Australian girl's FIRST TIME watching Mad Max Fury Road 

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SUPER FUN FACT: Immortan Joe is played by Hugh Keays-Byrne, THE SAME ACTOR who played Toecutter, the main villain of Mad Max !

Re: The quietness of Max. In the beginning of the film he's barely human. Just an 'instinct to survive'. Practically an animal. As he interacts with Furiosa, the Wives, Nux, and The Many Mothers, he begins to talk more, and talk more coherently- He's becoming human again. It's not until he sacrifices for Furiosa (his blood), someone he's grown close to, that he actually 'has a name' again. It's the only time he refers to himself as 'Max'. He's regained his humanity, but he hasn't atoned quite yet. So at the end, once more 'human', he can go out again and try.

The movie got 10 Oscar nominations and won 6 of them, which I believe is a record for most wins for an Australian film. George Miller got a Best Director nomination, but lost to Alejandro G. Inarritu for THE REVENANT (Best Picture went to SPOTLIGHT that year).

I think the oversaturation was a great choice, actually. Almost every other post-apocalyptic world undersaturates the images, so this is a nice change and literally highlights the intensity of the environment in which they're living.

I reckon the reason Max is so few of words in this film is because of everything that he has already gone through. If you remember all the other Mad Max movies, even when he wins, he loses, because he always winds up by himself, wandering off somewhere else, even when all the other good guys get away. And you see in this movie all of the ghosts he is dealing with. None of those ghosts are from any of the other films, by the way. Those are just countless other people Max has failed in the past, from other times, who are all now haunting him. So the reason he barely talks is probably an indication of just how over the edge he is. He is, by this point, teetering on the brink of full-on madness, and only helping other people, by this point, keeps him level, mentally. That's my theory, anyway. I thought Max was fine not talking much, honestly. In this movie, he didn't really need to say much. His actions did all the talking for him.

I love this every-day-life documentary of the Australian outback 😏

I love Hardy's Max. It's a very nuanced performance. In the beginning, he's like a feral dog. You can tell from the opening monologue on, that he's been living mostly in solitude, even questioning his own sanity and that of the world around him which has plunged into further madness. I doubt he has held an actual conversation with someone in a very long time. Him not speaking much is very intentional. In fact, the thing that makes this film such a masterclass in filmmaking is that every single frame was crafted with intention. The story is told through the details and the performances. This is a throwback to the silent film era, when directors had to convey meaning through visuals alone and that is also why so many of those films are consider classics because it is much more difficult to tell a story without exposition. Miller in fact wrote and filmed Fury Road so that it could be viewed as a silent film. There's a black and white version available (Black and Chrome), which Miller wanted to release in silent format (score only). It really solidifies how masterful this film truly is.

Max had 16 lines of dialogue in "The Road Warrior" and had 60 in "Fury Road" so he actually has more in this movie than Road Warrior. It's hard for anyone, and I mean anyone to beat Mel Gibson in almost any role, no matter who replaced him.

Some of my favorite things about this movie, the way the language has evolved through the apocalypse, Guzzolene, kamakrazie, aquacola. All those things make so much sense in the way the world has developed. Nux character slowly gains more color tone to his skin as the movie progresses and he stops blindly following Joe. The use of practical effects over cgi in most of the scenes. How Furiosas amputation is not shown as a weakness, but is just a fact. They ACTUALLY built the vehicles and they ACTUALLY drive. So dope.

During the attack, Max's PTSD ghost visions are helping him more than they're hurting him. He moved his hand in front of his face just in time to block the arrow heading for his skull, and the voice of the ghosts are now telling him not to quit. It's almost as if the ghosts, while upset, recognize that he did try his best, and want to help him survive.

Intro Mary, freaking out: No way!!! Is she okay?!?! Me, quietly: She went under the weels.

Nux's arc over film is beautiful. From a fanatic cult member willing to die for Joe and needing all the witnesses to see it to dying to save one person, and only needing her to see it. This was SO good in theaters for the action but also the story told mostly without words, a largely lost art these days. The insanity of shooting this is mind blowing. Being able to direct your eye through complex fights so that you know where everyone is without feeling lost is also next level talent. Some of Hollywood's best directors and editors had nothing but praise and respect for this movie. Totally cool if it's not your favorite... it does have a tendency to grow on you as you think about it.

The insane thing is that about 99% of the car chase scenes and crashes we’re done for real. Even the semi crash at the end

Mad Max Fury Road is an absolute master class of visual storytelling. They're making a prequel titled "Furiosa" by the same director, starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth

There's a great quote I read about Max in the movies- he's not a character, he's a cheat code. If you suffer long enough in the wastelands, Max will appear to help you and then move on.

