Everything GREAT About Mad Max: Fury Road! 

The complete lack of explanation for some of the most awesome and intriguing designs makes for some of the best worldbuilding I've ever seen in a movie.

fun fact, george miller used to be an emergency med doc. i'm a surgeon and the fact that all the medicine in this movie was spot-on was really just icing on the cake for me: 1. the war boys are all dying of lymphoma, which is one of the most common cancer types caused by chronic radiation poisoning. hence the soft tumors (e.g. Larry and Barry) in areas containing lymph nodes (for Nux, his subclavicular nodes), the fact that they're anemic and need blood transfusions, and even the fact that they're pale with dark eye circles (again, anemia). 2. mad max has an IJ line the entire film. it's literally hooked into his internal jugular. it's often used to deliver medication because it enters the bloodstream very close to the heart (internal jugular --> superior vena cava --> heart) and thus gets pumped out to the rest of the body easily. however, used in reverse, it can also be an endless tap into his bloodstream and is thus useful for drawing blood out of him. 3. he's established to be a universal donor very early on, which is why he can give blood to nux and furiosa without causing severe reactions. 4. furiosa got stabbed in the side of her chest, likely collapsing her lung. these wounds can form one-way valves where air is sucked in with every breath but can't get back out. when she's wheezing horribly, she's dying of tension pneumothorax - i.e. the AIR in her chest cavity is building pressure that's getting harder and harder to breathe against. that's why it helps when mad max stabs her again in between the ribs. he's basically doing a brute force decompression. irl you can do this with a needle (needle thoracostomy) or a chest tube. however, she'd still bled heavily into her chest cavity through the same wounds, which is why she needed a transfusion to stabilize her.

Bonus fun fact: Max having bad hearing was so much of a plot point that he wore a hearing aid. Problem was the continuity with the kind of hearing aid he was wearing kept changing between shots and they decided they wanted to remove the hearing aid completely. So most times you see Max’s ear, that was probably a shot we painted to remove the hearing aid.

Fun fact about the second shotgun ‘malfunction’, it isn’t a malfunction. During the chase Nux fires one shot at the war rig, and the second shell is spent by Max trying to break his binds. And the weapon was never reloaded on screen, so I genuinely think Max just threatened them with a gun he knew wasn’t loaded.

To add to the 'Max is an immortal' headcanon: Aside from Max being canonically far older than anyone in the film and surviving what nobody should consider this: Nux at the beginning of the film is so weak, he is almost dead on his feet. He needs to be hooked up to his bloodbag just to stand. And yet, one transfusion with Max later, and he's completely able-bodied for the rest of the movie, also surviving some pretty crazy shit. Again at the end with Furiosa: she's on death's door before the transfusion. Then, she is able to stand with Max's help on the hood. And yet when they are being lifted up mere moments later she is standing on her own with no apparent weakness. Almost as if getting a transfusion from an immortal makes people significantly stronger, even if not immortal themselves. Then there is just the 'vibe'. Max behaving as though he's almost lost the ability to speak or create language, very much gives 'immortal who has been around for too long' before reconnecting to the human race. Which is much less empirical but hey. It's Fury Road. We're all about vibes here.

"Oh, what a day… what a lovely day!" I came home from the theater after watching Furiosa to find this video waiting for me. On top of that, I just watched Fury Road two days ago.

I remember reading a fun little behind the scenes thing about the design of Immortan Joe's car made out of two cars stacked on top of each other, which is that in a world where most people don't even have one of something, he's the kind of guy that has two.

Favourite dialogue from this movie: 'What are you doing?' 'Praying' 'To Who?' 'Anyone whose listening'

"That's right! High octane, feral blood fillin' me up!" Man, Nux is an underrated character

I get that the timeline doesn't matter in these movies, but I ALSO love the idea that this one poor guy has been damned with immortality and he's just been around the wasteland for many decades

The single greatest moment in this entire movie is when she's trying to get Max to let her in the truck and nothing is working but then she realizes that he is a survivalist and getting the muzzle off his face is his greatest priority, so she offers him a way to get it off and there's a single beat and then the loud cello string coming in as he looks at her and lets her in. Great moment.

There was a theory running around that Max is the personification of death in the wasteland, since that's what he witnesses the most, and what he lacks (there were more details, and some stuff that made the theory fall apart too, but i'll gloss over that), but i like the idea that max is now cursed to wander the wasteland forever, never dying or aging, forced to keep moving by forces he can't afford to think about because as much as he is tired by the survival, something keeps him going. It reminds me of some short story anthologies, where the characters are the same, but the stories are all different.

