BronsonLee
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Mad Max: Fury Road |OT| What a Lovely Day | RT: 98% | Metacritic: 89
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SocksAndShoes
Banned
On second viewing, I was distracted as hell by Zoey Kravitz's distinct lack of a bra.
Elevating an already incredible film.
Elevating an already incredible film.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
BobbyRoberts and kwiston take a drink every time a statement like this is made
During my watch, I constantly had such a big grin on my face that was not from this world, while gripping my seat at the same time. Such a great film, traditional 80's quality catapulted into modern day. I'm in missionary mode now and am trying pulling other people into it.
For people that haven't seen the old Mad Max films, I think it might be a cool idea to see the first film only before Fury Road, because civilization is on the brink of collapsing there and seeing FR after it would give a great contrast showing the final state of the world.
For people that haven't seen the old Mad Max films, I think it might be a cool idea to see the first film only before Fury Road, because civilization is on the brink of collapsing there and seeing FR after it would give a great contrast showing the final state of the world.
I have to imagine World of Mouth will help reduce the second week drop percentage. I plan on seeing it again this weekend.
Simo
Member
I have the first issue. Opens by taking place after the events in Fury Road with the rest of the issue seemingly fitting Fury Road within the continuity of the previous films. Like there are panels with characters straight from the first Mad Max film including the yellow Interceptors.
Vinegar Joe
Member
God damn that was good.
MrCunningham
Member
I never knew that Miller was originally set to write and direct Contact. His version sounds so intriguing. It's interesting that Warner rejected his script because they thought it would have been a bit to challenging for audiences, as it lacked a lot of exposition. So they went with a much more "play it safe" adaptation by Robert Zemeckis.
It is also nice to hear that Miller is so confident with Mad Max that he doesn't feel the need to release an extended cut.
I want Mad Max Fury Road to be successful way more than I've wanted any movie before. Even more than Pacific Rim and I pushed that super hard. I'm telling everyone I know to go see it. Gonna go see it a second time, when I get the chance.
This movie kicked all kinds of ass and might just be up there in my top 5 movies.
This movie kicked all kinds of ass and might just be up there in my top 5 movies.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
So amusingly, on my way into the cinema to see this, two of the guys from The Xcerts (see my avatar) were being turned away because it was sold out.
It was super weird.
It was super weird.
BronsonLee
Member
Should've given em your tickets!
Took the wife to see it last night. Excellent move. Crazy. Just crazy.
I would've like a little less feminism in the movie, but overall the movie kicked ass. Always good to have quality R rated action movies. My wife enjoyed it.
I'm glad I got to see it in the theater. Sound design was superb.
I would've like a little less feminism in the movie, but overall the movie kicked ass. Always good to have quality R rated action movies. My wife enjoyed it.
I'm glad I got to see it in the theater. Sound design was superb.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Furiosa should have at least been captured once or twice to give Max a scene where he can rescue her.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
"Movie kicked ass, but I could have done with a little less female agency personally."
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
It's a very feminist movie in the true sense of the world. Shows women treated as objects by a patriarchical society and then they reject that.
I don't understand being put off by that though.. It certainly isn't preachy about anything.
Yup. Best TV show intro in awhile.
Right. The movie certainly has female empowerment written all over it. And I wasn't put off by it. I stated that enjoyed the movie. Just that I didn't care to have the theme be so blatant.
Is that ok to say on GAF? Or does that mean I hate women?
Well, it's a popcorn flick.
Good movie in it's own right but yeah..
It should've just been called, Fury Road.
"Mad Max" name, was just the seller.
My order,
MAD MAX>MAD MAX 2>>>>>>>>>>Fury Road>Beyond Thunderdome
Can't wait still (and have been since announcement)... till MAD MAX game, and i feel it'll have a more MAD MAX Concept than Fury Road. And, most likely what will drive my fanboy heart. lol
Good movie in it's own right but yeah..
It should've just been called, Fury Road.
"Mad Max" name, was just the seller.
