Mad Max: Fury Road

[Persona]

yeah, like green said, despite any evidence to the contrary, i kind of don't believe that this movie exists. the tidbits from Seale just make it that much more surreal. George Miller making a movie where almost everything is done in post, like a post-apocalyptic 300? 75% of the movie happens in the cab of a truck? my brain doesn't know how to digest this info...

 

[Octoberist]

I get the feeling that Miller was way, way over his head when he made the film.

 

[dark_b]

not like cgi post production. he meant color corection and some cloud replacement in the background.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

Mad Max video game's story is standalone.

 

[ThePhantasm]

not like cgi post production. he meant color corection and some cloud replacement in the background.

Yes. But what kind of film crew doesn't care at all about lighting during the actual filming process? Lighting is really important, even if you plan on doing heavy post-production color correction.

 

[dark_b]

i think he meant that they didnt think about the sun angle. so for example two characters are talking. and the sun is not in the same position. than also if they had sunny day or cloudy day. they also didnt think about white balance. so maybe it looks blue in one shot and orange in another shot.

this can be fixed with good editing and a good post production grading team.

 

[ThePhantasm]

You can't fix where shadows fall and stuff like that. Usually filmmakers take this stuff into some account rather than just winging it.

 

[Persona]

i think he meant that they didnt think about the sun angle. so for example two characters are talking. and the sun is no in the same position. than also if they had sunny day or cloudy day. they also didnt think about white balance. so maybe it looks blue in one shot and orange in another shot.

this can be fixed with good editing and a good post production grading team.

i can see how this might be right but when the original comment is this:

"We just shot it. The DI and the post work is so explicit that almost every shot was going to be manipulated in some way or form". Elsewhere he calls it a "massive post picture".

it kind of leads me to believe that we're gonna see something that was heavily, heavily manipulated in post, beyond your standard color correction and all that. you're right, maybe it doesn't imply a ton of CG work, but it sounds like they're giving the post team all the heavy lifting when it comes to the look of the film, which is not what i would have expected from Miller, not to that degree.

 

[dark_b]

every sky will be replaced .and mountains in the background will be made bigger or smaller. or maybe replaced.

IMO

 

[Schlosser85]

A Mad Max movie shouldn't require all this stuff, IMO.

I don't want it to look like 300 or a Baz Luhrmann movie.

 

[dark_b]

Kindom of Heaven from Ridley Scott. Robin Hood

 

[Persona]

yeah, i didn't like the way those movies looked, either.

not trying to pronounce doom on this one, i just would have thought Miller would be a director to try to go for as much "in-camera" effect as possible. i'm pretty wary of films where they were obviously just like, "ah, **** it, we'll fix it in post," and then you get a film where the original image is buried under layer after layer of post-added effect and the thing looks over-worked and somewhat unnatural.

but mostly i'm still bugging out about the "75% in a truck cab" comment. maybe Seale was being facetious or exaggerating. or maybe this is gonna be like "Life Boat" except on a road in a post-apocalyptic desert. which makes me wanna ask, "how many characters can you naturally fit in the cab of a truck and how do you move them around at all?" or maybe it will just be Max, driving and driving and driving WITH FURY.

 

[Teelie]

Maybe he's furiously arguing with imaginary people which would give them the excuse for a lack of continuity, sticking them all in a truck cab and not worrying about other details.

I hope they come out with some more explanation for it.

 

[Persona]

part of my ire is that i recently watched Cosmopolis, where 75% of the movie takes place in the back of a limo, and boy do i not want Fury Road to be anything like that.

 

[chamber-music]

Anyone watch Tom Hardy's poaching wars?

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[Schlosser85]

Anyone watch Tom Hardy's poaching wars?

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Hardy's a cool dude.

 

[BestGirl]

I get the feeling that Miller was way, way over his head when he made the film.

At this point, I'll be pleasantly surprised if this movie even manages to reach mediocre status.

 

[Schlosser85]

At this point, I'll be pleasantly surprised if this movie even manages to reach mediocre status.

Which is a shame when you've got people like Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron onboard.

 

[biolumen]

Kinda early to be judging, isn't it? We know almost nothing about it. Granted, the idea of Miller going all 300 with the look of the film gives me pause, but we don't know if that is in fact what he's doing. The first trailer will give us a much better idea.

And I laugh at the idea of Miller being in over his head on this movie, one he's been prepping for about 15 years.

 

[Teelie]

15 years of prep and then just filming it and saying "I'll fix it in post" does not give confidence most of the time. Nor does the idea of sitting in a truck cab for the near entirety of the movie. Or the lack of concern for continuity and that they'll do pick ups on it.

For a movie that took a decade and a half to produce and was so prepared, why does it need pick ups and where did the continuity go? It sounds more like he got impatient and rushed through it as fast as he could.

 

[ThePhantasm]

Kinda early to be judging, isn't it? We know almost nothing about it. Granted, the idea of Miller going all 300 with the look of the film gives me pause, but we don't know if that is in fact what he's doing. The first trailer will give us a much better idea.

And I laugh at the idea of Miller being in over his head on this movie, one he's been prepping for about 15 years.

You can prep for 100 years and still bungle the actual filming process. I suspect you'll be waiting a long time for the "first trailer."

 

[biolumen]

I suspect you'll be waiting a long time for the "first trailer."

Digital Spy just tweeted the following. Not sure how legit these guys are, but if what they say is true, it will be quite awhile before we see that trailer.

Digital Spy Movies
‏@dsatthemovies

According to a Warner Bros release document we just got, Mad Max: Fury Road won't be in cinemas until 2015 (!)

11:43 AM - 29 Aug 13

https://***********/dsatthemovies/status/373154005678968832

 

[dark_b]

i hope they realese it in summer 2015. just so that we can see the fire.

 

[redhawk23]

Releasing this in 2015 is pretty much a surefire plan for failure.

 

[ThePhantasm]

2015? For a film that wrapped in 2012?

Something is definitely not right here.