Guess I can watch "Everything great about Mad Max: Fury road" for the fourth time

“This shows how much power furiosa has” and the furiosa movie really backed this up, she’s a badass

Single greatest win: A grandpa, who directed "Babe in the City", made one of the greatest action movies ever.

the brother in arms scene is literally worth like 100 wins right there. sometimes i go back just to watch it. it's flawless visual storytelling, thrilling action, and amazing music all in one. you literally see them go from enmity to wary neutrality to seamless alliance in that single action sequence. ughhhhhh it's just so good.

For folks wondering about the timeline, *Fury Road is after Thunderdome:* The backstory of Glory the Child in the tie-in comics and how she became involved in Max's life. Some time before, she had been kidnapped by the Buzzards during a raid on a trading convoy, and her mother searched and searched for someone who could find her daughter and bring her back. After saving Max's life, he owed her a favor which was finding and returning Glory to her mother. After a harrowing excursion into the Sunken City, Max managed to both save Glory and retrieve his stolen V8 Interceptor. Unfortunately, the remaining pursuing Buzzard ran over both the mother and child, *eerily re-enacting the deaths of Max's wife and child.* Max killed the attacker and found the mother dead on the scene, while Glory was holding onto her last breath. Glory's last words to Max was to tell him to look after her mother, not knowing she was already dead. *This event arguably destroyed pretty much all the psychological development Max had undergone during the events of Beyond Thunderdome, resulting in him being the shell of a man he is in the opening of Fury Road.* Glory: You... came back. I knew... you would. Is... mamma all right? Max: She's fine. Glory: Look... after her... Max: I will.

As to Max being immortal, I mean….. if Fallout and many other nuclear based apocalypse stories are to be believed, I 100% think that Max just got exceedingly lucky (or unlucky) with some radioactive mutation that makes him immortal

The thing that makes this movie just an absolute legend is everything being so mythical like you're talking in terms of gods and stuff and yet having the deeper layers you'd expect when you dig deeper. Theres clearly at least some kind of weirdo supernatural going on, Max has some prophetic visions and is clearly older than he appears, but also everything feels like it has an origin which differs a lot from myths. Having Furiosa as a movie now tells us even more and makes it more of a lived world but even then theres a place that miraculously is lush landscape surrounded by desert which is hard to explain

The Pole Cats are actual Cirque du Soleil performers!

I believe that in most of these movies, Max's story usually ends when the group he is helping find safety and/or leaves on a journey to find hope. When the Many Mothers, Nux, Furiosa, etc, drive off on the salt flats, that's usually where a Mad Max story wraps up. In this movie, Max decides that's not enough. If it was enough, he wouldn't be haunted by nightmares of those he has lost. Some of his ghosts are people he did bring to safety, but he knows they died looking for hope after he left them. So he decides to stop Furiosa's group, not only because they will die on the flats, but because he wants to see them find hope and safety. He wants to see this mission to its completion. It's a big character decision for Max to finish the mission, even after everyone is technically safe. IDK, that's my take.

Lmao I always thought Rictus just said "good" but now I can't unsee or unhear him saying "moo" and will be saying that constantly from now on 🤣

Fun fact: an older script version of this movie had planned to recast Mel Gibson as Max. He would have been much older, in fact I think they planned to make him look older than Mel's actual age. Fury Road was supposed to be his final journey, and at the end he would have settled the Citadel and stayed. It was when Mel Gibson kinda went crazy and some other cast issues ensue, that *finally* George Miller "cristalized" and fully went with his whole "legendary tales around the campfire" thing with Max, that made the continuity go fully out the window. But yes. At some point in history, there was an alternate version where the Mad Max franchise had a somewhat well defined (sorta) continuity, or at least when that was in the planning table.

I could've sworn you already did this one.

I love the Black and Chrome edition, it really changes the whole experience. The visual effect that somehow makes the silence deeper and the loud moments more explosive. It is my go-to version of Fury Road.

Just came back from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and it is a GREAT watch. Great movie

My fav thing you didn't mention - at no point does Max ask Furiosa what happened to her arm.

Love that the shot at 26:50 is essentially a perfect 1:1 recreation of 'Fallen Angel' by Alexandre Cabanel.

I wish I could remember who said it because one of my favorite quotes about this film was "I dont know how they're not still filming that movie and I don't know how no one has died". George Miller is truly a genius for being able to make these movies.

Fang it is ALSO a reference to F1 legend Juan manuel Fangio, the first 5 time world champion of the sport between 1951 and 57 right after farina's first wdc.

