It sure is. We had nothing to do for a few hours while visiting my son in Sydney, so saw it at the cinema.
I have but a long time ago, would have to rewatch it, to remember it.
and an arm which he proceeds to replace Evil dead style with a samurai sword.I remember watching this shite in installments as a full feature length of this in one sitting was too much, even for mePrisoners of the Ghostland
A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
WTF did I just watch Totally batsit crazy.
Only watch because of Cage, but its still dreadful, but lets be honest who else but Cage could pull of a Black Leather exploding suit, that actually blows of one his ball off
With Cage its barely watchable.
With out Cage easy on of the worst films ever and would rate a 1/10 at best
With Cage still dreadful but elevates it to a 4/10
I am at work and its very quite, so I was paid to watch itI remember watching this shite in installments as a full feature length of this in one sitting was too much, even for me
I never knew it was a documentary?!
Yeah I enjoyed this as well and agree with a few of your criticisms especially re: the pacing in that middle bit. I also thought it suffered a bit from "Greengrass shaky cam" which was annoying at times during the fight scenes. Keep it feckin still man! But yeah, good action movie with an excellent sprinkling of banchods and manachods.Monkey Man
Dev Patel's directorial debut about a man wanting to get revenge for the death of his mother.
I really, really enjoyed this. You can see the influences in this confident debut, from films such as John Wick, The Raid, Old Boy and even some stuff from Danny Boyle. The action scenes were brutal and really fun and the film had a really interesting look.
This did however, have a lot of "first feature" problems. The pacing was off, mainly because it slows to a halt in the middle act, where I nearly dozed off for a bit. There are also shots that spend way too long in shallow depth of field when a more established director might have elected for more establishing shots. Obviously, I don't mind it missing these but there needs to be reasoning behind it. Some things are also too heavy handed.
Also, found it funny that he takes pummelings butt never gets bruised and Dev put in a scene where he takes his top off and ladies literally scream in excitement
But putting that aside, as an action movie, this is what I want. Long action scenes without cutting every two seconds so you can actually see the choreography.
I would highly recommend and am excited to see what Dev does next. He can definitely be an action star and an interesting filmmaker 7.5/10
Yeah this was a little annoying and I forgot to mention it but I have seen a lot of films that use this style so have kinda gotten used to it so didn't bother me that much.
“Greengrass shaky cam” is the worst thing to happen to action cinema in the last 50 years. Try and convince me otherwise.
For me, it's the constant cutting/edits style action scenes that are far worse.
For me, it's the constant cutting/edits style action scenes that are far worse.
Look at Taken, there's about 50 cuts when Liam Neeson jumps over a fence
jesusHollywood has always done this I think. I hate it so much
Isn’t that all part of the same trend though?
Even breaking the 180 rule multiple times. That was hilariously bad, up there with the infamous Bohemian Rhapsody scene.For me, it's the constant cutting/edits style action scenes that are far worse.
Look at Taken, there's about 50 cuts when Liam Neeson jumps over a fence
Getting rid of blanks and switching from squibs to CGI blood is another one. Always looks terrible. Plus giving actors gun training in order for more “realism” has become incredibly stale.
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Holy shit! If that wasn't meant to be funny, then holy fecking shit.For me, it's the constant cutting/edits style action scenes that are far worse.
Look at Taken, there's about 50 cuts when Liam Neeson jumps over a fence
Oh ok thanks
A few days after turning 30, I watched one of the Bourne sequels (the original Greengrass shaky cam films)... and got a headache.
Are you going through the entire franchise before FURIOSA?
Damn, now I have to see this!Prisoners of the Ghostland
A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
WTF did I just watch Totally batsit crazy.
Only watch because of Cage, but its still dreadful, but lets be honest who else but Cage could pull of a Black Leather exploding suit, that actually blows of one his ball off
With Cage its barely watchable.
With out Cage easy on of the worst films ever and would rate a 1/10 at best
With Cage still dreadful but elevates it to a 4/10
Yep and then hopefully ending it with Furiosa in imax.
2 and 3 were the best by some distance and have aged much better that the original (last time I saw them, which is a while). Fury Road bored me to tears so I'll be reading reviews and seeing the reaction on here before bothering with Furiosa.
He’s one of the greats. Are you going in order ?
What I do like in the original and from what I remember of 2 is how Aussie the films are. While I love Fury Road it’s very clearly a Hollywood movie. One of the reasons I’m looking forward to Furiosa is Chris Hemsworth role as the main villain.
3 was a bit more Hollywood but still far more Aussie than Fury Road.
Oh that’s good to know. Look forward to giving it a watch. Recently ended up at a Tina Turner tribute gig and the theme to Thunderdome kind of hits hard.
I couldn't take 3 seriously with Tina Turner as the leader of the Thunderdome. I thought that was some of the worst casting I'd ever seen. 2 is a legendary classic, 1 was good, 3 abysmal, Fury Road is the 2nd best of the bunch for me.
I didn't mind Tina Turner, the accent aside, although it was perhaps too Hollywood for a Mad Max film. Although Australia is a nation with a huge proportion of people not born on these shores so not that unbelievable that an American would be here I guess. 1 was great but has dated quite badly, 2 was the best. Fury Road just didn't work for me for some reason. Maybe it is because Charlize Theron is in it as I don't really like her in much at all. Tom Hardy was great but somehow didn't work for me as Max - too different from a young Mel Gibson maybe. The cars/stunts also didn't quite work for me as they seemed to be getting more and more sophisticated, whereas you might expect the opposite, or maybe it was almost getting to be a parody of itself - or something.
Yes, I am going in order. The American Friend should be coming up relatively soon, looking forward to it!
