Is that really saying much though?
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Mad Max: Fury Road |OT| What a Lovely Day | RT: 98% | Metacritic: 89
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Is that really saying much though?
Thinking about it, I barely remember anything about Avatar other than thinking "the 3D was very impressive" when I was coming out of the cinema.
Corpsepyre
Banned
I'm really hoping this makes enough money in the long run. It's really important for high budget R rated action movies that it does. We could be getting more if this is a success. If it doesn't, we'll be stuck with watered down, PG-13, which we have been for years now. I still can't forgive them for how fucked up Die Hard turned, script inadequacies and PG-13 rating both acted as culprits.
afternoon delight
Member
I mean, it's Fox though so.... Expected? I too am wishing for the same success to bolster R rated action films, lord it'd be blessing in a sea of Expendables sequels.
Probably not, with the state of this genre being what it is.
But it is an awesome sequence, 20 minutes of expertly made nonstop action.If some of you people don't even remember it, then sucks to be you.
Nemesis121
Member
$16,770,000 Friday estimate. Doesn't look like it's going to hit $50m this weekend
So sad it;s gonna lose to Pitch Perfect.....
My brothers in arms!!
Fucking track is epic as hell and one of the best from recent memory, such a beautifull track.
Ok I just got back. That is one of the greatest action films I have ever seen. Its poetic in the sheer scale and co-ordination of what they pull off in this film. I felt like I had my face blasted off. Theron, Hardy and Hoult did great job too. I really liked the three of them. Outstanding cinematography and design. I really REALLY want to see it again.
Good is an understatement.
Net_Wrecker
Member
This was the most insane big budget movie I've ever seen in a theater. Absolutely nuts.
Yes it's fantastic.
RobotsAnger
Member
It's not going to be first this weekend but hopefully word of mouth will give it long legs..
BronsonLee
Member
That's the best way to describe it. Everybody involved in this movie was goddamn crazy.
It needs to. It's not going to rake in 200m in China.
Prometheus did $21m on its first Friday.
Poindexter
Member
Mad max
WadiumArcadium
Member
As a big Marvel fan Mad Max is still the best of the three. I still really enjoyed Age of Ultron though.
Mad Max.
Poindexter
Member
Reviews are better than both, right? Though the B+ its getting from audiences makes it a bit harder to guess the legs
Loved Avengers and Furious 7. But I'd see Mad Max.
Conkersbadfurday
Member
Fun ass movie, and very impressive in a lot of respects. I got some action fatigue by the end though.
Yep reviews are much much higher than those two. Also Prompto pointed out in the boxoffice thread that Kingsman Secret Service also got a B+ cinemascore and that ended up having great legs.
Yep. Perfectly fine to see this without having seen the others.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
This is maybe the most single repeated question in this thread, which is funny considering the answer to it is bolded smack dab in the middle of the OP. You don't even have to read the thread. Just its first post.
But then again, the thread is hurtling along like a war rig, so I understand why people assume there's zero point in actually reading anything going farther back than the last page. It likely seems a tangled, impenetrable wasteland of disconnected conversations.
Anyway: you don't need to know anything about Mad Max before going into the film. The film will tell you what you need to know as it goes along.
-Plasma Reus-
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I can't believe this movie got made. How did this happen?
I'm just sitting here trying understand.
It's a heavy metal action concert,
I'm just sitting here trying understand.
It's a heavy metal action concert,
Yes. Works as a sequel and a standalone.
Probably. Old school action movie with style. Maybe some background into the older ones gives you an extra boost in the small nods here and there but it isn't really becessary.
I really liked this movie.
BertramCooper
Banned
You definitely don't need to have seen the other movies to enjoy this.
That said, I'd recommend at least watching the first two before going into this. Knowing Max's backstory helps fill in a lot of the blanks that Fury Road leaves empty (wisely, in my opinion). But it's not an absolute necessity.
Melville
Member
Yes, sorry about that. I just like to know as little as possible about a movie when I can, and that includes not seeing too much visuals. Anyway, thanks for the answer!
See Hot Pursuit.
Messofanego
Banned
lol
Bobby Roberts
Banned
someone should cut together a Hot Pursuit trailer with the Street Spirit & Brothers in Arms cues.
Future PhaZe
Member
There's something about the film that isn't visceral enough in its action...as if they changed it from pg13 to R at the last minute...and it prevents the film from having a certain rawness that it needs. Hard to explain.
Mad max just made 16 million dollars at the box office on friday..i knew it would be low but this? Clearly shows how much hollywood fucked up the whole rate system...
http://deadline.com/2015/05/pitch-p...fice-booty-on-track-for-60m-debut-1201428039/
http://deadline.com/2015/05/pitch-p...fice-booty-on-track-for-60m-debut-1201428039/
Just came back from watching it. Damn. I honestly can't understand how a movie like this came out in 2015 so out of the blue... the colours, the world building, the wide shots, the way the music and visuals combine, the pitch-perfect pacing... just how did this happen? I hope they have a George Miller commentary track and a making of feature in the Blu-Ray.
Phew.
Phew.
What made this R rated? Not seeing anything in it that wouldn't just be fine in PG-13 territory.
You'd have to really not care for the film to want to discuss minor compositing issues. Especially since it was just released yesterday for most, and many are still on a high.
So no. Not weird.
You'd have to really not care for the film to want to discuss minor compositing issues. Especially since it was just released yesterday for most, and many are still on a high.
So no. Not weird.
That's kind of a bummer. Hopefully positive word of mouth gives the movie some legs.
WadiumArcadium
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sCHOCOLATE
Member
Just saw it.
Try to imagine opening the hood of a Mustang 5.0 V8.
Climbing into the exhaust manifold [as impossible as that might be].
Then having a buddy start the engine, then flooring it for almost two hours.
Post-apocalyptic automotive chaos the likes of which I've never seen.
Not a frame wasted.
Near non-stop carnage.
A soundtrack that literally fuels the action [and works remarkably well in conjunction with the visual of the truck with the wall of speakers and the dude on the flame-throwing guitar].
I can't believe Miller and crew pulled it off. But they did.
And this movie deserves the review scores and praise.
Visual masterpiece.
Try to imagine opening the hood of a Mustang 5.0 V8.
Climbing into the exhaust manifold [as impossible as that might be].
Then having a buddy start the engine, then flooring it for almost two hours.
Post-apocalyptic automotive chaos the likes of which I've never seen.
Not a frame wasted.
Near non-stop carnage.
A soundtrack that literally fuels the action [and works remarkably well in conjunction with the visual of the truck with the wall of speakers and the dude on the flame-throwing guitar].
I can't believe Miller and crew pulled it off. But they did.
And this movie deserves the review scores and praise.
Visual masterpiece.
Messofanego
Banned
The couple instances of topless and nudity, probably.
This movie is beyond reproach. Everything about it is perfect