TheVengefulEagle Pretty sure Dunk is from Wisconsin so that's probably part of it. Kind of like how almost everybody in Illinois likes the Nostalgia Critic.
@@josiahstankus4193 I'm not a nitpicker by nature but if you would allow me to indulge in some... Sure he'd want the "best genes" but that wouldn't mean that they look like fashion models who have hair and makeup stylists and are on strict diets to maintain size 0 waists. In reality they wouldn't look that great and would be eating whatever food they can get, if they're eating the "best stuff" because of their status it will most likely be fatty and sugary which would not give them super model hips.
@@hankhill7827 well, I'm sure some food experts from the old world survived. If the supreme overlord wants skinny women, the people in charge of their diets would make sure things are that way.
I mean, visually it makes complete sense. This film uses visual storytelling moreso than dialogue and in terms of who they are in the world it tells me what I need to know in a way. They are also seemingly not afflicted by whatever illnesses and infections like the war boys / imortant joe/ MOST of the character in this deprived and depraved world.
The flaming guitar guy is like the standard bearer of the king. It's the drums of war also. Joe would definitely spare the fuel for the intimidation factor, boost to morale, and pomp
It's also a good show as to how wasteful Joe is with precious resources, like how he wastes precious fuel on flamethrowers just for show, or how most of the water he releases just soaks into the ground at the start
Aye thats what I was thinking, it's a waste of fuel yes BUT it's also a sign of power that in a world lacking fuel he's so rich and powerful he can afford to waste it on things like that.
Its one of the best representations of style over substance. The truck with speakers is indeed the wardrums and guitarguy is I believe even called Harbinger for it. That truck represents that a monarch has gone to war with his legions. The wasting of the resource that is otherwise to closely guarded is a sheer show of force and intimidation. It says basically: "I own this road and everything on it"
The theory I've heard about mad max is that these are stories told centuries after the fact, and are just legends. Multiple events are attributed to this one guy who may or may not have actually done them. The discrepancies are a part of this, and disagreements about the order and what not of the actions of this mythical character.
+Scootaloo 009 I never really thought of it like that before. The bonkers continuity was something that always bothered me about Mad Max, but thinking of it as a legend being muddled over time makes me look back on the series more fondly.
Yes, but not from centuries in the future, just decades. The Road Warrior is the legend being told by the boomerang kid once all grown up. And Beyond Thunderdome is the legend being told the oldest girl in the group of kids to the next generation as they try to rebuild society. It's kind of presented that way at the end of each movie.The original Mad Max though is just normal pre-apocalypse story, though it points strongly at society being in a state of decline. There's no sort of legendary aspect to that one.
Funnily enough, that's literally verbatim the justification the Zelda franchise uses for all the ways Nintendo's bs timeline doesn't add up. Only replace centuries with millenia.
I remember the first time I watched Fury Road, I watched it when I was sick and I just wanted to watch a simple/stupid action movie and I was like it was the best movie I have seen in years.
@@TheWaynos73 Last movie I saw in a movie theatre that was great was 'Sicario.' I look at movie listings and I don't see anything I like. Hollywood doesn't make any good movies anymore. It's only remakes and superhero movies.
Jay once asked, I think on their Prometheus review, if a director had ever returned to a series or genre that they got their start in and had it work perfectly? Here ya go.
One of the best bits of world-building in Fury Road was the steering wheels. Detaching the steering wheels like that seemed like an anti-theft system used by Joe to keep anyone who wasn't trusted from leaving his area. Told you a lot about the world without anyone actually saying it. My only gripes with the movie are that there wasn't even one person with a mohawk, and that we didn't get to see more of those creepy stilt people. But I guess seeing so little of the stilt people is what made them so cool.
MatticusF1nch I assumed that those stilt people used their stilts to stay above the toxic radioactive swamp. It wasn't explained but we can work it out. A frisson of chatter went through the audience during that shot both times I saw this. It's excellent filmmaking.
Miller takes Bogan Australian car culture obsession and literally makes it a religion. Genius. If you have played the Mad Max game, to which the devs had a lot of access to Miller’s notes - you see just how detailed and obsessed the various car cults are about their vehicles, like the hood ornaments treated like superstitious talismans etc. its amazing the world George has made here. If you look carefully at Immortan Joe’s dash board its literally covered in hundreds of different car badges. Crazy detailed world.
13:00 To be fair about grannies in the wasteland, they survived as a group, not alone like Max, and they were the last and best of their kind. Also, being a superhuman marksman or a granny in a post-apocalyptic wasteland is outrageous on its own, but put the two together and it actually makes sense.
It's an action movie and tells it's story in broad strokes. They are two opposite forces - one side is a patriarchal death-cult, the other a matriarchal death-cult. Both are unsustainable and sterile on their own.
@@GrainneMhaol I don't recall the old women being a death-cult? A "broken matriachy", agreed, if you take word of god from the production designer. But if you take that word of god, then they ain't "sterile", as that same production designer also goes on to say that they collect and milk sperm from the banished boy children in the bog.
Mad Max: Furry Road Starring: Adam Sandler as Max Furrstanksky Directed by: George Lucas Screenplay by: Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman Produced by: Rick McCallum
14:01 This shot! That wide shot of all the cars lined up with that guitar guy shredding and shooting fire is the most fucking metal thing I have seen in a movie.
Do you know what makes it even MORE metal? Every single car in the movie is 100% real supercharged chop jobs. They all exist. All the air cannons are real. All the stunts happened. Its all real...
If you made a metaphoric photo negative of the Star Wars prequels, this is what you would get. Full of action without being full of mind numbing clutter. Full of heart and characters you relate to and characters you root against, without getting bogged down in exposition or sappy, meaningless dialog. Pulls off a very difficult trick by starting the movie with an obvious protagonist, and transitioning very artfully to some one else actually being the protagonist by the end. I don't know if I like this movie as much as Jay does, but I was very, very pleased by it.
thevoxdeus I'm surprised you didn't specifically point out the emphasis on practical effects versus CG. MMFR was dirty, dirty, dirty and down to earth. The prequels were clean, sterile, and seemingly without consequence.
