I imagine they are shallow people and probably were coming down from their ritalin while watching it.
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I imagine they are shallow people and probably were coming down from their ritalin while watching it.
CopperPuppy
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Subbed. Will come back and watch this later.
you tried
The first time I saw the film, I thought it was "meh" (hear me out).
I hadn't seen the other Mad Max films in years (still haven't) and didn't really know what I was walking into. Like other movies I've had problems with in the past, I wasn't in the right mindset for the type of film it was, and when what you get turns out so different from what you think you're going to get, it's pretty jarring. I was thinking some kind of survival action revenge movie or something, which it really wasn't. It's a chase movie, plain and simple.
Now, going back to the film after the fact, with the proper mindset for watching a chase movie, and Fury Road is second to none.. I just can't think of another chase movie off the top of my head that can beat it.
Everything looks so good because of what's in the video in the OP... it all looks real because it is real. CG was used only to enhance the effects, not create them. Which puts it visually heads and shoulders above most other movies these days that would have cheaped out and done all those vehicle effects as full CG. And the film is better for it. Way better.
I hadn't seen the other Mad Max films in years (still haven't) and didn't really know what I was walking into. Like other movies I've had problems with in the past, I wasn't in the right mindset for the type of film it was, and when what you get turns out so different from what you think you're going to get, it's pretty jarring. I was thinking some kind of survival action revenge movie or something, which it really wasn't. It's a chase movie, plain and simple.
Now, going back to the film after the fact, with the proper mindset for watching a chase movie, and Fury Road is second to none.. I just can't think of another chase movie off the top of my head that can beat it.
Everything looks so good because of what's in the video in the OP... it all looks real because it is real. CG was used only to enhance the effects, not create them. Which puts it visually heads and shoulders above most other movies these days that would have cheaped out and done all those vehicle effects as full CG. And the film is better for it. Way better.
johnnydrama
Banned
Okay, so this film is a bit of a conundrum for me. When I first watched it, I was completely underwhelmed, and didn't enjoy it much. Granted, I'd had very little sleep the night before, so I couldn't pay proper attention to what was going on, as much as I wanted to. A few months later, I picked up the Blu-ray and gave it another go. I can definitely appreciate the craftsmanship, and George Miller has directed a very competent action film. The visual storytelling is commendable, and everything comes together really well on a technical level. It is a technical masterpiece and a beautiful film to look at. But my praise for the film ends here. I just don't enjoy this sort of balls-to-the-wall action, and I feel this film is simply not for me. I prefer slower paced, character driven, meatier stories.
I'm not gonna go on forums telling people what they liked sucked. That's a shitty thing to do. But my take on the whole thing is that I prefer different kind of films, and relentless action is just not my cup of tea. I'm happy for everyone who enjoyed it since Miller and team put a lot of effort into it. I just didn't.
By the way, this video looks fucking great.
I'm not gonna go on forums telling people what they liked sucked. That's a shitty thing to do. But my take on the whole thing is that I prefer different kind of films, and relentless action is just not my cup of tea. I'm happy for everyone who enjoyed it since Miller and team put a lot of effort into it. I just didn't.
By the way, this video looks fucking great.
It doesn't even have to be "slow", because I hate the idea that you can't have an action movie that can't provide some meat, but to me there's no one I can care about in the movie. Yeah, sexual slavery is bad, Joe is a dick, but the wives are pretty faceless, and Furiosa doesn't feel like an articulated human any more than Max—they're skinner boxes with reactive outputs for action sequences.
johnnydrama
Banned
I didn't say slow. I simply said slower. An action film with more focus on explicit storytelling would struggle with Fury Road's pace, in my opinion. And yes, I agree. I didn't care for any of the characters either.
You can deconstruct their entire character relationship with those little looks and moments. In fact, let me try it with 16 GIFs:
Gnome Scat
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I can understand how he found that boring. If you're unimpressed or not entertained by that type of action, then it's boring. That's how I felt during Man of Steel, I almost fell asleep.
But at the same time, Fury Road being boring does not compute with me.
