"These all look real, I think they really built all these cars" - yes they did. All the stunt and FX work in this movie is on a practical basis, enhanced by CG. It's awesome.
24:26 Fun fact. Before George Miller made the first Mad Max movie he was a doctor. He was an ER surgeon in Australia. In the area where he worked there were a lot of street races so he treated a lot of car crash victims which is what gave him the inspiration for Mad Max. This scene really highlights his past as a doctor.
Yeah, it's set in Australia. All four films are supposed to be legends told about the lawless years after the collapse of society by our descendants years later. Max is a former police officer who lived through the period, and became this mythical hero character. Miller once described the films as sort of like the bible of the wasteland. In the first film society is still just holding on, but it's on the edge. Each following film shows a world gone progressively more crazy.
This is reinforced by the fact that Max's presence barely makes an impact in the story. In this legend, Max is a witness to this great act of defiance by Furiosa, the true main character.
@@SadPeterPan1977 It was originally planned to be filmed in Australia in the same area as the earlier films but unfortunately there was unseasonal rain and the post-apocalyptic outback came to life with wildflowers and grasses which really wouldn't have suited the style of the movie.
Yeah, I happened to be passing through the Broken Hill district when they announced that they couldn't film there. The salt bush was already waist high and there had been yet another deluge a few days previously. This time the southern remnant of tropical cyclone Yasi which had gone all the way into central Queensland before finally conking out.
I was kid back in the 80s and saw Mad Max and sequels...And I've come to the conclusion that Australia is GOD'S blind spot after Nuclear weapons destroy everything.
Steven Soderbehrg when asked about story boarding referenced this movie with an amazing quote. "No. The ability to stage well is a skill and a talent that I value above almost everything else. And I say that because there are people who do it better than I’ll ever be able to do it after 40 years of active study. I just watched Mad Max: Fury Road again last week, and I tell you I couldn’t direct 30 seconds of that. I’d put a gun in my mouth. I don’t understand how [George Miller] does that, I really don’t, and it’s my job to understand it. I don’t understand two things: I don’t understand how they’re not still shooting that film and I don’t understand how hundreds of people aren’t dead. I could almost see that’s kind of possible until the polecat sequence, and then I give up. We are talking about the ability in three dimensions to break a sequence into a series of shots in which no matter how fast you’re cutting, you know where you are geographically. And each one is a real shot where a lot of things had to go right. I’m going to keep trying; I’m not going to keep trying in the sense that I’m going to volunteer to direct the next Mad Max movie. I’m going to keep trying in the sense that when I have sequences that demand a certain level of sophistication in terms of their visual staging, I’m going to try and watch the people who do it really well and see if I can climb inside their heads enough to think like that. But he’s off the chart. I guarantee that the handful of people who are even in range of that, when they saw Fury Road, had blood squirting out of their eyes. The thing with George Miller, it’s not just that, he does everything really well. The scripts are great, the performances are great, the ideas are great. He’s exceptional. I met him once for about 30 seconds at the Directors Guild Awards in Los Angeles the year of Fury Road. But you don’t want to say that stuff to somebody’s face; it’s embarrassing."
Every word of this is correct. I saw ‘The Road Warrior’ as a kid, and thought for decades that it was one of the very greatest action pictures ever made - and then George Miller not only topped it, but flattened it. At 70 years old, when a lot of filmmakers are hanging up their spurs! Just incredible.
That was incredibly well said and very high praise indeed. The flow from shot to shot is flawless. You eye always knows where to look. You don't end up jumping from one edge to the other jarringly. You understand where in the world you are, what you are looking at. Who is where. It's just incredible. To manage the hundreds of moving vehicles and people and cameras and everything so seemingly effortlessly is art.
@@MarcosElMalo2 The polecat stuff is simply practical -- with the exception of some shots of Hardy, it's just real guys on weighted swaypoles going 50 miles an hour. They consulted with Cirque du Soleil, but eventually built their own rig that was a bit sturdier. In the new making-of book, Miller describes wanting to cry when the stunt/effects guys came back and showed him a test -- even he assumed that it would require greenscreen.
Yes, Fallout is inspired by the original Mad Max, specifically the 2nd one: The Road Warrior. The leather jacket in Fallout has one sleeve because Max's jacket has only one sleeve in The Road Warrior. Fallout 1 spoilers: If you ask who the dog belonged to, they will describe Max. If you wear a leather jacket (that looks like Max's), the dog will be friendly to you.
In Fallout 3 and New Vegas it is the same jacket. In 3 there's even a guy with a double barrel with no ammo like Road Warrior 2 and the Humungus revolver.
@@fubarme yeah was just gonna say.. all this comes from A Boy and His Dog.. written by Harlan Ellison whos work also inspired another post apocalyptic series, The Terminator.
Don't worry too much about specifics of the world. The Mad Max series chronology and story in inconsistent, because George Miller deliberately treats it like mythology, in which details change and the pieces don't necessarily fit.
It also explains the more fantastical elements and parts when the ecology/geography don't really make sense for Australia. For instance, it doesn't matter how many bombs fall, the oceans aren't going to go dry.
The actor who played Immorten Joe, the one who gets his face ripped off played a character in the first Mad Max movie, Toe-Cutter, and the "cities", were The Citadel, Gas Town and Bullet Farm and Fury Road was the road that connected them so they could trade and survive.
I love how deep this movie is thematically, despite having very little dialogue and being almost entirely visual. It has a lot of messages, it's very passionate about them, and it refuses to be embarrassed about being earnest and thoughtful in a movie that looks like it's supposed to be popcorn entertainment.
The furiosa scene when she finds out about the green place... Gets me everytime, the cinematography, the music, her body language at just pure despair. That's true art, I feel it every time
That's why the movie is so good. It doesn't apologize for what it is. I goes balls to the wall, in your face, non-stop and doesn't back down. And you come out exhausted, a little shaky, but knowing you've just been on the ride of a lifetime.
Imagine trimming 520 hours of raw footage into the perfect 2 hours of cinema is on next level. Hats off to director George Miller's wife Margaret Sixel who rightfully won that oscar for editing and bringing us this masterpiece. It's ranked 19th on list of 100 greatest films of all time (BBC or Empire I think)
And imagine boiling down several filing cabinets of ideas and backstories for every character, place and event in the history of this world into a coherent script for a movie that's pretty much just action. I'm convinced George Miller is a Buddhist monk, because not falling into the exposition spiral while writing the script must have taken some serious self-restraint.
MAd Max is the Road Warrior. He can fight to solve problems and help to bring peace or fix what's broken, but he can't enjoy the result. Thus he's always on the Road in search of his better self. Haunted by the voice in his head. The loved ones he failed to save.
You should really watch the original trilogy with Mel Gibson, if you haven't already. 1. Mad Max 2. The Road Warrior 3. Beyond Thunderdome The Road Warrior is definitely the best of the original trilogy. Also, fun fact: the actor for Immortan Joe, Hugh Keays-Byrne, was the main villain in the very first Mad Max movie, called Toecutter.
I still consider Mad Max Fury Road canon to the original trilogy. Because I really want to know how Max’s story would end, and hoping he’ll get redemption.
@@fjparasite1172 Oh I see. But man, I really hate the confusion. Mad has the leg brace. The jacket. Etc. I’m still considering him the Mad we knew from the original trilogy.
No lie, I saw this film on opening night and was so blown away I saw it 10 more times in the theaters before it left the cinema. Because it was so amazing, it just has to be seen on a giant screen to really get the full impact, and I knew that probably not in my lifetime I would be able to see it that way again.
I got to see this movie once, the final weekend it was in the theater. I think there were only 2 others in the theater at that point. I'm SO glad I saw it, it was unbelievably epic. The sand storm scene completely blew me away (apologies for the pun).
I’ve seen it 4 times in theaters, twice in English and twice in Spanish, and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen it on smaller screens. More than 20 times. The first time was in Spanish (not my native language). A large part of this movie’s genius is that you don’t need to understand the language to understand the movie. It’s visual storytelling above all else. It’s in the action and it’s in the performances.
The first Mad Max tells Max's story. After that he's just a participant in other people's stories. It's like a Clint Eastwood "man with no name" kind of thing.
I got to see the chrome cut in an indie theater for a midnight showing. It was one of the best movie experiences of my life. The only bad part was I had a 45 minute drive home after and shaking the impulse to ram other cars off the road at 2am was needed.
2 Fun Facts about the guitar dude (aka “The Doof warrior”): 1, the director George Miller, realised that Joe's army would need a way to hear commands over the roar of V8s, and they have no radios, so he decided they would need a super over-the-top musician to sound the advance or retreat, and who could be seen and heard over the engines. Hence, flame-thrower guitar 2, the director saw the prop flame-guitar they built for the role, giggled, and demanded they play it. when the prop master explained it was just a prop, Miller made him put pick-ups in it so it could actually be played (although apparently not well) because he is a mad lad.
