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There two main film review sites in the UK that I check and both are prone to hyperbole (Empire famously gave Attack of the Clones 5 stars), but it's rare that they both give 5 stars for any given film.

And yet, they both given top marks for Mad max: Fury Road, a film I had pretty much zero interest in from the trailers as it looked like a bad rehash of Mad Max 2. Now it's looking like a must see. Anyone caught a sneaky preview yet?

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=137658

http://www.gamesradar.com/mad-max-fury-road-review/

Already have tickets for Saturday at Moviehouse Grill. Blinding violence, excellent burgers, rum and popcorn...yes!

Rotten Tomatoes is at 98% right now. Metacritic is at 87%.

I'm very excited for this one.

One MRA gives it two thumbs down:

The truth is I’m angry about the extents Hollywood and the director of Fury Road went to trick me and other men into seeing this movie. Everything VISUALLY looks amazing. It looks like that action guy flick we’ve desperately been waiting for where it is one man with principles, standing against many with none.

But let us be clear. This is the vehicle by which they are guaranteed to force a lecture on feminism down your throat. This is the Trojan Horse feminists and Hollywood leftists will use to (vainly) insist on the trope women are equal to men in all things, including physique, strength, and logic. And this is the subterfuge they will use to blur the lines between masculinity and femininity, further ruining women for men, and men for women.

Source - some foul language

I'm having trouble even believing this site is real. It's so incredibly stupid. I feel like one of those poor people on Facebook who mistakenly argue against articles by The Onion.

If you look at the rest of the site, its very anti-feminist.
So a strong female supporting character in an action role might offend these 'real men'.
I wonder what they thought of Long Kiss Goodnight?

However on reading some of the articles, thanks for the link, I find them a hilarious change from the feminist bombardment in the mainstream press.
It's a guilty pleasure.

Or Aliens.

I never realized that Mad Max was a piece of American culture until I read that guy's article.

This part was a hoot:

The real issue is not whether feminism has infiltrated and co-opted Hollywood, ruining nearly every potentially-good action flick with a forced female character or an unnecessary romance sub-plot to eek out that extra 3 million in female attendees.

It has.

Master & Commander has virtually no female characters. It was nominated for Best Picture along with nine other Oscars (and won two of them). Some conspiracy.

The MRA review made me less skeptical about all the good press Fury Road has been getting.

The truth is I’m angry about the extents Hollywood and the director of Fury Road went to trick me and other men into seeing this movie. Everything VISUALLY looks amazing. It looks like that action guy flick we’ve desperately been waiting for where it is one man with principles, standing against many with none.

But let us be clear. This is the vehicle by which they are guaranteed to force a lecture on feminism down your throat. This is the Trojan Horse feminists and Hollywood leftists will use to (vainly) insist on the trope women are equal to men in all things, including physique, strength, and logic. And this is the subterfuge they will use to blur the lines between masculinity and femininity, further ruining women for men, and men for women.

...and that pretty much confirms I'm gonna go watch it. Woohoo!

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Or Aliens.

Heh, you beat me to the punch. Was gonna reply to thread with...Two words: Ellen Ripley.

Screw you anti-feminist goof, strong, badass female leads or at least supporting character are awesome. And hot.

Have to say I probably didn't expect reviews to be this good !

Even the Guardian gave it a good review, and normally 4/5 stars are reserved for twenty-minute French shorts featuring a woman sat smoking in a darkened room.

Looking forward to seeing it this weekend, wonder if it will be worth hitting the Imax for?

Awesome. Totally stoked for this. I would go to see it even if it got utterly terrible reviews, as i'm a huge mad max fan, but the fact it's getting good reviews is all the better.

I've been excited about this film for a while. Real stunts and little CGI - awesome.

But then the review on the telly this morning had me a bit worried. The review was glowing, funnily enough, but the things it raved about had me worried. It said the Mad Max design was taken to the nth degree, pointing out the flamethrower guitar thing as a good example. It said it was like something Baz Luhrmann would make, and while the reviewer meant that as a compliment, anyone who's seen Australia or Moulin Rouge and isn't an awful, awful person knows that making anything in the style of Baz Luhrmann is not a good thing.

So hopefully it isn't too camp, or too ridiculous. I mean, don't get me wrong, I know how crazy much of The Road Warrior was, but there the insanity was all in the characters, who'd responded to the apocalypse by just not giving a gak anymore. The world itself was still pretty real (as much as you'd expect in an action movie, anyway). So now I’m a little worried that Miller has the feel right. But certainly not worried enough to not see the movie.

Stop it Sebster You can sugar coat it all you want but we in the US of A know damn well and good your looking for steller ideas on being a Road Warrior when society goes down the cropper

I have a bedazzler and a hockey mask hidden in a lockbox for that very scenario.

Sweet. There's no good reason why you can't look FAB-ulous during the apocalypse.

