios.  Compared to other modern action movies this one kept it pretty real.  It's not 100% reality but no movie this big ever is.   

[Ponch ®]

Went to see it last night. A few thoughts...

1) The visuals are amazing

2) The stunts are batshit crazy.

3) Third Gen Charger.

4) Lots of stuff blowing up.

5) There are movies with chase scenes. This whole movie is a chase scene.

6) As Mrs. Ponch pointed out, no profanity and no gratuitous nudity in the entire movie.

7) Go see it.

[Ponch ®]

         

It no longer seems linked to 1980s Australia at all.  That's about the worst criticism I could make.  The landscape & setting & people & vehicles . . . . it's all taken up a couple notches farther into fantasy-land, but in a good way.

I never quite understood the continuity / world building of the original movies. In the first movie, the world seemed more or less normal but you got the idea that something was off. The second one got into the cod-pieces and the dudes dressed like Raider fans. Thunderdome was straight up sci-fi....mutants, midgets, feral children. Even though a few years pass between the stories of the movies, it still seems like a pretty fast decay of civilization. From a practical standpoint, all the retro-fitted vehicles and McGyvered machinery of the second and third movies would have taken a lot longer to develop. But I know...movie...suspension of disbelief. Theyre still awesome.

[Baldwinvette77]

Loved it, loved the shotgun scenes, and it makes me wonder if the xb falcon will be max's equivalent to the fast and furious charger, where it appears every film just to get destroyed 

[Mike DC]

 
There was a behind-the-scenes interview comment about the car.  Max was losing his last ties with the old world and eventually even having to fight against it.  The car was falling victim to the workings of that world.  Everything gets destroyed & cannibalized & rebuilt into something else.   


There will be more of these movies coming.  Maybe Max can get his hands on another Falcon, or maybe they'll fix that one and not keep wrecking it.  Charlize's character runs that whole place now and she owes him a favor. 

[Baldwinvette77]

 
There was a behind-the-scenes interview comment about the car.  Max was losing his last ties with the old world and eventually even having to fight against it.  The car was falling victim to the workings of that world.  Everything gets destroyed & cannibalized & rebuilt into something else.   


There will be more of these movies coming.  Maybe Max can get his hands on another Falcon, or maybe they'll fix that one and not keep wrecking it.  Charlize's character runs that whole place now and she owes him a favor. 

Do you remember what that video was called? 

[Mike DC]

I just saw the comment being repeated somewhere in text form.  I'm not sure of where it originally came from.


The second paragraph of my comment was my own speculation, in case that wasn't clear.  They didn't say anything about Max getting another Falcon. 

[RDC]

I saw the movie today and all I can say is wow! There is too much going on to take it all in at once, with lots of references to the first 3 films. If your into car chase/demo movies you have to see it on the big screen. Also thought it was cool that the actor that played the toecutter in Madmax is Immortan Joe in this film. Miller said in a interview that he has 2 more scripts written and if the movie does well enough at the box office they will be made. I hope so!

[1974dodgecharger]

BLOWERS GALORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ponch ®]

BLOWERS GALORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they sure do seem to have a nifty supply of those (and performance parts in general).

Jegs and Summit must have survived the apocalypse.

[toocheaptosmoke]

Jegs and Summit must have survived the apocalypse.

Or must of had one hell of a Pre-Apocalypse sale!!



Haven't seen a movie at the theater in years, really debating this one. 

[Ponch ®]

Jegs and Summit must have survived the apocalypse.

Or must of had one hell of a Pre-Apocalypse sale!!



Haven't seen a movie at the theater in years, really debating this one. 

This is one of those movies that is so visual, you won't enjoy it as much if you watch it at home in a few months. Gotta have the giant screen, in 3D.

[myk]

Jegs and Summit must have survived the apocalypse.

Or must of had one hell of a Pre-Apocalypse sale!!



Haven't seen a movie at the theater in years, really debating this one.  

Yeah, I hate being packed into a theater with a bunch of popcorn chomping lip smackers but this movie may make up for it...

[1974dodgecharger]

BLOWERS GALORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they sure do seem to have a nifty supply of those (and performance parts in general).

Jegs and Summit must have survived the apocalypse.

LMAO....I had to spit out my drink for that....hahahahahahahahah oh man I cant stop laughing................

[Mike DC]

This is one of those movies that is so visual, you won't enjoy it as much if you watch it at home in a few months. Gotta have the giant screen, in 3D.
Posted on: Today at 10:21:07 AM Posted by: toocheaptosmoke

Seeing anything in a darkened theater in a decent seat makes it more impacting.  Research confirms it.  The screen size, the reduced other stimuli around you, sitting through it without stopping, etc.  

[Bob T]

Jegs and Summit must have survived the apocalypse.

Or must of had one hell of a Pre-Apocalypse sale!!



Haven't seen a movie at the theater in years, really debating this one. 

Break the drought Bro, it'll be worth it.

[polywideblock]

casn't believe that no aussie or kiwi   has  spotted the 48/215 (FX) ute       meet "cranky frank"

                 

[Bob T]

I saw it mate, but I only put up 4 pics. There was another couple of Aussie Charger pics that were cool too

The FX is a good nod to the origins of the evolution of Oz cars .
Hoping there would be an XP or XM in there.
Or maybe even a VH Regal 

There is also a HQ Ute too, have a look around online, more pics have come out in the last week

I watched MM2 the other night with my daughter and we are half way through MM3 
The original is still rated 18 here though, just how the censors were at the time...

[myk]

Break the drought Bro, it'll be worth it.

That's what she said...

[Ponch ®]

Yeah, I hate being packed into a theater with a bunch of popcorn chomping lip smackers but this movie may make up for it...

that's why whenever I do go to the movies, I cough up the extra $5 per ticket and go to the theaters where they have reclining lazy boys and you can reserve where you want to sit.

[myk]

They have places like that? 

[Ponch ®]

They have places like that?  

yeah, at least around here (L.A.) there are a few. Some even have food/wine/beer service that they bring to your seat. That's a little too much for me, but I guess its a thing for some people...

I really just like the idea that I can buy my tickets in the morning for an evening movie and not have to worry about getting there early to grab a good seat. So we get to show up at 5:20 for a "5:00" showing and skip all the annoying ads and previews.

[RallyeMike]

Just saw it tonight .... and wow!

Unless Max had two copies of his V8 Interceptor this movie has to be a reboot in its own universe.

I was confused too until I figured it out: In the the opening scene he is flashing back to the Road Warrior when he left everyone behind and took off in the V8 Interceptor to disastrous consequences. In reality, he is standing next to his motorcycle and the War Rig on the edge of the salt flat, and he decides he has learned from the past - He rides out to catch up with the gals and join the fight together instead of lone-wolfing it.

This, and Baldwinvette's "close enough intercepter" thread has me jonesing to build a road warrior type vehicle. Who will meet me out in the desert?!?!

[Baldwinvette77]

This, and Baldwinvette's "close enough intercepter" thread has me jonesing to build a road warrior type vehicle. Who will meet me out in the desert?!?!

See ya on the road skag 

[Aussiemadonmopars]

I can't believe no-one saw the 68 Notchy Cuda???