"It's insane, this movie... It hasn't stopped yet, the action." This is the greatest pure action movie I've ever seen. It's non-stop the whole time, and just amazingly done with the practical effects.
@@lightup6751 That's not really objective but a generalization, especially when you use the word "personally". The Dark Knight is revered not b/c of recycled, formulaic, and no stakes plot. No one here ever claimed that Fury Road has a great plot, but the point is that "cinema is versatile enough to not require checkboxes". Hence, it's in the same tradition as Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971), which is a highly praised chase film. Fury Road was nominated for Best Picture by the Academy Awards, Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Drama), one of the Top Ten Films of the Year by the American Film Institute, and countless other accolades around the world.
I know I'm not the first guy to say this... But the other Mad Max films are a blast to watch also. There are three others. Look for them. You won't be disappointed. The first movie especially deals with Max's origin story, and why he's haunted by so many "ghosts."
This movie is a visual delight. Im not into action movies that much but this one is a modern classic. The ‘universe’ of it is pretty interesting/dark. Somewhat like the early Fallout games.
Fallout heavily inspired by Mad Max. The armour, the dog, the post apocalyptic world, wasteland raiders etc. There is direct picture of Mad Max (Road warrior with dog and match in Fallout 4 or 3). There is no greater inspiration for fallout than mad max.
@@fredfinks There's references to The Road Warrior in both Fallout 1 and 2, you can even have the same outfit, and the dog. Fallout 3 and 4 borrowed a *lot* from the original games, but never achieved the same storytelling (Fallout: New Vegas came very close, though).
One of the saddest images of this film is the pan over the women who are being milked. There is one woman who is holding a rag doll, seeking comfort in holding something because obviously because they have taken her and the other women’s babies away so they can just produce milk for consumption and trade.
the women who are pumped are not breeders. women can produce milk without being pregnant. there are chemicals that a women can take that force lactation, and in times of necessity they could very well lactate for a while
The vast majority of the movie is practical effects. Mostly stuff like impossible shots (guys flying out of car wrecks in to the camera), the big sandstorm, and removal of wires for stuff like the guys on the poles, were CG. Oh right and Charlize's arm. I love the name of the medic, the Organic Mechanic. The guy who plays the guitar (the Doof Warrior), when you see him sleeping, that's just what the actor did while waiting around on set, so they incorporated it into his character.
And huge chunks of the background are pure CGI. All rocks/mountains/canyons are CGI. There's also the fact that they filmed a bunch of cars separately and added them to a scene. Practically all explosions are pure CGI. The ones that aren't, are enhanced. This movie isn't as much of a practical effects movie as it's been hyped. There's a lot of practical, but there's also an absolute ton of computer work in it.
@@samjonestown2397 you clearly have no appreciation for visual storytelling, action-oriented characterization, or the sheer amount of work and talent that went into the costume/ set/ car design. This movie is a masterpiece.
One of my favourite films. According to George Miller 90% of the effects are practical. It is set in Australia but in this case was shot in Namibia (It was originally going to be shot near Broken Hill in Australia as the first three movies had been shot, until heavy rains turned the usually-barren landscape into a carpet of grass and desert flowers) later reshoots for Fury Road where all done in Australia. You should watch the Mel Gibson Mad Max movies they tell you a bit about Max and his back story.
@@mrgonzale0978 They only used CGI to get the vehicles in correct place , all explosions and vehicles are real as shown in behind the scenes , think thats still on YT.
@@pete_lind No, the explosions are practically all CGI. Some practical, but they're enhanced. The shot the vehicles separately and added them to each scene.
I love the subtle stories that play beneath the main story in this film, like Max and his traumatic past haunting him, or Furiosa and her past with Immorten Joe, I really love subtle storytelling that isn't in your face, that you have to put together like a little puzzle.
All the previous MAD MAX films were shot in Australia, but in-between the decade or so of trying to get FURY ROAD made, the weather did a complete 360 and the Australian environment became a lot more "lushious" (more green than the barren desertscape it usually was), so filming was moved to Southern Africa
The reason why this is one of my favorite movies is simple. It doesn't take me for a moron. There is no exposition in this movie. Because Frank Miller understands the main reason for cinema to exist: show, don't tell. He get's that I will understand what is going on without telling me. Showing will be enought.
Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture but won for: Best Makeup Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Film Editing Best Production Design Best Cinematography.
It also won for Best Costume Design by Jenny Beaven who got insanely horrible looks that year as she always wears an outfit inspired by the film she worked on. She won again this year for Cruella. She’s an amazing talent and doesn’t deserve the hate she gets from the Hollywood elite.
@@joshuayeager3686 It was a blast seeing her take the stage in a bedazzled leather jacket with the warboys symbol on the back and motorcycle boots. If the Oscars elites rewarded more fun and freedom like she shows, it'd be a better show. I always watch for the technical award categories and was disappointed Dune didn't win this year for costuming, but when I heard her name I was like "Oh, nice, Jenny's always a good win."
So the Doof Warrior (guitar guy) actually serves a functional purpose in Joe's War Party: the music is a way of issuing commands to the rest of the vehicles. This concept is taken from the concept of a Drummer Boy in Imperial European battlefields. Commands come from Joe's rig, then the Doof Warrior plays different chords and speeds to convey orders and attack formations to the rest of the party. This movie pays such an incredible attention to detail, that the 20th rewatch is as interesting as the 1st.
7:45 "Oh, what a day! What a _lovely day!"_ "Why are they so insane?" Defining trait of a dystopia. There's something fundamentally wrong, but the people who've grown up with it don't see it.
Just a couple of months ago, a new lengthy oral history book on the making of this movie came out (Blood, Sweat, and Chrome: The Wild and True Making of Mad Max: Fury Road) and I just finished reading it a week or so ago (...because I requested this movie on another channel!). Really great explanation of how much incredible work went into doing almost all of the stunts and action for real in the Namib desert. It also covers the movie's long, long genesis from the 1990s (when Gibson was going to star) through to the early 2000s (Heath Ledger) and finally into the 2010s (Hardy was cast years before his star-making roles in Inception and The Dark Knight Rises, on the strength of his breakout performance in 2008's Bronson). It's just incredible how everything that made the movie into an ordeal that took almost 20 years from idea to finished film turned out for the best. Also, writer/director George Miller, who created the series with his debut back in 1979, is Australian. They were going to shoot the film in Broken Hill, Australia, where the second movie, The Road Warrior, was filmed, but it rained for the first time in like 200 years and the entire valley went from desert to lush greenery right before they were about to start filming. Miller is famous not just for Mad Max, but also the equally intense...Happy Feet (director) and Babe movies (producer, then director). His new movie is coming out this year, and then he's supposed to work on a prequel to Fury Road about Furiosa, with Anya Taylor-Joy playing the younger version of the character...if it doesn't take two decades to make.
I love movies that are as simple as "we need to go from A to B without dying, like this one, dredd or The raid". Movies where it's all about the execution.
My wife and I saw this in the theater. She was skeptical but I told her "I've heard things..." So we went and I'm pretty sure we both only communicated in single syllables for about 5 minutes after. Also, the director of this movie directed "Babe" (the sheep pig). Talk about range.
Its always something surereal when the guy who pretty much laid down the basics and tropes of a Post Apocalyptic future as also directed two wholesome family comedies... Its like Having Lovecraft doing Cthulhu then writting Kids books...
This film was absolutely insane in the theatre. Even at home, with the lights dimmed and with a decent 4K TV and 7.1 audio it will blow you away. The deluxe disk set has a "black and chrome" version which puts an entirely different spin on the visuals. As for the original 3 Mad Max films ... a few pointers. - The first film is really an Australian "B Movie", that is, filmed on a shoestring budget with unknown actors (at the time), so you need to keep that in mind when watching. But Miller's direction and commitment to the style and visuals really put him on the map in the film world. - Also, you really would need to watch the non-dubbed version. Because of the heavy Australian accents, there is a dubbed version which kind of sucks. The original voices really keep the emotion (of course). - The Road Warrior is another level up for the series. Much more "Hollywood" but Miller really keeps his vision going and as someone said, the consensus is that its the best of the trilogy. - And the third one (Thunderdome) is good and has its moments with a great performance by Tina Turner.
'That is crazy.' 'That's insane.' 'Oh my God.' 'What the F@ck?' Yup, basically describes the aesthetic of the Mad Max films, especially Fury Road. George Miller described the first half of the film as a Chase, and the second half as a race.
