Monday, March 7, 2016

Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
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Rating: Q=6, P=4 / Average OJ
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Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic, Survival, Neo-Western

This film is all about action, movement, and more action. It's so fast-paced it's hard to focus on anything else. It's fun to watch, even with moments that are seriously creepy or horrific. The overarching theme of environmental degradation and the underlying message of "We must prevent this from actually happening" is great and important, but the logic in the world of the story is often missing. For example, the lack of water is so severe--how are any of the people capable of exerting such energy? Surely not by adrenaline alone... I was reminded many times of Larry Niven's machine people in the Ringworld series. I wonder what will come next.

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