Mad Max: High Octane Collection (1979-2015) / Mad Max: Fury Road in B&W (2015)

[Bobbyjoe766]

I don't like this film (MM 3). What I was seeing in the trailers, making-of documentary and music video at the time, only confirmed to me, that I wouldn't like this film's tone or direction. After the first two, this one reeked of Hollywood. Far too many kids in this - and too much time is spent on them.

When I saw it in 1986, when first released on videotape...I hated it. I still don't like this film. I wish this film was never made. MM 2 ended on the perfect note - it should have been left at that.

[Bourne1886]

I'm hoping they release the High Octane Collection in the UK soon, as although I'm tempted to Import it, it will be pricey to do so. Can't understand why they haven't. Would really like to see the Road Wars Doc.

[UniSol GR77]

Contact me via PM, I need a screenshot from Fury Road

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

Me, I love both Alien 3 and Beyond Thunderdome, and many other sequels that change genre/tone from their predecessor(s). The way I see it, that kind of thing helps keep a film series fresh.

You definitely need to keep things fresh. If James Bond didn't change radically every decade he wouldn't have survived very long. Mainly though I just try to take each movie for what it is, which a lot of people seem so struggle with (not trying to sound egotistical, I have plenty of struggles elsewhere ).

[levcore]

I love all of the Mad Max movies very much. Fury Road is the pinnacle of everything Mad Max to me and the kind of movie I think Miller would have made back in the day if he'd had the tech and money but really they're all fantastic movies. It would be too difficult to rate them but I guess Fury Road is my favourite movie very closely followed by 2 and 3 with the first movie in last place. I still love the first movie though, it's just not 'apocalyptic enough' IMO. It felt like Miller was testing the water with it before he found his groove with the second movie.

[Bobbyjoe766]

Originally Posted by levcore

I love all of the Mad Max movies very much. Fury Road is the pinnacle of everything Mad Max to me and the kind of movie I think Miller would have made back in the day if he'd had the tech and money but really they're all fantastic movies. It would be too difficult to rate them but I guess Fury Road is my favourite movie very closely followed by 2 and 3 with the first movie in last place. I still love the first movie though, it's just not 'apocalyptic enough' IMO. It felt like Miller was testing the water with it before he found his groove with the second movie.

Civilisation : MAD MAX was the beginning of the end, MAD MAX 2 was the end and MAD MAX:BEYOND THUNDERDOME was the re-birth, as I understand it. Each film looks more apocalyptic and decrepit than the last. The gradual disappearance of roads/highways with each succeeding film, for example.

[Makarov]

I quite like Tina Turner in Thunderdome and that entire movie is so enjoyable. The only one I have problems with is the original Mad Max which has such a weird tone and takes an eternity to get going as a revenge movie. Also told us nothing about Max other than he goes to jazz clubs.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Makarov

I quite like Tina Turner in Thunderdome and that entire movie is so enjoyable. The only one I have problems with is the original Mad Max which has such a weird tone and takes an eternity to get going as a revenge movie. Also told us nothing about Max other than he goes to jazz clubs.

Which comes full circle in Thunderdome with Aunty's blind saxophone player! Payoff!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by levcore

Which comes full circle in Thunderdome with Aunty's blind saxophone player! Payoff!

His name is Ton Ton.

[bud_brigman]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

His name is Ton Ton.

"Play something ... sad."

[Egons Ghost]

Originally Posted by Zillamon51

I'm the weirdo who prefers the first one to the second. It's gritty, low-budget, and grounded (no outlandish post-apocalyptic punks yet).

Agree - I had never seen the original Max until recently when I got the MGM Blu. I loved it. But, then, what, as a viewer, does one want/expect? Fury Road? Road Warrior? Maybe, have patience, and let the movie do its thing and take you on a journey. I loved it - the setting, the locations, the slow buildup, the implicit decaying of society (e.g., the decayed police station, etc.), the odd characters. No story (in reference to some earlier posts)? Subjective. What I just described is enough of a skeleton of a story for me, then the "how" it's about, rather than "what", is more interesting to me, and I can argue the many virtues of the "how" Mad Max is about.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Makarov

I quite like Tina Turner in Thunderdome and that entire movie is so enjoyable. The only one I have problems with is the original Mad Max which has such a weird tone and takes an eternity to get going as a revenge movie. Also told us nothing about Max other than he goes to jazz clubs.

"Why he's just a raggedy man!"

I love TT in Thunderdome, what her performance lacks in polish she makes up for with oodles of charisma and the kind of scenery-chewing excess that's common to a lot of Max's villains. The movie itself does feel like it's held back a little because of stuff like the PG-13 rating and Miller's heart not being truly in it after the death of Byron Kennedy, but I still marvel at the world which was created.

The first one is still a kick-ass little Ozploitation flick. People always give it shit (especially those who are first exposed to it after the later movies) for not being apocalyptic enough but as was said above it's the beginning of the end, the final breakdown of law and order in society being played out in microcosm as Max fights The Toecutter and his goons.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Oh, come on! Can't we just get BEYOND Thunderdome??

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

His name is Ton Ton.

Ton Ton Tattoo.

[UniSol GR77]

Guys, I needs a screenshot from Fury Road. Contact me via PM.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

Ton Ton Tattoo.

Yes, that's his full name, but in the film he is simply called Ton Ton.

[Makarov]

I like the original a lot as an origin story, the police outfits look bad ass, and it has a kickass poster. But if they never made the rest of the movies I probably wouldn't take a second look at it.

Also I wouldn't know how to recommend that movie to someone today. A revenge flick... but not until the last 10 minutes. An action movie, well there's some action but mostly just bikers roaming around terrorizing people. Post apocalyptic... but that's so far in the background that it might as well just be set in a lowly populated area.

[levcore]

Fury Road is everything I wanted from a MM sequel decades later. It's the movie I've dreamed of seeing for years. So glad it turned out the way it did. Now we just need another! Which probably won't happen unfortunately.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by levcore

Which probably won't happen unfortunately.

There's no follow-up to FR. It's a perfect masterpiece. A sequel would ruin it.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

There's no follow-up to FR. It's a perfect masterpiece. A sequel would ruin it.

A sequel from Miller definitely wouldn't ruin it. None of the previous movies spoiled the preceding entries. However I still doubt we'll get another.