Fallout was inspired by another game called Wasteland, which was quite revolutionary at the time. Wasteland is now a franchise in and of itself, but both game series' pay homage to various popular culture, one of which being the Mad Max universe. The Fallout games also contain many references to the Wasteland games throughout
I've read that the main male characters represent aspects of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Max is Death, Immorten Joe is Pestilence - his diseased warboys, People-Eater is Famine (for obvious reasons) and Bullet Farmer is War. The women, seeking to escape, represent the quest for life and literal re-birth, and in this Death helps them for its roll is essentially one of the cycle of life > death > re-birth, where pestilence, famine and war are purely destructive and under the direction of humans represent selfishness and cruelty manifest. No idea if that is true, but I honestly like the framing.
So glad y'all watched this, there's so much to love! I think, strangely enough, one of my favorite things about it is the color grading. Everything's so saturated and lush, it's just gorgeous! I like a grim, desaturated aesthetic too but we see that so much in action/post apocalyptic films that this is a stunning contrast!
"The Road Warrior" is an amazing movie. Highly recommend. What they did with practical effects at that time is amazing. Better plot with some great surprises and probably the best jump scare of all time. George Miller directed all the Mad Max movies. I believe all were filmed in his home country, Australia. In the original Mad Max, Mel Gibson's voice was dubbed for American audiences cuz he had such a thick Aussie accent. "The Road Warrior" was my favorite movie growing up. Well worth a watch.
Gibson has an interesting history with his accent. He lived in the US until he was 12 or something. The dubbing with vocabulary changes are pretty awful as I remember from very long ago. You can get it with the original dialog now. They should watch it with that, don't you think?
@@sab6261 Interesting. I do remember the dubbing was not good. That would be cool to here the original dialog as long as sub-titles are available, like I have to do with British movies. Har, har.
@@bigredtlc1828 I didn't have trouble with it, but I've listened to and watched a decent amount of Australian media (RUclips, podcasts, TV, movies). I also used to date a woman from Sydney so maybe I'm special.
This film is fourth film in Mad Max films. Watch the first 3 for context. Max is originally a highway patrol enforcement officer that tries keep his family safe during a global gas crisis that leads to global war. Society breaks down, friends and his career are taken from him. He loses his family to road bandits. He exacts revenge and becomes vagabond dealing death to those would cross him. At this time the world has ended, water is rare, fuel is even rarer and death is cheap and brutal. At this point in time Max occasionally helping the helpless while dealing with his ever growing psychosis . The reluctant hero is a recurring theme in the Road Warrior and Beyond Thunder-dome. First film takes place months before ww3 , second film at least 5 to 10 years after. The third film at least 20 years after ww3. This one is rather vague.
Most of the Mad Max lore comes from the second film, The Road Warrior. The original Mad Max was technically during a dystopian future, but it didn't look too different from today, just had motorcycle gangs running all over. The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Fury Road are the apocalyptic ones. Love these movies.
The chronology is a bit messy, but this all takes place within a lifetime of the end of the world. Max was an adult before the bombs dropped, so the old women were definitely talking about life before the apocalypse.
Yep. There is a direct nod to the second Mad Max movie, The Road Warrior. They strongly hint that Dogmeat is Mel Gibson's canine companion from the movies, he doesn't start following you until you put on a black leather jacket similar to the one Gibson wears in the movie.
Best movie of the century so far. I don't think George Miller created the "dystopian future" trope/genre, but he sure did created the definitive look for it.
In reality, it's only been like 30-40 years since Immortan Joe, and the other Rulers were Soldiers before the apocalypse(as per the prequel comic). Max was also alive prior to the apocalypse, but using his age as a guide doesn't really work, as he's close to the same age in this movie as he is in the first movie which takes place pre-apocalypse. The best way to think of him is as a mythic figure, and we are witnessing the stories told about him, so the timeline doesn't always make sense.
It takes place in Australia (story wise). You need to watch the original Mad Max and the follow up movies with Mel Gibson. They are great and give he back story.
""if you put a gun to my head and said, 'You have to come up with a story for Happy Feet 3,' I'd say shoot me." -George Miller when asked if he had plans for a third penguin movie
@@nickyarbrough8392 I went looking for the same quote and found the full quote isn't about Happy Feet 3 being a painful idea, it's about the creative process: "If you put a gun to my head and said, 'You have to come up with a story for Happy Feet Three,' I’d say shoot me. I would have no idea. I really would have no idea. The stories creep up on you. You just have to allow the stories to come, and then they get in like little ear worms in your head and they won’t go away. If that happens and we’ve got the energy, we’ll do it is a fantastic movie a third one. If it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. That’s the only way you can do it. It has to be authentic. I really wanted to make this film better than the first one. Otherwise, at my age, what’s the point? You really want to make it better. If something comes up that’s really exciting and I can convey that enthusiasm to other people, then there would be a third one."
Watched this multiple times in theater and countless times at home. One of, if not my favorite movie off all time. It's so over the top and insane the whole time, so beautiful and bold, but the acting and characters are so real and subtle with just a 1 second shot at their face. So good.
This movie has equally some of the best practical effects and CGI. And a lot of the movies practical. But if y'all haven't you definitely need to watch the other three mad Max movies. Mad Max, road warrior, and mad Max beyond thunderdome, which has Tina Turner is the villain. And she's actually really threatening.
I appreciate how you guys got it right away. They commit to the what the movie is and just go for it. Max and Furiosa are my favorite not-couple couple ever. So so good.
Another chase film that you should check out is Steven Spielberg's "Duel" (1971), which was a TV movie that was extended for a theatrical release. It's basically Jaws on land.
In a word: Epic. George Miller is so vastly underrated as a pure visceral filmmaker and his dystopian visionary sci-fi is truly haunting/beautiful/disturbing. The fact it took nearly 30 yrs for another chapter and then go way beyond expectations and score Oscars for its state-of-the-art sound & vision - jaw dropping to say the least. Yes all those stunts are practical with CGI blended perfectly to enhance the violence and action. Interesting that Hardy was being toted as the hero when pretty much its Theron's film in spite of his character's name in the title. She really gives another level performance here (and Hardy's no slouch). While there was rumor that they didn't get along only enhances their dynamic onscreen IMO. I knew you'd dig this (um yeah that 'shredder' is so beyond iconic - LOL) You so need to see the original trilogy (if at least the 1st 2 w/Gibson; trust me they're awesome too). Great fun reactions as always guys! And yes set and shot in Australia (Miller is a native born son).
Great reaction (as always). Now let's go with all the other parts. Mad max 1 was miller's first movie. Mad max 2 was imo the best (until this one here came around and was a surprise hit) Edit: the lore in itself is kinda fast and loose with mad max. It's best to see these movies as the visualization of a story told on a campfire about a mystical figure called max. So you don't necessarily need to see them in order. First one is a bmovie (with shocking long stretches of boredom), but still fun to watch. Second is action and maybe a bit of horror (by how blatantly violent it is) Third is a bit too tame in some ways (very low death toll) but also in some ways one of the craziest
First a "Molag Bal" reference, and now an "Azmodan" reference? Both the geek fanboy, and the game designer/developer in me appreciates those references so much! I'm just glad we didn't get a nipple cut-out of either of you in the thumbnail this time :D And also, yes, "Brothers in Arms" is definitely one of the greatest soundtrack-to-film edits of all time. Thank you both for reacting to this absolute masterpiece! :)
You guys should definitely watch the previous films, there's so much background to the story and the world you're missing. This is a whole continuous franchise, the storyline hasn't finished just yet. Like many other have said here, the whole movie was done practically, the CGI is only complementary.
Mel Gibson is American. He was studying acting in Australia, did plays there and that's how he subsequentually got discovered and cast as Max. His first ever movie role.
One of the best movies in recent times. An absolute banger of a film. I especially love the 'devolved' English. Also, the re-telling of the story of Odin's sacrifice through Furiosa, as well as inversions of sexuality too. What a banger of a film.
The spitting of fuel into the intake is, I believe supposed to force aerated fuel directly into the engine. I can't imagine it being good for the vehicle, in any case.
Shot in Namibia, over 170 different cars. They were going to film it in the desert in Australia but it rained there for the first time in 18 years, so it was full of flowers and bushes. The fantastic thing about this film is there is next to no green screen. It took 1700 people to make the film
the guitar guy was like an army's drummer boy directing the vehicles and the attacks with musical signals and the lights to keep the group coordinated and together and to relay commands to soldiers
What kills me is that Aussie director George Miller was 70 yrs old when he made this, one of the most violent, pulse driving and spectacular action movies ever made. I went four times to the cinema in unrepressed unadulterated joy.