My order,
MAD MAX>MAD MAX 2>>>>>>>>>>Fury Road>Beyond Thunderdome
Can't wait still (and have been since announcement)... till MAD MAX game, and i feel it'll have a more MAD MAX Concept than Fury Road. And, most likely what will drive my fanboy heart. lol
http://nospockdasgay.tumblr.com/post/119381643753/my-reaction-to-mad-max-fury-road-and-the-utter
For all of the hype about the movie's supposedly aggressive feminism, this was a refreshing perspective.
For all of the hype about the movie's supposedly aggressive feminism, this was a refreshing perspective.
Right. The movie certainly has female empowerment written all over it. And I wasn't put off by it. I stated that enjoyed the movie. Just that I didn't care to have the theme be so blatant.
Is that ok to say on GAF? Or does that mean I hate women?
But it wasn't a theme. It fit flawlessly in the story and didn't seem forced at all. Everything was realistic and believable. That's why the movie is so great. I think it only comes off as in your face or even a theme to people who can't see women as anything aggressive or physical.
The movie is certainly refreshing in so many different ways. If only the rest of Hollywood would take note.
Messofanego
Banned
EDIT: beaten lol
Write-up by a fetal amputee, Laura, on Furiosa. Good read.
My Reaction to Mad Max: Fury Road and the Utter Perfection that is Imperator Furiosa
Write-up by a fetal amputee, Laura, on Furiosa. Good read.
My Reaction to Mad Max: Fury Road and the Utter Perfection that is Imperator Furiosa
I am what’s called a fetal amputee. Fancy way for saying I was born with a missing limb. I’ve written about this on here before, but it’s been a long time and I’ve gained a lot of new followers recently (hai guyz) so it might be news to some of you.
This is me.
This is Charlize Theron as Furiosa.
The Technomancer
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This movie has been lighting up my Twitter feed in a way that I don't think I've ever seen anything else do. Crazy movie. I really hope it has huge legs
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Is that ok to say on GAF? Or does that mean I hate women?
Whether or not you hate women has nothing to do with whether or not you visit NeoGAF.
Don't get me wrong I really liked the movie but the way people were describing it too me and all the chatter on my Twitter feed it made it sound like a masterpiece. Tom Hardy was ok I guess but this is really Charlize Theron's movie and she did a superb job. I think people are just really taken aback by the pacing because they've been over saturated on cookie cutter Marvel and Taken like action movies.
Edit: Oh and Nicholas Hoult was awesome too.
Edit: Oh and Nicholas Hoult was awesome too.
Also I was waiting for Max to say "If it's all the same to you... I'll drive that tanker."
Bobby Roberts
Banned
From the blogpost:
Kind of a weird way to frame that story you just shared, honestly. It's a great blogpost. Presenting it as some sort of counter to the "aggressive" feminism people are(n't) seeing in the movie isn't doing that post any favors at all.
A lot of people do think it is a masterpiece though. I happen to agree with them as well. Easily one of the greatest action films of all time.
Yeah but that's what feminism is. The desire for equality across sexes. And that's why this is a great feminist film.
It most certainly was a theme. Or at least, the negative effects of oppression in general was a theme. It is the major controlling idea of the entire story. It's the thing that informs and directs everything in the film. Even the action is structured in a way to directly dramatise and exaggerate the idea of pushing back against oppression and patriarchy.
Right. The movie certainly has female empowerment written all over it. And I wasn't put off by it. I stated that enjoyed the movie. Just that I didn't care to have the theme be so blatant.
Is that ok to say on GAF? Or does that mean I hate women?
Filmmakers are not (or at least shouldn't be) in the business of trying to slip a political statement in a few lines amongst the 'entertainment' and brutal action. They shouldn't be thinking "Oh, the message is too obvious. Dial it back a few notches until no one really realises it's about that."
On the contrary, they're trying to, as clearly as possible, communicate an idea to the audience in whatever way they know how, in this case, it's about women (and more generally, anyone) being oppressed by a larger system, and it's communicated to us through relentless, physical action, where the oppressed are desperately trying to escape from the oppressors. The film is actively wanting you to feel and understand what it's like to be oppressed and what that frustrated, furious desire to push back against it feels like.
