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Slight correction to one of your criticisms Most if not all of the car crashes were actually physical effects. They wrecked a shit ton of steel for this movie
I think his criticisms are the CGI they put on top of the physical effects. There is a surprising amount of CGI in this movie, but it's layered in and I think that is why most people don't notice it
Most of the car wrecks used a method involving an industrial piston attached to the underside of the vehicle, which when rapidly deployed would have enough force to launch the vehicle up and over. Some of the smaller vehicles used a similar method but with the piston embedded in the ground, which would deploy when the vehicle drove over it.
I thought the CG looked good for the most part but that blue filter for that night scene with Furiosa using Max as a bipod was so immersion breaking. It looks like they just entered a rave.
"Well since that's what it said on promo website then the FX must be practical." There's also, you know, the several hours of stunt footage you can watch on youtube if you bothered doing more than 1 second of research.
The Doof Warrior is the best thing about this movie. It actually would've have been great if they had had Mel for this. Tweak the story a bit, change some origins, increase the amount of time that should have passed, and you could have turned Immortan Joe, Gas Town and the Bullet Farm into the result of the events of Barter Town, leaving Max to face the horrific consequences of a job unfinished.
I am a Mad Max purist and I was pretty upset that they had to destroy The Last V8 twice in one movie. However I did read an article where the director says that Mad Max is more of a "legendary" character and that these stories are more folk lore than portrayal of actual events and this is one of the few times I can actually accept that type of rationalization for plot holes.
Yep same here, I guess if you want to timeline it, it feels like Fury Road could be between 2 and 3 but I like thinking 1 sets up the story and the next 3 are just stories of Max's travels after.
Just like to point out that Australia has what amounts to a giant underground sea called the Great Artesian Basin. Considering that Mad Max is really an Australian film regardless of what country it was filmed in, one would imagine that is where the water comes from.
@@hariman7727 like they mention the underground spring. and there;s you know, grass and trees and shit on top of the citadel. joe isn's a waster of water, he;s a massive douche who needs to be worshipped like a God. He's witholding water to make them dependent on him
@@EfftupSmith You generally need a big mass of water or icemelt uphill at some point for a self-pressurized spring to form. If it's being pumped from the Underground sea/aquifer it's still gonna need pumps which take work and materials to maintain. Also this movie proves Mad Max's universe is not just post apocalyptic but post 50s B-movie Alien invasion flick because the fucking OCEANS ARE GONE. Water doesn't just fucking up and vanish even if you vaporize it it's going to come back down, so obviously fucking aliens stole the goddamn oceans.
Razorfist has been shitting on Fury Road this whole time not because it's a bad film, but because Gibson was snubbed the role? What a twist! I do think there's some shit going on in Hollywood though, and it ain't limited to Gibson. Bill Murray was literally killed off in the Ghostbusters reboot, far-left darling Russell Brand is going to be in a Drop Dead Fred reboot, and then there's the whole Conservative Hollywood blacklist shit where you'll never get a role unless you turn heel and tow the party line like sedated 'Republican' Robert Downey Jr. Tinsel Town is a national embarrassment second only to Silicon Valley.
There's a defense for Max's diminished role in Fury Road that always makes me roll my eyes. People always bring up "well, it's always been Max wandering into someone else's story! Guess YOU'RE not the true fan after all huh?!" That's true...for 2 and 3. And even in those films, it's told almost entirely from Max's viewpoint. It's not his story, per se, but he IS the main character, in the same way The Man with No Name is the protagonist of the Dollars Trilogy. And in those two movies, Max isn't the narrator. He's this almost mythic figure that the narrator is reminiscing about. The fact that HE is the narrator in Fury Road is the final confirmation that Furiosa has taken his place as the focal protagonist. And I'm saying this all as someone who really enjoyed Fury Road, even if I did internally groan at a few of the more hamfisted moments. But I despise it when people try to defend it with disingenuous arguments.
