Sometimes I'm amazed about how such mediocre movies can be pumped and overhyped for so little...I mean it could have almost been a decent action movie if it was a little bit shorter, and had at least one tiny bit of developing in the storyline beyond "cool machines driven by freaks chasing in the desert".. All in all beside a great costumes design and props what you are left with, is just some sort a giant shallow videoclip, with a great visual reworking of the post atomic imaginary introduced from the first Mad Max. Oh yes and plus some half naked models.
It's true, after all those useless blurry, hyperkinetic camera movements we got overdosed in the last decades, it's refreshing to see some more traditional shooting with a proper image composition...on the other hand Fury Road to (badly) counterbalance one good thing, need to add something really wrong, hence I have the feeling it will be remembered for one of the worst night photography seen since who knows when maybe the 70s...I mean blue filtering for the night sequences?! c'mon is that a joke?!...in the age of the uber ISO settings digital camera brought even to consumer market? Is really depressing to see so blatantly fake night scenes in a big budget movie...and for no imaginable reason.
I was about to let it go half the way, honestly I made it to the end just out of curiosity...not for the movie itself which became boring pretty soon, but because I was desperately looking for that special something that should have made this movie worth at least some of the praise I had read from audience and critics alike. Needless to say, there was nothing until the end...just you know, the desert...

Finally got to go to the cinema recently to watch the new Mad Max film, and just got around to completing my review on it all. I honestly thought I wouldn't get to see it at the cinema as it didn't seem to be the sort of film I could drag my wife along to. But thanks to the wonder of the @wittertainment podcast, she was willing (if not eager) to see what all the fuss was about, especially as she had not seen any of the other Mad Max films before. I on the other hand remember them from my younger days, and recall the excitement and intrigue that came from this post-apocalyptic world. Granted, we had lost Mel, but I felt Tom Hardy was an excellent choice to fill the role.

What was this film about you may ask? Well, the world has been turned into a wasteland run by those that controlled the oil (and without all their faculties in place). Max has lead a heartbreaking past, and one that has left him in emotional turmoil that he may never fully recover from. The world is full of car gangs, insanity, aggression, and heroes of grey.

Upon sitting down to watch the film, I was ready to just forget all the woes and stresses of my current days, and just be washed over my the film. I must say, this was the perfect choice for such a requirement. The action scenes were close to non-stop, I recall a few quiet periods during the film, but these did not last for long. Now, it is hard to explain how this is a good thing, many times you may hear people go to films and whinge about weak dialogue, or lack of depth to a film, this is not something you hear people comment on with regards to this instalment in the Mad Max saga. I feel that the main reason for this lies with the strength and integrity of the actors and writers. Whilst dialogue was limited, emotion was portrayed in actions and facial emotions, giving another way to show how the world has moved on, and talking is no longer the requirement it is today.

Further to this, there are several points for discussion (and often arguments) afterwards such as portrayals of feminism and physical disability portrayed on film, especially in a film that feels superficially simplistic on the surface. They could easily have gone with various stereotypes of film, and sold to the same audience as all the other high-octane action films, but instead they carefully laced some strong thoughts into the story.

Overall, this was an excellent film, both fun to watch and exhilarating. Also, whilst the story and plot points are not complicated, there are some very interesting visuals and more subtle points to the story which are in some ways more interesting because they are pushed to the background (as though the fact that a character is female, or has a disability is inconsequential, and the story does not care). So long as you aren't of the faint hearted, I would certainly recommend this film though if you were considering it, just don't expect to relax at all.

I really liked this film. I am going to be disappointed in the other films I end up seeing this year. The action is amazing and the visuals are endlessly impressive. I also could not get over how effective the sound was. After seeing the film with my son, I told him at times my heart was racing and I was gripping the arm rests of my theater seat.

I've heard the complaints that "Fury Road" is anti-male. Geez, it is no more anti-male than "Commando". And why is everyone so obsessed with measuring how "strong" the female characters are in action movies? I didn't even think about how fine a leader or how tough Furiosa was. She was what she was, regardless of gender. I actually think George Miller did a disservice to the character because her image was more "manly" than that of the brides she was saving. I'm not certain why Charlize Theron's normal look wasn't acceptable for the part. Maybe I missed the reason...

I realize that Women in film have often been undercut, misrepresented and minimized. But that isn't present in EVERY movie. I suppose this movie could be viewed by some with men being the cause of all of the problems with the world, but the lead male characters were ultimately generous and integral to Furiosa's success. I actually enjoyed seeing the tough old ladies mixing it up with the men during some of the later chase scenes. But am I required to read that presence as a promotion of Feminism? I don't want to. I'd rather promote equal-not-special if equality is truly what society desires. Do strong female characters need to be pointed out all of the time? Why can't they just "be"?

"Fury Road" also contains commentary on religion that is about as subtle as a sledgehammer. I can't speak for other religions, but as a Christian, I have been taught to glorify God with confession of sins, good works, praise and contentment. I'm generally coming up short on all of those things, but I'm bummed about the implication that Nux isn't "right" until he sacrifices himself for someone else. Glorifying God includes good works, which I personally think would include sacrificing yourself in a car wreck if it came to that.

The still photos taken from this movie are amazing. I can't believe how so many of them look like separate works of art.

Fabulous action movie. Lots of interesting characters. They don't make many movies like this. The whole movie from start to finish was entertaining I'm looking forward to seeing it again. I definitely recommend seeing it.

Good action movie with a decent script for the genre. The photography is really good too but, in the end, it is quite repeating itself from beginning to end and the stormy OST is exhausting.