Mad Max Fury Road Review: SEE IT NOW!

Go see this film.  I know you want to read a review first which is why you’re here but trust me when I say you should go see it and preferably with as little knowledge of the film going in.  Trust me, it’s worth it.  But if you really want to read a more in depth view of the film I will gladly oblige.  Mad Max Fury Road is the fourth film in the Mad Max series but thankfully you don’t need to watch any of the preceding films to enjoy this one.  Fury Road almost acts as a reboot of the Mad Max series but the important thing to note is that it doesn’t overwrite any of the events in the previous films. The story begins as Max himself is captured by a group of War Boys commanded by Immortan Joe.  Joe soon finds out that one of his Imperators, Furiosa, has betrayed him and is driving away with his sex slaves in tow.  The film begins to ramp up the action from there and rarely slows down.  Another important character is Nux who brings Max along for the chase as he is dependent on his blood to help aid him.  As you’ve most likely heard is that all of the female characters in the film are written as actual characters with their femininity not weighing them down.  Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa is definitely the stand out as it’s clear that she has committed numerous atrocities under the command of Joe and now we see her on a path to redemption.  That’s probably one of my few complaints with the film, we don’t receive a lot of backstory.  It would have been nice to see some more insight into the lives of Furiosa, Joe, and even Max himself.  While the audience only gets the scantest of hints it doesn’t hold the movie back.  Backstory could have made the movie better but it’s not necessary since the film is self-contained.  Few people have also complained about how Furiosa is the main focus of the film but I find it to be a weak reason to not like the film.  Max still has a notable presence in the film and has just about the same screen time as Furiosa.  While he doesn’t have as much dialogue I feel it’s important to keep in mind that Max isn’t exactly the most sociable person.  The film is called Mad Max for a reason.  Max is a man who has had everything taken from him and the world around him never unresents as he fights to survive in the wasteland.  Lastly one of the best things about this film is its message: people aren’t things.  At first glance you might think it’s pretty obvious considering the whole film is about rescuing several sex slaves from Immortan Joe but it goes further well.  We also several older women towards the beginning of the film hooked up to grotesque milking mission.  It’s clear that if you’re a woman in this society your only role is to breed more War Boys for Joe and provide them nourishment.  In addition there’s also the War Boys themselves who view Joe as a Godlike figure and are ready to give their lives to him.  While the War Boys view themselves as something more they’re just cannon fodder for Joe.  That’s why it’s satisfying to see one of the War Boys, Nux, go through a great character arc where he begins to realize how much worth Joe has in him.  And now with my more in depth look at the film done please go see this film. I want Fury Road to be successful so we can see more tales told within this world and I want to see stories of a higher quality as well.  Maybe we can even get a film about Furiosa.  Honestly there’s not that many films of such high quality out right now.  And yes while I like Age of Ultron as much as the next guy it honestly depends on the fact that the audience has seen the previous Marvel films and even then it has some minor grievances here and there.  So go see Fury Road.  It has a guy playing a Flamethrower guitar what more could you want?

The Dustier Dust

To say I’ve been neglecting this blog again would probably be an understatement.  When I first started the Robotic Cinematic I was hoping that it would continuously evolve as I continued to deliver more and more content.  That did not happen.  To put it frankly I’ve been devoting my time to my school work.  Since I decided to major in English, I’ve been having to do a lot of writing for various classes and as a result the blog had to be put on the backburner.  But seeing as I’ve graduated a scant few days ago I think it’s time to get back to doing this.  I have a few ideas of what I want do going forward.  I’m currently figuring out how I want to report on E3 as always.  One idea I had was going through the Michael Bay Transformer movies and watching how my expectations (and sanity) manage to keep going deeper after every film.  Heck if you guys enjoy that I might talk about some other Transformers series.  I’m going to attempt reviewing video games again starting with Wolfenstein: The Old Blood and again we’ll see where that goes.  One last thing I’ve been considering doing is something I like to call “Stuff I Like.”  Basically in between major releases of games and movies I’ll do a write up on older games, movies, etc. explaining why I like them.  I have some other ideas I may want to explore in the future but until then let’s see where this road goes.