Mad Max: Fury Road

[JD]

So anybody else planning on checking out the Immorten Joe comic when it comes out Wednesday? I'm very curious to check it out.

EDIT: Sounds like there's a pretty good chance we will get more Max. Although to according this article the second one will be titled Mad Max: The Wasteland, instead of Furiosa. I wonder why they changed it?
EDIT #2: Kelly Thomspon, the writer of IDW's JEM and the Holograms comic, and Marvel's Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps has an article on CBR looking at the feminist elements of Fury Road.

 

[AvBaur]

Saw it last night. After all the praise I'd heard, I was expecting this to be one of the greatest action movies ever made. Then I saw it, and it was somehow even better than that! This may well be the single greatest pure action film I've seen. An exhilarating experience. Everyone who cares about cinema needs to see this.

 

[davejames]

As far as pure, nonstop action movies go, I'd probably still rate the two Raid movies higher, since there were just so many great, mindblowingly cool action sequences in those.

But Fury Road is definitely not too far behind.

 

[AvBaur]

^ The Raid 1 & 2 are amazing as far as action/fights go, but MM:FR imho has far more to offer in terms of interesting characters and awesome imagery.

 

[Marsden]

Well that's your problem then. This isn't a movie that spells out motivation or gives you a lot of exposition. But the story is there if you care to look. And if not, I don't know what to tell you.

Why is it his problem, because he disagrees with you?

 

[JD]

I got digital version of the Nux and Immorten Joe comic from Comixology this morning. I haven't read it yet, but I plan to once I finish the current chapter of the Dresden Files book I'm reading. I flipped through it, and it looks like Nux's story is fairly short, and the majority is Joe's. It's not really that surprising, I didn't expect Nux to have a very complicated backstory.

 

[Aldo]

^^I haven't made it out to my local Comic book shop yet, but when I do I'm getting the 'Max books as well.

 

[Commander Richard]

There's a scene where we see two "creatures" shambling in silhouette across the frame - reminded me of something we'd see from the Dark Crystal. No explanation of what the hell we just saw or what they're doing. They're just THERE.

I thought they were ordinary people walking through the mud on stilts.

I haven't made it out to my local Comic book shop yet, but when I do I'm getting the 'Max books as well.

I didn't know about the comics. Wouldn't surprise me if the first issue was sold out by now.

 

[Eduardo]

In the first issue of the comic, there were a couple of characters appearing for a couple of panels that really surprised me.

 

[Tulin]

There's a scene where we see two "creatures" shambling in silhouette across the frame - reminded me of something we'd see from the Dark Crystal. No explanation of what the hell we just saw or what they're doing. They're just THERE.

I thought they were ordinary people walking through the mud on stilts.

Hence me typing "creatures".

The wonderful thing about this movie is your hand isn't being held like a baby - you can make up your own mind, or you can just watch it and say, "HOLY FUCK THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!"

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I head this sucked.

Does it suck?

I don't want to read the thread.

Is it sci fi enough to take someone who only wants to see sci fi or super hero movies?

 

[Admiral2]

I head this sucked.

Then you only talked to people who didn't like it.

Does it suck?

No.

I don't want to read the thread.

Fine.

Is it sci fi enough to take someone who only wants to see sci fi or super hero movies?

Nope. It's a bunch of Australian rude-boys and mutants chasing around the desert in oversized, supercharged "Technicals." There's no superpowers, no robots and no spaceships. Go to a multiplex, watch this one yourself and send your friend to "age of ultron."

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

I only have one friend who goes to the movies. I shall force her to go. I am sure she has seen at least one Mad Max from yore, we have all seen at least one with our morning vegemite.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Totally f*cking insane. Haven't seen anything like it in forever. The years Miller spent devising this movie were well spent. And I was certain that a Mad Max movie without Mad Mel was pointless.

If I had a criticism, it's that I wasn't entirely sold on Tom Hardy's Max. He's a great actor and I love him in stuff like Bronson and Peaky Blinders. But in some ways, he's a great character actor in a leading man's body, albeit that he has the charisma (and more) of most leading men.

But...I'm used to Mel's take on Max. He was silent and intense. Hardy's mumbling and tendency to pull odd expressions and the like slightly jarred with me. Yes, it's not an entirely fair criticism if this Max isn't really meant to be the same guy Mel played. I just have to get used to him, (like I get used to Chris Pine not speaking with. Shatner's... speech PATTERNS. Erratic typing intentional). Mel's Max always seemed sort of angry-mad; this guy was more crazy-mad. (Can't help but wonder how the late Heath Ledger would've pulled it off - he was supposed to be Miller's choice a decade or so ago).

Still, a small gripe when compared to the glorious insanity of this movie. Roll on the planned sequels.

 

[davejames]

Well I haven't seen the original movies, but I got the clear impression that some time had passed and this was a Max who had become a lot crazier and more unhinged since Gibson played him. And I actually thought Hardy sold that really well, with his odd little grunts and reactions.

 

[drt]

Awesome movie.

My favorite fan theory regarding how Fury Road's Max isn't like Gibson's, and only the very old seem to remember pre-apocalypse times: this "Max" is the Feral Kid from The Road Warrior, having grown up and assumed the persona of Mad Max.

 

[Captaindemotion]

Awesome movie.

My favorite fan theory regarding how Fury Road's Max isn't like Gibson's, and only the very old seem to remember pre-apocalypse times: this "Max" is the Feral Kid from The Road Warrior, having grown up and assumed the persona of Mad Max.

Wasn't there some talk over the years that the fourth film would be about Max's son?

 

[JD]

I read the comic, and I enjoyed it. It wasn't as incredible as the movie, and was much more straightforward, but it did give us some interesting insights into Nux and Joe. My biggest issue was the fact that it was just one 30ish page issue, split between two stories, so they didn't really get as in depth as they could have with just one, or even if they had given us multiple issue for each character. I'm hoping the fact that we're getting a whole issue for Furiosa and two for Max, means they're will be more depth to their stories.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

My favorite fan theory regarding how Fury Road's Max isn't like Gibson's, and only the very old seem to remember pre-apocalypse times: this "Max" is the Feral Kid from The Road Warrior, having grown up and assumed the persona of Mad Max.

I like it.

And besides, isn't there a scene in this film - I haven't seen it yet - where Max has a vision of his family, and the child is a girl? In the original, Max and his wife only had a son (Sprog).

 

[JD]

Well, it's kind of ambiguous.
Chuck Wendig has written a blog post about rape in Game of Thrones vs Mad Max. I thought it was pretty interesting, and brought up a lot of good points. Just to warn you though, if you do not want MAJOR SPOILERS for the last GoT episode, do not read it.