Mike: the fuck is wrong with you? that's not funny Jay: then why'd you write it? Mike: I didn't *Both look to camera as the credits fade in "written & directed by Rich Evans"* Just fucking perfect
It's kinda endearing to hear a fan from an older franchise not complain about a modern installment. Sure it's warranted sometimes, but at least Jay's not Jay-ded and let himself like this one as much as the rest. Good for you, Bauman!
I'm surprised by all the complaints about Fury Road having no story and not making sense. Sure, they don't have a huge amount of dialogue explaining everything but they tell you so much through the visuals. Like all the complaints about how it makes no sense for them to be so wasteful when resources are so scarce. But that's the whole point. It's conspicuous consumption, that's what a lot of dictatorships and failing societies do. It's why dictatorships like North Korea waste money building useless crap like amusement parks when half the population is starving. They show you how Immortan Joe has built this religion around himself. He's trying make people think he's a god. So everything is about maintaining the illusion of power. He wastes fuel and resources people need to survive because those things don't mean anything to a god. The movie may not have dialogue explaining everything but all the clues are there for the audience to figure it out by themselves.
Why did she take the women? Did she not want to escape? Why piss off the guy by taking his wives and get a whole war party on your back? Was it just to piss him off? Did she think it would take a while before he would notice? But why risk it? Why did the evil leader go straight to his wives when he learned that she had deviated from her course? Did he suspect that she had stole his wives? How on earth did she get them out if they're so valuable to him? Why did that guy from _about a boy_ need Max's blood, then no longer need his blood, and why did the loss of blood not effect Max? What happen to her arm? What did she seek redemption about? Was she the one involved in getting the girls locked up as breeder slaves? Did she help him become leader, or do evil things? Could she not have helped some of the many people dying of thirst? Who was the fat guy with nipple chains and where did his gang come from? Why did the about a boy guy turn good and so easily? Why did the women become leaders at the end? Was she high ranking before, as the men did keep calling her 'boss'? Is that why they became leaders? But is she not considered a traitor, why did the men not attack her when she came back? idk, this film made no sense. just action or action's sake.
A Koala with Shades A lot of those questions are explained pretty plainly. Furiosa was taken from her home and she's thought about returning and getting revenge on Immortan Joe ever since. They called her imperator, which is the rank of commander, so she was clearly in a position of authority. Immortan Joe also praised her in his speech so she has his trust. They tell you that pretty much everyone in the wasteland is sick. The Warboys are all dying, you can see how they have tumors and deformities. That's why they need transfusions. That's the whole reason why the Wives are important. Joe wants healthy heirs. The fat guy is the People Eater. They tell you that Immortan Joe rules the wasteland with two other warlords, the People Eater, who has control over oil production, and the Bullet Farmer, who controls weapons production. Nux did not turn good easily. He was indoctrinated into Immortan Joe's cult since childhood and he worships Joe as a god. However, he failed three times and Joe rebuked him, that's like a devote Catholic being told by the Pope that they're not going to heaven. Nux's faith was shattered but his time with Max, Furiosa, and the Wives helped him see how he was being manipulated by Joe into being a slave soldier. The rest of the questions you can figure out by yourself by the clues that are there. You can't expect movies to explain every detail to you. No movie does that. When you saw Batman, do you question how he was able to build the Bat cave by himself with no help or why he doesn't donate more money and resources to the Gotham police or why they don't try to fix up Arkham or shut it down, etc.? When you saw the first Star Wars, did you complain about them not explaining the senate or how the Empire took over or why Darth Vader is in that armor and breathes like that or why no one believes in Jedis and the Force even though they've protected the Republic for a thousand generations and were only wiped out in the last 20 years so everyone over 25 or 30 should know about them or why the Death Star doesn't have any railings, etc.
***** You can't create a world so disjointed from reality and expect no one to question it. All of what you answered was either your own interpretation, _mildly_ presented in the film, or ambiguous. Such as what rank is she? Is it just leader of the convoy? She's clearly not emperor, so they're not using the word strictly.
A Koala with Shades They make it pretty clear in the beginning of the film that Furiosa is high ranking by having Immortan Joe praise her, showing how he had command over her war band, and showing how the Warboys with her were unquestioningly loyal until Nux tried to attack her. It's no different than the ranks in Star Wars. What ranks were Grand Moff, Darth, or even Admiral? If Vader was supposed to be the Emperor's second in command, why was Grand Moff Tarkin able to command him? Same thing with the rebels/senate with princess/senator/general Leia. They don't give you a detailed description of the different ranks or their authority and responsibilities but let you figure things out by yourself.
+KingOfMadCows The 'war' band was a very small group of men, so clearly was not meant literally, therefore it it neither secures her rank as a general of sorts. But it's only an issue because it makes the viewer wonder why she was so trusted yet rebelled seemly, in the eyes of the main antagonist, out of no where. She neither seemed to have any connection with the men, the wives appeared to have more connection with the other warriors. Hard to really understand what exactly is her motivation was, that is, a specific event or elucidation of her treatment under his care. Instead it was just two hours of cars blowing up in one direction, then blowing up again in the other direction, with the bad guy inevitably dying near the end of the carnage. And why bring up star wars? Obviously Vader was second to the Tarkin guy, the Emperor as a character I don't believe was created yet. This why Vader gets more authoritative and darker, rather than just acting like a general, or a leader of the foot soldiers. It only becomes an issue because Lucas apparently couldn't be bothered to re-watch his old films and make sure that his news story fits the 'sequels'. As such I'm unsure why you bring up the prequels. Oh another thing that annoyed me. How did they know Max was universal donor?
18:18 *he did it again, I cannot believe it* Mike is referencing Commander William T. Riker from *Star Trek: The Next Generation* SUBCONSCIOUSLY here. In an episode where the enterprise is put into self destruct mode as a last resort, Riker has to give his agreement with the captain and authorization to abort the process, and he proudly agrees with his captain in this exact manner.
6/10. Saw it opening day. Some of the sound was bad (probably the theaters fault) and the action was okay. The CGI was super noticeable and off-putting. It's still infinitely better than anything I've seen in the past 2-4 years.
Seriously...they give awards to every other piece of crap department. Maybe because this is the one category that actually has to be well? Meaning there's only like one movie a year that could even be nominated cause they all suck so hard now.