Haleophant Green Max is the protagonist, he's the one who gets the most screen time in all of the 3 movies and the only motherfucker in the story that matters. Nobody can deny that fact. A question that can settle this debate:Would you rather see a whole movie with max or a whole movie with any secondary character like furiosa. Damn right, everybody knows Max will always be the main point of any Road Warrior movie.
I'm Aussie, Mad Max was the first Australian film i watched and enjoyed with my dad. i cant watch a film that has Max as the title character but he isn't the main character. To me it would be like watching a James Bond film told from one of his bitches he gets in his bed. But thank you for your honest opinion. I am just watching this video for Razor's commentary, i wont watch this film, it is a matter of Aussie principle :p
That's the thing though; it's from his P.O.V. as a narrator and spectator, rather than as subject. It's jarring, and and understandable disappointment for some people who wanted a more Max-centric story.
My man, he's a living bumper-ornament for the first fourth or fifth of the film. Its not exactly a Max-centric film if he's completely out of commission for a sizable enough chunk of the runtime.
I like to think the flamethrower guitarist is Terran Gell in the far future when Google takes over (only because you said you're not excellent at guitar Razor)
I know this is satire and all but allow me to explain a few things you have issues with: 1. Hardy's Accent. It's wonky because Max had gone so long without speaking he forgot how to. Literally. That's what Miller told Hardy to act like. He speaks okay-ish English in his head the first time we see him, but the moment he opens his mouth in the movie he's monosylabic. 2. Where does the water in the Citadel come from? It's sitting on an aquifer. Unlimited water! And what he distributes to the masses are probably waste anyway. 3. The game is not canon so there's no need to tie it to Fury Road. Miller didn't create that game, WB studios did. They partially owned the rights to the franchise and did whatever the hell they wanted with it, without Miller's supervision. 4. There's a Glock because this movie is a reboot and takes place 40 years from today. Not 40 years since 1979. There's also A Hummer in this movie (Made in 1984). And Nissan Skyline R32 (1989). There's even a badge from a Tesla in the Gigahorse. Immortan Joe has a Nokia phone on his armor. 5. Miller opted out of casting Gibson because he thought that Max should be a young character, but the strange thing is that Fury Road was written for an old Max. Not a particular fan of that outcome either, but at least we got a new Mad Max movie and a potential new franchise.
@@austinboucher5286 There's an official Fury Road tie-in comic book that tells the story of a woman and her child called Glory. Max failed to save them and they're haunting him in Fury Road. That story was copied and modified for the game, hence it's not official in the game. The canon version is in the comic books released by Vertigo, check them out!
I don't try to psychoanalyze a roller coaster, I just enjoy the thrill. This movie is meant for a theater experience, not home video. In the theater, it was mind blowingly awesome. On my TV, not so much. It's a bunch of action sequences strung together with a barely tangible story with some deeper stuff hidden in the background. I'm fine with it. Seeing it in the theater was awesome.
Naah, I still think this is steeped in feminist cuntfalppery designed to slippery the slope even more so for the next batch of "Mad Max films". So in all probability, I'm ready to witness the pathetic death of a grizzled 80s hero. Mad Max 2 shall continue to be where Mad Max ended.
If Logan came out before Fury Road you can bet your sweet ass Mel would be in this. We still love our heros, old, beat up, weary, and wore out. Just like we will be one day.
Not really feminist propaganda but not a good representation of matriarchal leadership and resource management either. The old ladies ruined their society, and Furiosa wasted the water. But as most things in Hollywood there's a tendency to lead with emotional momentum and throw practicality out with the bathwater.
GeneralTantzu Well there's always the dumpster fire of that failed tv company one can reference. That's what u get when people are so defensive of their natures they forget which aspects aren't really conducive to building a company or civilization.
to be fair, I've heard several people saying the old ladies ruined their water, but I'm not sure where they got that from. Sometimes things go bad for a variety of geological or climatological reasons, and societies die off or have to move.
Was hoping Razorfist would mention Immortan Joe was played by the same actor as Toecutter from the original Mad Max. Aside from George Miller and Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne has the greatest claim to the genre, especially since, without his original character, there'd be no Mad Max...