I too went and saw it 4 times! But i went to a theatre that had D-Box aka seats with hydraulics that moved according to what was taking place on screen
Easily one of my favourite movies of all time, you should definitely check out the originals! And it's always fun seeing non-Australians get confused by the Aussie slang they throw in there!
Where to start on a long list of "the best" this movie has? The best Mad Max (sorry Tina!), the best Miller, the best visuals, the best action, the best Theron!
Australian director and would have been filmed in Australia but not long before filming there was a drought breaking rain in the area they wanted to film in (near Broken Hill) so they had to move it to Africa. A lot of the actors are Australian, John Howard who play the people eater is an iconic aus tv actor, it is really weird seeing him in this.
I love this movie. But Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior is still the best of the series at a fraction of the budget of this film. It's just more iconic with an energy that few films match.
Road Warrior is quite good for a much lower budget film but it is by no means better than Fury Road, which is practically the perfect action film, just a master class in almost every regard
This was shot in Australia. The old woman is played by Melissa Jaffer who was also in one my favorite Sci-Fi series: Farscape. You guys would probably dig Farscape - it's pretty off the wall!
If memory serves, the Warlord had some sort of health-condition that required regular transfusions, so the Breeders were used to produce offspring with his blood-type. Hence the comment, "our babies aren't warlords."
I'm sure others have already mentioned that the world building was done in the first three movies. So, we were meant to assume that the world continued to deteriorate and we could learn the changes through context and visuals.
not only did they build all the vehicles (often multiples), they didn't just make them just good enough to shoot, they actually were BONKERS - the gigahorse - Immortan Joe's car had 2x10Litre V8s side by side, which had over 1,200 Horsepower. they had to rebuild the custom gearbox after every day of shooting. The guitar was a fully working guitar AND flamethrower.
Love this film. We found some misogynistic blogs talking sh*t about it and calling it “feminist propaganda in the form of an action movie” so you know we HAD TO go watch it in the cinema. I later bought the DVD and have watched it several times. I love it. I really enjoy it as a cinematic experience, love the acting, the soundtrack, sound and image. And its messages too; taking care of the environment and leaving a better future for next generations, being agains buying/renting human beings for s3x/procreation (basically against prostitution and surrogacy). I just love love love this movie 💜
Thing is, it kinda IS overtly feminist - it IS part of the text - but it does it in a way that isn't just declarative but is infused into the worldbuilding. Also, because they had a nontraditional script format where they storyboarded it like a cartoon or comic rather than wrote it, a lot of the character work with the War Boys and the Wives was based on workshops done with outside advisers during the development process. The Warboys all had a ex-military guy who ran drills with them so they'd act like soldiers and observe military style discipline, especially towards Immortan Joe, but the Wives worked with Eve Ensler, writer of The Vagina Monologues and a feminist activist, so the elements of honour culture, forced marriage and abuse have an authentic bedrock that prevents it feeling schlocky or inappropriate. It's one of the best written action films of the new century.
@@radicaladz oh, being overtly feminist is a great quality to me. So we knew we’d probably like it before watching it. We were wrong though, cause we didn’t like it, we LOVED it. Still one of my favourite movies to this day.
@@O___________0 - oh for sure. Obviously, devil's advocate time, I'm not one of those people who thinks a movie or show's politics MUST be unimpeachable to have a good time with it, because neither art nor real life works that way. It is however gratifying to a nicety that it's so well developed and integrated into the plot, given that it's really the last movie series you would associate with such theming, on a superficial level at least.
The story in this film is simple but it's loaded to the brim with subtext. This film was literally designed to be picked apart. Most shots contain some more or less hidden details about the world we're seeing, the lines are far and few between but more is said about the characters through their actions, they all have their own story arcs. This film is packed and that's exactly what happens when a film takes so many years to develop, it's a far cry from just being a simple action movie.
The originals are timeless. I mean...not spectacular but I've definitely seen worse stuff reacted to. Even if this STORY can stand alone, the originals introduce the WORLD. Yes, you are absolutely right....the first film is "hardly post apocalyptic" but you see society break down over the course of the films.
@Shasi iishi He said that simply to justify it taking so long to get made that Mel Gibson was simply too old to play the age Max is supposed to be here, even though Hardy is also too young. This is part four, make no mistake. All four movies take place in chronological order. This is not a standalone.
The reason for the Aussie accents is because it's a Aussie movie. The Mad Max universe is Australian. The actor Hugh Keays-Byrne who played as the main antagonist Immorten Joe is one of our locals where I live, a place called Gosford on the NSW Central Coast Australia.
@@O___________0 Oh was not saying you could not understand the movie. But the others would explain some things like how the world became what it was and why he got the name mad max. It is an awesome movie and the practical effects are some of the best in years.
This movie was insane in IMax 3D, just a sensory-overloading visual feast of chaos for 2 intense hours. Was a thoroughly enjoyable cinematic experience, with the film easily becoming my new favourite entry in the Mad Max mythology. It was fun seeing your guys' reaction to it, especially since you hadn't seen the earlier 70s and 80s films so were sort of piecing Miller's apocalyptic world-building together.
"These all look real, I think they really built all these cars" - yes they did. All the stunt and FX work in this movie is on a practical basis, enhanced by CG. It's awesome.
I have a deep regret I did not see the 3D version of the movie as well. I read that it was incredibly well-done for a post-production conversion.
Yea, the flaming guitar at the front of a vehicle was actual footage , blew my little mind when i found that out.
Theres a bunch of BTS vids for the film, including one just about building the vehicles ruclips.net/video/9L67BiENzYs/видео.html
They were auctioned for charity about five years ago.
The truck flip at the end was real too.
They we're terrified it wouldn't go right as they only had one chance
24:26 Fun fact. Before George Miller made the first Mad Max movie he was a doctor. He was an ER surgeon in Australia. In the area where he worked there were a lot of street races so he treated a lot of car crash victims which is what gave him the inspiration for Mad Max. This scene really highlights his past as a doctor.
Yeah, it's set in Australia. All four films are supposed to be legends told about the lawless years after the collapse of society by our descendants years later. Max is a former police officer who lived through the period, and became this mythical hero character. Miller once described the films as sort of like the bible of the wasteland. In the first film society is still just holding on, but it's on the edge. Each following film shows a world gone progressively more crazy.
This is reinforced by the fact that Max's presence barely makes an impact in the story. In this legend, Max is a witness to this great act of defiance by Furiosa, the true main character.
Although unlike the other Mad Max movies it was actually filmed in Namibia.
@@SadPeterPan1977 It was originally planned to be filmed in Australia in the same area as the earlier films but unfortunately there was unseasonal rain and the post-apocalyptic outback came to life with wildflowers and grasses which really wouldn't have suited the style of the movie.
Yeah, I happened to be passing through the Broken Hill district when they announced that they couldn't film there. The salt bush was already waist high and there had been yet another deluge a few days previously. This time the southern remnant of tropical cyclone Yasi which had gone all the way into central Queensland before finally conking out.
I was kid back in the 80s and saw Mad Max and sequels...And I've come to the conclusion that Australia is GOD'S blind spot after Nuclear weapons destroy everything.
Steven Soderbehrg when asked about story boarding referenced this movie with an amazing quote. "No. The ability to stage well is a skill and a talent that I value above almost everything else. And I say that because there are people who do it better than I’ll ever be able to do it after 40 years of active study. I just watched Mad Max: Fury Road again last week, and I tell you I couldn’t direct 30 seconds of that. I’d put a gun in my mouth. I don’t understand how [George Miller] does that, I really don’t, and it’s my job to understand it. I don’t understand two things: I don’t understand how they’re not still shooting that film and I don’t understand how hundreds of people aren’t dead.
I could almost see that’s kind of possible until the polecat sequence, and then I give up. We are talking about the ability in three dimensions to break a sequence into a series of shots in which no matter how fast you’re cutting, you know where you are geographically. And each one is a real shot where a lot of things had to go right. I’m going to keep trying; I’m not going to keep trying in the sense that I’m going to volunteer to direct the next Mad Max movie. I’m going to keep trying in the sense that when I have sequences that demand a certain level of sophistication in terms of their visual staging, I’m going to try and watch the people who do it really well and see if I can climb inside their heads enough to think like that.
But he’s off the chart. I guarantee that the handful of people who are even in range of that, when they saw Fury Road, had blood squirting out of their eyes. The thing with George Miller, it’s not just that, he does everything really well. The scripts are great, the performances are great, the ideas are great. He’s exceptional. I met him once for about 30 seconds at the Directors Guild Awards in Los Angeles the year of Fury Road. But you don’t want to say that stuff to somebody’s face; it’s embarrassing."
