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Kids T-Shirt. In addition to stranger things designs, you can explore the marketplace for netflix , eleven , and demogorgon designs sold by independent artists. What material is this item made of? What connects it all? It has always been a combination of story and pushing the technology. I bought the book rights to Babe 10 years before it was possible to make the movie. Despite the advances in CG, you shot Fury Road as much as possible in-camera with practical effects.

We needed to make it feel as real as possible. All of the catastrophic events we read about in the news—economic collapse, power grids breaking down, wholesale climate change, some nuclear skirmish on the other side of the globe—as of next Wednesday, all of those things will have happened.

Then we jump 45 years into the future. There, we have a world that has regressed back to almost medieval behavior. Only the artifacts of the present world survive. But the hot rods and muscle cars not only survive, they become almost fetishized, like religious artifacts.

In countless ways, the technology enabled all the real-world stuff. Digital cameras. Video-split technology. The biggest thing was just the safety rigs. They had to walk very carefully—one slip and there was death.

A nitrogen-powered pole cannon would have shot a dangerous chunk of wood toward the trailing cars. So the team created a brand-new, safer method: the Flipper. The characters and action are so mind-blowingly furious it makes it hard to keep up.

I also got a kick out of the odd names the writers came up with, though if I were watching this without captioning I would probably have been totally lost. I don't know if it necessarily takes a warped mind to concoct something like this, but then again, George Miller also wrote and directed "Happy Feet", so there's obviously a creative bone in his body to speak of.

Where the vision comes from is probably the better question. On a different day and in a different mood I might have experienced this picture entirely differently, but catching it the way I did, I have to say it was quite the experience.

A woman Charlize Theron rebels against a tyrannical ruler in post apocalyptic Australia in search for her homeland with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max Tom Hardy. Without a doubt, "Mad Max" is the surprise success of While it is not surprising that a big budget reboot of a popular science fiction series would be a commercial success, how could anyone have predicted it would be a critical darling as well?

And yet, it has found its way on to numerous top ten lists and picked by many as the movie of the year. The movie has its shortcomings. The plot is There is almost no character development. And even if you know the mythology of Mad Max, it will be more than a little confusing for the first hour trying to figure out what "war rigs" are, and why a bunch of pale guys have Max strapped to a car.

And why do we have a man with a flame-spouting guitar? What purpose does he serve? So it is not a shock that of its impressive list of nominations, none are for the writing or the acting. How could they be? While there is probably an art to scripting fights, this is really fleshed out on set. And the acting is Most of the good moments were probably handled by stunt people. But the categories of costume, makeup, production design, effects and more are all clearly visible.

Even the cinematography. This is a dystopian future in a desert, and yet Australia looks more vibrant than ever before. I would not expect the film to take home a cinematography award, but it is obvious why it was nominated. The best bet for a stature is in production design, and maybe in visual effects, but then they would have to fight off "Star Wars". What will likely happen is "Mad Max" ends up being the biggest loser of the Oscar ceremony.

With ten nominations, it has just about the most to lose Because, frankly, the Best Picture nomination is a fluke. This is not the sort of film that typically gets the nomination, and it is far less likely to win when it is supported by mostly technical achievements. It simple does not have the dramatic weight of competitors "Revenant" or "The Martian". The odds are better for a Best Director win.

While this is unlikely, it is not impossible. Alejandro G. Seeing a cult director from Australia win would be incredible. Not likely, but possible, and certainly a nice change George Miller's Mad Max franchise has been pretty corny since the start.

Most of the movie is an excuse for muscular people in weird outfits to go medieval on each other. But I liked Charlize Theron's performance as the renegade soldier freeing the sex slaves.

As for the main character, it makes sense that they recast Max; knowing what we now know about Mel Gibson, would anyone want to cast him? Basically, Max Rockatansky is his usual tough self, and Immortan Joe is the average villain.

But this movie belongs to Charlize Theron. If you ask me, they should have made Imperator Furiosa the star. Watch the movie for her. Pretty ridiculous otherwise. Basically in the future the world has become a desert wasteland and civilisation has collapsed following a nuclear war.

Imperator Furiosa Charlize Theron meanwhile is driving an armoured war rig to collect gasoline, she drives off- route, and Joe realises that his five wives - women selected for breeding - are missing, so he leads his whole army to chase after her, with the aid of Gas Town and the Bullet Farm. Max continues to supply blood strapped onto the front Nux's car who is also in pursuit, Joe's forces and Furiosa's rig ensues in a battle, but she is able to evade the pursuers driving into a sand storm, except Nux who is prepared to sacrifice himself, the car crashes and Max is able to escape, dragging an unconscious Nux by his chain.

Furiosa has agreed to exchange gasoline for passage, and drives through biker gang territory into a narrow gang, but Joe's gang are in hot pursuit, the bikers detonate the canyon walls to block the path, Max and Furiosa defeat many of the bikers, but Joe's vehicle evades the blockade and attacks the rig, Nux manages to board it.

