Mad Max: Fury Road (1 Viewer)

[Sun Wukong]

This isn't tracking well, which makes me sad. We've got a R-Rated action flick that is getting great reviews. Studios don't make that kind of thing anymore. Hopefully people go out to see it this weekend, but I fear it will be murdered by Pitch Perfect 2. Which is sad on a number of different levels.

 

[B-Train]

I just got back from the early premier, which strangely enough was at 10 pm instead of midnight (they also had 7 pm showings too).

Since I'm heading to bed I will keep this short and spoiler free.

It's honestly the best action movie I've seen in a very long time. It maintains all the tropes that made Mad Max great, and then some.

It's insane, over the top, and most importantly it is pure unadulterated Mad Max. Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron are great as Max and Furiosa.

 

[Lustmord]

Great action flick from start to finish. just and intense 2 hour chase/fight with eye bleeding visuals. hardly any dialog. love that the war rig and therons arm were the real stars. The vehicle/costumes were of the charts

 

[Krewe of Clyde's]

MMFR is number one on my things to do this weekend. This is definitely a movie to see on the big screen.

 

[Lustmord]

and it should do well at box office- went to thursday 7pm show and it was pretty full.

 

[not2rich]

Hell, yes, I'm going to see this at the theater.

Another review from the Atlantic this morning...

Review: George Miller's 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Is a Glorious Ride - The Atlantic

It’s been 30 years since director George Miller (or anyone else) made a Mad Max movie, and it was easy to view this new sequel/reboot/whatever with a certain amount of drilling-an-old-well skepticism. But skepticism burns away like vapor in the heat of the blazing, arid dystopia Miller has created. Fury Road is an A-plus B-movie, an action flick so vivid and visceral, so striking in conception and extraordinary in execution, that it comes almost as a revelation.

 

[B-Train]

To anyone going this weekend, I highly recommend seeing it in 3D. I thought the effects were very well done and for the most part not too gimmicky. There was a couple parts that really jump out at you but for the most part it just really helped with submersing yourself in the movie

 

[B-Train]

and it should do well at box office- went to thursday 7pm show and it was pretty full.

I'm glad to hear that. Unfortunately at my showing it wasn't too packed, but I guess it was okay for a 10pm showing on a weeknight. I'm really hoping pitch perfect 2 doesn't blow it out of the water this weekend, hoping it's maybe two very different target audiences.

 

[not2rich]

I'm glad to hear that. Unfortunately at my showing it wasn't too packed, but I guess it was okay for a 10pm showing on a weeknight. I'm really hoping pitch perfect 2 doesn't blow it out of the water this weekend, hoping it's maybe two very different target audiences.

Yeah.

My wife would vote for Pitch Perfect 2.

 

[Brock Meaux]

Pitch Perfect will win the weekend by $5-10 million. But Mad Max will still do business, and it's going to do its big damage overseas. As a music guy, I'm excited to see both new releases this weekend.

 

[nolaspe]

Got my tix for tomorrow, so stoked...

 

[nolaspe]

Great movie, loved the action in 3D. Max cracked me up each time he'd see his car... Honestly, that War Boy Nux became my favorite character as the movie went on. Expected a bit more gore, but overall had a great 2 hrs of watching some of the old ultraviolence. Did anyone else get that trailer for that movie 'The Walk' about some dude tightroping b/w the WTC towers and go 'nope nope nope' when he looks down from the steel beam?

 

[Sun Wukong]

I'm glad to hear that. Unfortunately at my showing it wasn't too packed, but I guess it was okay for a 10pm showing on a weeknight. I'm really hoping pitch perfect 2 doesn't blow it out of the water this weekend, hoping it's maybe two very different target audiences.

Pitch Perfect did 27 million Friday versus Fury Road's 16 million. Pitch Perfect will win the weekend by a sizable margin, but depending on the Saturday and Sunday holds Fury Road has a chance at a decent showing. And word of mouth is good, which helps. I feel bad that I haven't gotten a chance to see it yet, but I'm in the middle of 14 straight days of work and simply can't make time. Hopefully next weekend.

But really, international box office will tell the tale. Action movies traditionally do way, way better financially overseas than they do domestically. This isn't one of those "just for the U.S." kind of movies.

 

[kcirdor]

The most action packed movie in history. Fury Road indeed.