Well , it finally got going 30 minutes late.
Are you going to make it Epic?
Yes, yes indeed they did.
I'd give it a solid 8/10. It combines a lot of elements , and feels like TRW, FR, and the Mad Max game rolled into one film.
On the whole, it got more lore and more story than FR, and fleshes out a world that really has not been that well understood (unless you played the game). It was great to see characters from the game included , especially since George has always said it was cannon.
Opening up the world of Mad Max was something that I really think was needed. I personally always wanted to know more about how these gangs worked and interacted, since for me , the society bits really were great.
Taylor Joy and Helmsworth do a great job, with Dementus really stealing the show. The age old , great villain/great story, once again shows how important it is.
Unfortunately this film will always be put under the HeMan woman haters lens, and for those sad souls , they are going to miss a great film, sucks to be them I guess. I don think they can really fault this film with tha garbage though, as it's about a powerful woman who beats all , but it's so well done, it's gonna be hard to keep that narrative alive.
The CGI is VERY wonky in places, (that gate ramming scene is inexcusable, but the reality is , there is NO WAY, Miller could have done MOST of those shots in real time. This is much more fantasy based vehicle battles, and the shots would be near impossible to do for real. He would have had to scale back to the level of FR for that, and I think he wanted to do HUGE world leveling fights, and that is the price of CGI. I think 90% of the CGI is fine. You only know it's CGI because your brain know that the shot is impossible. It does not deter from the moment at all, for most of it. the shots that DO take you out of the moment are pretty quick, and you move on pretty easily as the story is compelling enough.
To me this was more Road Warrior like in tone than FR. It has the weird Australian feel and surreal world and characters, but the colors and scale of FR. Thankfully there is really nothing here from Thunderdome, with the exception of that one Easter egg.
I appreciated the slower scenes , and the drama injected into them. It really gave the world a more grounded feel, of society's trying to exist again, although bastardized.
As always, Miller gets the shots perfect, and the cinematography was spectacular. This is a must see IMAX film. The pacing is mostly on point with only a few scenes dragged out and its odd to say this, but it's the action scenes that should have been shorter and tighter.
Honestly, I am not sure what more you can ask for from a film about the wasteland....it's all there. I do want a Max film set up like this in this scale and budget.
If I had a critique, it would be the score? Which seemed mostly absent to me, aside from the big violins present in FR. FR has a score that complimented and enhanced the action, I an not sure why that is, because a great acre can elevate a film beyond its parts.
The best thing about the film is how we all know it's a prequel, but it feels like its own story, and it keeps you very interested , even knowing Furiosa is never in real danger. It's more about the journey of her character, rather then the plot of what going to happen.
Wor, your gonna like it, as we both are big MM fans, I think I can say it's fits the world and if your into that post apocalyptic story telling, you won't be disappointed....
I’m an early 90’s kid, if I did see them it was probably on TV and I probably had no idea what they were.