Every word of this is correct. I saw ‘The Road Warrior’ as a kid, and thought for decades that it was one of the very greatest action pictures ever made - and then George Miller not only topped it, but flattened it. At 70 years old, when a lot of filmmakers are hanging up their spurs! Just incredible.
That was incredibly well said and very high praise indeed. The flow from shot to shot is flawless. You eye always knows where to look. You don't end up jumping from one edge to the other jarringly. You understand where in the world you are, what you are looking at. Who is where. It's just incredible. To manage the hundreds of moving vehicles and people and cameras and everything so seemingly effortlessly is art.
@@titanuranus3095 I don’t know where you’re going with this, but if it explains how he pulled of the polecat sequence, I’m all ears.
@@MarcosElMalo2 The polecat stuff is simply practical -- with the exception of some shots of Hardy, it's just real guys on weighted swaypoles going 50 miles an hour. They consulted with Cirque du Soleil, but eventually built their own rig that was a bit sturdier. In the new making-of book, Miller describes wanting to cry when the stunt/effects guys came back and showed him a test -- even he assumed that it would require greenscreen.
Yes, Fallout is inspired by the original Mad Max, specifically the 2nd one: The Road Warrior. The leather jacket in Fallout has one sleeve because Max's jacket has only one sleeve in The Road Warrior. Fallout 1 spoilers: If you ask who the dog belonged to, they will describe Max. If you wear a leather jacket (that looks like Max's), the dog will be friendly to you.
In Fallout 3 and New Vegas it is the same jacket. In 3 there's even a guy with a double barrel with no ammo like Road Warrior 2 and the Humungus revolver.
Also A Boy and His Dog from 1975 a post apocalyps movie with a young Don Johnson and a speaking dog
@@fubarme yeah was just gonna say.. all this comes from A Boy and His Dog.. written by Harlan Ellison whos work also inspired another post apocalyptic series, The Terminator.
Fallout had greater influence from "Radioactive Dreams", with vault suit and pip boy in the Miles character
And actually the crashed UFO is from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Seeing this in an empty cinema completely by myself was one of the best cinema experiences I've ever had.
where did you hide the bodies?
You stream youtube in a cinema?
I watched this in theaters with my Girlfriend and her 11 year old brother... we knew we had made a mistake early on during the milk scene
I had the exact same experience with Dredd.
I was exhausted at the end of it. It's the only movie I ever watched in the theater and wanted to walk back in and watch it again.
Don't worry too much about specifics of the world. The Mad Max series chronology and story in inconsistent, because George Miller deliberately treats it like mythology, in which details change and the pieces don't necessarily fit.
It also explains the more fantastical elements and parts when the ecology/geography don't really make sense for Australia. For instance, it doesn't matter how many bombs fall, the oceans aren't going to go dry.
If you treat Max as a folk hero, the inconsistencies fit right in with the folk tale style of telling stories.
The actor who played Immorten Joe, the one who gets his face ripped off played a character in the first Mad Max movie, Toe-Cutter, and the "cities", were The Citadel, Gas Town and Bullet Farm and Fury Road was the road that connected them so they could trade and survive.
Toe cutter was a viscous bastard
YES. and he pass away in 2020. RIP.
He also played Lord Vile in the Rutger Hauer post-apocalypse sports b-movie masterpiece 'Salute of the Jugger' aka 'The Blood of Heroes'.
@@SadPeterPan1977 That movie kicked ass.Its a gem!
Yes he was one of our locals here on the NSW Central Coast Australia.
I love how deep this movie is thematically, despite having very little dialogue and being almost entirely visual. It has a lot of messages, it's very passionate about them, and it refuses to be embarrassed about being earnest and thoughtful in a movie that looks like it's supposed to be popcorn entertainment.
The furiosa scene when she finds out about the green place... Gets me everytime, the cinematography, the music, her body language at just pure despair. That's true art, I feel it every time
That's why the movie is so good. It doesn't apologize for what it is. I goes balls to the wall, in your face, non-stop and doesn't back down. And you come out exhausted, a little shaky, but knowing you've just been on the ride of a lifetime.
Imagine trimming 520 hours of raw footage into the perfect 2 hours of cinema is on next level. Hats off to director George Miller's wife Margaret Sixel who rightfully won that oscar for editing and bringing us this masterpiece. It's ranked 19th on list of 100 greatest films of all time (BBC or Empire I think)
And imagine boiling down several filing cabinets of ideas and backstories for every character, place and event in the history of this world into a coherent script for a movie that's pretty much just action. I'm convinced George Miller is a Buddhist monk, because not falling into the exposition spiral while writing the script must have taken some serious self-restraint.
MAd Max is the Road Warrior. He can fight to solve problems and help to bring peace or fix what's broken, but he can't enjoy the result. Thus he's always on the Road in search of his better self. Haunted by the voice in his head. The loved ones he failed to save.
You should really watch the original trilogy with Mel Gibson, if you haven't already.
1. Mad Max
2. The Road Warrior
3. Beyond Thunderdome
The Road Warrior is definitely the best of the original trilogy. Also, fun fact: the actor for Immortan Joe, Hugh Keays-Byrne, was the main villain in the very first Mad Max movie, called Toecutter.
I still consider Mad Max Fury Road canon to the original trilogy. Because I really want to know how Max’s story would end, and hoping he’ll get redemption.
@@danielbautista9062 it is heavily implied he is the kid from 2.
@@fjparasite1172 but it was just a theory.
@@danielbautista9062 i mean he has the music thingie calls himself max.
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Oh I see. But man, I really hate the confusion. Mad has the leg brace. The jacket. Etc.
I’m still considering him the Mad we knew from the original trilogy.
No lie, I saw this film on opening night and was so blown away I saw it 10 more times in the theaters before it left the cinema. Because it was so amazing, it just has to be seen on a giant screen to really get the full impact, and I knew that probably not in my lifetime I would be able to see it that way again.
I know the feeling, I saw it 4 times, 3 in colour and once in B&W, it is an epic movie.
You beat me. I saw it 5 times in the theater.
I got to see this movie once, the final weekend it was in the theater. I think there were only 2 others in the theater at that point. I'm SO glad I saw it, it was unbelievably epic. The sand storm scene completely blew me away (apologies for the pun).
I'll always be grateful I got to see it multiple times on the big screen. No regrets whatsoever for all those tickets and munchies I bought, heh
I’ve seen it 4 times in theaters, twice in English and twice in Spanish, and I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen it on smaller screens. More than 20 times. The first time was in Spanish (not my native language).
A large part of this movie’s genius is that you don’t need to understand the language to understand the movie. It’s visual storytelling above all else. It’s in the action and it’s in the performances.
The first Mad Max tells Max's story. After that he's just a participant in other people's stories. It's like a Clint Eastwood "man with no name" kind of thing.
I got to see the chrome cut in an indie theater for a midnight showing. It was one of the best movie experiences of my life.
The only bad part was I had a 45 minute drive home after and shaking the impulse to ram other cars off the road at 2am was needed.
Oh yes, the chrome cut. Got blessed to catch that too locally. On my my fav films no doubt
2 Fun Facts about the guitar dude (aka “The Doof warrior”): 1, the director George Miller, realised that Joe's army would need a way to hear commands over the roar of V8s, and they have no radios, so he decided they would need a super over-the-top musician to sound the advance or retreat, and who could be seen and heard over the engines. Hence, flame-thrower guitar 2, the director saw the prop flame-guitar they built for the role, giggled, and demanded they play it. when the prop master explained it was just a prop, Miller made him put pick-ups in it so it could actually be played (although apparently not well) because he is a mad lad.
"It's insane, this movie... It hasn't stopped yet, the action."
This is the greatest pure action movie I've ever seen. It's non-stop the whole time, and just amazingly done with the practical effects.
I can also recommend "The Raid" from the "non-stop action from start to finish, no fat" genre. ^^
@@streetdogg8206 Black Hawk Down
@@lightup6751 Cinema is versatile enough to not require checkboxes. This is a chase movie in the same tradition as Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971).
@@lightup6751 That's not really objective but a generalization, especially when you use the word "personally". The Dark Knight is revered not b/c of recycled, formulaic, and no stakes plot. No one here ever claimed that Fury Road has a great plot, but the point is that "cinema is versatile enough to not require checkboxes". Hence, it's in the same tradition as Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971), which is a highly praised chase film. Fury Road was nominated for Best Picture by the Academy Awards, Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Drama), one of the Top Ten Films of the Year by the American Film Institute, and countless other accolades around the world.
I know I'm not the first guy to say this... But the other Mad Max films are a blast to watch also. There are three others. Look for them. You won't be disappointed. The first movie especially deals with Max's origin story, and why he's haunted by so many "ghosts."
