Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (1 Viewer)

[Chuck Mayer]

Oddly enough, after watching TFA, I was even more enamored of FR and Creed. TFA is what a "good enough" reboot looks like, trading on nostalgia over depth, treading the safe road over a new road.


Fury Road is the most exhilarating film I've seen in some time, and retains as much of its power on the small screen as possible.

 

[Chris Will]

I love MM:FR but, TFA is the most fun I've had in a movie theater in a long, long time. It's also the first time I've seen a movie 3 times in theaters since Episode III, and I'm considering going back a fourth time.

 

[Brandon Conway]

With how shaky the dramas are this year - and I like quite a few of them, but my favorite (Steve Jobs) is getting no traction - I would love for Fury Road to win some big prizes. I've watched it 7-8 times, and I've watched some of the sequences another half-dozen times each. I really think it's in the Top 15 action movies of all time, and will go down historically as significantly as, say, Terminator 2.


All that being said, I really just want it to get the Picture and Director nominations. That alone will be an achievement that bucks Oscar voter tradition. (This is assuming it'll get 6-9 technical nominations).


The Academy did itself a disservice not nominating The Dark Knight for Picture and Director, IMO, and they've been trying to own up for it ever since. If they don't nominate Fury Road in a year that has FAR weaker competition than Nolan's landmark film did, and with up to five more nomination slots to work with, then they will never break from their enormously biased positions even for the greatest achievements in genre filmmaking.

 

[Sean Bryan]

Congrats to Mad Max: Fury Road for the Best Picture nomination.

My favorite of the year for sure.

 

[Tino]

With 10 nominations second only to The Revenant, this is the film I'll be rooting for on Oscar night. [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[TravisR]

I'm happy to be wrong about its Oscar nomination chances.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

With 10 nominations second only to The Revenant, this is the film I'll be rooting for on Oscar night. [emoji106][emoji106]

Really? I'm surprised - you never seemed to be very enthusiastic about the film...

 

[joshEH]

With the Academy unlikely to give Inarritu the double-statuettes two years in a row, many Oscar handicappers are now predicting a split between The Revenant for Best Picture and George Miller for Best Director.


I sure hope so. Miller's direction on the film is world-class in every aspect. Sometimes a distinction is made between Best Direction and Most Direction. This year, I would have given Haynes the former, and Inarritu the latter. But Miller is simply a great combination of both.

 

[Osato]

Crazy!!!

From the digital bits....

First up, there’s word from no less an authority than director George Miller (via the Screen Daily website), they there may be a theatrical and Blu-ray re-release of Mad Max: Fury Road in black and white, which was his original intent for the film. [Read on here…]

 

[Tino]

Crazy!!!
From the digital bits....
First up, there’s word from no less an authority than director George Miller (via the Screen Daily website), they there may be a theatrical and Blu-ray re-release of Mad Max: Fury Road in black and white, which was his original intent for the film. [Read on here…]

Yeah that's been rumored for a while. And as much as I LOVED the film, I have little interest in seeing it in black and white. The color scheme in this film is so vibrant and alive that I can't imagine seeing it in BW.

 

[Brandon Conway]

I agree. However, a Miller commentary may make it worthy of a purchase.

 

[Tino]

I agree. However, a Miller commentary may make it worthy of a purchase.

Don't get me wrong. I'll double dip happily for a commentary track and more extras.

 

[Osato]

I'm curious and would see it in the theater too. My wife loved the idea and she missed out seeing it during the theatrical too.

Very cool if this does happen.

 

[Oliver Ravencrest]

Yeah that's been rumored for a while. And as much as I LOVED the film, I have little interest in seeing it in black and white. The color scheme in this film is so vibrant and alive that I can't imagine seeing it in BW.

I agree it looks great in colour but I'd be interested to see it in BW.

 

[Tim Glover]

Just can't imagine Fury Road that way. I LOVED it in 3D and all the gritty but gorgeous color.