The rig escapes, but heavily pregnant Angharad falls from it and is run over, killing her and her child, Furiosa tells Max that she is heading for the "Green Place", a location she remembers from her youth, Capable finds Nux hiding, she consoles him as he is distraught for failing Joe. At night, the rig gets stuck in mud, Joe's approaching forces are slowed by explosives, but Joe's ally, the Bullet Farmer Richard Carter continues to pursue, Nux helps them get away and Furiosa shoots and blinds the Bullet Farmer, Max walks away for a moment to confront them, and returns with guns and ammunition.

Dawn breaks and rig travels through swampland and desert, eventually coming across a naked woman trapped in a high cage, Max suspects a trap, but calling out her former clan affiliation she summons her group, they recognise her as part of their clan, but Furiosa is distraught to be told that they have already passed the Green Place, now inhospitable.

The group agree to ride motorbikes and the rig across the immense salt flats in the hope of finding somewhere to live, Max was originally going to stay behind, but following visions of his dead daughter he convinces the group to return to the Citadel, because of its ample water and greenery that Joe keeps from the survivors, and they plan to trap Joe's gang in the bikers' canyon.

The group start their journey back to the Citadel, Joe spots them and realises what they are doing, they are attacked by his gang and Furiosa is badly wounded, the rig is slowed by Joe's car, while Max fights with Joe's son Rictus Erectus Nathan Jones. Toast gets captured and put on Joe's car, but Joe is distracted by her, and his mask hooked to his car's rotating wheels, tearing his face off and killing him, while Nux sacrifices himself by destroying the rig, blocking the canyon, killing Rictus, and the group are able to escape in Joe's car.

Max transfuses his blood to save Furiosa and help her injuries, at the Citadel the surviving citizens are overjoyed that Joe is dead, Furiosa and the wives are raised on a platform by the War Boys and allowed to open the water gates and rinse the people, Max stays below, he and Furiosa share a glance before he disappears into the crowd. Hardy gives a magnetic performance as the man who only utters a few words, Theron with her shaved head is terrific, Hoult is unrecognisable as the pale and scarred freak, and the supporting cast all do very well also.

The story is simple enough to keep up with, the special effects and makeup throughout is fantastic, and the chase sequences accompanied with over-the-top violence is exciting, it is a thrill ride you will absolutely want to get on, a brilliantly entertaining futuristic action adventure.

Very good! Woodyanders 4 July Shell-shocked former cop Max Rockatansky Tom Hardy in peak rugged form and tough warrior Imperator Furiosa a fabulously fierce portrayal by Charlize Theron join forces to protect a group of fertile women from the vile clutches of evil warlord Immortan Joe robustly played to the monstrous hilt by Hugh Keays-Byrne and his vicious minions.

Better still, Miller's tightly streamlined narrative pares everything down to the exciting bare essentials which in turn ensures that there isn't a single wasted frame or dull moment throughout. This movie earns extra points for its strong feminist stance in which a bunch of women who have been relegated to the status of property whose sole useful functions are either for reproduction or providing milk take a defiant stance against an oppressive patriarchy.

Moreover, Max's struggle to regain his humanity and the redemptive character arc of the misguided Nux a sturdy performance by Nicholas Hoult give this picture extra depth and poignancy.

Kudos are also in order for John Seale's breathtaking widescreen cinematography and Junkie XL's dynamic pulsating score. An incredibly ferocious explosion of a film. Tweekums 24 January In a post-apocalyptic world ex-cop Max is captured by a group known as the 'War Boys' who work for the tyrant Immortan Joe.

Taken to their Citadel he finds himself used as a blood supply for Nux; a sick War Boy. When one of Joe's senior lieutenants, Imperator Furiosa, frees his 'wives' and drives into the desert in her war-rig the War Boys give chase accompanied by Max who is chained to one of their vehicles. After an initial confrontation Max frees himself and joins forces with Furiosa. Together with Joe's wives they head east hoping to find the Green Place.

It won't be easy as Joe and all of his War Boys as well as their allies are in pursuit; he is determined to get his wives back and punish Furiosa for her treachery. Little time is wasted on exposition before we are thrown into the action which barely lets up till the film is over. The plot is fairly basic but that doesn't matter. The film looks great; I was immediately stunned by the burnt orange desert landscape in which the action takes place.

That action is thrilling as it constantly looks as though things go badly for our protagonists. Tom Hardy does a fine job as Max but it is Charlize Theron who dominates the film as Furiosa; her character is more interesting than Max as it is her motivations that drive the narrative; Max is a victim of circumstance who finds himself along for the ride.

