"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
05/17/2015 at 21:45 • Filed to: None
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
05/17/2015 at 21:45 • Filed to: None | 3
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I will not spoil. I am fresh from viewing this evening. Skip the 3D, It wasn’t filmed that way so it’s post-processed in. It actually takes away from the real car awesome. It’s a tribally delicious K&N filter commercial within the land of superchargers. Now the good bits...
George Miller and company spent good amounts of time on this one. A traditional action movie of the last fifteen years has balls out action and that’s both the setting and plot. Kill this guy whose causing bad shit to happen. Say a few things in between to tie in the next action segment so we don’t wonder why the hell they’re doing this or that. Stallone/Stratham/Avengers win in the end. Roll credits. No. This is layers better.
The action of the previews we have seen is just the setting. It is always on. This place of events. The many layers of story are revealed and developed within during the action. So you learn more about the society of the time not because they tell you, but you pick it up and put a few pieces together to come up with the big bit of info of what the hell has happened. The world is tribal and we start with a big mainline of alternate society where no one really knows what happened, this is just the way it is. And I can’t imagine a better world where everything has a blower. Everything! And I don’t have a problem with it!
Pay attention to the first fifteen to twenty minutes, there are so many things to see and quite valuable lines said to put together. Without it you might miss why some things are happening and the significance.
Acting. Acting! The positives are huge. the negatives are minor. I felt Max was portrayed accurately. This is not a reboot. This is a continuation way past Thunderdome. So Max is tormented from the events of the first movie. There, his whole family was taken out by fanatical nomad trash and he is sleepless and restless and not coping very well. Acted properly. But, but, the story here is bigger than Max at this time. Max is there. He is capable and not the average guy. He winds up in a position to help and does so but the story revolves around the key figures. Theron’s character, Keyes-Byrne’s character and the society between them. Max just helps the good guys because they’re seemingly after the same thing he is-a better way, whatever that is. Max says a few things that get people organized. Max wasn’t really deep anyway in the first few movies but he still made a bigger difference than here. George Miller says there’s enough material for two more installments so Max might have a much bigger story develop. In this movie, we are just introduced to Max and to what he is. A terminal crazy bad ass that still has a sense about him.
The production designer went completely ape-shit. If I woke up tomorrow in a total wasteland with as many superchargers and mud truck tires and injected v-8’s at my disposal this is exactly how I would rebuild my world. There are so many things, little things, to feast your eyes on. Disturbing and yet amazing that someone thought of that in the first place. See it for that if anything.
So get ready for a squeeze bottle of nitro squirted up your nostril and set on fire. This movie delivers the goods of a story set in a MadMax world. You hear that? Max gives you the setting? Theron and the rest give us the deeper story. There are no Oscars here. There is only good entertainment and greater insane action. Some movies make you feel things and make you think for a while after. This one makes me think about people. It also makes me think about cleaning out my K&N filter and getting an entire wall of speakers for the garage.
Your boy, BJR
> Grindintosecond
05/17/2015 at 21:54 |
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I think, in a perfect world, it should win ALL of the technical awards, Theron wins best actress, and Hoult gets a nomination for supporting actor. (He was the real standout for me)
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Grindintosecond
> Your boy, BJR
05/17/2015 at 21:56 |
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I agree he was quite good with that character. Truly stepped out of a shell to be the unlimited fanatic.
Milky
> Grindintosecond
05/17/2015 at 22:17 |
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That movie was filled with beautiful shots too. You could tell in a ton of scenes that it was straight from the story board renderings.
John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> Grindintosecond
05/17/2015 at 22:19 |
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That is awesome. How do you finish off a monster truck style multi-engined over turbo’d Cadillac? Double up on the tail fins!
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John Norris (AngryDrifter)
> Grindintosecond
05/17/2015 at 22:30 |
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Because everyone should have a speaker / amplifier desert truck to go with their doubleneck noise maker / flaming weapon.
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Grindintosecond
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
05/17/2015 at 22:34 |
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Well, ruling an entire society with iron fists and a cult of personality would warrant nothing less than your own personal soundtrack to follow you everywhere. Another reason to see the movie.
Birddog
> Grindintosecond
05/17/2015 at 22:35 |
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Awesome. I really can’t wait now.
“Some movies make you feel things and make you think for a while after. This one makes me think about people.”
Thats good. I rarely go to movies but when I walk out? If it’s a good one, I’m on an adrenaline high. Fury Road seems to promise no less.
It doesn’t seem like a flick for Film Snobs. That’s for certain.
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> Birddog
05/17/2015 at 22:40 |
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True. The people thinking I thought of revolved around what we see. Fanaticism for a cause that they don’t know is right or wrong. How some value others for what they need or know is just right. when to not care and when to. Learning what’s outside the box and discovering more. It’s not incredibly deep but it’s much deeper than you expected.
SlickMcRick
> John Norris (AngryDrifter)
05/18/2015 at 20:21 |
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Don’t forget about the 4 drummers on the back.