This movie is a visual delight. Im not into action movies that much but this one is a modern classic. The ‘universe’ of it is pretty interesting/dark. Somewhat like the early Fallout games.
Fallout heavily inspired by Mad Max. The armour, the dog, the post apocalyptic world, wasteland raiders etc. There is direct picture of Mad Max (Road warrior with dog and match in Fallout 4 or 3). There is no greater inspiration for fallout than mad max.
@@fredfinks There's references to The Road Warrior in both Fallout 1 and 2, you can even have the same outfit, and the dog. Fallout 3 and 4 borrowed a *lot* from the original games, but never achieved the same storytelling (Fallout: New Vegas came very close, though).
One of the saddest images of this film is the pan over the women who are being milked. There is one woman who is holding a rag doll, seeking comfort in holding something because obviously because they have taken her and the other women’s babies away so they can just produce milk for consumption and trade.
the women who are pumped are not breeders. women can produce milk without being pregnant. there are chemicals that a women can take that force lactation, and in times of necessity they could very well lactate for a while
You should DEF watch Road Warrior. It's amazing.
Or just watch all the movies.
The vast majority of the movie is practical effects. Mostly stuff like impossible shots (guys flying out of car wrecks in to the camera), the big sandstorm, and removal of wires for stuff like the guys on the poles, were CG. Oh right and Charlize's arm.
I love the name of the medic, the Organic Mechanic.
The guy who plays the guitar (the Doof Warrior), when you see him sleeping, that's just what the actor did while waiting around on set, so they incorporated it into his character.
This film is LOADED with CGI. Are you blind?
@@LeviBoldock maybe read the comment in its entirety. They list the major cgi points. The majority of the cgi was to remove safety wires.
@@danielpopp1526 No, it wasn't. You must be fucking blind, too.
And huge chunks of the background are pure CGI. All rocks/mountains/canyons are CGI.
There's also the fact that they filmed a bunch of cars separately and added them to a scene.
Practically all explosions are pure CGI. The ones that aren't, are enhanced.
This movie isn't as much of a practical effects movie as it's been hyped. There's a lot of practical, but there's also an absolute ton of computer work in it.
The original trilogy is great. The second, The Road Warrior, is truly awesome!
This movie was absolutely to be witnessed on the big screen. It was epic cinematography.
@@samjonestown2397 you clearly have no appreciation for visual storytelling, action-oriented characterization, or the sheer amount of work and talent that went into the costume/ set/ car design. This movie is a masterpiece.
@@samjonestown2397 - Have fun with that opinion. Sounds like a lousy endevaour.
@@samjonestown2397 - Well, have fun trying to watch this movie, I guess...
@@samjonestown2397 Obvious troll is obvious.
@@samjonestown2397 you're not even an interesting troll. Find a hobby little guy
One of my favourite films. According to George Miller 90% of the effects are practical. It is set in Australia but in this case was shot in Namibia (It was originally going to be shot near Broken Hill in Australia as the first three movies had been shot, until heavy rains turned the usually-barren landscape into a carpet of grass and desert flowers) later reshoots for Fury Road where all done in Australia. You should watch the Mel Gibson Mad Max movies they tell you a bit about Max and his back story.
I have the blu-ray and 4k version and its right. every car is real. from the monster trucks to the motorcycle stunts.
Agreed! Also, movies*
@@mrgonzale0978 They only used CGI to get the vehicles in correct place , all explosions and vehicles are real as shown in behind the scenes , think thats still on YT.
@@pete_lind No, the explosions are practically all CGI. Some practical, but they're enhanced.
The shot the vehicles separately and added them to each scene.
I love the subtle stories that play beneath the main story in this film, like Max and his traumatic past haunting him, or Furiosa and her past with Immorten Joe, I really love subtle storytelling that isn't in your face, that you have to put together like a little puzzle.
All the previous MAD MAX films were shot in Australia, but in-between the decade or so of trying to get FURY ROAD made, the weather did a complete 360 and the Australian environment became a lot more "lushious" (more green than the barren desertscape it usually was), so filming was moved to Southern Africa
The reason why this is one of my favorite movies is simple. It doesn't take me for a moron. There is no exposition in this movie. Because Frank Miller understands the main reason for cinema to exist: show, don't tell. He get's that I will understand what is going on without telling me. Showing will be enought.
Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture but won for:
Best Makeup
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Film Editing
Best Production Design
Best Cinematography.
It also won for Best Costume Design by Jenny Beaven who got insanely horrible looks that year as she always wears an outfit inspired by the film she worked on. She won again this year for Cruella. She’s an amazing talent and doesn’t deserve the hate she gets from the Hollywood elite.
@@joshuayeager3686 It was a blast seeing her take the stage in a bedazzled leather jacket with the warboys symbol on the back and motorcycle boots. If the Oscars elites rewarded more fun and freedom like she shows, it'd be a better show. I always watch for the technical award categories and was disappointed Dune didn't win this year for costuming, but when I heard her name I was like "Oh, nice, Jenny's always a good win."
It won for best Costume and not for Cinematography....the Cinematography was for Revenant that year to Emanuel Lubezki
So the Doof Warrior (guitar guy) actually serves a functional purpose in Joe's War Party: the music is a way of issuing commands to the rest of the vehicles. This concept is taken from the concept of a Drummer Boy in Imperial European battlefields. Commands come from Joe's rig, then the Doof Warrior plays different chords and speeds to convey orders and attack formations to the rest of the party. This movie pays such an incredible attention to detail, that the 20th rewatch is as interesting as the 1st.
7:45 "Oh, what a day! What a _lovely day!"_
"Why are they so insane?"
Defining trait of a dystopia. There's something fundamentally wrong, but the people who've grown up with it don't see it.
"Winter spray?"
I love this channel!
Just a couple of months ago, a new lengthy oral history book on the making of this movie came out (Blood, Sweat, and Chrome: The Wild and True Making of Mad Max: Fury Road) and I just finished reading it a week or so ago (...because I requested this movie on another channel!). Really great explanation of how much incredible work went into doing almost all of the stunts and action for real in the Namib desert. It also covers the movie's long, long genesis from the 1990s (when Gibson was going to star) through to the early 2000s (Heath Ledger) and finally into the 2010s (Hardy was cast years before his star-making roles in Inception and The Dark Knight Rises, on the strength of his breakout performance in 2008's Bronson). It's just incredible how everything that made the movie into an ordeal that took almost 20 years from idea to finished film turned out for the best.
Also, writer/director George Miller, who created the series with his debut back in 1979, is Australian. They were going to shoot the film in Broken Hill, Australia, where the second movie, The Road Warrior, was filmed, but it rained for the first time in like 200 years and the entire valley went from desert to lush greenery right before they were about to start filming.
Miller is famous not just for Mad Max, but also the equally intense...Happy Feet (director) and Babe movies (producer, then director). His new movie is coming out this year, and then he's supposed to work on a prequel to Fury Road about Furiosa, with Anya Taylor-Joy playing the younger version of the character...if it doesn't take two decades to make.
@@John_Locke_108 I agree!
Happy it didn't take two decades to make, and it was quite good to boot!
I love movies that are as simple as "we need to go from A to B without dying, like this one, dredd or The raid". Movies where it's all about the execution.
My wife and I saw this in the theater. She was skeptical but I told her "I've heard things..." So we went and I'm pretty sure we both only communicated in single syllables for about 5 minutes after.
Also, the director of this movie directed "Babe" (the sheep pig). Talk about range.
And he directed Happy Feet
Its always something surereal when the guy who pretty much laid down the basics and tropes of a Post Apocalyptic future as also directed two wholesome family comedies...
Its like Having Lovecraft doing Cthulhu then writting Kids books...
This film was absolutely insane in the theatre. Even at home, with the lights dimmed and with a decent 4K TV and 7.1 audio it will blow you away. The deluxe disk set has a "black and chrome" version which puts an entirely different spin on the visuals.
As for the original 3 Mad Max films ... a few pointers.
- The first film is really an Australian "B Movie", that is, filmed on a shoestring budget with unknown actors (at the time), so you need to keep that in mind when watching. But Miller's direction and commitment to the style and visuals really put him on the map in the film world.
- Also, you really would need to watch the non-dubbed version. Because of the heavy Australian accents, there is a dubbed version which kind of sucks. The original voices really keep the emotion (of course).
- The Road Warrior is another level up for the series. Much more "Hollywood" but Miller really keeps his vision going and as someone said, the consensus is that its the best of the trilogy.
- And the third one (Thunderdome) is good and has its moments with a great performance by Tina Turner.
'That is crazy.'
'That's insane.'
'Oh my God.'
'What the F@ck?'
Yup, basically describes the aesthetic of the Mad Max films, especially Fury Road.