As one might expect there is a good variety of strange vehicles and even stranger characters. Overall I'd definitely recommend this to anybody looking for insane non-stop action; it is certainly a welcome addition to the Mad Max series of films. An apocalyptic story set in a harsh desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life , within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

With the stark desert sands in front of them and marauders behind, only the maddest will prevail the storm. They fight brutal enemies thirsty for blood and to survive some battles to-the-death with lots of blood and gore, including throating-slit ,beheading, impaling and blow up. Only the mad survive. The future belongs to the mad. This stirring movie in comic-strip style is packed with unbelievable car stunts, thrills , chills and noisy action. Top-notch movie and well set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a valient group who will have to fight against cruel cutthroats, a band of depraved crazies ; this thrilling picture packs kinetic action , chills, shocks and abundant violence.

Spectacular stunt-work plenty of motorcycle races, cars witth breathtaking leaps and explosions. Excellent Tom Hardy as a revenger angel at one of his main roles, he embarks a groundbreaking escape against vicious murderous, he is a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos.

And Charlize Theron gives a brave as well as sensitive acting as Furiosa, a woman of action and a warrior who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland. Rumbling and moving musical score fitting to action by Junkie XL. Special and weird futuristic atmosphere created by cameraman John Seale who reflects splendidly the barren outdoors.

According to this cameraman the cinematography would be as colorful as possible in order to differentiate the film from other post-apocalyptic movies, which typically have bleak de-saturated colors. Spectacular and impressive production design, the art direction is as beautiful as posible ; that's why the filmmaker Miller reasoned that people living in the post-apocalypse would try to find whatever scraps of beauty they could in their meager environment.

The motion picture was stunningly directed by George Miller who subsequently announced he would sign on for ,three more Mad Max films as producer or director. Rating : Good, better than average, this is one of the most successful of the present decade. This remarkable action film will appeal to Science Fiction buffs. Rating : 8'5, Above average. Well worth watching.

It's been thirty years since I left the cinema feeling more than a little let down by the kiddie friendly, Hollywood-ised action of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome; could this long-awaited reboot from the series' original creator George Miller make up for three decades of disappointment?

You betcha! One certainly can't accuse Miller of playing it safe with his fourth Mad Max outing: Fury Road is an exercise in absolute excess from start to finish. The outrageous plot opens with Max Tom Hardy, taking over the iconic role from Mad Mel being captured by a clan of desert warriors ruled over by ruthless tyrant Immortan Joe Hugh Keays-Byrne, Toecutter from the original Mad Max , who keeps order in his citadel by controlling its supply of water and breast milk!

The helpless Max is used as a 'blood bank' by sickly war-boy Nux Nicholas Hoult , before finding himself strapped to the front of Nux's vehicle, part of the huge convoy that takes off in pursuit after rebellious one-armed rig-driver Imperator Furiosa Charlize Theron , who has betrayed Joe by making off with several of his wives, having promised to escort them to a promised land of green.

After the chase enters a massive electrical sandstorm, during which Nux crashes his car, Max finds himself free once again; teaming up with Furiosa, he helps to drive the rig to safety, but on reaching their destination, Max and Furiosa realise that their only hope for survival is to turn back and face the enemy head on. Quite how Miller managed to capture some of the scenes of car-nage without killing anyone in the process is hard to imagine, such is the incredible level of vehicular destruction on display.

The previous Mad Max movies—even Thunderdome—excelled when it came to production design, and Fury Road is the most imaginative yet, with its wonderful citadel full of man-powered machinery, and, of course, its cavalcade of absurd post-apocalyptic vehicles love, love, love the The Cars That Ate Paris-inspired buggies covered in metal spikes. The attention to detail here is superb, with far too much to take in in just one viewing I've only just finished watching it and I already want to see it again.

The insane characters also go a long way to making this film the hugely entertaining experience that it is: Slit, a war-boy with a Joker-style smile; Rictus Erectus, the dim musclebound son of Immortan Joe; The Doof Warrior, a guitar playing gimp stood astride a bank of loudspeakers on wheels; and a strange deformed dwarf, another of Joe's sons, who watches the world through a telescope from the safety of the citadel. Finally, the 3D: usually, I can take or leave the gimmick of a third dimension, but here it really added to my enjoyment, Miller milking the process for all its worth.

I suggest watching Fury Road in 3D if only for the shot of the steering wheel flying into the foreground: I felt like I could reach out and catch it—a lasting souvenir from one of the most spectacular movies of the millennium so far.

The roar of the grease, the smell of the desert crowd. TxMike 28 September They are on their way to Valhalla. This is a re-imagining of the original Mad Max movies with Mel Gibson. There is no direct link other than Max. On these boards I asked "What is the basic story? Furiosa escapes the clutches of the water baron taking his captive breeding women.

He pursues her with the help of the other monopoly members. She realizes her dream homeland is gone so she returns to the water baron's place, killing him en route and taking over his fiefdom.

Along the way Furiosa encounters Max, who decides to help her. In the chases across the Namibian desert it is almost nonstop action. Chases, shooting, flame-throwing guitar playing, cars and motorcycles crashing, explosions. I have to give credit to the filmmakers, and the sound track has much deep bass to emphasize all the action, you need a home theater with a good subwoofer to really appreciate all of it.

I watched it at home on DVD.