One day some kid at home will CGI Mel Gibsons face over Tom Hardys and it will all be fixed. It was absolute bullshit not to have Mel Gibson in Fury Road - One drunked anti Semitic rant cost us all. Great video - keep them coming Razor
I have to disagree with you on the Mel Gibson part. It wasn't about balls. Fury Road wouldn't get financed wit Mel as the lead. The man has too many enemies in Hollywood, which was the initial reason for the scandals and not the other way around. George Miller could've gone the indie route and make a Mad Max 1 style movie with Mel, but people would say it's underwhelming compared to the old films.
Had nothing to do with Mel per se but his age and the time line of the movie. This film is only set 30 years after the oil wars. Max at this age could not be that age, Mel was far to old to play Max at only 30 years after that oil wars. There is a time difference that never got hammered out, so henceforth a sort of quasi reboot that is not a reboot but part four but not in the same time line mish mash.
LMFAO.... I love Fury Road. I choose to pretend that Tom Hardy is just some random that's taken Max's name. Every time he opens his mouth, it's like WTF? I love your wheel of accents. Nailed it. Are we even in Australia? Schlanger. Definitely Australia. =D
lol... or... alternatively... it's a notorious Tom Hardy trait in films? He loves his intelligible accents. Bane was the best. I thought he was doing Sean Connery. =D
I'm starting to think that Razorfist doesn't like Tom Hardy and Fury Road. Don't know, call me psychic if I'm right. 🤔 Edit: Okay... I was wrong, he actually likes Fury Road. Wow. Considering all the build up, I expected hate.
Looks like you didn't make it to the end of the video. He actually thinks Fury Road is in many ways a great movie, he just wishes that Mel was brought back.
Andres Arellano Just did, made an edit, I was actually shocked he did. I just wanted to make a jokey snark comment. He still clearly wasn't a fan of Hardy.
If you eliminate the second and seemingly final destruction of the Interceptor, this movie works almost perfectly as a prequel to Road Warrior, complete with population reduction to the point where the last of humanity fights for the last of the gas in Road Warrior, and then slowly begins to rebuild via Thunderdome. Basically it's something I've had to rationalize for myself in order to make Fury Road fit anywhere into the franchise.
"bloodbags, hoebags, or no bags"......BRUH, this is brilliantly savage commentary. Came here from your Predator 2 review. I might have to binge-watch your channel now....
Watching this made me feel like I ate a pot brownie and fell asleep listening to Big Red talking about how pregnancy is a patriarchal social construct and thus we should not protect pregnant women at the same time one of Trump's speeches about the Middle East came on... It's something I will not do again. When the show is named after the main character, you expect the main character to be... well, the main character, not the sad slightly moist Feminist dominatrix dream right before she wakes to reality and realizes she's fucking useless and incompetent to the point of endangering the life of her pregnant friend... I would've pulled the trigger during that first fight scene. That sisterhood of the traveling pants needs some competence, not selfish neuroticism. This movie kind of shows that when women take charge, they end up fucking everything, mostly for believing in nonsense and being dangerously self-absorbed. I haven't seen evidence to the contrary in the real world. It explains the character of Furiosa very well and while I can attribute some Feminist points to her, I ultimately believe she's already enough of a detriment to the group without Feminism. P.s: the franchise is called MAD MAX. Not Furiosa.
Terran Gell, please continue to use "BEARS AND RABBITS!" It kills me every single time. I didn't hate this movie like E;R, hell I enjoyed it. Thing is the sped up nature of some action scenes, the slow mo and the post CGI was unecessary. Hell, it seemed to speed certain parts up just to make up for the excessive slowmo. Here's an idea, take away both and see what happens.
Say what you like about this film, but that flamethrower guitar kicks all kinds of ass. And I'm glad somebody else pointed out how much the "good guys" waste water in this film. That seriously annoyed the piss out of me.
I wonder if it's some socialist writer who imagines that there is in fact enough for everyone to live in luxury, but "The evil 1%" contrive the rest to live poorly just to be assholes, and wrote this plot as an allegory for that.