This movie was INSANE on IMAX

They have to use their mouths because it has to be aerated so that the fuel can travel through the intake pipes. The intake pipes are designed to take in air for combustion but adding fuel helps it, so they need the air to mix with the fuel so it can travel the pipe.

The thing about Mad Max as an overall saga is that Max is not the hero. He's the character who makes it possible for the real hero of the story to achieve their goal, and through doing that gets a piece of his soul back.

For me by the time the series gets to Beyond Thunderdome Max is a mythic folk hero similar to the American gunslinger in Westerns. Max emerges from the desert and arrives in a place and to a people who desperately need a hero, and once the day is won he disappears back into the wastes. Because he isn't entirely present at the start or the finish of the story we're not necessarily seeing the story from his point of view so much as we're seeing it from the point of view of the people he's saved; it accounts for Max not being entirely the same person from film to film as well as for the fact that the series can continue without him aging.

Fun fact: Capable (the red-headed girl) is played by Riley Keough, Elvis’s granddaughter. Also, she is married to one of the stuntmen who plays the flame-throwing guitarist in this movie!

Here is the plot synopsis of Mad Max Fury Road. Mad Max Fury Road is a documentary of an average milk run on a random Sunday in a remote Australian country town.

Mary's lack of emotion for the sacrifice and death of Nux was disturbing.

tom hardy was badass as max

My favorite theory about Mad Max is that it's happening only in Australia and the rest of the world is just fine

Such a beautiful blend of CGI and practical effects. The colours, lighting and themes were incredible.

This was a great comeback to the series. Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron we’re badass too.

Wait, you're Australian? I thought you were just drunk all the time.

One of the best action movies ever made. All real stunts, in camera. So creative!

Imagine some rock band that literally got started in their backyard then suddenly had a reunion decades later to revisit their breakout hit and give it the Grand Opera treatment. That's Mad Max Fury Road.

This movie is the best one on the serious, not one dull moment or unnecessary dialog, just straightforward to the point.

Fun fact, the red head woman and the heavy metal guitar guy fell in love and got married irl!

Charlize Theron is South African so we claim her 😂😂😂.

The child max sees in his visions is called Glory. Max couldn't save her or her mother Hope. (In the recent video game and comics). She is the grand daughter of Ms Giddy the history woman

Every car was a real car, every wreck was a real wreck (except for the dust storm scenes)

This may be called Mad Max, but this is Furiosa's story. It deserved its Best Picture nomination.

Fury Road is basically a remake of Road Warrior. It may seem that there isn't much story but there is. So much. It's all in the visuals, in the culture, in the actions of the characters. For me this is the best Mad Max movie.

I really love this film, but I respect your opinion and I get where you're coming from! I'll never understand why people dislike the video just because they disagree with you. Great reaction!

The cinematography in this film was insanely awesome. What the heck did you watch it on?

There is a very underrated Mad Max video game that doesn't get talked about enough that tells what happened before this movie.

The old woman that says "She has all her teeth" is the old woman with the third eye in Farscape.

(At 20:47) I know I do. I can tell Nux is changing because of his war paint is coming off. This boy is regaining his humanity.

Best movie of 2015. Went to see it multiple times

Apparently Max has 63 lines of dialogue in this film, while having 16 lines in The Road Warrior. Although the film overall still has about half the word count as a normal film its length, which is why it feels so sparse overall. But the director had the entire film storyboarded before a single line of the script was written, iirc. He wanted the film to be understandable with visuals alone.

There is a theory that this Max is not the original but the feral kid who appears in the second film. The boy adopted the name of his hero. This theory makes more sense to me.

"2nd and the 3rd film didn't have much car chasing." Haha! This movie has one of the most epic car chasing them all. :)

I have a feeling your tv's saturation or contrast was set too high, that's why it looked off.

Fun fact. Immortan Joe was played by Hugh Keyes Byrne who played the Toecutter in the first one.

Many of the characters from the War Boys to the various warlords are all deformed in some way implied to be due to radiation poisoning, likely from nuclear fallout or similar in the environment. Hence, Nux’s tumors. Even Splendid, the pregnant wife, had some facial scarring, but the wives are probably (for now anyways) showing the least obvious deformities.

Rosie Huntington Whiteley was in two movies her entire life. This movie & Transformers Dark of the Moon.

The reason there are so many characters with different accents is because this movie doesn’t take place in Australia. It takes place in the middle of what used to be the Pacific Ocean.

Let's go!! So happy to see you reacting to this one!

To fully appreciate this movie requires watching on a big screen, in a theatre.

This is not a sequel or follow up of the first three films. Technically this is starting a reboot franchise. In Miller's (director) own words it's a 'revisit'. So, his (Max) memories and hallucinations are due to some events similar to the original trilogy starring Gibson. But, there is a whole lot of things described in the cannon. So, actually this is not the same Max. Just a different version.

