Mad Max: Fury Road

Never watched the others but thought this was brilliant. Action, cinematography, sound track brilliant. Thought hardy and theron were great in their roles, really threw themselves into the characters.

What a film. I was going to use the term bat-sh1t craziness but I see it's already been taken a couple of posts above! It really is a rollercoaster ride to hell and back. It stays true to the spirit of the old films to a certain extent but at the same time it's completely fresh and all the better for that. There's just a sheer visceral madness about it, which audiences just don't see that much anymore.

I was amazed the running time was only 1 hr 40 mins because it felt much longer than that, and although that's normally a sign that a film drags too much, it was the opposite in this case... if that makes any sense at all haha.

I'd be curious to see what people made of Hardy's accent. I know he doesn't have that much dialogue but it sounded like an understated Bane accent with an Aussie twang. It just seemed a bit distracting or something. There wasn't much character development either as he is thrown right into the madness from the very start. I'd hope in the next film (if there is one) we find out more about him, especially those flashbacks with the girl which weren't explained at all, and which I found a bit frustrating.

But these are minor quibbles for me. I would 100 per cent go and see it again, and that's not something I'd say too often.

By the way, regarding it being shunted to the smaller screens in 2D, for anyone in Dublin it's on in 2D in Savoy screen 1...the only way to watch it! And with a minimum of ads and trailers, unlike Cineworld where you have to sit through 20 minutes of crap before you get to see the film.

Overall I think this is a stunning achievement from George Miller and I hope he gets the recognition he deserves.

Big fan of the originals and thought this was incredible. One of those rare times were a film completely blew away my expectations. Nearly lost it when that crazy electric guitar made its first appearance. Went to see it at the IMAX in Dublin and would love to watch it there again but won't be back in the city until next Saturday and I'm worried it'll have been moved out by then. Do movies usually go longer than one week in the IMAX or will Tomorrow Land push it out?

Great movie, completely crazy in parts which i loved.

The use of visual effects for so much of the movie really stood out for me, it looked so good.

Just everything I wanted and more from a Mad Max film, great action piece after great action piece. Some of the most bizarre imagery you ever see and its completely bonkers, it never for once outstayed its welcome. Along with Whiplash Ex Machina and Kingsmen the best films of 2015 so far imo.


Tom Hardy I thought was excellent as Max and all of this talk about him been in supporting role was a little OTT, he's got plenty of screen time and he makes you forget Mel. Charlize Theron probably gives her best performance since Monster and her flagging career a boost, I see a action career awaiting her. Nicholas Hoult was excellent and . I thought the actresses playing the Five wives were very good in what they were given, especially Abbey Lee Kershaw as The Dag. I was massively surprised and shocked that .

It's certainly a rival for Road Warrior, George Miller certainly has surpassed himself and you can see this film was made with love and care. I'm definitely going to see this again this time in 2D, along with the Raid films, and the recent John Wick. The Best action film in a long time, its seems to be a purple patch for great action cinema again.

Saw it last night and I thought it was great. All out from the word go. I went to see the avengers a few weeks ago and that movie was loaded with action sequences too.......only problem was that they were GCI heavy and very boring. This was old school action film making and it was magnificent. Charlize theron is Briilant but oddly enough in a film named after his character, Tom hardys performance was very muted and lifeless. Mel Gibson I think was a better Max.
I mean the film as a whole is basically a remake of mad max 2, but that's fine by me because mad max 2 was a whopper.

Yup, that was.......that was quite the spectacle. A real thrill-ride, energetic and proper action cinema film meant to be seen on the big screen.

There was a knob who, from when he sat down before the screen came on for adverts right up to when Max escapes from his capture was on his phone playing a game, it flickering in the dark. Dickhead.

Anyways, the sequences were genuinely fantastic and plenty of times I went "woah" at the sheer kinetic energy and stunt work. There's a lot more CGI than I imagined but it's CGI used to compliment, not take over, the scenes (bar one or two glaring moments meant for 3D)

Theron owned the her role and was refreshing to see women be actually visceral and kicking the **** out of others intead of being background pieces, love interests, or using their sexuality to get ahead.

Hardy was OK, he came off very Bronson-like in this with his sporatic movements.

Glad to say its a Mad Max film with it's nutty world, characters and fantastic action that just keeps ramping up the stakes as they go on. The sandstorm scene is just tame in comparison to what follows. Excellently paced too, it just flies by without feeling too quick.

See it in the cinema while you can, it packs a hell of a punch!

To be honest the more i read about the production of this movie the more admiration i have for what was set out to achieve here.

According to IMDB

80% of the effects are practical effects

Movie was shot in sequence ( really rare these days)

The storyboard was made before the screenplay, with 5 artists and about 3500 panels ( reminds me of Jordowoskys Dune Project )