Pulp Fiction was supposed to be a masterpiece and that was shit as well.
Film FURIOSA (A Mad Max Saga)
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Pulp Fiction was supposed to be a masterpiece and that was shit as well.
Pulp Fiction is good. No masterpiece, though. Fury Road is one, however. It’s filmmaking in its purest and greatest form. The stunts, the cinematography and everything to do with it are greatness of an almost impossible level. It’s a gigantic achievement I would have deemed impossible in the times of digital effects.
This. It stands up there with the all time action classics, and it's probably the best from this century.
Best action film goes to Raid 2.
In comparison to Robocop & Predator reboots / remakes, or feckin Alien Covenant, Fury Road looked like genuinely fun popcorn explosion flick. Just not sure this one will be the level of Hardy and Theron doing cool stuff on the screen.
Not sure about that but it’s a great flic, agreed. I‘m waiting to get my oled screen so I can finally check out the chromatic version properly, sitting on the shelf for ages.
The people claiming Fury Road is the greatest action film of all time have clearly never seen True Lies or Terminator 2.
Hear hear.
Yeah Fury Road is a masterpiece.
Fury Road was an ok movie. That is about it.
Sounds like the only shit thing here is your opinions
Sounds like the only shit thing here is your opinions
That's just, like, your opinion man.
Yeah Mad Max Fury Road is obviously up there with the best action films ever made, and one of the best films of this century. It's a filmmaking tour de force, and it's exhilarating from start to finish. Of course some will disagree because... taste, but in general it's perceived as such by a wide array of people, including poncy critics who you wouldn't particularly expect to rave about it.
It's much, much better than Top Gun Maverick (which is a shit film, needs to be said) that everyone was wanking over last year.
It's much, much better than Top Gun Maverick (which is a shit film, needs to be said) that everyone was wanking over last year.
Oh man, don’t get me started…
I rewatched it again last night for maybe the 4th time after reading this thread and it’s perfect. Notice this time how brilliant and effortless
the world building is. There’s no nerdy lore and long dialogue it’s all show don’t tell.
New trailer
I don’t understand it. Why are we getting simultaneously worried about AI taking over the world while CGI in movies - powered by the same graphics chips - seems to be getting worse and worse! Someone help it all make sense!
Supposedly it was lucky no-one died during the Fury Road shoot so I think they might've dialled down the practical stuff a bit (think I read they did some stuff in the volume, which can often result in it looking pretty flat).
Hopefully it looks alright in the final viewing, as Fury Road is to me still the best big-budget film of the last 20 years or so.
There’s the chance the CGI will look completely different in the finished film. Or maybe Miller is going for Speed Racer ascetic which could work really well.
Imo the biggest issue is doing a Furiosa origin story. The message of Fury Road is you can’t go back to the past. Instead you have to change the world you currently live in. There’s a reason why the GOAT never made another Terminator film after T2.
Still hope I’m wrong(Which is very likely).
Imo the biggest issue is doing a Furiosa origin story. The message of Fury Road is you can’t go back to the past. Instead you have to change the world you currently live in. There’s a reason why the GOAT never made another Terminator film after T2.
Still hope I’m wrong(Which is very likely).
Still indifferent whether the character actually needs her whole backstory told.
Also, the greenery really should've been left out of the trailer.
Also, the greenery really should've been left out of the trailer.
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A Mad Max sequel would have been better than this unnecessary prequel.
i like some prequals, but this seems just strange.
Interesting info
I remember a youtube video a few years back explaining that there was way more CGI in fury Road than most people think.
A lot of what people thought was practical was actually digital. Maybe they just don't have the same budget this time or the CG will be more polished on release.
Bring back the practical effects. This has far too much CGI based on the trailer. You don't need overly dramatic and stupid action sequences, most people just want something that is real. This is why MI series is so popular. This just looks like 300.
Seeking out trailers to watch them before going to the movies is in itself an absolutely stupid thing to do. Like searching for a Dyson commercial before buying a vacuum cleaner. Trailers have no value at all.
It for sure had a lot, there's another good video showing that even something like Parasite has tons. But even just looking at the Fury Road trailer you can sense a difference:
That said, Miller is the boss so I'll be there day one regardless.
Just watched the trailer again and I'm not too fussed about this. Fury Road is my favourite action movie of all time. This just seems like it will be a similar vibe but just not deliver in the way FR did.
The trailers alone, Fury Road was amazing and exciting looking with all the cool shots and Verdi blasting whereas this looks a bit boring I think in comparison.
The trailers alone, Fury Road was amazing and exciting looking with all the cool shots and Verdi blasting whereas this looks a bit boring I think in comparison.
As above I'm not overly enthused by the trailer. Then again, I've been misled by good trailers for shit movies on so many occasions, I wouldn't mind the reverse for a change. Plus, I'm willing to give this one the benefit of the doubt as Fury Road was awesome, and Furiosa is a bad ass.
It looks like Marvel
I’ll probably avoid
I’ll probably avoid
It is known.
One of the things I find most strange when it comes to films is people deciding in advance if a film is going to be good or not depending on trailers - and whether they'll go see it. I think it's just better to avoid them in general, they don't tell you anything you need to know about the film and could potentially ruin it for you.
Another one I don't get is grading films.
You're full of hot takes!
Did you see her in Peaky Blinders? Yikes.
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I agree. Road Warrior is classic. Fury Road was good to watch but I haven’t bothered to rewatch, which means it’s not a masterpiece. This new one is going down the road of all the new marvel movies which is not for me.
Road Warrior was a triumph of speed ramping and practical stunts. Even at slow speeds (how they really shot it) some of that stuff looked really dangerous. Amazing stunts. And Mel Gibson was so great back before alcoholism and Catholicism rotted his brain. RIP Mel.
The new trailer takes place in an alternate universe where fire isn’t hot, shockwaves don’t exist, and an 80 pound (soaking wet) girl gets a pass from Newtonian physics.
New and final trailer
CGI still looks god awful but early reviews have been positive.
CGI still looks god awful but early reviews have been positive.
Strangely not bothered by this.
Never really a fan when films try to tell a story that's basically already been told by the film they made the last time. There was nothing about Furiosa's character in Fury Road that needed a 2 hour prequel. She was basically the main character of that film and most of the plot was based on her story. I mean I can't even remember what Mad Max was up to in that film.