This is one of my faves, but your opinion makes sense to me: I think people liked this movie more as a standalone film than as Mad Max 4, so if you wanted something more like the other three in the series, and not just "a great action movie that happens to involve Mad Max", I get how this might not necessarily be your favourite!

There IS a black and white version of this movie, if the color saturation is too distracting. As far as making it grainy is concerned: One thing you don't really get when 'filming' with a digital camera is grain. The grain would have to be added in post production as a special effect. They'd have to create a grain effect long enough not to loop or, doubtless, people would spot the repetition and complain about it taking them out of the movie.

Love this movie. Was great in theaters! Hardy is one of my favorite actors(and apparently someone I favor lol) he was perfect as Max. Totally surprised you didn’t like him, he fits. Hope we get another. They do have a Furiosa spin-off (a prequel I think) coming. Joe was a cool looking bad guy played by the villain from the first movie(rip).

There's a gorgeous black & white version of this film, dubbed the "Black & Chrome" edition, that's worth a watch at some point. If you get a chance to read the book about the making of this film, it's really interesting. It was all shot in Africa and was a really hard shoot, with the actors not fully understanding what George was going after much of the time, and Tom Hardy and Charlize did NOT get along, and producers had to be flown out from LA to intervene. The studios almost shut production down multiple times. Ultimately, it was George's wife - who edited the film - who really shaped it together and made it what it was: one of the greatest action films of all time.

9:02 "A lot of action in the first 20 minutes of the movie." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I was a bit disappointed when I went to see this in the theater, because I remember when the original "teaser trailer" was made public, and it was absolutely amazing, some of the scenes that were shot. However, a very large portion of the film had to be re-shot after a winter break, as the landscape had drastically changed to the point that it no longer looked the same, and many of the original chase scenes (one involving one of those giant ore hauling dump trucks used in open pit mines - with tied-up people hanging from the rear of it!) had to be cut, when they were forced to move production from Australia to Africa. Also, the reason Mel Gibson didn't star in this (he originally signed up for it), is because he was still married at the time, and his wife didn't want him to do another one - and he kept his promise to her, even after the divorce. It's rumored that he did have a un-credited cameo in it, but I haven't spotted him yet.

Been looking forward to this vid.. such an adrenaline rush of a movie!

God damn I love this movie 🍿🙌🏻the music "brothers in arms" is so epic! I hear it in my head every time I'm doing something mediocre and instantly turns my day into a wild ride 🤣🔥🏋️

I was 11 when this came out and it was the first Mad Max movie I saw. It had a badass female protagonist with a disability, and as a girl with a disability, it was a level of representation I wasn't used to seeing. Tom Hardy as Max was just fine with me, since I had nothing to compare his performance to, and Furiosa was my instant heroine. I later watched the rest of the Mad Max films, and I did like Max better with Mel Gibson in the role, but the earlier movies as a whole didn't strike a chord with me as much as Fury Road did. My ranking of the movies would be in reverse release order. 4, 3, 2, 1.

a Furiosa prequel is in the works with Anya Taylor-Joy playing the young version of her

The theory that Tom Hardy is the adult version of the Feral Kid works for me, we still do not have the answer as to what happened to the real Mad Max

I heard this movie is basically a documentary of what real life is like in Australia.

Some people see things differently, no doubt, and I respect that, but this is THE greatest movie EVER! 🤘

Fury Road actually takes place in the Great White which is where the Pacific ocean would be if it wasn't dried out.

Immortal Joe is same actor than Toecutter in the first Mad Max.

The colour grading in this movie is great. It goes to a different style on how a post apocalyptic world is presented. But makes you feel the heat of the desert and makes it more interesting. A more darker or desaturated or even realistic colour could have made the desert boring after a while.

18:23 -- Hi Mary.. I did a little research to find out what they were spraying the actors with on set.. Obviously you couldn't spray someone with chrome paint or even chrome body paint, so after an email back and forth with someone who worked on the makeup effects crew, they said the spray is made by a company called Wilton and it's for cake decorating.

It's a 10/10, I won't argue with a person wearing a nose ring

HELL YEAH! I've been waiting for this one!

Absolutely amazing film. When I saw this in theaters, I did not expect this film would be at this cinematic level of filmmaking. Totally blown away.

I never saw any of the previous Mad Max movies, and I feel like that actually works in this film's favor. It makes Max himself much more of a mystery, this ambiguous character who is almost just an observer of what happens, and even at the end we don't know what becomes of him. The idea of making the titular protagonist play a comparatively passive role in the movie was a very interesting choice, and it plays into how the film mystifies the world and whatever happened to it. Plus, you know, it's just goddamn awesome to watch.