I'll say it again and again - Immortan Joe is the best post-apocalypse cinema villain. Access to clean water. Farms and hydroponics and "mothers' milk" - focused on nutrition. Cult religion to assert leadership. Breeding program to eliminate "half life" children. Like, insane and evil, but the details of it all are so rich, and I appreciate the rich world building so much more for the lack of exposition. Just hints and flashes of the world and respect for the audience to figure it out.

When Furiosa says “remember me” to Joe I always thought it was an odd question to ask before killing him. Obviously he remembers her. But it’s not a question… it’s a statement in the same sense as warboys saying “witness”. She’s using his own dogmatic philosophy against him by telling him to remember her in the afterlife, as the only people who witnessed his death are Furiosa and one of his wives. And neither give a single F about him

I love rewatching the 3 part Fury Road,glad it’s in one package now.

the 'cloth' around the exhaust is heat tape, it serves a few purposes but are used in many instances in real life that don't involve insulation so you can hold them.

I‘m completely overwhelmed by the density of details you put in this video and I like your style of talking and describing so much. Thank you for all you effort! What a joy to watch

I never see anyone talk about it but nux peaking capable on the cheek when she cuts the chains for the tree is so cute

not only is slit the only one shitting on morzov's sacrifice and kill-stealing, but nux is encouraging and supportive (for a death cult but still), saying "you can do it cmon." so not only is he vulnerable for needing blood, ingenious in setting up the bloodbag thing, showing endearing determination to push through his weakness, but he also wants whats "best" for his fellow war boys. hell his fanboying when joe glances at his direction is sympathetic, you see how desperate he is to make his life - and death - mean something. and before any redemption has happened youre primed to feel for the kid even before he gets abandoned by joe, even as he is still within an evil fucked up death cult. also i saw furiosa yesterday and slit's actor josh helman got to come back as scrotus, the voice is the same, fuck yes for george miller reusing actors in different roles its so good

I had no idea the guy who played Toecutter in the original Mad Max played Immortan Joe! That's pretty cool. I did a double take when CinemaWins joked that Toecutter survived to become Joe because I knew the lore and was like, "Uh, no" lol.

I think Max's immortality lays something along the lines that he is the remains of the old world that has a good heart to binds him to do what is right and doing wrong just shoves him right back into the world to redo what he has done wrong and the redo is to do it right..just a personal thought tho

Is this a re-upload? Could've sworn I watched this before

Max has to be older than basically everyone else in the movie. I think he has become a legend of the wasteland. The man who runs from the living and the dead, forever. And so he cannot die anymore than the wasteland itself.

I noticed a cool detail 28 minute mark, is that the massive explosion is the The People Eater's personal vehicle exploding. I just realized the reason it goes up as big as it does is cuz the The People Eater is the leader of Gastown, and it makes sense hed bring a shit ton of spare gas

Nobody talks about the war boy that was Furiosa's 2nd in command enough. He was so on-point. Obeyed his commanding officer with no lip.

The Australian outback is red, as its so rich in iron the dirt is coloured like rust.

Now after watching Furiosa, a lot of things add up for me now. Even the video game makes more sense to me now.

omggg one of my all time favorite movies. just flawless. bro i'm noticing crazy details for the first time too - e.g. the drummers already drumming on the doof wagon AS IT'S BEING LOWERED THROUGH THE AIR. and yeah, the doof wagon is just amazing. it's ABSOLUTELY BATSHIT but at the same time the entire world they live in is so insane it all hangs together. specifically - immortan joe has this whole dark ages/post-roman britain vibe going on with the callbacks to valhalla/saxon culture, what with having warlords (imperators - itself a latin term for general), basically an army of warboys on their shining steeds, and and even the fact that his favorite wife's name is welsh (Angharad), a people who were actually conquered and chased out of their lands by early anglo-saxons. so of COURSE he's gonna have battle drums. but because this is a postapocalyptic movie, of course it's not just gonna be drums, it's gonna be a fucking flame throwing guitar. PS love that when he's sleeping he's got a rickety little umbrella to shade him from the sun lolll

16:05 Also the part where the supercharger kicks back in, is like the war rig is again breathing fresh air after putting out the fire

My favorite thing about this movie is that Immortan Joe is visibly older than Max and therefore was probably a normal person once. I like to imagine he was a mail man or something super domestic like that. (JK I love every single thing about this movie)

I watched this movie with my little sister the day my grandfather died. We wern't able to get to him to say goodbye after the fact. My mom and grandma were with him and they said that it was okay if we wen't ready to see that. We both couldn't drive in that moment so there wasn't even an opportunity. So we hunkered down with some food and watched Mad Max fury road. We had so many emotions that day. It was the first time either of us experienced death of a loved one and this movie was like a spinning wheel for us. Taking the raw clumped together wool and spinning it into organized yarn that we can work though. It was cathartic and healing. That was a few years ago, but I will remember that moment and this movie for the rest of my life.