This is not some kind of manipulation on the part of the filmmakers to trick you into feeling something, nor is it a case of "Eat your vegetables or else no dessert for you." Mad Max: Fury Road is wholly entwined with feminism and oppression, and to say "tone it down" is to misunderstand that that's the core, driving force of the movie.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I'm about to go rewatch this and I'm taking my angry semi-misogynist cousin for his first watch
Even if you really like the movie, which I do, that's crazy talk. No matter what medium you have to sit on the piece for awhile and think about it again with a clear head before saying something is the best in its genre.
It's best in the genre.
There's really no objective reasoning for these kind of things you know? The best you can do is counter recommend another movie that is strictly superior.
ok!
FR is certainly one of the best action films in recent years. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, though. The R rating was definitely needed.
I didn't misunderstand the movie's statement one bit. It's kind of like Elysium where the director/writer beat you over the head with the movie's theme. Again, different opinions & all that.
I watched it three times. Still think it is one of the best action films ever made. Top 10 for sure. Top 5 maybe.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
He said one of the best. I don't think you need time's perspective to say it's one of the best.
Messofanego
Banned
lol update us if he dislikes Furiosa
Yeah never had a problem with it, the strong feminist undertones didn't even register with me, I just saw strong women that were like that because of the world they lived in. Much like I would expect anyone no matter what age or gender to be hardened by that world they lived in, didn't think *Wow this a good feminist movie" I just thought " Those are some mother fucking badass grandmas!"
I said one of the best. Sure with time my opinion may change but as of right now I def have not seen too many action movies that have outclassed the phenomenal work done here. The last time I felt like this was the Matrix and before that Terminator 2.
I really dont think anyone who watches this movie will hate Furiosa. Furiosa is now up there among the legendary women action movie characters category right alongside Ripley and Sarah Connor.In fact in many ways she is much better than the other two.
Great read. Love relatable takes like this.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I think people see feminism intrinsically in the patriarchical society/women made into subservient property aspect that a lot of non-feminists often haven't studied much about.
It's not a particularly feminist film for the "strong woman character" aspect. That's kind of a dime a dozen mainstream Hollywood trope lately.
I think you do but I guess we'll agree to disagree.
Barrow Roll
Member
People shouldn't shy away from calling Fury Road a feminist film just because it might turn away some people who really can't stand anything and everything that might even be remotely associated with feminism. Like Dommo said, feminism is the desire for equality across sexes, how anyone can see that as a bad thing is beyond me.
You don't need to see the underlying themes to enjoy the movie and you can certainly ignore them if you please, but they're certainly there. Fury Road and its women say it loud and clear, "WE ARE NOT THINGS."
You don't need to see the underlying themes to enjoy the movie and you can certainly ignore them if you please, but they're certainly there. Fury Road and its women say it loud and clear, "WE ARE NOT THINGS."
I didn't say you misunderstood the movie's statement. I said you're misunderstanding that it's the core driving force of the film. You saying "beating you over the head" reinforces this. The film was clear in its storytelling. It was unabashedly a feminist film that wanted you to feel what it's like to be oppressed and the desire to fight back against that. It wanted you to clearly and fully feel those emotions. And considering feminism is a valuable, topical, important movement, this is completely welcome. Diluting this doesn't make for a stronger film.
And it achieved all of this through strong, dramatic storytelling, relying on next to no exposition. It wasn't a lecture or a dump of information. It was telling a dramatic story in the hopes of eliciting an emotional response in its audience. Which is what all stories are aiming to do.
In this case, "beating you over the head" is equivalent to saying "This steak is really beating me over the head with its full, enriching flavours."
Simo
Member
Anyone else grab the comic? He gives a brief back story on Nux with the rest of the issue dedicated to Immortan Joe that only details him and how the Citadel came to be but also The Bullet Farmer, People Eater and the establishment of Bullet Farm and Gas Town.
Again the comic seems to establish that not only does Fury Road take place within the chronology of the previous films but that the video game does too.
Again the comic seems to establish that not only does Fury Road take place within the chronology of the previous films but that the video game does too.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I don't usually care about these comic movie tie ins, but I find myself really wanting to know more about the world that was alluded to but never explained.
I don't think we'll necessarily see the Fury Road society explained in a feature film, so I'll be curious to see what that comic shows...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Oh, god. That is fantastic.