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Mad Max: Fury Road |OT| What a Lovely Day | RT: 98% | Metacritic: 89
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Wow.
fuck! that's basically how I played Blaine County in GTA V, but police cars dampened the fun. Looks slick, definitely a surprise for me
RastaMentality
Banned
Has anyone re watched it yet? I'm looking forward like hell to see it again. The more I think about it the more I love it.
JimmyRustler
Member
Will go and watch this movie tomorrow with my work buddies. Mens Night in our cinema. Can't wait.
Noooo, if you sheepishly attend and Fury Road is a blockbuster, then you, me, and all the other men (and real women) in the world will never be able to see a real action movie ever again that doesnt contain some damn political lecture or moray about feminism, SJW-ing, and socialism !!!
DOWN
Banned
This is stupid maybe but I am excited for this so I was avoiding the RT score to go in blind because I feel like I enjoy a movie less if I know it didn't get stellar reviews so I don't want to risk that idea or mediocrity being planted in my head. Thankfully this got stellar reviews.
Messofanego
Banned
Insane Metal
Member
98% with 56 counted.
I think I never saw something like this before, at least not for a movie that I care about.
Yeah, I mean... it's a friggin reboot/revision... I think no one expected this. Amazing.
BronsonLee
Member
This shit hits you like a fucking haymaker, even if you were expecting some crazy shit!
Punchy4486
Banned
I've always liked the look and concept of the Mad Max movies more than the actual execution of the films themselves. Like some of the ideas and world-building were great but the movies always left me feeling a little flat (maybe because I was born in '86 and came to them later).
I saw this in a sneak preview last night.
Fury Road is finally the Mad Max movie that fully satisfies me. Like, I can't imagine a better Mad Max movie and would love to see them try.
I have no complaints whatsoever aside from one cheesy special effect in a movie full of them, a slightly off ending (and I mean very slightly) and Tom Hardy's voice. His performance is great, but his voice is just weird. I got the impression that he couldn't pull off an Australian accent so he croaked his way around it.
None of these issues take away from the film though and I only focus on them because the rest of the movie is perfect.
I saw this in a sneak preview last night.
Fury Road is finally the Mad Max movie that fully satisfies me. Like, I can't imagine a better Mad Max movie and would love to see them try.
I have no complaints whatsoever aside from one cheesy special effect in a movie full of them, a slightly off ending (and I mean very slightly) and Tom Hardy's voice. His performance is great, but his voice is just weird. I got the impression that he couldn't pull off an Australian accent so he croaked his way around it.
None of these issues take away from the film though and I only focus on them because the rest of the movie is perfect.
RastaMentality
Banned
What did you feel was the most crazy part of the movie?
BronsonLee
Member
Oh, jeez...sequence wise? Polecats. That's not a spoiler since you see they're in the movie, but I have no idea how they pulled that shit off.
Movie wise? This shit shouldn't exist. Not in the form it does. You can see exactly why it took so long to make, because these are the most complex chase scenes I've seen in a long, long time.
I get the feeling that Tom Hardy just enjoys fucking around with weird accents. For some reason I always end up liking the result despite how ridiculous they should be on paper.
RockTurtle
Member
i haven't read much into it cause i want to go in fresh as possible when i see it, but is the movie more a car based combat movie from the few screenshots and previews?
Tricky I Shadow
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98% with 56 counted.
I think I never saw something like this before, at least not for a movie that I care about.
I'm seeing it tomorrow!
98% with 56 counted.
I think I never saw something like this before, at least not for a movie that I care about.
George Miller da gawd
CouchMaster
Member
I like him as story teller and I love his spoiler reviews and how he depicts each scene in his own ways (ROTK was the best), but Stuckmann is just better at it.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
You know, I'm kinda more excited about this than Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- and I consider myself a huge fan of Star Wars. It just seems so refreshing and unexpected, and as someone said "one of the few original blockbusters this summer". TFA will be awesome but we all more or less know what kind of film it will be even without reading the spoilers.
I feel the same way about the Highlander franchise (although the Highlander sequels are actually bad movies rather than movies whose concept is not fully realized).
I feel the same way about the Highlander franchise (although the Highlander sequels are actually bad movies rather than movies whose concept is not fully realized).