I know the main character is furiosa...but the Max's limited dialog just grunts and sounds r a highlight..i love it that his script includes just grunts and noises and we still get to relate to him...tom hardy is awesome

Heres one for you. The rock riders scene at timestamp 14:30 " You said a few vehicles in pursuit, maybe". echoes Mad Max 1 when the bikers are searching for max and the garage owner is interrogated, saying "They went north, maybe". I grew up with this stuff, and adding "maybe" at the end of stuff was a rip from this movie , so I appreciate your work. Thanks

This whole film is just incredible and has some of the best action scenes in cinema history, but the one thing I remember most about it is the first time i heard the War Rig's horn. That one sound just blew me away.

The explanation I most prefer and I carry as head-canon is that Everything that happened in the films after Mad Max are retellings from unreliable narrators of the legend of a drifter known only as Max [Rockatanski]. This explains the inconsistencies in continuity from one movie to the next as well as some of the more almost fantastical elements, like his seeming immortality, the reappearance of his one-of-a-kind car despite being destroyed multiple times, and the rate of deterioration of society throughout the movies. The first movie is the one most grounded in reality and is therefore likely the only one that can be relied on to give a picture of the “Real” Max.

Watching this and seeing all the setups that Furiosa retroactively put in place makes the movie so much better. I honestly can't wait to double feature the two.

Watched the movie for the first time a week ago , and as a Massive Farscape fan i shouted at my screen "I know that voice that's Noranti ,Keeper of the Seeds, Melissa Jaffer. Love this movie i understand why its so well revered

It’s funny how Anya Taylor joy has been in two movies surrounded by the desert!

Saw Furiosa this morning. Really great, not quite as "fresh" as Fury Road was, but that's a tough act to follow. Felt a little overstuffed and a touch too preoccupied to further establishing the backstory of this world and known characters. But thoroughly enjoyable none the less. If Fury Road was a 9.5, Furiosa is an 8.

A detail I always have questions about is why Angharad is the only one of the wives who has scars, but she's the one that they say will be the end of Max because he hurt her. My notion is that Joe likes her the most because she has spirit, but that means he also hurts her whenever she shows that spirit. That also means that she's the ringleader of the wives and probably got Furiosa to help them.

In my head-canon, Toast told Max that he has 2 left meaning that if he didn't nail it with those 2 shots, the final, fourth shot would have to be taken by Furiousa. Max gives up leaving 2 rounds with Furiousa only needed one saving the last round for later.

The Pavement they drive on in the beginning is very close to our Vacation house (where the film medics stayed while filming). Skeleton Coast National Park.

I love that the paint used to write "we are not things" in the wives' quarters (which is iconic, btw) is clearly the chalk the war boys used mixed with something. Another example of using what is on hand.

fun fact, in the scene where the bulletfarmer says i am the scales of justice, hes blindfolden which is a nod to the fact justice is blindfolded.

Thanks! I still have those suggestions for the coming months or whenever you can: 1. Request #36 for Jurassic Park 2 (1997) and 3 (2001). 2. Request #25 for Shrek (2001) 3. Request #26 for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). I understand how you might be busy with The Flash, Blue Beetle, Aquaman 2, Wonka, and possibly Oppenheimer. But still, take your time. Love you, CinemaWins! Always! Also, I still can't wait for the teaser shot at the end of EGA Dune: Part 2!!!

Man I need to rewatch this. I personally like to explain Max’s immortality as him having became a Ghost Rider (the demonic, skeletal, flaming bikers from Marvel) at some point between 1 and Road Warrior. He hates being one which is why you never see him transform on-screen. Though he did once he went to take care of Bullet Farmer and his gang. No real reason why I like to head-canon this, it just tickles my nerd brain.

One great detail after seeing furosia- The glock that was grabbed from the side of the war rig was imperitor jack's, and that skull is likely his.

I'll never forget seeing the theatrical trailer for this film as a kid. Had never even heard of Mad Max before but I was absolutely mindblown. Wasn't able to see the actual movie in theatres unfortunately but I will definitely be doing everything in my power to see Furiosa on the big screen.

These videos are incredible, they keep me company while I sit at my desk for hours editing videos and make my family members think that I'm insane because ill be editing videos and laughing uncontrollably. 😄

“Fang It”, in my head, was just a battle cry of “go forth, kick ass, don’t die. Rawr!” I did not know it was a Oz slang term.

