M. Leary Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) Toecutter dies in Mad Max, though I am just going to accept the idea this is Toecutter reincarnate. I realize that this gripe will probably register for few - but there are some for whom Mad Max is their Star Wars or Star Trek. The presence of the Interceptor here is kind of like having the Millenium Falcon destroyed in one installment of Star Wars only to have it pop up again in a later "reboot" film without any explanation. Sure, the Millenium Falcon could be rebuilt. The Interceptor also. But the idea that he could find a Falcon body, put a lift kit on it, and rebuild an engine with the dual cams and blower and everything given the drought on car parts and gasoline, etc... is really hard to swallow. Edited December 11, 2014 by M. Leary Quote "...the vivid crossing of borders between film and theology may save the film from the banality of cinema and festival business, and it may also save the church from the deep sleep of the habitual and the always known." (Hans Werner Dannowski) Filmwell | Twitter Link to post Share on other sites
M. Leary Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Apparently, Miller had considered rebooting the franchise by remaking Mad Max. He decided instead just to pick up with the end of Thunderdome so that we could continue to watch Max in the wilderness. This would make this film closest to a Road Warrior remake. Can't think of another example of the middle of a trilogy being remade. The major difference, as far as I can tell, is that Theron's character has an actual destination - which may or may not be Sydney. I hope it is, as this could bring successive films back in line with the Thunderdome storyline. Quote "...the vivid crossing of borders between film and theology may save the film from the banality of cinema and festival business, and it may also save the church from the deep sleep of the habitual and the always known." (Hans Werner Dannowski) Filmwell | Twitter Link to post Share on other sites
M. Leary Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 (edited) Oh, and one more thing. Jarre's soundtrack for Thunderdome was very much a part of what makes the film so unique. May's soundtracks for the prior two films were similarly evocative, though far more classic in tone. (In fact, May's score often carries the scenes in which Max makes key decisions, like this.) The soundtrack for Fury Road by Junkie XL has some pretty good industrial elements, but sounds like pretty generic Zimmerish stuff. Since the scores were a big part of processing the trilogy, I hope we have the same craftsmanship present here. Edited December 11, 2014 by M. Leary Quote "...the vivid crossing of borders between film and theology may save the film from the banality of cinema and festival business, and it may also save the church from the deep sleep of the habitual and the always known." (Hans Werner Dannowski) Filmwell | Twitter Link to post Share on other sites
Attica Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wasn't Thunderdome considered to be a quasi reboot of Road Warrior, under the Hollywood system? FWIW, the Road Warrior was a pretty important movie for me, not at the level of Star Wars, of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JustinH Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I can't believe I've never watched any of the mad max trilogy. I now will remedy that because that trailer looks amazing. Quote "The truth is you're the weak, and I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin Ringo, I'm tryin real hard to be the shepherd." Pulp Fiction Justin's Blog twitter Facebook Life Is Story Link to post Share on other sites
Attica Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Your in for a treat. They're great films. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buckeye Jones Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I can't remember a thing about Thunderdome except Tina Turner was in it and there was a little person riding around on Sloth from Goonies in it. Quote I have Flickritis Link to post Share on other sites
John Drew Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Toecutter dies in Mad Max, though I am just going to accept the idea this is Toecutter reincarnate. There seems to be some confusion here. Actor Hugh Keays-Byrne is not playing Toecutter in Fury Road. He's playing a character named Immorton Joe (which I wrote in the post that seems to have caused the confusion). I was just pointing out that George Miller did something similar with actor Bruce Spence, who played two different, but very similar characters in The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome. Quote Formerly Baal_T'shuvah "Everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much." - Maude Harold and Maude Link to post Share on other sites
M. Leary Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 Yeah, my joke in response didn't translate well. Quote "...the vivid crossing of borders between film and theology may save the film from the banality of cinema and festival business, and it may also save the church from the deep sleep of the habitual and the always known." (Hans Werner Dannowski) Filmwell | Twitter Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted December 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) M Leary wrote: : Can't think of another example of the middle of a trilogy being remade. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a remake of the fourth movie in the five-movie Planet of the Apes series. And if you think of the third-fourth-fifth Apes movies as a trilogy unto themselves (which they sort of are)... Edited December 12, 2014 by Peter T Chattaway Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
