Mad Max Fury Road

[Gameface]

Jazzfanz came into this thread complete retards.

fixed

 

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The poles are a pretty cool advantage for the albino warboys.

 

[The Midnight]

The poles are a pretty cool advantage for the albino warboys.

Yeah they nearly lost the fight because of those stupid poles.


Kinda like JR Smith hurting you with 8 threes in a game.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

Jazzfanz going complete retard in this thread.

When we want your opinion, we'll ask for a nice bagel recipe. Until then, pipe the smurf down.

 

[HighlandHomie]

OK - quick question for you - do you prefer Mad Max or the Avengers?


Both are showing at the moment.

Didn't see The Avengers yet.

 

[Scat]

First and foremost, movie was awesome. I feel like I need to watch it again because the action was so fast and so awesome I feel like I missed quite a bit of the symbolism mentioned earlier. There were also a lot of references to the original movies like when the one breeder was playing the little music box from Road Warrior.

But that's exactly what I did. I went in thinking I just want to be entertained. I got a ton of action, but most of it was pointless and not that I'm some bloodthirsty psycho - but I'd have liked to seen some creative kills (the movie was rated R).

So putting a hook in a guy's mouth attached to a chain and then the chain getting twisted up around the car's axle and completely ripping off his jaw wasn't a creative and awesome kill?

To the person who said this movie had symbolism and everything wasn't spelled out to the viewer (Maybe it is one of those artsy Miramax films that flew over my head?), what was the point/symbolism of them spray painting their lips? Why were they talking about Valhalla if the setting was post-apocalyptic?

To me it was more about desperate people needing something to believe in and a maniacal leader creating a religion based on bits and pieces of past religions that he had heard of. Silver spray paint, is it any worse that painting your face with cow dung while you stalk pray? Painting your face with ash when going to war? Painting your face when attending a sporting event? The silver spray paint was no different than any of these other examples. They thought Immortan Joe was a god. He could of told them to drink pee and they would have done it (CP3 does this already).

I don't need to nitpick the plot giving away spoilers

Then just stop.

To the person who said people had problems with this being a feminist movie - I have to laugh because if it weren't for the old women the movie would have been a true POS.

Agreed. Get over it. There were several strong women in this movie and they were awesome.

Just to add, the director wanted very little CGI used in this movie and most of the stunts were real and not shot against a green screen. For the pole scene they actually brought in Cirque de Soleil performers to teach the stunt men how to use the poles. When watching the film knowing that what you just saw really happened made it all the more awesome.

 

[HighlandHomie]

First and foremost, movie was awesome. I feel like I need to watch it again because the action was so fast and so awesome I feel like I missed quite a bit of the symbolism mentioned earlier. There were also a lot of references to the original movies like when the one breeder was playing the little music box from Road Warrior.



So putting a hook in a guy's mouth attached to a chain and then the chain getting twisted up around the car's axle and completely ripping off his jaw wasn't a creative and awesome kill?



To me it was more about desperate people needing something to believe in and a maniacal leader creating a religion based on bits and pieces of past religions that he had heard of. Silver spray paint, is it any worse that painting your face with cow dung while you stalk pray? Painting your face with ash when going to war? Painting your face when attending a sporting event? The silver spray paint was no different than any of these other examples. They thought Immortan Joe was a god. He could of told them to drink pee and they would have done it (CP3 does this already).



Then just stop.



Agreed. Get over it. There were several strong women in this movie and they were awesome.

Just to add, the director wanted very little CGI used in this movie and most of the stunts were real and not shot against a green screen. For the pole scene they actually brought in Cirque de Soleil performers to teach the stunt men how to use the poles. When watching the film knowing that what you just saw really happened made it all the more awesome.

Great post, and very reasonable. Art is subjective. You're right about the leader's death - that was a great kill. I saw it 3D. Maybe I'll see it again on regular, and perhaps I'll have a different reaction.

 

[Scat]

Oh, and for those saying this has nothing to do with the first three movies, Fury Road was written and directed by the same person, George Miller.

 

[The Midnight]

Great post, and very reasonable. Art is subjective. You're right about the leader's death - that was a great kill. I saw it 3D. Maybe I'll see it again on regular, and perhaps I'll have a different reaction.

I hate watching movies in 3D. Just doesnt feel natural to me like the screen becomes smaller and the colour is off somehow. I didn't even know this was shown in 3D actually. Would have been an interesting comparison.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

I hate watching movies in 3D. Just doesnt feel natural to me like the screen becomes smaller and the colour is off somehow. I didn't even know this was shown in 3D actually. Would have been an interesting comparison.

Sometimes it depends on the theater or even the glasses. I've seen a few really good 3d movies in the last few years, but the theater I go to most of the time now has ****ty glasses that make it not worth the extra money. I suggest trying different theaters until you find a good one, and if you see one you like, keep the glasses instead of recycling.

 

[The Midnight]

Sometimes it depends on the theater or even the glasses. I've seen a few really good 3d movies in the last few years, but the theater I go to most of the time now has ****ty glasses that make it not worth the extra money. I suggest trying different theaters until you find a good one, and if you see one you like, keep the glasses instead of recycling.

The only decent 3D experience I have had was with an Imax screen. It just looks too small on a normal screen to me.

 

[sirkickyass]

Mad max was awesome. That being said, I am a person who has willingly attended two gwar concerts, so I felt pretty much at home.

My theory is that Oderus urungus wrote the screenplay and was trying to make a big hit like fast and furrrious, but didn't realize he was on crack pretty much the entire time.

It was awesome. And if you don't know who Oderus urungus is, do yourself a huge favor and watch some gwar music videos. You will probably not thank me later, and will most def be scarred for a little while.

Alas, Dave Brockie is dead.

When I was watching the film I was thinking that there was a great missed opportunity for a Gwar commentary track where Gwar spends the whole film rooting against Max and Furiosa and talking about how awesome the villains are. They have a villain who sleeps in a hammock made of guitars after all.