Ya'll are blowing my mind right now.
Yeah,
Fury Road is high octane, to be sure. But it's also a brilliant example of visual storytelling and for all the intense action it manages to build heartfelt relationships between multiple pairings of characters (Max and Furiosa, Max and Nux, Nux and Capable). Moreover, it makes a powerful argument for empathy as the saving element of civilization.
The original
Mad Max is a really different beast. Its setting is of a society that is already sliding into social breakdown. There's a police force, but they are losing ground. There are still hallmarks of civilization (like the ice cream shop), but the overall structure is crumbling. In many ways, the lower budget look of it kind of serves the story it's telling. Society is sliding into a place that is gritty and unpleasant. It doesn't happen with fantastical fireworks or bad guys in elaborate costumes. It's just the slow transfer of power to those who aren't afraid to prey on the vulnerable.
I'm not going to police what anyone finds boring or unengaging, but the idea of disliking
Fury Road in particular . . . I don't know. With a lot of movies I like I can imagine why someone else might not enjoy them, but
Fury Road is on a list of films for me where I just can't see that point of view.
Unfortunately for me, I have a completist curse. I tend to finish everything I start--books, movies, shows. And sadly, most films that I don't like in the first 20 minutes . . . I still don't like 80 minutes later.
I did bail on the film
The Future after about 15 minutes because it was just so obvious that
WARNING: spoilers below
the self-centered characters were going to be irresponsible and the cat was going to die
the self-centered characters were going to be irresponsible and the cat was going to die
and the thought of it made me so mad I couldn't watch the rest of the movie. Especially because it was meant to be funny as, like, a parody of self-centered millennials or something. No thanks.
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