Mad Max: Fury Road

Overall, pretty good. The 2nd half of the trailer worries me, though. Looks like lots of shitty CG in the sand storm. Obviously any modern movie has to do CG, but Mad Max's claim to fame is its amazing stunts and gritty realism.

Giving it a pass, because it has so much good stunt work elsewhere. James Cameron would CGI a guy eating a sandwich. I think Fincher has actually done that, except it was POV-Sandwich.

• I like that it's gritty--I don't want fart jokes in my dystopias.
• The make-up/costuming is on-point. Some cosplayers are probably getting ready for ComicCon already.
• I did some frame-by-frame pauses in hi-def--there is some weird shit in there.

I am totally seeing this one.

And David Fincher is awesome, so if he wants a CG sandwich, let him be.

Exciting trailer. Looks like Miller may have cynically decided to re-film The Road Warrior with a bigger budget and a lot more action. But maybe I'm okay with that. In my book, The Road Warrior was one of the finest movies ever made. Great chase scenes. Great action. Just enough talking. So many memorable characters. Some humor, a little romance, and some keen insight into human nature.

RW is my favorite movie of all time!

Sagrilarus wrote: Looks like a Transformers film done in browns.

TAKE IT BACK!


I'm on board.

wadenels wrote:

Sagrilarus wrote: Looks like a Transformers film done in browns.

TAKE IT BACK!


I'm on board.

Road Warrior had great pacing, a nice mix of faster and slower passages. It would be out of the theaters in 48 hours if it was released today though, because that's no longer considered compelling for its genre. If this is more of that I'm all in, but I'm concerned it's going to be "an amazing thrill-ride of non-stop action!" At that point it will merely be good.

I appreciate trailers are supposed to be crazy exciting, so I'm optimistic they'll work a little of the Mad Max magic into it. I'll be interested to see how the paint the world, given that the first three show a civilization sliding back into its medieval former self. In the last film they were out of fuel, so I don't know if this one is supposed to be a continuation or something inserted in the middle.

S.

It looks alright.

I'm a big fan of Tom Hardy, but I really wish they'd gone with Mel if it's going to be called 'Mad Max'. In my mind, there are some characters that are simply tied to the actor that portrayed them. Jack Burton is Kurt Russell. The Terminator is Arnold. Peter Venkman is Bill Murray.

Mad Max is Mel Gibson.

I understand Hollywood isn't hip on Mel, and I won't get into politics, but if that's the case, and you want to reboot a franchise, why not simply go with a new character? You have free reign to play in the world then.

I said it on page one (4 years ago) and stand by it...in his current state (grizzled, pissed off, wacked out, and probably feeling against the world) Mel Gibson would be in the _perfect_ frame of mind to play an older Mad Max. I'd like to see where the character and the world is at 30yrs later.

This, while looking fun, doesn't seem to me that it'll add much to the story besides a take on the Road Warrior with modern special effects.

Could have been something cool and lasting, but instead it seems to likely be a fun night at the theater. I'm up for that too, but feels like a missed opportunity.

EDIT: And another thought...as this looks like a new take on the Road Warrior...why go there? If you want to simply revisit one of the films, but dress it up with updated technical know how...why not redo the original? Start from scratch and go. Or even redo ThunderDome if you're at a total loss as to what do to. I mean why cause comparisons against what many consider the best of the originals and one of the greatest action films ever made? It seems like a lose-lose...either this'll not be as good as the Road Warrior, or the Road Warrior will no longer be as cherished.

(Obviously, I say the above if this, indeed, is similar to the Road Warrior...and it appears to be.)

Mr. White wrote:
Mad Max is Mel Gibson.

There are still people thinking James Bond is Sean Connery.

Gibson is just shy of 60 now, 30 years older than his most-recent Mad Max film. That presents some issues, though Tron proved it's not necessarily an insurmountable one.

S.

I have to agree with the comments that the vehicles in the trailer look like they drove off of the showroom lot at your local new car post-apocolyptic dealership--they don't look gritty enough. Plus, where's the post-apocolyptical Prius? Nevertheless, I intend to watch this reboot. I'm a sucker.