Movie: Mad Max - Fury Road

[Dev]

buffer seating is mandatory. We're watching a movie, not having an orgy.

very disappointed to hear this coming from you. especially after we just bonded over this movie.

we can still hold hands

I guarantee LV would use a buffer seat.

i don't believe in buffer seats you sob

lol

[Kaius]

I prefer to keep the inner armrest in the upright position to leave the door open for cinematic intimacy. Buffer seats are downright depressing.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I prefer to keep the inner armrest in the upright position to leave the door open for cinematic intimacy. Buffer seats are downright depressing.

Wanna go see Pitch Perfect 2 with me?

[Kaius]

I prefer to keep the inner armrest in the upright position to leave the door open for cinematic intimacy. Buffer seats are downright depressing.

Wanna go see Pitch Perfect 2 with me?

Um. Yuh.

[Rangi Guy]

Director George Miller’s insistence on practical effects in “Mad Max: Fury Road” is already legendary, requiring actual stunt men to be behind the wheel of actual War Rigs, or to be hurled through the air on long, flexible poles. However, it turns out the filmmaker’s devotion to realism also extended to the show-stopping flame-throwing guitar.

Speaking with MTV News, “Fury Road” production designer Colin Gibson revealed the instrument wasn’t a mere prop: It was a functioning guitar that also happened to belch flames.

“George — unfortunately — doesn’t like things that don’t work,” Gibson said. “I have in the past built him props that I thought were just supposed to be props, and then he goes, ‘OK, plug it in now.’ The first version of the guitar which — I think I put too much into the flame thrower, not enough into the reverb. And yes, the flame-throwing guitar did have to operate, did have to play, the PA system did have to work and the drummers … Unfortunately, I did get practice in all positions, and I’ve got to tell you, the drumming was very uncomfortable at 70 [kilometers] an hour, eating sand.”

Sean Hape, aka iOTA, who played the maniacal Doof Warrior strapped to the amps, conceded to Noisey that it “wasn’t a great guitar.”

“It spent a lot of time out in the desert, you wouldn’t want to record with it,” he said. “Most of the time, I’d just try to make noise. I pulled out some AC/DC, some Soundgarden, some Zeppelin, but after eight hours, you do just start thumping on it for a while.”

[Bob Loblaw]

I would make an exception to the buffer seat rule only in lenny's presence.

[jwfocker]

Man, this was fun. Enjoyed it. I will watch it and enjoy it again.

[E.H. Ruddock]

[verb_to_trust]

Going to see this in about an hour

[epilogue]

I hope you enjoy yourself, verb.

[verb_to_trust]

This was pretty fun. I feel like I need to see it again in 3d.

[VinylGuy]

Im watching the first one.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

This was pretty fun. I feel like I need to see it again in 3d.

yeah but did ur hot gf enjoy it

[verb_to_trust]

She didnt. She thought max was sexy though.

[BurtReynolds]

Didn't notice the music box or the bulging eye shot the first time around. What happened to Feral Kid?

[Mecca]

Was Max mad because he seemed a little inconsequential for a title character?

I enjoyed parts of this, but by time the climax chase came I was already over the concept of them. I did chuckle at the people eater guy being a gouty human shield and the face rip was great. Theron was good as an action lead, too.

[red calzolaio]

Max had a weird relationship with his car.

that was non existent in this film. still...i loved it. but i was like "what the fuck am i watching?"

[Mecca]

i recall him being unhappy that they took his car

[red calzolaio]

i recall him being unhappy that they took his car

me too...but for like 2 seconds.

and, i realize he was hanging upside at the time, but he didn't seem to care much when his car got squashed between the tankers.

[McParadigm]

I really enjoyed watching a movie this expensive that was just going to be what it wanted to be, and to hell with all the tropes. Maybe not a movie I need to buy or whatever, but very admirable. And one of the rare high cost projects where not a single choice felt cynical or based solely on marketing, and that never felt like it had contempt for its audience. Pretty rare for a summer blockbuster.

And it's always nice to be reminded that practical effects and stuntmen can create shots monumentally more epic than any cgi attempt at enormity.