George Miller described the first half of the film as a Chase, and the second half as a race.
Fallout was inspired by another game called Wasteland, which was quite revolutionary at the time. Wasteland is now a franchise in and of itself, but both game series' pay homage to various popular culture, one of which being the Mad Max universe. The Fallout games also contain many references to the Wasteland games throughout
I've read that the main male characters represent aspects of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Max is Death, Immorten Joe is Pestilence - his diseased warboys, People-Eater is Famine (for obvious reasons) and Bullet Farmer is War. The women, seeking to escape, represent the quest for life and literal re-birth, and in this Death helps them for its roll is essentially one of the cycle of life > death > re-birth, where pestilence, famine and war are purely destructive and under the direction of humans represent selfishness and cruelty manifest. No idea if that is true, but I honestly like the framing.
I remember seeing this one in cinema - the visuals were MIND BLOWING - especially the scene in the thunder storm
So glad y'all watched this, there's so much to love! I think, strangely enough, one of my favorite things about it is the color grading. Everything's so saturated and lush, it's just gorgeous! I like a grim, desaturated aesthetic too but we see that so much in action/post apocalyptic films that this is a stunning contrast!
"The Road Warrior" is an amazing movie. Highly recommend. What they did with practical effects at that time is amazing. Better plot with some great surprises and probably the best jump scare of all time. George Miller directed all the Mad Max movies. I believe all were filmed in his home country, Australia. In the original Mad Max, Mel Gibson's voice was dubbed for American audiences cuz he had such a thick Aussie accent. "The Road Warrior" was my favorite movie growing up. Well worth a watch.
Gibson has an interesting history with his accent. He lived in the US until he was 12 or something. The dubbing with vocabulary changes are pretty awful as I remember from very long ago. You can get it with the original dialog now. They should watch it with that, don't you think?
@@sab6261 Interesting. I do remember the dubbing was not good. That would be cool to here the original dialog as long as sub-titles are available, like I have to do with British movies. Har, har.
@@bigredtlc1828 I didn't have trouble with it, but I've listened to and watched a decent amount of Australian media (RUclips, podcasts, TV, movies). I also used to date a woman from Sydney so maybe I'm special.
These surprise openings are fantastic Simone, and George's reaction to them. That in and of itself is worth the watch alone I'm a fan of it.
This film is fourth film in Mad Max films. Watch the first 3 for context. Max is originally a highway patrol enforcement officer that tries keep his family safe during a global gas crisis that leads to global war. Society breaks down, friends and his career are taken from him. He loses his family to road bandits. He exacts revenge and becomes vagabond dealing death to those would cross him. At this time the world has ended, water is rare, fuel is even rarer and death is cheap and brutal. At this point in time Max occasionally helping the helpless while dealing with his ever growing psychosis . The reluctant hero is a recurring theme in the Road Warrior and Beyond Thunder-dome. First film takes place months before ww3 , second film at least 5 to 10 years after. The third film at least 20 years after ww3. This one is rather vague.
See this movie in the cinema was such a great experience. One of those 'must see on the biggest screen with the best sound system' films.
Most of the Mad Max lore comes from the second film, The Road Warrior. The original Mad Max was technically during a dystopian future, but it didn't look too different from today, just had motorcycle gangs running all over. The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Fury Road are the apocalyptic ones. Love these movies.
The chronology is a bit messy, but this all takes place within a lifetime of the end of the world. Max was an adult before the bombs dropped, so the old women were definitely talking about life before the apocalypse.
Don't analyse it. Treat every Max story as a re-telling of a myth. Than it will make sense.
I was hoping beyond hope that you would react to this one! I actually just rewatched it again last night! :D You two are awesome!!!
The Fallout games took a lot of inspiration from multiple sources, Mad Max included.
Yep. There is a direct nod to the second Mad Max movie, The Road Warrior. They strongly hint that Dogmeat is Mel Gibson's canine companion from the movies, he doesn't start following you until you put on a black leather jacket similar to the one Gibson wears in the movie.
And yes, these are all practical effects, no CGI.
the iconic one shoulder pad look
Best movie of the century so far. I don't think George Miller created the "dystopian future" trope/genre, but he sure did created the definitive look for it.
I would say second best. Best, for me, is David Lynch's _Mulholland Drive_.
A film that surpasses all expectations.
...and inspired a decent enough game from Warner Bros.
In reality, it's only been like 30-40 years since Immortan Joe, and the other Rulers were Soldiers before the apocalypse(as per the prequel comic). Max was also alive prior to the apocalypse, but using his age as a guide doesn't really work, as he's close to the same age in this movie as he is in the first movie which takes place pre-apocalypse. The best way to think of him is as a mythic figure, and we are witnessing the stories told about him, so the timeline doesn't always make sense.
It takes place in Australia (story wise). You need to watch the original Mad Max and the follow up movies with Mel Gibson. They are great and give he back story.
2:40 "That seems very wasteful." That's the point, it's a show of power, of who controls the ressources.
If you like the story here, you may like some of George Miller's other screenplays.
Like Babe. Or Happy Feet.
No, I'm serious.
George Miller is the badass grandpa everyone wishes they had.
""if you put a gun to my head and said, 'You have to come up with a story for Happy Feet 3,' I'd say shoot me." -George Miller when asked if he had plans for a third penguin movie
@@nickyarbrough8392 In the new Fury Road making-of book he also basically disowns Happy Feet 2 as being a disaster.
@@nickyarbrough8392 I went looking for the same quote and found the full quote isn't about Happy Feet 3 being a painful idea, it's about the creative process: "If you put a gun to my head and said, 'You have to come up with a story for Happy Feet Three,' I’d say shoot me. I would have no idea. I really would have no idea. The stories creep up on you. You just have to allow the stories to come, and then they get in like little ear worms in your head and they won’t go away. If that happens and we’ve got the energy, we’ll do it is a fantastic movie a third one. If it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. That’s the only way you can do it. It has to be authentic. I really wanted to make this film better than the first one. Otherwise, at my age, what’s the point? You really want to make it better. If something comes up that’s really exciting and I can convey that enthusiasm to other people, then there would be a third one."
Watched this multiple times in theater and countless times at home. One of, if not my favorite movie off all time. It's so over the top and insane the whole time, so beautiful and bold, but the acting and characters are so real and subtle with just a 1 second shot at their face. So good.
This movie has equally some of the best practical effects and CGI. And a lot of the movies practical. But if y'all haven't you definitely need to watch the other three mad Max movies. Mad Max, road warrior, and mad Max beyond thunderdome, which has Tina Turner is the villain. And she's actually really threatening.
I appreciate how you guys got it right away. They commit to the what the movie is and just go for it. Max and Furiosa are my favorite not-couple couple ever. So so good.
Another chase film that you should check out is Steven Spielberg's "Duel" (1971), which was a TV movie that was extended for a theatrical release. It's basically Jaws on land.
In a word: Epic. George Miller is so vastly underrated as a pure visceral filmmaker and his dystopian visionary sci-fi is truly haunting/beautiful/disturbing. The fact it took nearly 30 yrs for another chapter and then go way beyond expectations and score Oscars for its state-of-the-art sound & vision - jaw dropping to say the least. Yes all those stunts are practical with CGI blended perfectly to enhance the violence and action. Interesting that Hardy was being toted as the hero when pretty much its Theron's film in spite of his character's name in the title. She really gives another level performance here (and Hardy's no slouch). While there was rumor that they didn't get along only enhances their dynamic onscreen IMO. I knew you'd dig this (um yeah that 'shredder' is so beyond iconic - LOL) You so need to see the original trilogy (if at least the 1st 2 w/Gibson; trust me they're awesome too). Great fun reactions as always guys! And yes set and shot in Australia (Miller is a native born son).
Great reaction (as always). Now let's go with all the other parts. Mad max 1 was miller's first movie. Mad max 2 was imo the best (until this one here came around and was a surprise hit)
Edit: the lore in itself is kinda fast and loose with mad max. It's best to see these movies as the visualization of a story told on a campfire about a mystical figure called max. So you don't necessarily need to see them in order.
First one is a bmovie (with shocking long stretches of boredom), but still fun to watch.
Second is action and maybe a bit of horror (by how blatantly violent it is)
Third is a bit too tame in some ways (very low death toll) but also in some ways one of the craziest
First a "Molag Bal" reference, and now an "Azmodan" reference? Both the geek fanboy, and the game designer/developer in me appreciates those references so much! I'm just glad we didn't get a nipple cut-out of either of you in the thumbnail this time :D And also, yes, "Brothers in Arms" is definitely one of the greatest soundtrack-to-film edits of all time. Thank you both for reacting to this absolute masterpiece! :)
Absolutely watch the earlier movies. The 1st one is pretty much an independent film. Rough and ragged, but that makes it all the better somehow.
