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I've seen it twice in the cinema, and I'll see it again there.
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I loved ROAD WARRIOR and the reviews sound like its basically a remake with just-as-good action sequences.So, why do i need to see this?
bruce
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May 20, 2015 - 1:57 PM
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I loved ROAD WARRIOR and the reviews sound like its basically a remake with just-as-good action sequences.So, why do i need to see this?
To my dearest Bruce:
It has a few things in common with The Road Warrior: same franchise, same lead character, auto chases and mind-blowing stunts. Otherwise its hardly a remake of The Road Warrior. You loved The Road Warrior? So did the others on this board and other places whom are finding this film a remarkable change of pace against the current superhero and Michael Bay action cinema. You answered your basic question just by referencing your basic affection for The Road Warrior. Simple enough, huh?
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Also, I picked up the new Shout Factory Blu Ray of Mad Max over the weekend. I had already owned Warner's previous trilogy set from a couple of years ago. But the new interviews on this (relatively budgeted: $10.99) release made it worth it -- I also found the new cover art to be very spiffy. So, yes, again this weekend I breezed through the previous three Mad Max films with my lady and came into my third viewing of Fury Road retaining all of those visual flourishes and tics that Miller has kept up for all of these years. I love the shots that dolly from the revving V8 engines to a wide shot of the front of the car. It's such a classic camera move. I love the sweeping car-mounted camera glides across the highway; the intimate close-ups are also such a beautiful highlight of why Miller's visual storytelling works. And I love that even in Fury Road, Miller has retained an editorial knack for removing frames from anxious sequences. Scorsese and the wonderful editor Thelma Schoonmaker still regularly employ this tic and honestly I regret that no one else does. From a "palette" perspective, it is a technique that really heightens the surreality of 24fps and makes a film and action sequences move that much faster.
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Been waiting 30 years for this, and holy crap, was it worth it !!!!!
'Bonkers' and 'Insane' are two words created specifically in the English dictionary for this film !
GO SEE IT, with a good box-office result, Miller's planning on making another one ! ! !
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I think "Bat-shit crazy" is the most correct descriptive.
Pure cinema, unbridled and undiluted by the look and feel of it.
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The emotional beats of the plot belong more to Furiosa then Max, because she is the one driving (no pun intended) the narrative with her escape from the Citadel to the "Green Place".
Max is a very reluctant bystander who gets taken along for the ride. And only very late in the film does Max actually decide to participate.
But the same thing actually happens in The Road Warrior, where Max ends up in the compound not wanting to get involved.
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