Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

[b_l_u]

Goof, do you think Fury road is better than the older Mad max movies?

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Nothing wrong with The A-Team.

For once we agree

[b_l_u]

Originally Posted by Sinbad75

Not really so far-fetched if you think about it. You are, after all, what you watch (and collect!).

So I take it you are a 10 year old girl then? I mean, you are what you collect you say...

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by b_l_u

Goof, do you think Fury road is better than the older Mad max movies?

As I posted earlier in this thread I'd rate them like so:

Mad Max: 8/10
The Road Warrior: 8.5/10
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: 7/10
Mad Max: Fury Road: 9/10

So, to answer your question, yes, but barely.

[b_l_u]

Originally Posted by lolwut

I didn't want to say anything...but I thought the same thing. He's got way worse action movies in his collection.

Yeah man, because you own all master pieces right? LOL, these guys crack me up..

[b_l_u]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

As I posted earlier in this thread I'd rate them like so:

Mad Max: 8/10
The Road Warrior: 8.5/10
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: 7/10
Mad Max: Fury Road: 9/10

So, to answer your question, yes, but barely.

Woooow...lol.. How many pair of skinny jeans do you own man?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by b_l_u

Woooow...lol.. How many pair of skinny jeans do you own man?

Zero.

[b_l_u]

Lol, I respect your opinion Goof, if you like it better then that's just your taste. I had to poke a little fun though. But judging someone else cause they don't like a movie and than thrashing them over what they do own is pretty funny since we all own crap to someone else.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by b_l_u

Lol, I respect your opinion Goof, if you like it better then that's just your taste. I had to poke a little fun though. But judging someone else cause they don't like a movie and than thrashing them over what they do own is pretty funny since we all own crap to someone else.

Sounds good. We'll leave it at then.

[dvdmike]

Mad Max 7/10
Mad Max 2 9/10
Beyond thunderdome 9/10
Fury road 8/10

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Mad Max 7/10
Mad Max 2 9/10
Beyond thunderdome 9/10
Fury road 8/10

You like Thunderdome that much? I would have rated it around an 8/10 had the second act been better, but that's just me.

[b_l_u]

So what if he liked it that much? Nothing wrong with that.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

You like Thunderdome that much? I would have rated it around an 8/10 had the second act been better, but that's just me.

Yep, close to secret best one.
It has the most development for Max.
People didn't want kids in their bad ass Max movies, but he needed the redemption he needed to start getting over his child's death.
He didn't want to, he wanted to hold onto the anger, but in the end he may have let go of it but he knew he was better off alone.
Too long had passed, he was a broken man and he finally admitted it to himself.

Originally Posted by b_l_u

So what if he liked it that much? Nothing wrong with that.

He was not having a go, he was asking.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by b_l_u

So what if he liked it that much? Nothing wrong with that.

I never said that there was anything wrong with it.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I never said that there was anything wrong with it.

Didn't take it you did

[b_l_u]

[captveg]

Personally speaking:

Mad Max - 6/10
Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) - 9/10
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - 7/10
Mad Max: Fury Road - 10/10


The first film is far too slowly developed for my tastes. When it's on its game it's great, but it's a snooze fest at other times. It's greatest strength is it's innovation of world/environment.

MM2 takes that formula and pushed it further, refines it, and creates a great overall film. Higher highs, and pretty much no lows. I don't outright love it, but it's often an exceptional film.

MMBT has the lowest lows of the original three, but I also appreciate how it builds on MM2. The Thunderdome itself is an inspired concept, and the ending chase is rather good. The middle is.... eh. And it's not even the sentimentality that sinks it, but rather the languidness. That being said, the score above may seem a bit wonky to some - it's not that I think MMBT is a *better* movie than MM - but I certainly enjoy it more. It's never as boring in parts like MM is, at least to me, so while some scenes are weaker than any in MM, they are slightly more entertaining.

MMFR is one of my favorite films, period. It takes the baseline established 30 years prior and elevates it all to a far more proficient, finely tuned, intricate world. It's simply a higher level of filmmaking and economy of storytelling than the other films, and most films in general. Story/characters trump plot any day of the week IMO, and it's a film that awes with each viewing throughout its runtime, which - fair or not due to the passage of time - I don't sense with the others, aside from a couple scenes in MM and 4-5 scenes in MM2.

But this is just this one viewer's opinion. There's certainly arguments to be made counter to the ones above, especially when it comes to taste. I think the most broad objective statement that could be made about the four films is that they are at worst serviceable entertainment with unique approach to their created worlds. Which one bottoms out in that regard is gonna depend on the viewer.

...

My ratings scale:

10 - Excellent (the movie is not necessarily flawless)
9 - Great
8 - Very Good
7- Good
6 - Okay
5 - Mediocre
4 - Poor
3 - Bad
2 - Terrible
1 - There Is No God

[StingingVelvet]

Thunderdome is great, I never got the hate. Maybe you can relate. Don't insult, makes me deflate. Enemies of Mel at the gate!

Shit, sorry.

[Ray Jackson]

What I've always said about Thunderdome:

Brilliant first act.

Terrible second act.

Pretty good third act.

...it actually has the deepest story and the most thematic substance of any of the four Mad Max movies imo.

[Arawn]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Thunderdome is great, I never got the hate. Maybe you can relate.

The scag don't rate!