George Miller’s latest, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth.
Looks very impressive, with a couple of small reservations. One, I’m not totally sold on Anya Taylor-Joy - I was getting small whiffs of “pretending to be a bad-ass” here. (While I know she’s a good actress, sometimes good acting can’t overcome a miscast. I’m not saying that’s the case here, though.) And two, this looks a bit more “polished CGI” than Fury Road was, when one of the deep appeals of Fury Road was that they were actually out there in the desert doing all that crazy shit.
But I trust George Miller - he’s not wingin’ it and just throwing shit together, he’s a true auteur with loads of skill and decades of experience. He’s not out to impress with flashy tricks - he has stories to tell. And I’m looking forward to this one.
Been following the progress on this one for the past few years. They’ve kept the details pretty tightly under wraps outside of casting, release date, and basic story. I heard the trailer may be released next month with Aquaman 2 so it’s nice to see it in advance.
Should be fantastic.
There aren’t a lot of movies I have to see in a theatre, but I love the Mad Max series (I’m a sucker for post-apocalyptic dystopian movies). Loved Fury Road, but I am worried that what you say is true. I saw CGI in that trailer and I dislike noticeable CGI.
I think there was more CGI in Fury Road than is readily apparent. There are times when it looks like everyone is going fast, but in reality they were slow and made them appear faster using CGI. But they used a light touch so it doesn’t look cartoonish like it does in many other movies.
I’m going to remain optimistic about this one. I really had my doubts that Fury Road would be any good, but it was fantastic. I was 39 when I saw it, and I think I was one of the younger people in the theater (I did see it on a weeknight), which I found odd for an action flick. But then old people probably like Mad Max.
Yes, there’s a ton of CGI in Fury Road, however, it’s mostly enhancing or touching up things stunts they actually did. They really flipped a semi, built a flam-throwing guitar, and strapped cirque du soleil to car poles.
I can’t objectively rate the trailer because nearly all the stunt work turned me off by how fake it looked. Plenty of amazing movies with special effects for their stunts, but if you’re in direct comparison with one of the greatest practical stunt movies of all time, I’m going to pay attention.
That said, it’s a small trailer. I’ll probably wait for a couple reviews before heading to the theater though.
Not CGI but an editing feature that George Miller is known for in his Mad Max movies. Very little of the action scenes are shown in real time. He actually has a control for the playback speed and if he feels the shot went by too quickly for the viewer to catch all the detail he slows down the playback. If he thinks a shot is too monotonous or slow for the viewer he speeds up the playback.
Trailers are usually assembled by a separate team so I don’t think you can trust the editing to what may appear in the final film. I’m going to trust George to fine tune everything over the nest few months to get it looking perfect.
For fans of Fury Road who are gamers, if you haven’t played Mad Max (2015) you owe to yourself to go buy it. For its age it will certainly be on deep discount on all the upcoming Winter Sales.
You can actually get it for just $3.90 at Greenmangaming right now. I can’t recommend it enough. It was one of the most fun games I’ve ever played.
I’m not really in to the action genre at all, but Mad Max: Fury Road is my favorite action movie of all time. So I’m excited to see this. But trying not to get TOO excited less I’m disappointed.
Possibly my only reservation would be that Fury Road was a passion project for George and took over a decade to develop. The book Blood, Seat, and Chrome detailed just how much planning went into all the pieces and players.
I’m hoping Furiosa wasn’t an obligation Warner Brothers pushed on him after the success of Fury Road along with a time table and short-cuts (ie.CGI) to take.
Yeah, Anya Taylor-Joy always has this “fragility” about her that really works for some roles, but I don’t buy it here. They need someone with more bulk, so to speak. Not in a physical sense, but charisma or something.
It just looks the same as Fury Road, so I’m not sure if I should be enthused for its consistency, or disappointed in its hewing too close to differentiate.
It really is a triumph of game design, isn’t it? I mean, the plot and characters are rudimentary, there are no real side quests, and it’s ridiculously “edgy”, but it’s so well made and so immersive that you just don’t care.
The trailer for Fury Road was a masterpiece that grabbed me instantly, of course so was the movie. This was very “meh”, going to watch it on the strength of Fury Road alone.
It’s pretty well known that Miller and his team were developing Furiosa’s back story while they were writing Fury Road, and at some point they decided to make a clean break and carve away all the history to keep Fury Road as tight and focused as possible. I suspect Miller was thinking about Furiosa in the back of his mind the whole time, so I wouldn’t worry about this as an after-the-fact obligation.
That also means Furiosa is likely going to be a large-scale sprawling epic, rather than the razor-sharp thrill ride of Fury Road. I absolutely trust Miller, I think he’s a genius and I can’t wait to see what he’s doing with this… but shallow fans who just want Fury Road Redux are probably going to be perplexed and frustrated.
Beyond Thunderdome shows Miller isn’t content to just replicate and regurgitate. He wants a new spin, a new angle. The fans who rejected Thunderdome because it wasn’t the Road Warrior repeat they wanted are, I suspect, going to have a similar reaction here. The smart audience looks at a movie and evaluates it for what it is, not for what it isn’t, but most audiences aren’t smart.
