Showing posts with label Mad Max. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mad Max. Show all posts

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road - Movie Review




Who's In It?

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What's It About? 

Max is kidnapped by Immortan Joe and his War Boys, and must escape by running away with Imperator Furiosa, Immortan's "Breeders" - women with healthy pregnancies - and the War Boy Nux in a giant armoured oil tanker.





Any Good?

I have never been so tired or sore after a movie, Fury Road is relentless in shooting, driving, explosions, and INCREDIBLY loud music. There is maybe a 10 minute break near the end, but even that doesn't last before it's LOUD NOISES AND DEATH again, I LOVE it.

The action is non-stop, from the first 5 minutes it's immediate punch and run, with Max escaping Immortan Joe's slave base by beating his War Boys and having serious hallucinations. The soundwork was fantastic in the film and was a real part of the action, every time the war parties were on the road there was a War Boy with a giant fire-spitting guitar shredding his heart out on a giant vehicle made of a speakers fit in perfectly - Nolan needs to learn how to do loud music from this.


Immortan Joe


This film really takes advantage of its 15A rating, having serious blood and gore as well as scenes of slaves being beaten and women being drained of milk (yep, lovely) as well as naked women, I'm surprised the American film industry didn't gimp it totally to be more family friendly. 


I haven't seen the original Mad Max films in some time, but this really felt like the 80's style they were done in, as well as the original Fury Road comics and other films like Conan the Barbarian with giant mountain bases. Australian Bane is perfect as Max, and "the feminist legion" are great, and make sense dammit. I thoroughly recommend watching this in cinemas, and in isense if you can because not only is the soundtrack amazing but it uses classic 3D where things come out of the screen! 


Rating:  





Friday, January 09, 2015

How's 2015 Looking For Movies?




1. Avengers: Age of Ultron

Now I wasn't the biggest fan of the first Avengers, but this one looks to be incredible. Cap moves Mjolnir, the Hulkbuster armour finally comes out, and Cap's Vibranium (same material as Wolverine's claws - it's indestructible) shield is broken - things are gonna get rough for these guys and gal in suits.

Release: 24th of April






2. Mad Max: Road Fury

I love post-nuclear media, but there was just something about the irradiated Australian desert that was in the original Mad Max that makes it stand above the rest for me. The new Mad Max looks absolutely ridiculous, giant sandstorms, tribal raiders, Max swinging from car to car on a pole, I LOVE it.

Release: 15th of May





3. Inherent Vice

I watched the trailer about three times again before adding this to the list, there's just something so cool about it. I don't know if it's the saturation, the actual funny dialogue or the sideburns, but I am EXTREMELY excited for this - and it's inevitably fantastic soundtrack.

Release: 30th of January





4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

There was no way this wasn't going to be here. Almost EVERYONE wants to see this, and with good reason too. Just watching the Millennium Falcon face the Tie-Fighters and flip is incredible, and that lightsaber sound at the very end is Luke's, so, hint hint.

Release: 18th of December