Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

I'm planning on seeing mad max in 3d on Tuesday when I'm off from work. This has been my most anticipated movie of the whole month of May.

This is easily my most anticipated movie since Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and possibly Jurassic Park! I've heard trickles about it for so long and the fact it's getting almost the best reviews of any action movie of the last 20 years has me hyped beyond belief.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

Sadly this won't do well at the box office this weekend. Bunch of stupid teenagers are seeing pitc perfect 2. I have lost faith in humanity.

What the **** is a Pitch Perfect?

[Firecrackker]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

This is easily my most anticipated movie since Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and possibly Jurassic Park! I've heard trickles about it for so long and the fact it's getting almost the best reviews of any action movie of the last 20 years has me hyped beyond belief.

You said GM prefers it in 2D but he prefers it in 3D.

[The Debts]

Originally Posted by moviedude 2K15

Same! I hope someone puts out an awesome Steelbook for this, it has Steelbook written all over it.

I will be very surprised if this doesn't get a steelbook. It's got it written all over it.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by BaronVH

It is a masterpiece. It is actually better than the three before it put together. Missing this film in a theater would be a travesty. Every frame is a work of art.

Disagree. The Road Warrior still outdoes Fury Road, mostly because it actually has a story and Tom Hardy is no Mel.

Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

Sadly this won't do well at the box office this weekend. Bunch of stupid teenagers are seeing pitc perfect 2. I have lost faith in humanity.

You lost faith in humanity over a movie? Do you ever look at the news?

Besides, if junk like Avengers can become one of the biggest movies of all time, that should signal the end of humanity more than Mad Max 4 getting beat by Pitch Perfect. Not to mention, one is R and the other is not, so by proxy, more tickets can (and will) be sold for the PG movie.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Firecrackker

You said GM prefers it in 2D but he prefers it in 3D.

Umm...and? I re-quoted something which had been flying all around the internet as fact and even had evidence to back it up, I attempted to do research which did not yield that Cannes article that later was linked, and I acknowledged that is certainly a more definitive source as soon as bates_motel posted it! Maybe 2D and 3D should be longer words so they would be able to be searched for properly in google.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Would you rank the first two as being like...10/10 though? I'm just wondering how bad a #3 ranking is. It could still be "incredibly good." That was what your review sounded like!

I'd rank the first two as 10/10, and I'd go along with the Blu-ray.com review for Fury Road.

Fury Road is almost flawless, although I didn't care for one particularly gimmicky 3D sequence, and I wish that they had left the landscapes alone instead of painting the backgrounds with CGI a lot of the time. The practical effects and stunts are out of this world, though.


Incidentally, I watched Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome last night for the first time since I saw it at the theater 30 years ago. Thunderdome is the weak link in the series, but even it is engaging and fun in that glorious 1980s dystopia sort of way.

Funny... I did not realize until last night that the pilot in Beyond Thunderdome is actually a different character altogether than the pilot in The Road Warrior, although they are played by the same actor. I assumed during my childhood that the character had carried over to both movies, and, quite honestly, it's not a stretch to assume that either way, because the movie works anyway.

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Funny... I did not realize until last night that the pilot in Beyond Thunderdome is actually a different character altogether than the pilot in The Road Warrior, although they are played by the same actor. I assumed during my childhood that the character had carried over to both movies, and, quite honestly, it's not a stretch to assume that either way, because the movie works anyway.

I always thought it was the same guy cause Max gives him this weird look that I took as recognition, and the first time I saw this movie was on TV, and I missed the beginning of the movie. Thus, I thought he was recognizing him from the last movie! Plus, they're both gyro pilots played by Bruce Spense! I assumed he settled down with the ponytail chick from the first movie, had a kid, and she died or something and that was it. But yeah, I saw the earlier posts in this thread stating they were different. Oh well.