Attica Posted December 12, 2014 Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 The only thing that would improve this trailer is "From the director of Happy Feet Two and Babe: Pig in the City..." Then to call it Furry Road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Drew Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Yeah, my joke in response didn't translate well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FwA-Mt4iXU Quote Formerly Baal_T'shuvah "Everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much." - Maude Harold and Maude Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted February 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
Thom Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Yeah, I am not very excited about this remake and I am finding it difficult to convince myself of any value. Even though it would be nice for Hollywood to be more original than remakes and continuations I also recognize how much my childhood is tied to the original film, so it makes it that much more difficult. I was also very attracted to the Australian aesthetics of film from that era, more so than Hollywood at the time. Anyway, I am looking forward to the zombie's in this version though Edited February 22, 2015 by Thom Quote ...the kind of film criticism we do. We are talking about life, and more than that the possibility of abundant life." -M.Leary "Dad, how does she move in mysterious ways?"" -- Jude (my 5-year-old, after listening to Mysterious Ways) [once upon a time known here as asher] Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted March 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
Peter T Chattaway Posted March 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Arkadin Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 If this isn't your most anticipated would-be blockbuster of summer 2015, I don't understand you. Quote I've Seen That Movie Too Link to post Share on other sites
Buckeye Jones Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 This may make me break my habit of refusing to watch movies in the theater alone, as my wife would not touch this film with a 200 foot pole. Quote I have Flickritis Link to post Share on other sites
Jason Panella Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 This may make me break my habit of refusing to watch movies in the theater alone, as my wife would not touch this film with a 200 foot pole. Same here. My wife no desire to watch any other Max-related films, let alone this one. Anyway, when I saw the guy with the flamethrower/guitar, I almost threw month at the screen. I'm in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. Leary Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Oh wow. It is like all my childhood cinematic dreams are coming true. Mad Max was always to me what Star Wars was for others. And our reboot looks way better. Quote "...the vivid crossing of borders between film and theology may save the film from the banality of cinema and festival business, and it may also save the church from the deep sleep of the habitual and the always known." (Hans Werner Dannowski) Filmwell | Twitter Link to post Share on other sites
Christian Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 As I mentioned to Opus earlier, the trailer, while making the film look worthy of its predecessors, exhausted me well before the 1-minute mark. Maybe I'm just too old for this s&^!. Quote "What matters are movies, not awards; experiences, not celebrations; the subjective power of individual critical points of view, not the declamatory compromises of consensus." - Richard Brody, "Godard's Surprise Win Is a Victory for Independent Cinema," The New Yorker Link to post Share on other sites
Anders Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 If Miller wasn't directing this I'd be more worried. I like Hardy and Theron, and the action looks spectacular, but Hoult's already annoying me in these trailers and it does look downright exhausting. Still, I'll be checking it out. Quote "A director must live with the fact that his work will be called to judgment by someone who has never seen a film of Murnau's." - François TruffautTwitter.Letterboxd. Reviews and essays at Three Brothers Film. Link to post Share on other sites
Attica Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Awhile back I read an interview with Miller. He said that this film had very little dialogue like the other Mad Max films (especially the 2n'd), but that it was faster paced than the others. The first sits just fine with me. The second, well, I really liked the pacing of those old films. My concern is that this film will be so fast paced, with so much action, that it doesn't have time to breathe and capture the essence of the story, like the other ones did so well. But anyways. The trailer is really, really, killer, and Hardy looks like he might hit this one out of the park. There's a nice sense of having the old and fresh at the same time. Edited April 1, 2015 by Attica Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D. Adam Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 The editing in the first teaser is much less frenetic, so hopefully that's indicative of the actual pacing of the film. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgan1098 Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Despite the fact that this story takes place entirely within a few hundred miles of desert, it looks way more EPIC than a lot of recent blockbusters that span continents and planets and even galaxies. Wow. EDIT: Also, weren't all of the previous Mad Max movies on Netflix streaming not long ago? That is no longer the case. I'd like to revisit. Edited April 1, 2015 by morgan1098 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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