To be fair, they lumped "Battletruck" into the bad Italian rip-offs camp, and it's nothing of the sort. It's actually a New Zealand production, and was released a week BEFORE Mad Max 2. A fun flick worth checking out.
I discovered RLM therough this review, though it took me 3 tries to actually watch this because this movie is sacred to me. Now they are the best movie review channel I follow. Thumbs up to these guys.
How often does it happen that a remake or reboot of a well-loved classic not only lives up to the original, but surpasses it? Never, is the answer. It had to happen eventually, but don't let it get to your head, Hollywood. You're still a bunch of shamelessly unoriginal self-plagiarizers. And I'm the sucker who will still get excited every time Ridley Scott says he's making a new _Alien_ or _Blade Runner_.
Dallas Harper The Road Warrior was definitely a continuity from the original Mad Max. That's why he still had the same V8 Interceptor and they explained in the Road Warrior that Max's family had been killed, which explains why he's so callous at the beginning.
I think this was the funniest "Half in the Bag" yet. Feels like your comedic timing gets better and better. Sorry, don't know what else to write, I'm hungry and haven't slept.
I remember a review a long time ago when I didn't understand the RedLetter humor yet, you "recommended" Cop Out. I went to blockbuster and rented it... Imagine my surprise.
Dandypanty I too had an awkward adjustment phase. Coming from watching typical review channels and film RUclipsrs, it was weird watching these guys thread the needle between satire and genuine film review 😂
Pretty much learned my lesson on trailers around 05. Never watch more than once. Unless it's a j.j. Abrams teaser trailer or the force awakens trailer.
I don't watch trailers unless I'm in the cinema the way they were intended, and I'll watch trailers online at will once I've seen the films. It's really helped with my anticipation as allot of trailers give too much away
Charlize Theron spoke to the question of whether this was a "feminist" movie in an interview at Cannes. She said that nobody went into it with a feminist agenda but the act of being truthful about strong women in that world meant it accidentally ended up coming off feminist. I've been thinking "Didn't we hear all this palaver about Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in 'Alien' back in '79?" Yes indeed we did. Fact is, in the post-apocalypse world, the only women who won't end up as slaves are the strong ones. Among the party who escape, the youngest one begs to be taken back into captivity because she can't take the outside world and would rather choose to be a breeder in a gilded cage. This film's got depth- it shows all types. The only thing that bummed me out about this awesome (in the true sense) Mad Max movie was the fact the title character got to drive his Interceptor for all of 2 shots before he rolled and crashed it (again). Could we please have a movie where Mad Max drives his own freaking car from the beginning till the end, or do I have to play the video game to get that?
this is easily one of the most positive half in the bags I've ever seen and they're totally right. there were a couple things that kinda took me out of this movie but I'd say for a solid hour and fifty minutes it's totally on point.
Great review guys, just got around to seeing Mad Max and I'm glad I did. Spot on review, love your work, keep it up! One of the best movies I've seen in a while. What a lovely day!
No shit. everyone or I should say "Star Wars Fans" said The Force Awakens was the best movie of 2015. No it's not. I asked them, "Did you see Mad Max: Fury Road?" They said nope. That's the shit that pisses me off.
meh, having only seen mad max 1 and recently finally watched this, i cant give it more then 6 out of 10, lots of stuff doesnt get explained, lots of holes in the story, clearly recognizable cgi, I was honestly pretty disappointed considering everyone and their mom seems to love this movie, I went "what even.." at least 20 times, only really giving it a 6 because of the fact they did do most stunts, did build all those wacky vehicles etc, that got them a bonus point. At the bottomline it was a kind of boring movie where nothing really happened, with some action scenes thrown in to help pass the time... long reply short: not even the best movie of 2015, forget best of decade
OMFG: Mike actually SMILED in a review! It was fleeting, but I saw it, I SAW IT! NEWS FLASH! Mike experiences pleasure!!!!!!! This must be a good movie.
Of course, my comment do not represent the opinion of the whole country. I just wanted to let them know they are watched here in my country, and it is a form of motivation in the future. I did not want to be rude or anything like that. Just continue with great humor (Y)
Believe it or not, this is a movie where I genuinely feared the explosions rather than cheered them on as they expect us to do in most Michael Bay movies. Seriously shows how much I genuinely feared for the character's lives as they sped down the desert. Only a rare movie like this could make me feel this way.z
Goddamn, I just finished watching Fury Road. That was incredible. I agree with Fat Hack and Hack with Stupid Hair: I was more engaged by this movie's story AND action that any film in years. The first 5 minutes of watching MM:FR on my TV at home got me more riled up and shouting at the screen than 2 hours of Force Awakens in a theater did. I can't recommend this film more highly. Also, for the MRA douches, realize that Charlize Theron's character is less in control of the plot and has fewer good ideas than Tom Hardy's character, not to mention being unequal to him physically in a number of ways. Theron's character is the "main" character of this particular story, but Max is the main character of all the stories. It's like Max finds people who need his help and he helps them, like Magnum PI or MacGuyver. Mag/Mac/Max may encounter a cute girl who impresses him with her moxie, but once he's helped her, she moves on and we, the audience, stick with him. So relax your sphincters before they prolapse.
I was worried what kind of review you guys would give Fury Road. Glad you gave it it's due. I remember coming out of the theater and needing a nap. The action just kept ramping up, up, up without sucking.
I hear some theory that Max is supposed to be a post apocalyptic folktale hero, thats why the continuity is pretty much non existent because its supposed to be told from the perspective of the people telling this campfire tale character called max. I think that made sense, at least in road warrior it does
I heard an interview about the continuity of this world where it was basically implied that these stories are being told like 300 years later about a savior-like figure with a growing mythology. So, as people would be prone to do in a relatively primitive world over three centuries, the details get blurry and confused and exaggerated. I think that's a pretty cool and good way to go about it and explains all the continuity "errors" of what characters were in each place, etc.
I have to admit with shame that I have never sat down and watched a Mad Max film from start to finish until this one so maybe I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The world was so much weirder than I had anticipated which threw me a little first time watching it. But watching it again and thinking about it I can't think anything other than this being one of the most relentlessly entertaining action movies of all time. Forget superhero movies and the like which are more dramatic blockbusters than action movies, THIS is how action should be done. And it's all so perfectly driven by the plot. Everything unfolds organically. Even the character scenes aren't forced where people have to sit around and explain the story and their past and motviation and backstory. It leaves that up to you to fill in the blanks. Everything is painted in broad brushstrokes which helps build the world and keep the pacing up at all times. It's a fantastic action movie. Anyone who doesn't think so is clearly wrong or was looking for something this movie is not meant to be.
