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user-inactivated  ·  3304 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ May Return to Theaters in 2016—in Black and White

    During the first twenty minutes or so, it felt like a random pile of elements thrown in together to make effort to build some sort of a world; even if it was internally-consistent (which I gathered neither to be true nor false in the limited time I gave to the movie), there was no hint, no explanation given whatsoever to what the hell was happening, which threw me off immediately. If didn't feel like a "figure it out" kind of story where the elements are there and a somewhat-knowledgeable viewer can make the connections, thus reinterpreting the story into a deeper, more detailed picture, either.

It's an action movie with a very straightforward premise. There's not a lot of depth to the plot, so there's no real need for back story or exposition. The story makes sense as it progresses. As far as world building is concerned, it's a visually rich movie, so a lot of the information as to the kind of world and culture they live in is gleaned not by what is said, but by what is seen. It's actually great because it's one of those movies that lends itself greatly to people that either want to look more deeply into it and pick up on stuff, while at the same time being a simple, straightforward ride for people who just want some action.

    Don't strive towards water!", "Hail Coca Cola!" . . . fiery blood as a fuel... Oh, fuck off.

I thought the dialogue was actually very creative, and going back to the whole world building, also gives hints to the world and culture the characters live in.

    Unless there's a new and prominent agrument for watching the movie appears - and I haven't seen any yet - I'm not going back to it.

Visually speaking, the movie is fantastic. I've said it elsewhere in this thread and I've said it tons of times since I've seen this movie, I will watch this movie again and again just because it looks so damn gorgeous.