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Review: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Rating: 9.0 of 10
First and foremost, I might be the only person in the world who were torn between Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road. You see, I loved Pitch Perfect. I had been waiting for the sequel for a while and Anna Kendrick is kind of my spirit animal. I have never even seen any of the Mad Max movies and know practically nothing about it except the broadest overview (I know, I'm a bad geek) and the trailers for Mad Max: Fury Road didn't quite move me. BUT then everyone and their grandfather started raving about Fury Road up to the point where I can't ignore it. As you might have guessed, after a brief moment of soul searching, I decided on Fury Road.
And really, I basically dropped my jaw to floor for the whole 2 hours, it was insane. In a world where action movies (or even non action movies) are frequently big and loud, Fury Road was BIG and LOUD. Fury Road was non-stop—it was basically 2 hours of Max's (Tom Hardy) life, and that life ain't quiet. But most importantly, it was also beautiful. A lot of movies are beautifully shot (heck, if nothing else, even the Transformers movies are beautifully shot) but Fury Road brought everything to the next level. Every scene is like a painting. The movie didn't even have proper script for its shooting, it had a mountain of storyboards instead, and it shows. Basically, Fury Road was an artwork. It wasn't just pretty, it was poetry—if poetry can be made of gasoline, greased wheels, and dirt, that can only brought upon by George Miller, the original creator of Mad Max.
In Mad Max's world, the world had ended and the ones left were living under tyrant named Immortan Joe. I honestly don't know if he were supposed to have backstory in the previous movies or not, but I know jackshit about him and the War Boys, and I loved it. Fury Road has this enormous, enormously rich world where everything is crazy and nothing is explained, and actually I love that about the movie. It made me feel like we literally have only seen one second worth of glimpse at its madness—and looking at the amount of creativity in it, we definitely only have seen so little of its world. Every inch of its character designs told a story, and there were plenty of story to tell: Citadel, War Boys and War Pups, Breeders, Gas Town, Bullet Farm, Many Mothers, we really are just scratching the surface.
But the main spectacle were definitely the fights and chases, and boy, what a spectacle it was. Almost everything were done with practical effects instead of CGI and you just can see the effort and detail that went into it. The cars were rigged with spikes, poles, and grenades, and you have never seen anything more beautiful than them. The chases were batshit crazy and complicated, that it made Fast & Furious 7's scenes looked like they were made with your niece's toy LEGO cars. But honestly, as R-rated and artful as it is, we can't really deny that Fury Road is basically a 13 year old's wet dream in which cars explode randomly on contact, and rock music during battle is the pinnacle of coolness. In short, it was nothing but full-on gloriousness.
One thing, though: Charlize Theron was a capital-B, bold letter Badass. With a buzzcut and a warpaint, Charlizes Theron's Imperator Furiosa was a heroine worthy of Sigourney Weavers's Ripley status. Tom Hardy, who played the titular character, has always had enormous presence and he was perfect as the wild-but-strangely-rarely-speaking Max. But it was Imperator Furiosa who moved the story forward. Trapped within action sequence after sequences, Theron was able to bring depth to her character, just enough to make we love her and want her to succeed. I also need to have a little shoutout for Nicholas Hoult who played Nux. Being a fan from his Skins days, I was always delighted to see him taking on a new, interesting character and he did a marvellous job. We witness you, Nicholas Hoult, and we welcome you.
It was really hard for me to remind myself that the original Mad Max, a cult favorite, is a 36-year-old property. TL;DR Somehow, Mad Max: Fury Road felt so fresh, so breathtaking, and had eased itself to the cracks of today's filmmaking so completely that you know it wasn't a miracle, it wasn't luck; it was the work of a seasoned filmmaker who knew exactly what he's doing, doing what he does best.
AAAAAAHHHH THEY WOULD BE UNSTOPPABLE
Also if they fought each other who would win?
Kay but if these two met and teamed up, then what? 👀
I SAW “ATOMIC BLONDE” AND OH MY WORD! IT WAS ACTUALLY REASONABLY CLOSE TO THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (some character changes, name changes, and more details added, with a few cut. But otherwise!) AND CAN I PLEASE BE LORRAINE BROUGHTON WHEN I’M A GROWN UP, CHRISTMAS ON A CRACKER, IT WAS GREAT! AND THE F/F RELATIONSHIP WASN’T AS FETISHIZED AS I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE! AND THE ACTION SCENES WERE FANTASTIC! OH! AND THE SOUNDTRACK WAS AMAZING!! THE COSTUMING WAS COOL AS WELL!
(Warning though: the ending is different from the graphic novel and this might annoy you. Otherwise though: 👍 it’s some good stuff.)
In short, this film was spectacular and I want more. Please please PLEASE go see it.
OLD GUARD 2 IS CONFIRMED!!! I'M SO EXCITED HOPEFULLY I GET TO SEE MY WIFE AGAIN
Charlize Theron, Head in the Clouds (2004)
Charlize Theron, Head in the Clouds (2004)
Lady lesso x reader
Florian was not too new to the school but he definitely stood out from the crowd, his hobby was collecting old records and he loved singing. So when he was around you would always know, at first lesso was annoyed and dovey would have him put on shows from time to time in the dining hall or the auditorium. Anything and everything about music Florian would be into it 100%.
One night Florian was singing Africa by toto and lesso was doing her hallway rounds to make sure the students were in their respectable dorms. She scoffed slightly but decided to stand in the shadows of the school and listen to the echoes that travelled through the night. "Hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's comin' in, 12:30 flight
Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation". A chill swam down her spine listening to your voice. She's heard him before but never took the time to actually listen listen. "So my little siren of the night where did you learn to sing like that"? She asked opening your dorm room door. You quickly turned slightly startled. "Oh, h..hey professor". He spoke quietly. "Oh, don't go quiet on me now little lamb". She said smirking softly. You walked up to her and smiles softly. "My mother used to sing to me in and outside of the womb, so I guess because of that I became accustomed to singing myself". He said putting his hair in a messy bun. Lesso took the time to admire his features and never thought she'd be suaded to being attracted to a man but there was something about Florian she couldn't put her finger on. She bit her lip softly and leaned in to place a soft kiss on his lips, not knowing how to react he went wide eyed but dared not move.
Lesso pulled away slowly and looked into his eyes, but stepping back she decided to trail her eyes a little farther down to admire more of him. "You're gonna be my new friend ". She said winking before leaving Florian stunned and stuck to the floor.