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Some of the bad guys from Road Warrior are called Gay Boy Berserkers. Look it up.
***** Huh, didn't take you for an RLM fan, glad I was wrong.
***** Get outta here and make more Super Mario 64 playthroughs you hack
***** Don't forget the Smegma Crazies!
***** The muthafuckin Dunks?!
TheVengefulEagle Pretty sure Dunk is from Wisconsin so that's probably part of it. Kind of like how almost everybody in Illinois likes the Nostalgia Critic.
Sucks so hard Rich isn't in this review. He said this is one of his favorite movies of all time in the Furiosa review.
He's on the road warrior re:view at least
There was a guy in the movie who had a hairpiece made out of bullets. 10/10.
"There was a guy in the movie who had a hairpiece made out of bullets. 10/10"
Proud export of Australia.
R.I.P Bullet Farmer
And teeth!
"They looked like Victoria secret models." the pregnant one is a VS model lol
I found the captive girls to be the weakest part of the movie. Otherwise amazing film
Well I mean, the main bad guy would want the most attractive females to mate with so......
@@josiahstankus4193 I'm not a nitpicker by nature but if you would allow me to indulge in some... Sure he'd want the "best genes" but that wouldn't mean that they look like fashion models who have hair and makeup stylists and are on strict diets to maintain size 0 waists. In reality they wouldn't look that great and would be eating whatever food they can get, if they're eating the "best stuff" because of their status it will most likely be fatty and sugary which would not give them super model hips.
@@hankhill7827 well, I'm sure some food experts from the old world survived. If the supreme overlord wants skinny women, the people in charge of their diets would make sure things are that way.
I mean, visually it makes complete sense. This film uses visual storytelling moreso than dialogue and in terms of who they are in the world it tells me what I need to know in a way. They are also seemingly not afflicted by whatever illnesses and infections like the war boys / imortant joe/ MOST of the character in this deprived and depraved world.
This flick was two hours of heavy metal album covers.
Can't recommend this hard enough.
***** So a overly long "Brütal Legend" cutscene?
***** GREAT description!
***** Now THAT is a quote worthy of the back of the box.
***** the guitarist is the best part of the movie.
***** If it was written by someone with talent.
"We put the 'gay' in gaming."
***** Ah but did he write it or is he just getting credited for shits and giggles
Komnenos That was Bioware.
"We're hitting homeruns, people!"
I miss when games were just a hobby. Now you play any game even casually and society dictates you officially become a gaymer
@@theguardian8317 gaymers rise up!
😂
The flaming guitar guy is like the standard bearer of the king. It's the drums of war also. Joe would definitely spare the fuel for the intimidation factor, boost to morale, and pomp
It's also a good show as to how wasteful Joe is with precious resources, like how he wastes precious fuel on flamethrowers just for show, or how most of the water he releases just soaks into the ground at the start
Aye thats what I was thinking, it's a waste of fuel yes BUT it's also a sign of power that in a world lacking fuel he's so rich and powerful he can afford to waste it on things like that.
Its one of the best representations of style over substance. The truck with speakers is indeed the wardrums and guitarguy is I believe even called Harbinger for it. That truck represents that a monarch has gone to war with his legions. The wasting of the resource that is otherwise to closely guarded is a sheer show of force and intimidation.
It says basically: "I own this road and everything on it"
Road Warrior Roadies:
Did you want 35 Flaming Speakers on the Stage or 75?
Joe: Yes
They should be using electric cars and solar panels. It's like they don't even care about climate change.
The theory I've heard about mad max is that these are stories told centuries after the fact, and are just legends. Multiple events are attributed to this one guy who may or may not have actually done them. The discrepancies are a part of this, and disagreements about the order and what not of the actions of this mythical character.
+Scootaloo 009 I never really thought of it like that before. The bonkers continuity was something that always bothered me about Mad Max, but thinking of it as a legend being muddled over time makes me look back on the series more fondly.
Yes, but not from centuries in the future, just decades. The Road Warrior is the legend being told by the boomerang kid once all grown up. And Beyond Thunderdome is the legend being told the oldest girl in the group of kids to the next generation as they try to rebuild society. It's kind of presented that way at the end of each movie.The original Mad Max though is just normal pre-apocalypse story, though it points strongly at society being in a state of decline. There's no sort of legendary aspect to that one.
Its painful to watch people call shit like this "theory". The word you want is "overthinking", or maybe "obsessing"
Funnily enough, that's literally verbatim the justification the Zelda franchise uses for all the ways Nintendo's bs timeline doesn't add up. Only replace centuries with millenia.
Mega Zeta
Why are you so hostile?
I love how Mike and Jay are basically speechless at how great this film is.
Its almost impossible to fk with.
I remember the first time I watched Fury Road, I watched it when I was sick and I just wanted to watch a simple/stupid action movie and I was like it was the best movie I have seen in years.
@@sergeikhripunits literally the last movie ive seen at the cinema where i felt the need to go back and watch it again straight away.
@@TheWaynos73 Last movie I saw in a movie theatre that was great was 'Sicario.' I look at movie listings and I don't see anything I like. Hollywood doesn't make any good movies anymore. It's only remakes and superhero movies.
@sergeikhripun funny how nowadays in the comments of their Road Warrior re:view, most people are bashing Fury Road
Jay once asked, I think on their Prometheus review, if a director had ever returned to a series or genre that they got their start in and had it work perfectly? Here ya go.
Both starring charlize theron no less
One of the best bits of world-building in Fury Road was the steering wheels. Detaching the steering wheels like that seemed like an anti-theft system used by Joe to keep anyone who wasn't trusted from leaving his area. Told you a lot about the world without anyone actually saying it.
My only gripes with the movie are that there wasn't even one person with a mohawk, and that we didn't get to see more of those creepy stilt people. But I guess seeing so little of the stilt people is what made them so cool.