[Firecrackker]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

Umm...and? I re-quoted something which had been flying all around the internet as fact and even had evidence to back it up, I attempted to do research which did not yield that Cannes article that later was linked, and I acknowledged that is certainly a more definitive source as soon as bates_motel posted it! Maybe 2D and 3D should be longer words so they would be able to be searched for properly in google.

Ok relax just wanted to know you saw that because you didn't see/ignored the other post.

He probably prefers 2D anyways and is just saying 3D to boost profits. Otherwise why would he screen the movie in 2D? dun dun dun

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by Firecrackker

Ok relax just wanted to know you saw that because you didn't see/ignored the other post.

He probably prefers 2D anyways and is just saying 3D to boost profits. Otherwise why would he screen the movie in 2D? dun dun dun

I didn't see that you posted it again, I responded to Bates_Motel when he did it the first time.

I kind of think that's the case, too (about profits) but I have nothing to back it up so I'll yield to the Cannes article. This is about the only movie forum I go to where anyone prefers 3D versions of things to the 2D versions regardless of filmmaker intent so I don't want to rain on anyone's parade. The 3D might be good! I still think I'm going to see it in 2D. :P They're not playing it in imax anywhere around here, unfortunately, it's all just Avengers straight until Jurassic World. Ugh.

[Firecrackker]

Originally Posted by cakefactory

I didn't see that you posted it again, I responded to Bates_Motel when he did it the first time.

I kind of think that's the case, too (about profits) but I have nothing to back it up so I'll yield to the Cannes article. This is about the only movie forum I go to where anyone prefers 3D versions of things to the 2D versions regardless of filmmaker intent so I don't want to rain on anyone's parade. The 3D might be good! I still think I'm going to see it in 2D. :P They're not playing it in imax anywhere around here, unfortunately, it's all just Avengers straight until Jurassic World. Ugh.

It's really split. I've seen people say the 3D was amazing and other say it wasn't good. I think it just depends on if the theater has good 3D or not. Safe bet is probably seeing it in 2D first.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I'd rank the first two as 10/10, and I'd go along with the Blu-ray.com review for Fury Road.

Fury Road is almost flawless, although I didn't care for one particularly gimmicky 3D sequence, and I wish that they had left the landscapes alone instead of painting the backgrounds with CGI a lot of the time. The practical effects and stunts are out of this world, though.


Incidentally, I watched Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome last night for the first time since I saw it at the theater 30 years ago. Thunderdome is the weak link in the series, but even it is engaging and fun in that glorious 1980s dystopia sort of way.

Funny... I did not realize until last night that the pilot in Beyond Thunderdome is actually a different character altogether than the pilot in The Road Warrior, although they are played by the same actor. I assumed during my childhood that the character had carried over to both movies, and, quite honestly, it's not a stretch to assume that either way, because the movie works anyway.

I wouldn't give the first film a 10/10. Maybe an 8/10, Road Warrior a 10/10, and Fury Road a 9/10. Fury would've been greatly improved by

[Show spoiler]a different first act, which had Max being more proactive instead of being captured 2 minutes in and left to do nothing for 30 minutes. Even though there are 3 previous films, that was an extremely weak introduction to the character after 30 years and was maybe the reason he didn't feel like the "main" character.

The 3-D in my theater looked pretty good. You can't really tell anymore between a post convert and native filmed 3-D, but the screening I saw had good depth but wasn't immersive like IMAX because the screen (and theater) was smaller.

[Dwayne Hicks]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

I wouldn't give the first film a 10/10. Maybe an 8/10, Road Warrior a 10/10, and Fury Road a 9/10. Fury would've been greatly improved by

[Show spoiler]a different first act, which had Max being more proactive instead of being captured 2 minutes in and left to do nothing for 30 minutes. Even though there are 3 previous films, that was an extremely weak introduction to the character after 30 years and was maybe the reason he didn't feel like the "main" character.

