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Author Topic: Mad Max: Fury Road Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-29-2016 03:56 PM                        I did not see MAD MAX Fury Road in a theatre but after all the good things people have been saying about the movie, I decided to get the 3D blu ray. I was really looking forward to enjoying it when I got it but when I did, it turned out to be a confusing bore of a movie, I stopped watching it after forty minutes. By the way Brad feels about the movie, I am glad I am not alone with my very negative opinion of the film. The only good thing I liked about the movie was the 3D. It looked fantastic on my HDTV. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-29-2016 05:22 PM                     quote: Ken Lackner The only reason I saw it was because I was looking for a presentation issue that was reported to me. I wish you had called me before you wasted your time looking for the presentation issue. I could have saved you some time by telling you to not play that piece of crap movie. Voila! Presentation issue solved!  |  IP: Logged Sam D. Chavez Film God Posts: 2153 From: Martinez, CA USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 02-29-2016 05:32 PM                       Need I say that movie reviews are someone's opinion from Ebert to Pauline Kael, both gone now of course. I happened to like the original Mad Max and liked this one as well for all sorts of reasons, but having to do with a post apocalyptic world. Who knows, some like Chipoltle more than real Mexican food.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-29-2016 05:51 PM                        quote: it turned out to be a confusing bore of a movie, I find that with a lot of movies today. Even the most recent one I watched, "The Finest Hours," I found myself losing track of who was who on the boat and what was going on because they all started looking/seeming/sounding alike to me. Maybe that's just because of my always-advancing age? (I hope not!)  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-29-2016 08:39 PM                     quote: Ken Lackner While I don't know that I quite agree with Mr. Ebert (because, you know, I can appreciate the idea that others enjoy things I'm simply not into), I completely agree with Justin. I just do not, and likely never will, see what all the hype is about. Actually Brad is paraphrasing Roger Ebert's very negative review of North (1994), one of the earliest Sony movie releases featuring SDDS. I do remember the very prominent SDDS ads for it, and being very annoyed by it from being a vocal and perhaps unreasonable DTS fan at the time. Ebert passed away in 2013, over 2 years before Mad Max: Fury Road was released. Mad Max: Fury Road is very good on its technical merits -hence the 6 Oscar wins. Suspension of disbelief? Painting of a "reality" plausible enough to support dramatic tension? Um, not so much. I think George Miller bitch-slapped Michael Bay, shoving him aside saying, "let me show you how style over substance is really supposed to be executed." The visual style is over the top enough to make it seem operatic. Unfortunately the viewer may come away from the experience thinking, "wow, I saw a lot, but I didn't feel much from it." But that's really in essence the kind of movie Hollywood studios like to make these days: a roller coaster ride one can forget within minutes of riding it. No real need to watch it again. Unfortunately Hollywood expects us to buy copies of the movie on Blu-ray, DVD or "HD-Digital" virtual crap. Perhaps we're all developing ADHD on some level, but any movie that's worth buying, and thus worth watching in repeat viewings has to be pretty damned good. To be fair, I did like the customized vehicles and car chase stunts in the movie. But those things alone are not enough to support a great movie. Fury Road simply got too stylized, too ridiculous and too over the top for its own good. It didn't maintain any grip on a kind of reality to keep it grounded the way The Road Warrior did. The 1982 classic is still a far better movie on many levels. It's better as a straight action movie. It's better as an apocalyptic political allegory.  |  IP: Logged

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