Mad Max: Fury Road - Part 2

[TheNextNolan22]

Little surprised at the reviews considering they came in pretty close to the release date. That's never a good sign, but I'm glad it's getting quite a lot of praise so far.

It's coming out this Friday and the embargo was lifted last night. That's standard. If it was lifted Thursday night/Friday morning that would be different.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ has no plot but it's still incredible.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mad-max-fury-road-review-2015-5

 

[Pickleweasel]

Little surprised at the reviews considering they came in pretty close to the release date. That's never a good sign, but I'm glad it's getting quite a lot of praise so far.

Four days before it opens is completely normal.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Very happy with the reviews, was not expecting it to get bad ones or good ones, around somewhere in the middle I was expecting, but this much praise is great.

 

[CELTICPRED]

I'm trying to reign in all of my expectations, especially with how the reports of the films production was stalled, and reports of the cast not getting along. I was bracing for a bomb, I am completely thrilled this is not the case.

 

[ares834]

Just saw that this currently has 100% on the tomatometer! Admittedly, only 25 reviews so far but still incredible. I was expecting this movie to be garbage. I may actually have to check it out now.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Tom Hardy asking where Armond White lives right now.

Heh.

 

[Octoberist]

Armond White has been banned from Rotten Tomatoes actually.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Kristopher Tapley @kristapley · 1h 1 hour ago
"Mad Max: Fury Road" is Charlize Theron's "Aliens." More of these, please. Viola Davis next.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Now this is some bs.

Why can't they be happy for a bunch of females kicking ass? Charlize is the true star of the film. Damn when we do get an awesome women lead flick and damned when we don't. I'm all for more female directors, but don't be salty whne a man does a great female flick. Hold me, Joss.

Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Gonna sit down and read 45 reviews of Mad Max. *NOT*

Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Watch every movie hire a female consultant now instead of a female director...because Mad Max. Sigh.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

Now this is some bs.

Why can't they be happy for a bunch of females kicking ass? Charlize is the true star of the film. Damn when we do get an awesome women lead flick and damned when we don't. I'm all for more female directors, but don't be salty whne a man does a great female flick. Hold me, Joss.

Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Gonna sit down and read 45 reviews of Mad Max. *NOT*

Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Watch every movie hire a female consultant now instead of a female director...because Mad Max. Sigh.

Mad Max has a way more feminist kick than AOU wished it had. Charlize was great and the way her character is presented is very well done.

 

[QBComics]

Furiosa is one of the best action characters in so, so long, and it feels incredibly demeaning to attributing this film to the lack of female directors, when it clearly goes so much farther.

George Miller is a 70 year old white dude who just delivered the most feminist action film since ALIENS, and we should be celebrating this, not tearing it down.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Mad Max has a way more feminist kick than AOU wished it had. Charlize was great and the way her character is presented is very well done.

What about the other gals in the flick? There is a certain side of the feminist group is just salty just cause. EH.

 

[Pickleweasel]

Now this is some bs.

Why can't they be happy for a bunch of females kicking ass? Charlize is the true star of the film. Damn when we do get an awesome women lead flick and damned when we don't. I'm all for more female directors, but don't be salty whne a man does a great female flick. Hold me, Joss.

Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Gonna sit down and read 45 reviews of Mad Max. *NOT*

Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Watch every movie hire a female consultant now instead of a female director...because Mad Max. Sigh.

What a bunch of garbage

 

[Guts]

Tom Hardy asking where Armond White lives right now.

Heh.

Armond White has been banned from Rotten Tomatoes actually.

What is this about?

 

[ThePhantasm]

The word you are looking for is b****y, not salty

 

[ares834]

There was a rotten and it's gone now. t:

Not sure why though....

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Now this is some bs.


Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Watch every movie hire a female consultant now instead of a female director...because Mad Max. Sigh.

Well, the second one is kinda true. You don't need a consultant if you just hire women to direct action flicks. That's why people were asking for diversity in the first place.

But she still comes across as unnecessarily bitter though.

 

[Black Narcissus]

There was a rotten and it's gone now. t:

Not sure why though....

 

[Black Narcissus]

Well, the second one is kinda true. You don't need a consultant if you just hire women to direct action flicks. That's why people were asking for diversity in the first place.

But she still comes across as unnecessarily bitter though.

The woman consultant that worked on the film was to help the actresses with the feeling of rape and abuse. She told them real life stories about abused women and that mind set etc. It had nothing to do with the action stuff.

 

[Evil Twin]

The thing to actually remember is that the only review that matters is your own.

I don't actually believe that. I've read many a review, which I've agreed or disagreed with, which has had insightful things to say. I won't say that any review has fundamentally changed my opinion, but certainly I've read reviews that have added nuance or gave me information on how to read a film.

Of course, that requires actually having to read what the critic wrote and being open minded, rather than looking at star ratings or fresh/rotten.

Heck, some critics are worth reading for the style of their prose.

 

[Pickleweasel]

There was a rotten and it's gone now. t:

Not sure why though....

It was just changed to a fresh lol. must have been a mistake

 

[Evil Twin]

What's Lexi Alexander arguing? That male directors shouldn't try to be forward thinking and make the best movie that they can? That all they should be doing is churning out shallow, misogynistic films?

Giving her the benefit of the doubt, maybe she's trying to say we would have gotten here already if more female filmmakers were given an opportunity. Perhaps. But, I don't see how that's the fault of a film that actually accomplishes what Mad Max: Fury Road apparently does.

 

[BlackFox]

RT:31 and 0

 

[The Chris]

Now this is some bs.

Why can't they be happy for a bunch of females kicking ass? Charlize is the true star of the film. Damn when we do get an awesome women lead flick and damned when we don't. I'm all for more female directors, but don't be salty whne a man does a great female flick. Hold me, Joss.

Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Gonna sit down and read 45 reviews of Mad Max. *NOT*

Lexi Alexander
‏@Lexialex
Watch every movie hire a female consultant now instead of a female director...because Mad Max. Sigh.

Oh come on now it's George Miller's franchise for goodness sake. Just stop it and pick on something else Lexi. I'm all for diversity and more opportunity for female and minority directors, but this is Mad Max, and Mad Max belongs to George.