Mel not being in this movie always puts a sour taste in my mouth every time I watch it. Especially since the entire premise is predicated on the apocalypse having lasted decades, and Hardy isn’t anywhere near old enough for the role.
And what did Hardy do in the movie that Mel couldn't do a dozen times better? He kicked a guy... and he sat on a bendy straw in front of a green screen? Mel still kicks Stalone's ass in every new Expendables movie.
"Our babies will not be warlords" " We are not things" ugh. This sort of sums up what I didn't like about this movie (though I did really like it over all). It was so heavy handed, it was like a thirteen year old wrote the script. That's its strength and its weakness.
I love how everyone is calling George Miller a master filmmaker now for this when the only films he’s made for like 2 decades are Happy Feet and Babe The Pig :P
There are three types of people in Fury Road: Those in power. Those with useful skills or the ability to fight. And those who are trampled on or protected by the other two. EVERYONE is reduced to fighting to survive, and everyone can be killed. The Many Mothers? They fight. Furiosa? She fights. Max? He fights. Nux and the other Warboys? They fight. The "wives" of Immortan Joe? Even they fight in their own way at times. This isn't a perfect movie, but it's a great thrill ride and an excellent chase movie. Fuck. I just watched Last Jedi in the theater not long ago. The comparison is stark, with Fury Road being so far ahead, you have to find several mediocre steps in between to make proper comparisons.
The problem I had with this film is that it's not a Mad Max film. It's a Furiosa film with someone named Max in it. Max's presence does not really matter because he does not make any decisions that matter to the plot. At least Max made decisions in Thunderdome. He made a lot more in the Road Warrior. Here, what does he do that's so vital to the plot that couldn't have been done by Furiosa?
About the water, it is probable that it is an underground reservoir, and if it is Australia, that narrows down the options. Now taking into account the game's location being more than probably somewhere along the coast of south Australia, or more inland given they had to drive a bit before even reaching the Unknown, we can deduce the most likely place that water is coming from is the Great Artesian Basin, one of the largest basins in the world. So large in fact that you could leave that water fall on for probably generations and never even come close to a shortage.
I think why people call it a feminist agenda in the film is because of the motivations of the Furiosa character. They don't outrightly say this in the film, but the film hints that Men are the problem with that particular universe being what it is. I don't know if that's true or not. Don't really care. It's interesting to think about. But i feel like the movie focused way too much on Furiosa and the women she rescued. Tom Hardy's version of Max wasn't as great as Mel Gibson's take. It just didn't feel like a continuation of the older Mad Max films. This movie seemed like it had less to do with Max in my opinion.
Mad Max 2 (I think it was called The Road Warrior in the US) is one of my fave movies of all time. I guess at least Fury Road is nowhere near as bad as the vast majority of all the other reboots lately.
I'm holding out for the Deep Fake remaster that puts Mel back in the game. Love your work, man; you arcane like Dennis Miller, you angrily like Dennis Leary, and you Detroit like Dennis Rodman. Don't beef about the last Dennis or anti-verb verb replacements -- I wanted another Dennis and I don't make enough on RU-vid comments to justify thinking it through farther than Duckduckgo's first page of search results of Dennis; you were Prager or the Menace, and while I could have made either work, I felt you Detroit as well as you illuminate or infuriate, and I couldn't care less if you appreciate my descriptions just because you entertain me in 20 minute doses of glorious agreement. Godspeed, good sir. God fucking speed.
I Subbed as soon as I saw the deadwood clip in some other rant, a Sol Star reference. Hearing Tom Nuttall's eloquent voice just now made me glad I did.
11:22 Okay now I want to see a goddamn spinoff of Fury Road that explains why the weapon tech has taken a turn for the Fallout universe where despite the nuclear holocaust, people still somehow went on to making Steyr AUG rifles and M249 machine guns.
16:25 you know... he _does_ sound a little like Udo Kier. 22:00 Miller _wanted_ Mel, but Mel voluntarily left because he knew it could kill the movie. Granted, I wish they picked someone better (or more appropriate) than Hardy, but whatever Miller “says” (in regards to no Mel in the movie) is just what he had to.