I was blown away by this in the cinema. Absolutely loved it. George Miller was not f*cking around.
He yells 'witness me!'. It's the post-apocalyptic equivalent of 'hold my beer'.
Fallout is based on the game Wasteland. That being said, Bryan Fargo, who worked on both, said Wasteland did pull some inspiration from Mad Max.
You guys should definitely watch the previous films, there's so much background to the story and the world you're missing. This is a whole continuous franchise, the storyline hasn't finished just yet.
Like many other have said here, the whole movie was done practically, the CGI is only complementary.
Mel Gibson is American. He was studying acting in Australia, did plays there and that's how he subsequentually got discovered and cast as Max. His first ever movie role.
One of the best movies in recent times. An absolute banger of a film. I especially love the 'devolved' English.
Also, the re-telling of the story of Odin's sacrifice through Furiosa, as well as inversions of sexuality too. What a banger of a film.
The spitting of fuel into the intake is, I believe supposed to force aerated fuel directly into the engine. I can't imagine it being good for the vehicle, in any case.
Shot in Namibia, over 170 different cars. They were going to film it in the desert in Australia but it rained there for the first time in 18 years, so it was full of flowers and bushes. The fantastic thing about this film is there is next to no green screen. It took 1700 people to make the film
I HIGHLY recommend the original Mad Max trilogy.
the guitar guy was like an army's drummer boy directing the vehicles and the attacks with musical signals and the lights to keep the group coordinated and together and to relay commands to soldiers
Hope you like a two hour explosion with Tom hardy and Mr. F. What a film, what a lovely film.
Like for Simone's "Hey everybody and welcome to SWEAR TO ME!". It just made my day :)
No world building? Just 3 movies setting this up lol
What kills me is that Aussie director George Miller was 70 yrs old when he made this, one of the most violent, pulse driving and spectacular action movies ever made.
I went four times to the cinema in unrepressed unadulterated joy.
I too went and saw it 4 times! But i went to a theatre that had D-Box aka seats with hydraulics that moved according to what was taking place on screen
Easily one of my favourite movies of all time, you should definitely check out the originals! And it's always fun seeing non-Australians get confused by the Aussie slang they throw in there!
Set in Australia...filmed in Namibia. 99% practical effects and real car builds. A masterpiece of dystopian film making.
Where to start on a long list of "the best" this movie has? The best Mad Max (sorry Tina!), the best Miller, the best visuals, the best action, the best Theron!
Australian director and would have been filmed in Australia but not long before filming there was a drought breaking rain in the area they wanted to film in (near Broken Hill) so they had to move it to Africa.
A lot of the actors are Australian, John Howard who play the people eater is an iconic aus tv actor, it is really weird seeing him in this.
I love this movie. But Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior is still the best of the series at a fraction of the budget of this film. It's just more iconic with an energy that few films match.
Road Warrior is quite good for a much lower budget film but it is by no means better than Fury Road, which is practically the perfect action film, just a master class in almost every regard
@@mediumvillain Nothing in Fury Road has the sustained momentum of the chase at the end of The Road Warrior.
This was shot in Australia. The old woman is played by Melissa Jaffer who was also in one my favorite Sci-Fi series: Farscape. You guys would probably dig Farscape - it's pretty off the wall!
One of the cool things about this Mad Max movie is that it really isn't a movie about Mad Max. It's Furiosa's movie.
That is not a cool thing.
Fallout was very much inspired by "Mad Max" and "The Road Warrior". And please, god, watch both of those.
If memory serves, the Warlord had some sort of health-condition that required regular transfusions, so the Breeders were used to produce offspring with his blood-type. Hence the comment, "our babies aren't warlords."
does not make sense? wouldn't "our babies aren't blood banks" be the phrase used?
@@claytoncourtney1309 It's been a long time since I saw the film, but I'm pretty sure that all the "elites" were sons and daughters of the warlord.
I'm sure others have already mentioned that the world building was done in the first three movies. So, we were meant to assume that the world continued to deteriorate and we could learn the changes through context and visuals.
Are you watching this without first watching any of the original mad max movies?
not only did they build all the vehicles (often multiples), they didn't just make them just good enough to shoot, they actually were BONKERS - the gigahorse - Immortan Joe's car had 2x10Litre V8s side by side, which had over 1,200 Horsepower. they had to rebuild the custom gearbox after every day of shooting. The guitar was a fully working guitar AND flamethrower.
Love this film. We found some misogynistic blogs talking sh*t about it and calling it “feminist propaganda in the form of an action movie” so you know we HAD TO go watch it in the cinema. I later bought the DVD and have watched it several times. I love it. I really enjoy it as a cinematic experience, love the acting, the soundtrack, sound and image. And its messages too; taking care of the environment and leaving a better future for next generations, being agains buying/renting human beings for s3x/procreation (basically against prostitution and surrogacy). I just love love love this movie 💜
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Thing is, it kinda IS overtly feminist - it IS part of the text - but it does it in a way that isn't just declarative but is infused into the worldbuilding. Also, because they had a nontraditional script format where they storyboarded it like a cartoon or comic rather than wrote it, a lot of the character work with the War Boys and the Wives was based on workshops done with outside advisers during the development process. The Warboys all had a ex-military guy who ran drills with them so they'd act like soldiers and observe military style discipline, especially towards Immortan Joe, but the Wives worked with Eve Ensler, writer of The Vagina Monologues and a feminist activist, so the elements of honour culture, forced marriage and abuse have an authentic bedrock that prevents it feeling schlocky or inappropriate. It's one of the best written action films of the new century.
@@radicaladz oh, being overtly feminist is a great quality to me. So we knew we’d probably like it before watching it. We were wrong though, cause we didn’t like it, we LOVED it. Still one of my favourite movies to this day.
@@O___________0 - oh for sure. Obviously, devil's advocate time, I'm not one of those people who thinks a movie or show's politics MUST be unimpeachable to have a good time with it, because neither art nor real life works that way. It is however gratifying to a nicety that it's so well developed and integrated into the plot, given that it's really the last movie series you would associate with such theming, on a superficial level at least.
6:26 "Winter spray, is that what he said?" Witness me! 😅
Please watch "The Neverending Story"!
they cant because it never ends
Na na na na na na na 👌
Fun Fact: The actor who played Immortan Joe played the main villain (Toecutter) in the original Mad Max.
I really hope you have watched the originals before you watched this.
This has been the most fun to watch film reaction I have ever seen. I am immensely happy to have seen it first in 3D in an AMC Prime 8K theater.
Please watch the STAR TREK movies 🖖
This. At least Star Trek 2 Wrath of Khan
@@vlcheish All of the original movies atleast.
The story in this film is simple but it's loaded to the brim with subtext. This film was literally designed to be picked apart. Most shots contain some more or less hidden details about the world we're seeing, the lines are far and few between but more is said about the characters through their actions, they all have their own story arcs. This film is packed and that's exactly what happens when a film takes so many years to develop, it's a far cry from just being a simple action movie.
Should've watched the originals before this.
I was just going to say this.
@Shasi iishi Terrible? You are mad
The originals are timeless. I mean...not spectacular but I've definitely seen worse stuff reacted to.
Even if this STORY can stand alone, the originals introduce the WORLD.
Yes, you are absolutely right....the first film is "hardly post apocalyptic" but you see society break down over the course of the films.
@Shasi iishi The hell are you talking about? 😂
@Shasi iishi He said that simply to justify it taking so long to get made that Mel Gibson was simply too old to play the age Max is supposed to be here, even though Hardy is also too young. This is part four, make no mistake. All four movies take place in chronological order. This is not a standalone.
The reason for the Aussie accents is because it's a Aussie movie. The Mad Max universe is Australian. The actor Hugh Keays-Byrne who played as the main antagonist Immorten Joe is one of our locals where I live, a place called Gosford on the NSW Central Coast Australia.
I think if you watched Mad Max and then Mad Max Road Warrior it might have gave you a little more context into this movie.
I hadn’t watched any others when I watched Fury Road in the cinema and I could still understand everything and enjoyed it thoroughly. A masterpiece.
@@O___________0 Oh was not saying you could not understand the movie. But the others would explain some things like how the world became what it was and why he got the name mad max. It is an awesome movie and the practical effects are some of the best in years.
This movie was insane in IMax 3D, just a sensory-overloading visual feast of chaos for 2 intense hours. Was a thoroughly enjoyable cinematic experience, with the film easily becoming my new favourite entry in the Mad Max mythology. It was fun seeing your guys' reaction to it, especially since you hadn't seen the earlier 70s and 80s films so were sort of piecing Miller's apocalyptic world-building together.