Hey, go see Mad Max.

[superslidetail]

I thought it was decent. Would have liked more back story but didn't expect it to deliver there. Yes, needed more "blind psycho strapped up playing guitar", that was hilarious. Oh and the spitting gasoline directly into the vehicle blowers part was pretty damn cool yet ridiculous.

[D.o.S.]

OK I've watched it twice now on HBO, to the end.
So much wtf and idgi. I'm going to give it a 3rd go to see if I'm still missing something.
A lot of stuff isn't very well explained or even...logical in context.
If the *wives* were so precious how tf did Furiosa smuggle them out of a freakin elevated bank vault, down the lift-system into the war machine, stories below unnoticed?
Are they leaving all the details for a spinoff & origin movie?

I think MM:FR is inherently better suited as a video game than a movie. Infinitely more fun.
The movie feels like it was based on a post-apoc game taking place in the MM universe more than having anything to do with the first 3 Mad Max stories or characters.
There are a lot of nice shots, visually...without cgi. There are some really good ones with cgi too.
But that *desert storm* scene gtfoh.
This is a movie where I'm talking shit about it most of the way through, yet having fun doing so.
The dialogue is insufferable. Could have worked as a silent film.
MST3K type overdub makes it better.
Biggest gripe is not enough pointless war drum & flamethrowing guitar/amp vehicle participation. That alone should have been a solid 10 minutes of the movie.

5/10.
Weakest in the series. Still fun, I'll give it that.
But it's so painfully transparent-political & *preachy Hollywood*

It was, apparently, supposed to be a silent film.

Also you're wrong.

[rustywire]

Watched it again feeling sick with a buzz from *remedies* ...and in b&w (via color settings) on an extra large screen with badass stereo system bumpin and doing peripheral shit... and stretches muted while watching intently.
Gotta say I enjoyed it a lot more with the subdued brain idle & setting. Had much more fun without the hamfisted progressive preaching and ignoring the logic/physics/plot issues that distract/don't make sense to me.

Should have just tuned out from the start This experience was a solid 8.5
Working in a video store was a gift & a curse.

Unrelated, found my (humble) stash of free-comic-book-day Frank Miller comics from so many years ago