Triggerhappytel
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Watched this for the first time a couple of nights ago. Really liked it; feel it's perhaps a little overrated as I heard some claims it was on a par with Die Hard or Terminator 2, but maybe repeat viewings will make me enjoy it more.
Overall, a really great film and one I can see myself picking up in the future. Look forward to more entries in the series from George Miller, but I hope he takes his time and doesn't rush them.
- First of all, the action was incredible. Really great stunts and action scenes with the vehicles racing and battling. Nice to see practical effects and stunts in a film like this; I think a lot of CGI would have really stood out.
- The acting was brilliant all around. Charlize Theron totally owned the film and I really liked Tom Hardy as Max. Thankfully the script was 'show, don't tell' and I feel there was quite a lot of nuance to the character. Although I'm not entirely sure what the deal was with
- was that in the previous films at all? It's been a very long time since I watched MM 1 & 2. Nicolas Hoult was also really good as Nux, and I quite liked the sense of dying in a glorious battle that the warboys had.his visions of his deceased daughter
- The CGI was excellent. That bit where they were driving into the storm was breathtaking. I loved that shot of the convoy, as tiny as ants heading into the massive, mile-high storm which takes up the whole screen.
- I didn't really understand why Gastown was so close to Joe's stronghold. The guy with the metal nose was the boss of Gastown right? So if he's close enough to Immortan Joe to aid in the pursuit of Furiosa, why don't they just pool resources, travel that five mile distance and combines their settlements?
- I felt like the world had quite a bit of depth without the need to explain everything. We get brief looks at stilt-wearers in the swampland, the rival faction with their spiky cars, the motorcyclists who let Furiosa pass through in exchange for a miniature trailer of gas, the fact that although Joe is a warlord a lot of what he does is necessary evils and he's not a man without emotion, and so on. It was an interesting snapshot of the film's universe without going into too much depth. Similarly, I think the simple plot was actually a benefit as it let the film focus on the action and the surprisingly nuanced characters.
- There were some scenes where it was filmed oddly. Scenes where the camera zooms in on actors' faces in fast-forward and the background is obvious CGI. For a film that looked so good in most regards, it was odd how they kept doing this. This happened with Immortan Joe at one point, and at least one time with Max's
.hallucinations of the little girl
- I loved the style and silliness of it. Considering how precious a commodity fuel must be in this post-apocalypse future, the guitar flamethrower guy was just so absurd and awesome. Likewise for every car having flames shooting out of the back, and I liked how Joe emptied out the water in a very inefficient way. I liked the set-up of the Citadel, and how despite how Joe was a right bastard, a lot of the stuff there made logical sense.
Overall, a really great film and one I can see myself picking up in the future. Look forward to more entries in the series from George Miller, but I hope he takes his time and doesn't rush them.