MatticusF1nch I assumed that those stilt people used their stilts to stay above the toxic radioactive swamp. It wasn't explained but we can work it out. A frisson of chatter went through the audience during that shot both times I saw this. It's excellent filmmaking.
If you would like more creepy stilt creatures, check out Dark Crystal.
Crow Fishers
And there isn't a single gyro-plane in this Mad Max installment, George Miller really lost his edge.
Miller takes Bogan Australian car culture obsession and literally makes it a religion. Genius. If you have played the Mad Max game, to which the devs had a lot of access to Miller’s notes - you see just how detailed and obsessed the various car cults are about their vehicles, like the hood ornaments treated like superstitious talismans etc. its amazing the world George has made here. If you look carefully at Immortan Joe’s dash board its literally covered in hundreds of different car badges. Crazy detailed world.
"The little pig riding a twinkie." I can't stop laughing at that for some reason.
sums up adventure time pretty well
@@im_Polyhedrons no....but yeah
13:00 To be fair about grannies in the wasteland, they survived as a group, not alone like Max, and they were the last and best of their kind. Also, being a superhuman marksman or a granny in a post-apocalyptic wasteland is outrageous on its own, but put the two together and it actually makes sense.
what lol combining two rare traits don't make them more believable wtf lmfao
@@newerest1 If you're a superhuman marksman, you're more likely to live to old age in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Not to mention, they get mostly destroyed once they actually go head to head with the baddies. Old people can certainly be good scavengers
It's an action movie and tells it's story in broad strokes. They are two opposite forces - one side is a patriarchal death-cult, the other a matriarchal death-cult. Both are unsustainable and sterile on their own.
@@GrainneMhaol I don't recall the old women being a death-cult? A "broken matriachy", agreed, if you take word of god from the production designer. But if you take that word of god, then they ain't "sterile", as that same production designer also goes on to say that they collect and milk sperm from the banished boy children in the bog.
Mad Max: Fury Road is brought to you by 'explosions' and 'the colour orange'.
@Jake Shattuck just bought the B&C edition. Pretty cool, though you lose some intensity in certain scenes.
@@GD-iy8mb ByC edition?
@@matiasfpm "B&C" = Black and Chrome. Fancy way of saying black and white lol
I just broke out laughing at this. Well played, sir.
Just wait until you see Dune
You know Fury Road is 16 years in the making...
FUCK BOYHOOD.
Ice Raptor IT TOOK TWELVE YEARS TO MAKE!
Sam Dolan WHO NEEDS OVER THE TOP, TENSE, EPIC, VISUALLY STUNNING PRACTICAL CAR CHASES AND ACTION WHEN YOU HAVE BOYHOOD!
IT TOOK TWELVE YEARS TO MAKE!
***** WITNESS ME BOYHOOD!
Sam Dolan Did you know that Boyhood took 12 years to make!?
Sam Dolan IT TOOK TWELVE YEARS SAM. TWELVE YEARS.
DID YOU TAKE TWELVE YEARS?
NO. DIDN'T THINK SO.
Damn you guys!!! I wanted a review of black spring break! Your thumbnail lied to me!
Seriously!!! That's the only reason I clicked!
Same
I was also intrigued by Black Spring Break. Lol
Thanks for the heads up, only wasted 38 seconds.
It could not have been worse than this Mad Max movie they are so in love with! It sucked a dick!
It's true, the movie did feel a lot shorter than it was.
MurraySwe Engaging movies with good pacing tend to feel that way. The opposite can make a 1 hour movie feel like 2 hours.
MurraySwe So did this episode.
MurraySwe That's what she...nah forget it.
It's the most metal action movie since Dredd.
@History Eraser Button or that "based on idea of Bruce Lee" one.
You can see Mike's eyes are filled with hope, very different from the usual mike
Mad Max: Furry Road
Starring: Adam Sandler as Max Furrstanksky
Directed by: George Lucas
Screenplay by: Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
Produced by: Rick McCallum
What is it with Ricks?
Darren Lai I thought it was Rick Berman
And Hayden Christensen as Immortan Joe.
And Nathalie Portman as Imperator Furiosa.
its gonna be great
Mikes obsession with frail grandmas really leads him to believe that they’re fully incapable of surviving
14:01 This shot! That wide shot of all the cars lined up with that guitar guy shredding and shooting fire is the most fucking metal thing I have seen in a movie.
Do you know what makes it even MORE metal? Every single car in the movie is 100% real supercharged chop jobs. They all exist. All the air cannons are real. All the stunts happened. Its all real...
Another half in the bag? And it's about Mad Max? o what a day! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!!
Furiosa was great. I feel like it could go nicely into rewatches of this too.
Agreed. It will just help to heighten the tension of Fury Road.
Still waiting for that "Mom, Can I keep her" review
500 pounds of furry fun
If you made a metaphoric photo negative of the Star Wars prequels, this is what you would get.
Full of action without being full of mind numbing clutter. Full of heart and characters you relate to and characters you root against, without getting bogged down in exposition or sappy, meaningless dialog.
Pulls off a very difficult trick by starting the movie with an obvious protagonist, and transitioning very artfully to some one else actually being the protagonist by the end.
I don't know if I like this movie as much as Jay does, but I was very, very pleased by it.
Its so dense...
thevoxdeus I'm surprised you didn't specifically point out the emphasis on practical effects versus CG. MMFR was dirty, dirty, dirty and down to earth. The prequels were clean, sterile, and seemingly without consequence.
***** Exactly what I thought when I saw the scene after the sandstorm.
These guys eat sand for breakfast.
Babe: Pig in the City is a great movie, actually. Highly recommended.
Mike: the fuck is wrong with you? that's not funny
Jay: then why'd you write it?
Mike: I didn't
*Both look to camera as the credits fade in "written & directed by Rich Evans"*
Just fucking perfect
You guys summed it up perfectly about being engaged in the world for a first time in a movie in a long time. Great review.
It's kinda endearing to hear a fan from an older franchise not complain about a modern installment. Sure it's warranted sometimes, but at least Jay's not Jay-ded and let himself like this one as much as the rest. Good for you, Bauman!
this is one of those movies where i want to watch in theaters again
I'm surprised by all the complaints about Fury Road having no story and not making sense. Sure, they don't have a huge amount of dialogue explaining everything but they tell you so much through the visuals.
