maquiladora
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I dunno but the 2D was awesome ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Mad Max: Fury Road |OT| What a Lovely Day | RT: 98% | Metacritic: 89
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I dunno but the 2D was awesome ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
My theater has 3D D-Box (rumble chairs) showings lol.
BronsonLee
Member
Exactly. I was pretty hype for the screening I went to..but good lord. Unstoppable.
Simo
Member
2 other movies are written and ready to go!! Whether or not we'll see them though....
...fuck, we better!
Frankenstrat
Member
Going to see it on Friday night after a few drinks. Ready to be blown away.
Fudgepuppy
Banned
Oh, my, god. My jaw was dropped the entirety of the movie. I just fucking love everything about it.
Night Hunter
Banned
T minus 24 hours. Hype reached critical mass today.
If we do, I'd want them to be completely separate stories. I like the idea of Max as our window to a world where different themes can be explored without tying them to a larger narrative.
Everytime I come to this thread and read stuff like this my hype reaches new immeasurable levels. I need to see this movie right now.
tringworldso
Member
From all who have watched, is it true that Charlize Theron has a bigger role than Tom Hardy in the film?
Simo
Member
Yeah I'd love to see more and different parts of the wasteland but I'd be more happy to see
Theron's Furiosa return and well, she will since the second one is titled FURIOSA.
maquiladora
Member
For me, she was the real star of the film. If you are worried about that, don't be. She is amazing in it.
She drives the action. Max is the guy who wanders into her conflict.
He makes some major decisions and gets the best action moments though.
She's the main character of the story because she's an active part of the region for this story. Max is the main protagonist because he is the audience's eyes into this region. He stumbles into the story and becomes a part of it.
nrvalleytime
Member
Friend of mine is reviewing this for the Washington Post - she told me to see it in 3D.
As in, don't miss the 3D. First time she's ever recommended it.
As in, don't miss the 3D. First time she's ever recommended it.
Dave_6
Member
Quoting this to see if the track being mentioned is actually in the film?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
If Hornaday's making it a point to recommend seeing it in 3D, I think she's the first of the major outlets to do so.
d00d3n
Member
Fantastic movie. A detail that I really liked was
The main characters don't speak many words to each other, but little touches in the script like that and great wordless acting lead to a surprising amount of character development in the end.
Hardy abandoning Theron and the girls at first, but being forced to cooperate due to her complicated hot-wiring setup requiring her to be present in the truck for it to drive.
maquiladora
Member
I don't remember hearing it. Soundtrack is mostly pounding drums and guitar, complementing the actual music from the rig in the war party.
I don't go to theaters often, my last visit to there being going to see Gravity - but this one was a really pleasant experience. Insanely good action movie, no padding and a real visual treat. I try to avoid 3D whenever I can, but here I didn't find it intrusive at all (
).
I'll definitely pick this up on Blu-ray.
that bit with guitar and wheel flying towards the viewer excluded
I'll definitely pick this up on Blu-ray.
tringworldso
Member
Simo
Member
No it's not sadly and not on the OST either.
I like the track myself too so I'm wondering it came from.
I've discovered that it is apparently a cover of the Radiohead song Street Spirit by the group Superhuman, per their Facebook page here. Note that the original song sounds VASTLY different to the cover, and the cover isn't publicly available, though there's a chance Superhuman may post it on their Facebook page as it looks like they've done so with other tracks used in trailers.
BronsonLee
Member
It really does drill the shit out of you, doesn't it? It took me a long walk home to compress and take everything in.
show me your skeleton
Member
i'm thinking of going imax for this. i mean look at it, it deserves imax. problem is the cinema i'll go to only shows imax in 3D but i think it'll be worth it.
shanafan
Member
I'm shocked. I wanted to see it based on the trailers alone, thinking that I was in a small niche.. but wow, this is great!
TheJollyCorner
Member
Please George. Cast Gibson & Bruce Spence as two of the major villains in a sequel. That would be a mindfuck of massive proportions!
Please George. Cast Gibson & Bruce Spence as two of the major villains in a sequel. That would be a mindfuck of massive proportions!
Oh maaaaaaan that would be something else.
nrvalleytime
Member
From early reports, it seems like you'll be too amazed to move. This syndrome was also reported with the TLOR films and first viewings of Platoon/Apocalypse Now.
Had fun looking at all the practical stunt roles... then when it came to digital effects... like 1 paragraph of names.
Nothing at the end of the credits though
Edit: And yeah, you might find yourself sitting in your seat needing a minute to remember how to move
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Decided to dive down that rabbit hole:
Selma: 99%
206 fresh, 3 rotten, 8.7/10 average. Top Critics 42 fresh, 0 rotten, 9.2/10 average.
The Babadook: 98%
163 fresh, 4 rotten, 8.2/10 average. Top Critcs 35 fresh, 1 rotten, 8.2/10 average.
Boyhood 98%
259 fresh, 6 rotten, 9.2/10 average. Top Critics 50 fresh, 0 rotten, 9.8/10 average
Whiplash 95%
229 fresh, 12 rotten, 8.6/10 average. Top Critics 48 fresh, 3 rotten, 8.6/10 average
Birdman: 93%
240 fresh, 19 rotten, 8.5/10 average. Top Critics 46 fresh, 3 rotten, 8.7/10 average
Gravity 97%
296 fresh, 10 rotten, 9/10 average. Top Critics 52 fresh, 1 rotten, 9.2/10 average
Zero Dark Thirty 93%
237 fresh, 17 rotten, 8.6/10 average, Top Critics 46 fresh, 4 rotten, 9.1/10 average
Argo 96%
287 fresh, 13 rotten, 8.4/10 average. Top Critics 48 fresh, 3 rotten, 8.8/10 average
Lincoln 90%
224 fresh, 26 rotten, 8/10 average. Top Critics 46 fresh, 3 rotten, 8.5/10 average
A Separation 99%
148 fresh, 1 rotten, 8.9 average. Top Critics 45 fresh, 0 rotten, 9.3/10 average
Drive 93%
220 fresh, 17 rotten, 8.3 average. Top Critics 41 fresh, 6 rotten, 8.1/10 average
Toy Story 3 99%
276 fresh, 4 rotten, 8.9 average. Top Critics 49 fresh, 0 rotten, 8.6/10 average
The Social Network 96%
275 fresh, 11 rotten, 9/10 average. Top Critics 50 fresh, 0 rotten, 9.4/10 average
So, looking at the last five years, Mad Max: Fury Road appears to be the 4th most critically acclaimed wide-release film according to Rotten Tomatoes, behind Boyhood, A Separation, and The Social Network.
Of course, there's still probably about 100 some reviews that will come in afterwards that's going to bring that score down when the rest of the peanut gallery starts to turn in their reviews.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
12 Years a Slave aint on that list?
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Man, the hype is killing me over here! I have to wait until Saturday to see this. My wife won't let me see it without her so we're going to catch an early showing Saturday morning. We're both pumped.
Night Hunter
Banned
I wonder how many of them saw all the good reviews and are gonna write a bad one just to get some clicks.
Had fun looking at all the practical stunt roles... then when it came to digital effects... like 1 paragraph of names.
Nothing at the end of the credits though
Edit: And yeah, you might find yourself sitting in your seat needing a minute to remember how to move
Hahaha, thanks guys.