"When the world goes down the drain, it doesn't mean you have to".

 sebster wrote:
It said it was like something Baz Luhrmann would make

I was looking forward to seeing it until I read this. Now I just feel scared and alone.

I think that site's been kind of debunked as a 'source' for, well just about anything, other than a few laughs?

You should still be OK.

<hugs>

It managed a "Buy it on Blueray" rating (sitting above "A good time no alcohol required" and beneath "Awesometacular") fro Jeremy Jahns, so I'm game. I actually picked up the art book today too (I'll stick count that down as a hobby expense). Pity its all just wide cinematic shots though instead of concept art. Not very good for using as a source for basing models on I mean. =/

 sebster wrote:
I've been excited about this film for a while. Real stunts and little CGI - awesome.

But then the review on the telly this morning had me a bit worried. The review was glowing, funnily enough, but the things it raved about had me worried. It said the Mad Max design was taken to the nth degree, pointing out the flamethrower guitar thing as a good example. It said it was like something Baz Luhrmann would make, and while the reviewer meant that as a compliment, anyone who's seen Australia or Moulin Rouge and isn't an awful, awful person knows that making anything in the style of Baz Luhrmann is not a good thing.

So hopefully it isn't too camp, or too ridiculous. I mean, don't get me wrong, I know how crazy much of The Road Warrior was, but there the insanity was all in the characters, who'd responded to the apocalypse by just not giving a gak anymore. The world itself was still pretty real (as much as you'd expect in an action movie, anyway). So now I’m a little worried that Miller has the feel right. But certainly not worried enough to not see the movie.

So you're fretting about two words in a movie review done by some TV bozo, even as GLOWING reviews continue to pour in for this film?

I have to question whether you're worthy to see it in the first place. Max is disappointed in you and thinks you should grow a pair.

 gorgon wrote:

 sebster wrote:
I've been excited about this film for a while. Real stunts and little CGI - awesome.

But then the review on the telly this morning had me a bit worried. The review was glowing, funnily enough, but the things it raved about had me worried. It said the Mad Max design was taken to the nth degree, pointing out the flamethrower guitar thing as a good example. It said it was like something Baz Luhrmann would make, and while the reviewer meant that as a compliment, anyone who's seen Australia or Moulin Rouge and isn't an awful, awful person knows that making anything in the style of Baz Luhrmann is not a good thing.

So hopefully it isn't too camp, or too ridiculous. I mean, don't get me wrong, I know how crazy much of The Road Warrior was, but there the insanity was all in the characters, who'd responded to the apocalypse by just not giving a gak anymore. The world itself was still pretty real (as much as you'd expect in an action movie, anyway). So now I’m a little worried that Miller has the feel right. But certainly not worried enough to not see the movie.

So you're fretting about two words in a movie review done by some TV bozo, even as GLOWING reviews continue to pour in for this film?

I have to question whether you're worthy to see it in the first place. Max is disappointed in you and thinks you should grow a pair.

Not really. You can buy a pair and the plus size you can have a choice of color

Baz Luhrman is not JUST two words.

It is a definitive style of movie. A style that is polarizing.

Ticket purchased for 8pm showing. Spoiler free musings to follow later

 Easy E wrote:
Baz Luhrman is not JUST two words.

It is a definitive style of movie. A style that is polarizing.

Yeah, agreed.

It was alright. Although the bad guys

In saying that though I thought it was the most "real" looking movie I have seen in a while. To be honest, I cant think of many obvious computer animations in the movie besides the storm and the people being flung from cars. It all looked pretty real otherwise.

I thought the bald guy had the best character and the only properly developed character (as in we know the bald guy better than anyone else by the end of the film). I think the director needs to keep characters interesting, unless having no past was the goal.

My signature weapon in any wasteland survival RPG is the... C4 strapped to spear. Honestly anything explosive on a stick. Glad to see that used in the movie.

Overall, an above average meh. The setting seemed awesome (im a setting man, not a story man, prefer exposition and the beginning of movies when the setting is set) but the story kinda got less interesting as time went on.

However, it was better than the first Mad Max which I could not for the life of me understand. I gathered he was a cop trying to hold justice in the outback Judge Dread style but even then.

Definitely watch this at the cinema though.

My signature weapon in any wasteland survival RPG is the... C4 strapped to spear. Honestly anything explosive on a stick. Glad to see that used in the movie.

Sounds like someone been playing a little classic Imperial Guard!

Good source for cleaning out the ole innards




Edit
Bah bad link

But I do have a plan for that scenario.....



for the Harlequin in me

Just got back.

Words are insufficient for describing how gloriously insane this film is and fantastically REAL as well (bar a short detour through a CGI sandstorm which is actually pretty cool).

After a decade of 80's franchises feebly trying to reclaim the glory days, George Miller has finally done it and arguably surpassed the original films in the process.

Jihadin let's do battle!