Like all the complaints about how it makes no sense for them to be so wasteful when resources are so scarce. But that's the whole point. It's conspicuous consumption, that's what a lot of dictatorships and failing societies do. It's why dictatorships like North Korea waste money building useless crap like amusement parks when half the population is starving.
They show you how Immortan Joe has built this religion around himself. He's trying make people think he's a god. So everything is about maintaining the illusion of power. He wastes fuel and resources people need to survive because those things don't mean anything to a god.
The movie may not have dialogue explaining everything but all the clues are there for the audience to figure it out by themselves.
Why did she take the women? Did she not want to escape? Why piss off the guy by taking his wives and get a whole war party on your back? Was it just to piss him off? Did she think it would take a while before he would notice? But why risk it? Why did the evil leader go straight to his wives when he learned that she had deviated from her course? Did he suspect that she had stole his wives? How on earth did she get them out if they're so valuable to him? Why did that guy from _about a boy_ need Max's blood, then no longer need his blood, and why did the loss of blood not effect Max? What happen to her arm? What did she seek redemption about? Was she the one involved in getting the girls locked up as breeder slaves? Did she help him become leader, or do evil things? Could she not have helped some of the many people dying of thirst? Who was the fat guy with nipple chains and where did his gang come from? Why did the about a boy guy turn good and so easily? Why did the women become leaders at the end? Was she high ranking before, as the men did keep calling her 'boss'? Is that why they became leaders? But is she not considered a traitor, why did the men not attack her when she came back? idk, this film made no sense. just action or action's sake.
A Koala with Shades A lot of those questions are explained pretty plainly.
Furiosa was taken from her home and she's thought about returning and getting revenge on Immortan Joe ever since. They called her imperator, which is the rank of commander, so she was clearly in a position of authority. Immortan Joe also praised her in his speech so she has his trust. They tell you that pretty much everyone in the wasteland is sick. The Warboys are all dying, you can see how they have tumors and deformities. That's why they need transfusions. That's the whole reason why the Wives are important. Joe wants healthy heirs. The fat guy is the People Eater. They tell you that Immortan Joe rules the wasteland with two other warlords, the People Eater, who has control over oil production, and the Bullet Farmer, who controls weapons production. Nux did not turn good easily. He was indoctrinated into Immortan Joe's cult since childhood and he worships Joe as a god. However, he failed three times and Joe rebuked him, that's like a devote Catholic being told by the Pope that they're not going to heaven. Nux's faith was shattered but his time with Max, Furiosa, and the Wives helped him see how he was being manipulated by Joe into being a slave soldier.
The rest of the questions you can figure out by yourself by the clues that are there. You can't expect movies to explain every detail to you. No movie does that. When you saw Batman, do you question how he was able to build the Bat cave by himself with no help or why he doesn't donate more money and resources to the Gotham police or why they don't try to fix up Arkham or shut it down, etc.? When you saw the first Star Wars, did you complain about them not explaining the senate or how the Empire took over or why Darth Vader is in that armor and breathes like that or why no one believes in Jedis and the Force even though they've protected the Republic for a thousand generations and were only wiped out in the last 20 years so everyone over 25 or 30 should know about them or why the Death Star doesn't have any railings, etc.
*****
You can't create a world so disjointed from reality and expect no one to question it. All of what you answered was either your own interpretation, _mildly_ presented in the film, or ambiguous. Such as what rank is she? Is it just leader of the convoy? She's clearly not emperor, so they're not using the word strictly.
A Koala with Shades They make it pretty clear in the beginning of the film that Furiosa is high ranking by having Immortan Joe praise her, showing how he had command over her war band, and showing how the Warboys with her were unquestioningly loyal until Nux tried to attack her.
It's no different than the ranks in Star Wars. What ranks were Grand Moff, Darth, or even Admiral? If Vader was supposed to be the Emperor's second in command, why was Grand Moff Tarkin able to command him? Same thing with the rebels/senate with princess/senator/general Leia. They don't give you a detailed description of the different ranks or their authority and responsibilities but let you figure things out by yourself.
+KingOfMadCows The 'war' band was a very small group of men, so clearly was not meant literally, therefore it it neither secures her rank as a general of sorts. But it's only an issue because it makes the viewer wonder why she was so trusted yet rebelled seemly, in the eyes of the main antagonist, out of no where. She neither seemed to have any connection with the men, the wives appeared to have more connection with the other warriors. Hard to really understand what exactly is her motivation was, that is, a specific event or elucidation of her treatment under his care. Instead it was just two hours of cars blowing up in one direction, then blowing up again in the other direction, with the bad guy inevitably dying near the end of the carnage.
And why bring up star wars? Obviously Vader was second to the Tarkin guy, the Emperor as a character I don't believe was created yet. This why Vader gets more authoritative and darker, rather than just acting like a general, or a leader of the foot soldiers. It only becomes an issue because Lucas apparently couldn't be bothered to re-watch his old films and make sure that his news story fits the 'sequels'. As such I'm unsure why you bring up the prequels.
Oh another thing that annoyed me. How did they know Max was universal donor?
18:18 *he did it again, I cannot believe it*
Mike is referencing Commander William T. Riker from *Star Trek: The Next Generation* SUBCONSCIOUSLY here.
In an episode where the enterprise is put into self destruct mode as a last resort, Riker has to give his agreement with the captain and authorization to abort the process, and he proudly agrees with his captain in this exact manner.
gods, 2015 was such a paradise compared to now.
Here again in 2024, gearing up for Furiosa.
Just seen it but same reasons for revisiting.
I liled the new one, great sequel
Your the only one apparently
6/10. Saw it opening day. Some of the sound was bad (probably the theaters fault) and the action was okay. The CGI was super noticeable and off-putting. It's still infinitely better than anything I've seen in the past 2-4 years.
This is a really good half in the bag and a great movie
They should have an Academy Award for stunt work.
I never even realised there isn't until you said that.
Russell Delmet there isn't. The stunt coordinators always try to get Oscar recognition but the Academy always says the evening is already too full.
Maybe one day. Long overdue.
Seriously...they give awards to every other piece of crap department. Maybe because this is the one category that actually has to be well? Meaning there's only like one movie a year that could even be nominated cause they all suck so hard now.
Hollywood can't have the cannon fodder getting famous, insurance rates would increase if the stunt people became stars too.
