Villard de Lans to Grenoble

Fire and Blood, Rust and Dust

Mad Max : Fury Road is overloading with fire and blood, rust and dust, and overall madness. The stunts are crazy, the characters are crazy, everything is crazy. I was so damn hyped for this movie, eventhough technically I have never seen the previous three Mad Max movies before. When I was small, I merely remember a scene or two from Road Warrior. The very first trailer of Fury Road really got me hooked in, espcially that sand storm scene at the end. This trailer was so good that I actually worried if the movie was able to match with it. 

This afternoon I watched it and I love it! This is a stand alone film, so one doesn't have to watch the previous three beforehand to enjoy this. The story is simple, not much dialogue, but it sells best what it aims to sell : actions. The movie goes way beyond what the trailer shows. To understand how crazy the movie is, 90% of the scenes showed in the trailer represent only the first 30 minutes of the movie, and the pace of the rest of the movie stays pretty much the same level of craziness throughout. It might sound like Transformers 4 but it is not. Unlike Transformers 4 in which the shots are too dynamic, the shots in Fury Road is clean, static, and wide-angled, which is less tiring and more enjoyable to look at. Transformers 4 is bad in so many ways anyway, so it is not fair to compare Fury Road with it.

The fact that this afternoon when I went to watch Fury Road and there were so few people in the theater made me sad. Screening around the same time as Age of Ultron, Fury Road is overcast by the shadow of Marvel. I really hope that it won't be overlooked. Gotta give credit to the director for keeping the movie rated R and not some PG13 bullshit. He certainly understands that Fury Road needs the R rating. It is an awesome movie. It is a lovely experience to go mad!