Punchy4486
Banned
Not sure what you mean, but yeah, cars are involved in almost every scene.
It's not car based combat in the sense of, like, Twister Metal with cars shooting each other. It's more car combat in the sense of chasing, and firing while driving, and trying to board each other and fistfighting on moving vehicles.
But it's entertaining and a spectacle. And I hate 3D movies but the preview was in 3D and I think this is the perfect type of silly action movie that benefits from it. But yeah, the 3D was after-the-fact so in terms of QUALITY of 3D, it's probably lower than it could've been.
Hearing the roar of the cars in person is pretty amazing.
A bunch of my friends saw it today and can't stop raving. Seeing it tomorrow, so hyped.
A bunch of my friends saw it today and can't stop raving. Seeing it tomorrow, so hyped.
Sad. Miller said his preferred version is 2D as well.
Agreed; I mean from what I read yesterday it was pretty much in development hell and had so many issues during production that it should have failure all written over it. Incredible turnaround.
I'm seeing it tomorrow!
Enjoy breh
Messofanego
Banned
I don't expect much from JJ Abrams and action movies. If he does that terrible shakycam shit again...
BronsonLee
Member
The only thing this movie has in common with Michael Bay is that things blow up sometimes.
Oh, and it's a movie.
I dont know man, the transformers movies have never had an RT score as high as fury road. So maybe that means there is more than just a chain of explosions in the film.
George Miller is not Michael Bay. Not in the slightest.
Sometimes? All the trailers equal explosion-fest! It's nothing but explosions! And by going how trailers are cut nowadays, i'm pretty sure i've seen 90% of the actual movie just by watching those trailers.
My film snob friends who've seen it are telling me it's an artistic triumph and a beautiful film.
BronsonLee
Member
I've seen the movie.
It's absolutely an explosionfest. In the best possible way. Absolute savagery. But the trailers have actually not shown that much.
If it isn't your type of movie, that's totally cool. But for people who want action movies, this is the real good shit right here.
I can't speak for the rest of GAF but Michael Bay is a terrible action director. I've always loved good action movies however.
really? a michael bay defensor????
IKR?!! Was super hyped even before the reviews but this is incredible, are we looking at another all time classic?
I don't expect much from JJ Abrams and action movies. If he does that terrible shakycam shit again...
Remember hes working with the RAID team so no worries.
Haloid1177
Banned
Probably another Dredd sadly.
How is this tracking? I can't imagine it beats Pitch Perfect 2 and I'd be pretty surprised if it beat AOU too.
BronsonLee
Member
I'm going to watch it again and probably have more normal/less hype thoughts, but...it's good. Real good.
It's not explosions themselves that people are tired off but the dumb way Bay uses them and always falling back on them and other visual tricks to cover his awful scripts.
If you interested: here's a great short analysis of Bay's style by Tony Zhou
Messofanego
Banned
waypoetic, you're good at this trolling. Keep at it.
30yearsofhurt
Member
I don't expect much from JJ Abrams and action movies. If he does that terrible shakycam shit again...
Stop touching the camera man!
Messofanego
Banned
5 film techniques J.J. Abrams will use to showcase his Star Wars universe
When I see articles like this stating what type of shots and effects he wants to keep for Star Wars, could just be parody or actual speculation on Verge's part (and they're terrible, so that's not out of the question), I'm worried.
Aerial Shaky Cam and Rapid/Snap Zooms are gonna get my goat. JJ Abrams, stop your Battlestar Galactica wanking, you're jerking too hard.
Wow, this hurts
Atraveller
Banned
Hey, The Rock is legit.
Is this from a gag reel? WTF?I don't expect much from JJ Abrams and action movies. If he does that terrible shakycam shit again...
Ah, the old "all action movies are the same" routine.
The difference here, as it always is in film, is one of the movies is shot like a film and one is shot like a 2 hour toy advertisement. George Miller knows a thing or two about making movies -- and it shows.
Simo
Member
Holy shit. They rolled out the War Boys and The Doof Warrior for a live show at the Sydney Opera House with all the cars there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N929gjLLzkk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N929gjLLzkk
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
Member
Awesome!