Movie Details
| Title: | Mad Max: Fury Road | |
| Director: | George Miller | |
| Year: | 2015 | |
| Genre: | Apocalypse | |
| Times Seen: | 2 | |
| Last Seen: | 07.17.22 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (2)
- Mad Max
- The Road Warrior
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 07.17.22 | Internet | It's been since the theater and I was in the mood to watch something good. I seem to remember watching this in 3D in the theater? Or it was very dim? The colors didn't pop or something. I can't be bothered to check my previous note... but anyway, it was nice to see this and really see those colors. There's only one shot that seemed to cater to no-longer-there 3D (the doof warrior's guitar comin at ya when the war wagon crashes at the end), but otherwise it's a real marvel of action storytelling. I think maybe not as perfect as Road Warrior, but still nearly unbelievable that they made it in the last decade. For the most part the visual effects are seamless and all of that... and there's no better post-apocalyptic world-builder than George Miller. The first 15 minutes are so batshit crazy... it's really the best that the genre has to offer for this-is-how-crazy-the-world-can-get design. I dunno what else to say. it was very good. |
| 05.31.15 | Galaxy Flix Brewhouse | This is the first movie in a while where I felt the need to see it theatriclaly. I think ultimately I am happy to have seen this while it's still in the zetigeist, the actual theatergoing part of my experience was disappointing. I think I'm just of an older generation or something but having to select assigned seating at the box office, having a loud bro-ish waiter try and push overpriced hors d'voeuvres, and most importantly a dim sub-standard projector all got in my way. The picture quality felt flat and grayed out and, while for the majority of the movie the spectacle and story captivated me enough to forget about this stuff, I did find myself periodically lamenting that the image was so poor. I now look forward to when I have a blu of this and can watch it at home. My list of theaters that I am willing to go to is dwindling, sorry to say :( But anyway, about the movie itself: I thought it was great. I feel like action movies - or really any movie with a serious budget - have all slowly amalgamated into one glop of "pretty good." Not terrible... certainly adequate... but also not surprising. Not thrilling. Not exceptional. Chris Popkoff shared this theory with me the last time I saw him and I am finding that I agree more and more as time goes on. Every Marvel movie is pretty good. You can count on it not to be too boring or too ridiculous or too cheesy, but you can also count on it not to do anything you aren't fully expecting it to do. So when something like this shows up and reminds people what good action looks like and what's so great about the post-apocalyptic genre it really opens people's eyes. And this is the work of a 70-year old man. That's so fantastic. So often these directors seem to lose their vivre as they get older and gravitate toward quiet romantic comedies in Provence or heavy dramas that they can shoot within ten minutes of their home. This is a bright vibrant example of someone who still has a love and respect for imagination and thrill. The fact that every character name in the end credits could be the title of their own post-apocalyptic epic yet more than half of them are never mentioned in the movie shows how much thought and planning went into this. The collection of ideas... just marvelous. So yeah... great movie. Certainly better than Thunderdome and Mad Max... Ehhhh I think I still like Road Warrior more but this one's pretty close. Can't wait to own it. |