Mighty Chin
Banned
They went to this place then they went back.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
A funny detail about the film is that Max was supposed to be wearing an earpiece that constantly plays him static to comfort him. Tom was wearing it during filming, but eventually George decided to drop that plot point so they had to digitally remove his earpiece in every scene where it was visible. Which technically means that there is CGI in nearly every scene in the film!
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Those stunts were crazy. Surprised everything went so well without a hitch.
Simo
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Test audiences didn't "get it" because it was a half baked idea by Hardy trying to understand and get into the head of the character:
Fury Road was envisioned as a sequel to other Mad Max movies so the history of the character would play into Fury Road and Gibson was supposed to play Max in his 50s where he's roamed alone in the Wasteland for all this time and literally gone insane from holding onto the past. He was originally meant to be more of a "bumbling, helpless nutcase" where in the end about 50% of that actually ended up the in the film because of the shift in actors.
An example is the storyboards and art for the original opening where in the film we see Max standing on the hill next to his car looking at the Plains of Silence. The original storyboards showed the decrepit Interceptor there on the hill with a makeshift shelter set up next to it and Max sitting under it, rocking back and forth, mumbling to himself and crying.
heliosRAzi
Banned
That's the heart of the movie right there. That's the through line. These two characters barely speak, but their actions says a lot.
Banana Aeon
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It's a shame I don't like action movies. I feel like this would be interesting.
More_Badass
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That's such a broad umbrella. Like any movie that has action? Or just like the common overused action tropes? What about thrillers or crime dramas?
I think so many people say it doesn't have any story or nothing happens is because of the timespan in which the movie happens. It's basically 24 hours with little time compression, so it works around every detail the characters need to do to stay on the move. Since there's no globe trotting and the movie isn't structured around keeping the first act with hints of the unfolding conflict that unfolds slowly and carries plot twists to keep the audience hooked, people have trouble relating to such a straightforward script since they're used to the regular "keep introducing new turns every 20 minutes". They movie presents the characters and conflict early on and has the stakes right from the get go. Stakes don't get higher as it goes on and it's relevant to this small geographic area. The relative small scale of the conflict and it being constantly a tug of power has people completely outside their comfort zone.
If only it has terrible scenes involving his kid and him living a normal life and bonding over superficial studf, then it would get those critics.
If only it has terrible scenes involving his kid and him living a normal life and bonding over superficial studf, then it would get those critics.
Oh wow didn't know about this. I'm glad they didn't go with Gibson and try to do a character piece as the 30 year follow up.
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
No bait, I agree. Tom Hardy is no replacement for Mel Gibson.
That being said, I totally respect what it for it did manage to do well, and for what it attempted to do. I could see why it would many people's movie of 2015, but it just didn't work for me.
Simo
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Well Hardy is still playing the Max Rockatansky from the previous films. lol They may of dialed down the crazy by 50% and as such changed the film's ending but they didn't reboot the character. So yeah Hardy's Max is supposed to be in the 50s which is why the chronology of the Wasteland sounds screwy when Furiosa talks about her childhood. lol
I mean I absolutely fucking love Fury Road as it is no question but if you had Gibson in the role of Max again for Fury Road and stuck with what was in the original plan/script?! It would of been the perfect end to the series and Max's journey.
Discotheque
Banned
kinda frustrating seeing Mel in such great shape too and looking like a grizzled badass, makes you wonder what could have been if he was still Max.
oh well, Hardy was a fine replacement. not as good but the best alternative we have.
Simo
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Blood Father? lol Yeah I kept thinking the same thing when I was watching that movie and then he does the fucking sawn-off shotgun action from Mad Max 2...dammit Mel! lol
BlueDogAnchorite
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My favorite movie of last year. The best action I seen in a action movie in years. 
Right I realize he's still the same Max with either some writer freedom or him being crazy by thinking about his baby son as a 10 year old girl. But he's still supposed to be 50 like the original script wanted? But I guess since the original mad Max starts with oil scarcity and Max's son was a newborn, furiosa would have to be the around the same age of the kid.
Ultimately, it seems like Miller doesn't really care if the continuity matches up perfectly and I just wave it as some unreliable narrator retcons
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