Rooting.. I just learned Aussie slang

I’m glad you finally got to see the greatest thing your country will ever produce. This is a Masterpiece

The reason why so many people loved that movie is that it was breath of fresh air. Every single big blockbuster which came out around that time was 80% CGI. Here 95% of the stunts are practical and one can easily tell. And practical effects and stunts trump CGI. And yes, there were quite a few people pissed off that the action was shifted from Max to Furiosa or that his car was destroyed at the very opening of the movie, but the entire atmosphere that was built around the story more than made up for it. The old movies were great, but they were products of their time. This was executed perfectly when talking about cinematography. And it's even a miracle we got to see it. It was put on hold multiple times. Originally they wanted to film all the way back in 1999, then 2003, then 2007, then 2009. There are legendary tales of how badly mannered Hardy was at the shootings in the desert - showing up late with hours, not knowing the few lines he had, they constantly argued with Charlize. But at the end by some miracle or touch of God they managed to pull it off. The last thing is that this movies just Interstellar or Top Gun Maverick just has to be seen in a theater. The big screen and the sound most of all is on a whole another level.

For story over action: absolutely true 100%. This is a pure action movie. It's a 90 minute chase, through and through - a post-apocalyptic version of Speed. I remember reading that George Miller had said something along the lines of "it's best not to take the four movies as one constant universe, but more like someone telling stories they heard from years ago about a guy wandering around." This may or may not fall in continuity with the 3 previous, it might be somewhere in the middle or some-such. Not sure how accurate that is to Miller's intention just something I remember reading. As far as it being a pure action film: one of the best I've ever seen. As more of a story driven film yeah it falls a bit short, but that wasn't the intention so it's one of those "Have to go in without prior expectations other than to enjoy an adrenaline ride" kinda things. That said: How DARE you like the more story driven films! 😝🤣

I love a blockbuster that thinks outside the box

The first time i watched this movie i liked it but i really enjoyed it more after the second viewing. I personally put it after The Road Warrior as my fav Mad Max movie followed by Thunderdome.

Glad you watched all of them!

Charlize Theron was born in South Africa where this film was filmed along with Namibia, Angola and Sydney but grew up in New York, she lived in Melbourne for a while but not long enough to develop an Aussie accent .

Mary was already anticipating the internet outrage😅

I think dumping water is more of a religious ceremony whenever Joe addresses the crowd, so they'd associate flooding waterfalls with his appearances in a mystical/spiritual sense. Like a god summoning rain in the desert

A lot of car action in the first 20 minutes😁

Max has been wandering the Wasteland for a long time, and has almost gone feral. He's lost his connection to humanity. That's why he barely speaks. Why he starts out essentially grunting.

Didnt see the original but know of them n this was just beautiful in all ways the music, the action scenes, the chase and that sand storm with the cars n powder exploding 🤩🤩🤩

I grew up with the original trilogy and when I heard about this reboot I had no interest in seeing it, what a fool I was, this movie is absolutely incredible.

Interesting that the only people I know who prefer Gibson's Max are all Australian. I guess he speaks your language!

Tom Hardy's Max is not Mel Gibson's Max - Tom Hardy is the Feral Kid grown up.

There’s actually a theory that Max in this movie is actually the boy from the original trilogy that was with Mel Gibson. It’s also still debated whether this movie is a definite remake or a reboot, so Hardy’s character can honestly stand as a character separate from Gibson’s character.

Well I don't know about this context, but in German, "Schlange" means Snake.

saw this movie in the theatre in 3D and it was awesome. left the movie hella hyped

If you can find it I recommend watching the black and chrome version of this film. It makes it even better than it already is.

26:50 - "Why can't they directly spray it in? Why do they have to put it in their mouths?" Because the fuel needs to be 'aerosolized', eg, made 'vaporous'. It's the combination in the right ratio of fuel and oxygen that creates the intense burn. Fuel is the ignition source, but it's actually oxygen that burns. Shooting fuel in a steam will actually soak and dampen effect of combustion, by restricting the proportional volume of oxygen around the ignition source. Fuel in spray droplets exposes vastly more surface area to ignite and the air between the droplets can burn unhindered. It's actually a common mistake in arson cases, where the arsonist will saturate objects with fuel, thinking it will make a better fire, but it's possible to wet something with enough fuel that it slows the fire down and even creates unburnt patches at the saturation point. It's one thing they look for in criminal investigations in unexplained fires.

prime example of when someone grows up with comicbook movies watches a real film

tom hardy isn’t the same max as before, but mel gibson is truly toxic, and i welcome the change.

They did release a Shiny and Chrome version that is done completely in black and white. For those who didn’t like the color saturation. It still works as a great movie in black and white.

Hardy is awesome as Max, in my opinion.