To be fair, they lumped "Battletruck" into the bad Italian rip-offs camp, and it's nothing of the sort.
It's actually a New Zealand production, and was released a week BEFORE Mad Max 2. A fun flick worth checking out.
Hard to believe this video is 26 years old now
Came here looking for a youthful Rich Evans, but they didn't allow him in the studio that day.
37 now
I discovered RLM therough this review, though it took me 3 tries to actually watch this because this movie is sacred to me. Now they are the best movie review channel I follow. Thumbs up to these guys.
"this movie is sacred to me"
Nigga the shit isn't the Torah calm down
Wait... Fury Road is like 3 to 5 years old isn't it?... ISN'T IT!?
I've got some bad news for you.
How often does it happen that a remake or reboot of a well-loved classic not only lives up to the original, but surpasses it? Never, is the answer. It had to happen eventually, but don't let it get to your head, Hollywood. You're still a bunch of shamelessly unoriginal self-plagiarizers. And I'm the sucker who will still get excited every time Ridley Scott says he's making a new _Alien_ or _Blade Runner_.
It's not a remake or reboot it's just another movie that exist in the mad max universe.
It's made by the same director as the other 3 so I'm not surprised it was good
It's definitely a different continuity unless Max had a second kid who lived like eight times as long as his son.
None of the films have the same continuity at all. It's like Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2.
Dallas Harper The Road Warrior was definitely a continuity from the original Mad Max. That's why he still had the same V8 Interceptor and they explained in the Road Warrior that Max's family had been killed, which explains why he's so callous at the beginning.
Nah, i pass. It didn't took 12 years to make
Isaac Johnson Caddell 16 years
***** "HEY BOYHOOD BEAT YOU TO IT BY 4 YEARS! YOU FUCKIN HACK FRAUDS!"
*LIKE HELL IT DIDN'T!*
I think this was the funniest "Half in the Bag" yet. Feels like your comedic timing gets better and better.
Sorry, don't know what else to write, I'm hungry and haven't slept.
c
I remember a review a long time ago when I didn't understand the RedLetter humor yet, you "recommended" Cop Out. I went to blockbuster and rented it... Imagine my surprise.
Dandypanty I too had an awkward adjustment phase. Coming from watching typical review channels and film RUclipsrs, it was weird watching these guys thread the needle between satire and genuine film review 😂
How in the hell has Mike never seen The Road Warrior, it's one of the best movies ever!
Why is Mike so enticed by the twinkie toy?
GSDAkatsuki Because he puts the Gae in Gaming?
chucknut97 And also a fraud.
RaccoonBrigade And a hackfraud.
I sure hope Mike doesn't have sex with it. Ever since Rich hooked up with that droid toy, he never leaves the house.
KenFan4life bravo good sir...bravo...
I'm so happy I didn't watch any trailers for the movie before seeing this in the cinemas.
SAME!
Pretty much learned my lesson on trailers around 05. Never watch more than once. Unless it's a j.j. Abrams teaser trailer or the force awakens trailer.
I don't watch trailers unless I'm in the cinema the way they were intended, and I'll watch trailers online at will once I've seen the films. It's really helped with my anticipation as allot of trailers give too much away
An absolute work of passion from everybody involved. The movie oozes love.
Best action movie since the Matrix
If I couldn't watch Half in the Bag, I'd have nothing to do at work all day.
Thanks for another entertaining video, gentlemen!
I loved the ending. Best endings for me are those where hero after overcomming with obstacles, just leaves and rides to the sunset.
Hands down some of the best action ever put to film. Practical effects forever.
Charlize Theron spoke to the question of whether this was a "feminist" movie in an interview at Cannes. She said that nobody went into it with a feminist agenda but the act of being truthful about strong women in that world meant it accidentally ended up coming off feminist. I've been thinking "Didn't we hear all this palaver about Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in 'Alien' back in '79?" Yes indeed we did.
Fact is, in the post-apocalypse world, the only women who won't end up as slaves are the strong ones. Among the party who escape, the youngest one begs to be taken back into captivity because she can't take the outside world and would rather choose to be a breeder in a gilded cage. This film's got depth- it shows all types.
The only thing that bummed me out about this awesome (in the true sense) Mad Max movie was the fact the title character got to drive his Interceptor for all of 2 shots before he rolled and crashed it (again). Could we please have a movie where Mad Max drives his own freaking car from the beginning till the end, or do I have to play the video game to get that?
He loses his car in the game too lol
Aw jeez,@@LeekLP 😒 F*cked either way, eh? 💥
It’s crazy that a Mad Max movie was nominated for Best Picture and even won more Oscars than any other film that year ❤️
this is easily one of the most positive half in the bags I've ever seen
and they're totally right. there were a couple things that kinda took me out of this movie but I'd say for a solid hour and fifty minutes it's totally on point.
I think Mike is slowly descending into madness, and we're watching it unfold before our eyes.
Mike is now the "Mad" Max from the opening scene of Fury Road 😂
You can mute the movie and instead play Iron Maiden's 80's discography and it would fit perfectly.
I'm so doing that immediately
PASCHENDALE!
Great review guys, just got around to seeing Mad Max and I'm glad I did. Spot on review, love your work, keep it up! One of the best movies I've seen in a while.
What a lovely day!
This video is almost 10 years old............ It feels like the move came out last year
What move? You busting out a move? 🕺🏼
best movie of the past few years. great episode. great review. great jokes. well played.
Adventure Time is also post-apocalyptic. Coincidence?!
sirkowski WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH SISTER WULFIA FOCKA YOU HACK FRAUD
I'll let you decide.
But the answer is yes.
sirkowski yes
MrDemomanman This is probably a joke, but just in case, I update SWF with ten new pages each month.
sirkowski It is a joke, and youre the hero /d/ deserves. keep that demon-futa train a rollin
I rewatched this flick after Furiosa, in 3d no less, and god damn I forgot how incredible it is. Seriously could be in my top 5 all time favorites.
This movie was so awesome I was literally sweating with excitement. Everyone in the world deserves to see this movie.
9 years ago
Kill me
That'll happen soon enough.
