Movies MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (Dragonlord's Review)

[Organic Damage]

The whole debate of story or lack thereof is weird to me. Why does being more blatantly deep or complex make a movie better??

To me, it's like food. It's cool when people make these elaborate dishes with fancy ingredients, but man, sometimes all a main course needs to be is a simple pan-seared steak, mid-rare, salt, pepper, butter and it can be one of the greatest meals someone has ever had.

Yeah IMO a movie just needs to have enough story to service the genre conventions and character arcs, i.e. to yield a feeling of satisfaction from having watched it.

 

[Deleted member 196663]

Do you sincerely not understand the usage of "lean" in this context?

I understand what you are saying, i'm just not buying it.

 

[Loiosh]

I understand what you are saying, i'm just not buying it.

Ah, so you were just being a dick.

 

[Adamant]

Do not want a fucking prequel. I want a Mad Max sequel with Max front and center.

 

[DIABOLUS]

Do not want a fucking prequel. I want a Mad Max sequel with Max front and center.

You're asking too much in this feminist-positive, cucked SJW world, brother.

 

[MMouse]

One long action scene isn't simple for the casual viewer to follow?

Most casual viewer will just see it like that.

Its much more than a long action scene

 

[Deleted member 196663]

Ah, so you were just being a dick.

Saying the story was "lean" is still like saying a fat person just has a calorie surplus.

Most casual viewer will just see it like that.

Its much more than a long action scene

whatever you want to call it, there still wasn't much of a story.

 

[MMouse]

Saying the story was "lean" is still like saying a fat person just has a calorie surplus.

whatever you want to call it, there still wasn't much of a story.

Its not what I'm calling it lol. Even the director himself, the actors/actress's go into depth with the story, relationship, chemistry of what's going on. Add movie critics to the lists as well.

If you see it that way, no one cant your mind and that's fine, like I said I'm pretty sure there are movies out there that have plenty of story to satisfy your story needs. So at least you can enjoy those

 

[Strange King]

1. Movie making has gotten so bad that people have forgotten that action movies are still supposed to have a story to them.

2. OMG, it was nominated for best picture?! I shall now reconsider my point because Terminator 2 wasn't even nominated. Therefore it must be better, right?

I think you should reevaluate what you think is a story. There is a story. I think your main problem is that there is not alot of changes in scenery.

Take revenant for example. story guys being chased by indians. white man gets hurt and must get revenge. Not that crazy of a story when you break it down in simple terms. It never gets any gripe because you have many changes on where they are.

 

[Deleted member 196663]

I think you should reevaluate what you think is a story. There is a story. I think your main problem is that there is not alot of changes in scenery.

Take revenant for example. story guys being chased by indians. white man gets hurt and must get revenge. Not that crazy of a story when you break it down in simple terms. It never gets any gripe because you have many changes on where they are.

lol. Revenant sucked too.

 

[Halge]

I reckon they want to use Furiosa because they want to go for a character with a more fleshed out background and character, rather than Mad Max's Man With No Name persona.

Seems kind of pointless to me. I get how Max might get played out as a main character for the writers/directors if they keep using him as a plank page, but it would make more sense to just flesh him out, instead of turning attention to other characters.

 

[Irenaeus]

I want more of this, but not particularly thrilled about the prequel talk. My ideal would be just more single standing tales from the Wasteland with Max continuing to acting as the catalyst to other people's stories, as established in the second, third and fourth movie. Furiosa was awesome, but I feel her story is told.

Saying the story was "lean" is still like saying a fat person just has a calorie surplus.

No. Hell, it's even a narratively innovative film, chosing to do virtually all of its exposition in scenes already reserved for action. It has no bloat, no fat, no excess exposition. It does all of its storytelling while keeping the foot on the gas. "Lean" is a perfect description, and no euphemism. It's a god damned chopper of a movie, ditching unneccesary scenes for better speed.

A storytelling HW? No. But fucking awesome P4P. And it uses a lot of tools and restraint which I hope inspires the creators of future blockbusters who's movies long have suffered from story bloat without the matching quality increase to make it worth it.

 

[Deleted member 196663]

No. Hell, it's even a narratively innovative film, chosing to do virtually all of its exposition in scenes already reserved for action. It has no bloat, no fat, no excess exposition. It does all of its storytelling while keeping the foot on the gas. "Lean" is a perfect description, and no euphemism. It's a god damned chopper of a movie, ditching unneccesary scenes for better speed.

A storytelling HW? No. But fucking awesome P4P. And it uses a lot of tools and restraint which I hope inspires the creators of future blockbusters who's movies long have suffered from story bloat without the matching quality increase to make it worth it.

It's a storytelling lightweight. It's cinematic masturbation for a short attention span generation. It's a video game disguised as a movie. Movies like this couldn't do shit if not for their huge budgets.

 

[Kiddo716]

I reckon they want to use Furiosa because they want to go for a character with a more fleshed out background and character, rather than Mad Max's Man With No Name persona.

Seems kind of pointless to me. I get how Max might get played out as a main character for the writers/directors if they keep using him as a plank page, but it would make more sense to just flesh him out, instead of turning attention to other characters.

Max isn't "fleshed out"? Are you kidding? After four movies you don't think the character is fleshed out?

 

[Halge]

Max isn't "fleshed out"? Are you kidding? After four movies you don't think the character is fleshed out?

No.
He is a character who doesn't speak much, hasn't had much about his past revealed between Toecutter and now, and doesn't doesn't display much in the way of ambitions or motivation.

It is a conscious decision by the filmmakers so far to make Max Rockatansky as bleak and empty as the post-apocalyptic wasteland he travels through.

Pretty much like Eastwood's character in every Sergio Leone movie he starred in.

Also, Fury Road is pretty much a reboot.

 

[minute bull]

It's a storytelling lightweight. It's cinematic masturbation for a short attention span generation. It's a video game disguised as a movie. Movies like this couldn't do shit if not for their huge budgets.

 

[brokenjaw]

Why do a prequel? They already did that with the comic book tie ins for Fury Road.

 

[Irenaeus]

It's a storytelling lightweight. It's cinematic masturbation for a short attention span generation. It's a video game disguised as a movie.

You forgot to have any arguments.

Movies like this couldn't do shit if not for their huge budgets.

There are no movies like this.

 

[Deleted member 196663]

You forgot to have any arguments.

Everyone knows the argument. It's a typical criticism of this movie. Some agree, some disagree.

 

[HereticBD]

Max isn't "fleshed out"? Are you kidding? After four movies you don't think the character is fleshed out?

Fair argument. We certainly didn't need some ham-fisted origin story to flesh out the character, that's for sure. I admire the movie for not doing that.