Mad Max: Fury Road

[Khev]

Wtf 7 days and it still hasn't broken even?

I think crows said it needs to earn like 1.8 billion domestic to do that or something. *fingers crossed*

 

[Plastic Bateman]

I compared it to the Iliad, which I'm now remembering started off with the Trojan War (which began by someone stealing a guy's wife) and featured an epic journey with lots of battles, encounters with sirens, etc. Fury Road was just way, way more grounded in epic fantasy storytelling than I would have ever imagined.

And in this current era where it seems that music is almost an afterthought FR again didn't disappoint.

Fantastic observation. I got some serious thematic overtones of King Lear, personally.

And yes, Junkie XL went above and beyond with the score on this. Thunderous. Loved the sparing use of classical, too.

 

[jye4ever]

FR won Mon/Wed

PP won Tues/Thur

 

[Deckard]

PP won Tues/Thur

 

[Khev]

And yes, Junkie XL went above and beyond with the score on this. Thunderous. Loved the sparing use of classical, too.

Word. When you see the truck exploding in the fire tornado in the trailer you think, "whoa, that's cool."

But in the actual movie with that insanely grandiose instrumental that moment becomes:

 

[GasparZizou]

I think crows said it needs to earn like 1.8 billion domestic to do that or something. *fingers crossed*

Man that really sucks. I'm definitely watching another 2 times at least, it's my duty, they are waiting for me.

 

[GasparZizou]

Fantastic observation. I got some serious thematic overtones of King Lear, personally.

And yes, Junkie XL went above and beyond with the score on this. Thunderous. Loved the sparing use of classical, too.

JXL is based.

Can only imagine what he did for BvS.

 

[Khev]

Man that really sucks. I'm definitely watching another 2 times at least, it's my duty, they are waiting for me.

No, it doesn't really need to earn that much, but yes do go see it a couple more times.

 

[Wor-Gar]

YES! Do your duty and SEE this movie a few times.

did everyone else think this was the best action film we've had in about 20 years?

 

[jye4ever]

I will be seeing AOU this weekend, but no FR.

 

[Khev]

I will be seeing AOU this weekend, but no FR.

 

[jye4ever]

 

[jnmx2000]

Glad to hear that. Unfortunately it seems that thanks to Pitch Perfect 2 and the general public being awful this film's doing a Pacific Rim and underperforming

I was amazed by everything about this movie. It delivers on levels I haven't seen since the late 80's - it's honestly Shakesperean at some points, the scene with Rictus Erectus and the stillborn baby really got to me for some reason.

Your mention of Pacific rim I find funny as that's the film I thought about when this film was over. They are nothing alike but both have there audience and neither audience is the general public. It almost doesn't matter how good the film is if it doesn't connect with the average film goer.

I'll be surprised if we get another film honestly.

 

[Plastic Bateman]

Your mention of Pacific rim I find funny as that's the film I thought about when this film was over. They are nothing alike but both have there audience and neither audience is the general public. It almost doesn't matter how good the film is if it doesn't connect with the average film goer.

I'll be surprised if we get another film honestly.

We're somehow getting another Pacific Rim, so anything is possible.

It seems that if you have a high-concept, possibly R-rated, action film you should never release it alongside a horrible cash-grab lowbrow comedy sequel.

Honestly I think Hollywood has very successfully over the last decade or more socially engineered the Western world to eat drivel like Pitch Perfect and Grown Ups up over actual, real filmmaking purely because it's cheaper and easier to excrete.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I will be seeing AOU this weekend, but no FR.

If I could I would have thrown up in my mouth a bit.

 

[GasparZizou]

Has anyone seen Get The Gringo? Pretty cool action movie, Mel Gibson goodness.

I will be seeing AOU this weekend, but no FR.

Who killed Fury Road?

YES! Do your duty and SEE this movie a few times.

To be a grammar nazi, something needs to actually be grammatically incorrect, doesn't work for idioms.

We're somehow getting another Pacific Rim, so anything is possible.

It seems that if you have a high-concept, possibly R-rated, action film you should never release it alongside a horrible cash-grab lowbrow comedy sequel.

Honestly I think Hollywood has very successfully over the last decade or more socially engineered the Western world to eat drivel like Pitch Perfect and Grown Ups up over actual, real filmmaking purely because it's cheaper and easier to excrete.

It's sad to think for something good to succeed, it needs a Marvel stamp on it

 

[jye4ever]

If I could I would have thrown up in my mouth a bit.

Who killed Fury Road?

Those Pitches!

 

[Khev]

Geez, Edge of Tomorrow barely topped $100 million domestic last year. What is with this country's sudden aversion to decent sci-fi?

Obviously Interstellar did decent enough. I still need to watch that one.

 

[KoBE]

Actually, that makes me wonder, what happens with D-Box during an erotic sex scene?

That RZA kung fu movie from a couple years back has a D-Box encoded sex scene. The seats moved as you could imagine.

 

[jye4ever]

Intersteller sucked.

2001 it is not.