😂🤣💀
I'll be over later
i saw this movie in theaters like 4 times when it came out!
way better than The Force Awakens
No shit. everyone or I should say "Star Wars Fans" said The Force Awakens was the best movie of 2015. No it's not. I asked them, "Did you see Mad Max: Fury Road?" They said nope. That's the shit that pisses me off.
Guys chill and be happy we got some half decent movies in 2015
Suburban Sasquatch is better than The Force Awakens
@@albertosaurschannel6946 I never seen Fury Road
What a review! What a lovely review!
Hey, I recognize that beer bottle at 2:23!
Yinz have a great eye.
I KNOW WHAT THAT IS
"A little pig ridding a twinkie" oh that damaged my soul.
five years later safe to say it was the best movie of the decade.
it was the best action movie probably
a lot of good movies came out this decade tho
meh, having only seen mad max 1 and recently finally watched this, i cant give it more then 6 out of 10, lots of stuff doesnt get explained, lots of holes in the story, clearly recognizable cgi, I was honestly pretty disappointed considering everyone and their mom seems to love this movie, I went "what even.." at least 20 times, only really giving it a 6 because of the fact they did do most stunts, did build all those wacky vehicles etc, that got them a bonus point. At the bottomline it was a kind of boring movie where nothing really happened, with some action scenes thrown in to help pass the time... long reply short: not even the best movie of 2015, forget best of decade
nah it was a solid 5 out of 10
"The little pig riding a twinkie" lol
OMFG: Mike actually SMILED in a review! It was fleeting, but I saw it, I SAW IT! NEWS FLASH! Mike experiences pleasure!!!!!!!
This must be a good movie.
Croatia loves your show
Saša Karlovac That's pretty sizable fanbase to have!
*****
I don't know whether that makes me happy or sad... A bit of both, I guess.
Saša Karlovac You are completly right.
Of course, my comment do not represent the opinion of the whole country. I just wanted to let them know they are watched here in my country, and it is a form of motivation in the future. I did not want to be rude or anything like that. Just continue with great humor (Y)
I can't help hearing Mr. Plinkett sometimes when Mike talks
"Speaking of post apocalyptic women crashing cars?" "You mean Bruce Jenner?" LOL!!!
"That's not funny."
"Then why did you write that?"
Furiosa was great, but Fury Road is infinitely rewatchable
indeed
Are you guys going to watch Kung Fury later this month?
"That part when Babe is running and jumps over that little fence? . . Fuckin amazing."
Believe it or not, this is a movie where I genuinely feared the explosions rather than cheered them on as they expect us to do in most Michael Bay movies. Seriously shows how much I genuinely feared for the character's lives as they sped down the desert. Only a rare movie like this could make me feel this way.z
"We don't need another heeeeero!"
hahaha
Goddamn, I just finished watching Fury Road. That was incredible. I agree with Fat Hack and Hack with Stupid Hair: I was more engaged by this movie's story AND action that any film in years. The first 5 minutes of watching MM:FR on my TV at home got me more riled up and shouting at the screen than 2 hours of Force Awakens in a theater did. I can't recommend this film more highly.
Also, for the MRA douches, realize that Charlize Theron's character is less in control of the plot and has fewer good ideas than Tom Hardy's character, not to mention being unequal to him physically in a number of ways. Theron's character is the "main" character of this particular story, but Max is the main character of all the stories. It's like Max finds people who need his help and he helps them, like Magnum PI or MacGuyver. Mag/Mac/Max may encounter a cute girl who impresses him with her moxie, but once he's helped her, she moves on and we, the audience, stick with him. So relax your sphincters before they prolapse.
The people complaining about the movie was completely blown out of proportion, they weren't even MRAs. You fell for a strawman.
Filipe Amaral
I fell for Immortan Joe, more like it. "WITNESS ME!!!"
That's more like 'Fat Hack' and 'Charming Hack With Fine Hair', hey.
I was worried what kind of review you guys would give Fury Road. Glad you gave it it's due.
I remember coming out of the theater and needing a nap. The action just kept ramping up, up, up without sucking.
Lol, right when Mike said "internet button go" I got an ad break
Damn, the music got muted from the porn parody montage, that was the best part of the whole thing!
How in the fucking fuck has Mike not seen 'The Road Warrior'?!
the comedic timing at the very end was perfect
Years later, and after much searching, I believe this may be the best movie ever made.
Good to know I was not the only one who was blown away by this movie.... I loved it so much.
Color Grading needs to be an Oscar category because of this film.
Thank you for using the internet appropriately and answering the question that was on everybody's mind.
I'm new to the channel. Just subbed after watching a handful of things.
"The LOAD Warriors" omfg I'm dying, thats the funniest shit I've seen all week 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I hear some theory that Max is supposed to be a post apocalyptic folktale hero, thats why the continuity is pretty much non existent because its supposed to be told from the perspective of the people telling this campfire tale character called max. I think that made sense, at least in road warrior it does
Did you know the hands praying sign with the fingers poking out is supposed to resemble a V8 engine with its pistons
We're hittin' homeruns like noones business!
It always great to see these videos.
Still needs more Comic Sans.
"Sands"
I heard an interview about the continuity of this world where it was basically implied that these stories are being told like 300 years later about a savior-like figure with a growing mythology. So, as people would be prone to do in a relatively primitive world over three centuries, the details get blurry and confused and exaggerated. I think that's a pretty cool and good way to go about it and explains all the continuity "errors" of what characters were in each place, etc.
I'm with Jay. This is the best movie I've seen so far this year. And I doubt I'll see anything better this year.
Well, did you?
Best movie I've seen since 2015
I have to admit with shame that I have never sat down and watched a Mad Max film from start to finish until this one so maybe I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The world was so much weirder than I had anticipated which threw me a little first time watching it. But watching it again and thinking about it I can't think anything other than this being one of the most relentlessly entertaining action movies of all time. Forget superhero movies and the like which are more dramatic blockbusters than action movies, THIS is how action should be done. And it's all so perfectly driven by the plot. Everything unfolds organically. Even the character scenes aren't forced where people have to sit around and explain the story and their past and motviation and backstory. It leaves that up to you to fill in the blanks. Everything is painted in broad brushstrokes which helps build the world and keep the pacing up at all times. It's a fantastic action movie. Anyone who doesn't think so is clearly wrong or was looking for something this movie is not meant to be.