The 3-D in my theater looked pretty good. You can't really tell anymore between a post convert and native filmed 3-D, but the screening I saw had good depth but wasn't immersive like IMAX because the screen (and theater) was smaller.

It's all about Furiosa anyway. And she makes this the best Mad Max movie by far IMO. Max is not even needed here.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Dwayne Hicks

It's all about Furiosa anyway. And she makes this the best Mad Max movie by far IMO. Max is not even needed here.

So, this is Mad Maxine?

Getting ready to go watch this in 3D - haven't been this excited in years.

[Will.]

Originally Posted by cine74

So, this is Mad Maxine?

Getting ready to go watch this in 3D - haven't been this excited in years.

I wouldn't mind if they rebooted the series with only Theron and called it Furiosa.....I hope you like it!

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Dwayne Hicks

It's all about Furiosa anyway. And she makes this the best Mad Max movie by far IMO. Max is not even needed here.

Exactly. Which was the problem in calling it Mad Max, and just made the character come off as sort of weak in the beginning and not very interesting (especially since no one who hasn't seen the previous films would know any of his backstory).

I know Hardy signed on for 3 more films. Depending on box office, we'll see if they get made (or even one of them). Maybe then he can actually play Max, and not a mumbling side character with none of the charisma of Gibson.

[Member-222782]

Originally Posted by Will.

I wouldn't mind if they rebooted the series with only Theron and called it Furiosa.....I hope you like it!

Actually, this one is subtitled "Fur(iosa) Road"

[The Great Owl]

Mad Max has never really been the most dynamic or exciting character in the movies. He's simply the center around which all sorts of more chaotic and more fascinating things happen. I've always just figured that the movies are appropriately named because Max always runs into trouble during his wanderings, but the most rewarding characters are usually the ones along the periphery.

For this reason, I did not have a problem with Tom Hardy's somewhat laconic portrayal of the character, and I also did not have a problem with Charlize Theron's Furiosa being the main character, so to speak.

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Exactly. Which was the problem in calling it Mad Max, and just made the character come off as sort of weak in the beginning and not very interesting (especially since no one who hasn't seen the previous films would know any of his backstory).

I know Hardy signed on for 3 more films. Depending on box office, we'll see if they get made (or even one of them). Maybe then he can actually play Max, and not a mumbling side character with none of the charisma of Gibson.

This movie will have to make huge money overseas for them to think about making another one, because it's coming in way under commercial expectations.

The whole Max problem falls squarely on Miller. After seeing this film, they should have brought Gibson back. His appearance would have brought the whole back story of the character into the mix, and it's not Hardy's fault that the role was so poorly defined. In fact he clashed with Miller during the production over what Max's role was supposed to be.

I liked this movie but didn't love it. There's no character development. It's like they took MAD MAX and used the property as the basis for a modern day "amusement park" blockbuster movie. Some will love it, but some hard core fans of the older films might be disappointed there's no weight to it, mainly because there's nobody to care about.

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Besides, if junk like Avengers can become one of the biggest movies of all time, that should signal the end of humanity more than Mad Max 4 getting beat by Pitch Perfect. Not to mention, one is R and the other is not, so by proxy, more tickets can (and will) be sold for the PG movie.

I wouldn't peg the future of humanity down on any of these films. I would, however, wonder about the future of Hollywood and their declining returns.

All of these movies are dumb corporate products. We've come to a point where not one of these summer movies, so far, has a truly developed story line or is anything other than "brainless popcorn fun". MAD MAX is better directed than the others, and the action is intense, but at the end of the day, it's a dumb movie -- without any developed characters or story line -- about post-apocalyptic psychos running around in the desert. How is that "higher art" than a dumb comedy about singing teenagers?

The Cinemascore audience polling also indicates the Pitch Perfect audience likes that film more than the people who bought tickets to see Mad Max (which got an okay B+, not the A grade Pitch Perfect audience received)...so maybe not everyone agrees with the kool-aid all the critics drank about how "brilliant" Mad Max is.