"Gotta use that winch ... around the tree-thing!" HE CAN BE TAUGHT!

Yo’s is a made me realize that, despite having watched this movie over a dozen times, I actually need to watch it at half speed to pick up on even more things I’ve missed

I think the genius of not having much of a “plot” with these films is me only seeing fury road and none of the other films and fury road being one of my favorite films ever made.

Thank you for your positivity and sharing your love of mov!

5:53 pulling this from another YT video on the subject, was said that Slit had that injury because during Max's escape attempt mm a moment where he slams his shackle chain into Slit's mouth , causing the injury

Actually, the Doof Wagon has a purpose. The tempo of the music is used to signal to the whole caravan how fast or slow they should go. The fire is used to signal danger. And of course, the music also works to hype them all up.

One thing I did think was a bit off about the film was the whole "crossing the dessert" scene. Max points out that in 160 days they might reach something or possibly nothing. I think I read somewhere that having 160 days worth of fuel could make you circulate the earth at least twice😂. Good film though and its still absolutely beautiful

your recurring jokes about the pickup line book really made it for me, thanks for the video.

Not only do the warboys salute with the “V” formation of their interlocking hands, but the 8 fingers also represent the “8”

I feel like Road Warrior, Thunderdome and Fury Road are all essentially the same film, with some different details. Miller has just gotten closer & closer to the platonic ideal of a Mad Max film - a reluctant hero called to help decent people escape from terrible people that ends with a giant destructive car chase. This was just the ultimate version of that film.

Happy to watch a part 1 and part 2 combined for one of the best movies and one of your funniest commentaries!!

Finallyyyyy. I love this movie so much, and i love the points you make and details you point out. I thing my favorite moment is the part where the truck "breathes" during the motorbike attack. It felt like such a moment of hope, culmination of the entire chase for me... the forward momentum of this movie is unparalleled

Hey, guess how I learned that a single line delivery is capable of making me cry? That last "witness me"...not even in the movie! I'm crying from this RU-vid video!!

i love how you brought up the camera work with knowing what to look at, because i watched furiosa in IMAX and sometimes diddnt know what to look at, except not in the fighting scenes but in some cinamatic scenes where you had one side of the screen showing the big bad giving a speech and the other side a crazy sign languge guy explaining the speech

What a lovely day I be going to see Furiosa later tonight

These videos consistently make me want to go back and rewatch the films they are about. I end up realizing how much I missed of the characterizations or subtexts.

I can't wait to watch Furiosa and Fury Road back to back.

Hazel eyes are like mirrors, their coloration appears different depending on the light in the environment. It also depends on what their natural mix is, because hazel is usually a combination of two colors. Furiosa has a blue base with brown or gold. In some lights they can look green, in others they can appear almost golden. Despite being one of the most common eye colors, it has so many combinations that it's also one of the most unique.

You’re a good narrator. Tone and cadence. The delivery is excellent

The mad max game that came around the time of fury road is so underrated plus i love the war rigs horn its so good

Im really excited for when you do Everything Great about Furiosa.

IM DISAPPOINTED YOU DIDNT SEE THE TWO HEADED LIZARD AT THE BEGGINING......... THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WIN

Am I tripping or did you make this 3 years ago?

8:10 No, I think they all say "Mediocre" because it's literally the only thing Immortan ever says about their deaths, so they think it's praise.

I'll take any opportunity I can get to gush about this movie.

Thank you again for the amazing work

17:06 while I love your enthusiasm, this is pretty common (especially in high performance race applications), its called heat wrapping, it is usually put on the headers/exhaust of a car to keep the heat inside rather than heating the whole engine bay. The wrapping still does get wildly hot though, so her touching the stacks would have likely burnt her immediately

My first time watching this film was when me and my family won tickets to see this in 4D from a classical music station, it was awesome, the seats jostled, they sprayed vapor when the smoky exhaust was onscreen, and at one point halfway through there was a thing under everyone's seats that slapped them on the back of the legs XD 22:43: you could feel the vibration as she hit the dunes throughout the theatre

Not sure why the reupload together... but I'm not complaining and it's going to add at least another couple views from me on top of the probably 10 times I've seen the original videos. Keep up the good work. Also Amazing videos, and this is an amazing movie.

Week 178 of asking for Everything Great About Dead Man's Chest

So i believe George Miller has actually comfirmed that the Max in this movie isnt the same one as in the Mel Gibson originals, but rather one of the Lost tribe kids. Not gonna lie though, i like the "Max is immortal" headcanon better.

so happy we are getting the same video again