I recently watched Mad Max I, II, and III for the first time; since I know they are hit movies that influence a lot of popular culture. I’ve already seen Fury Road a couple of times, and I reckon that’s an excellent movie - so I figure I’d give the others a shot. Here are some of my thoughts:
I found that MM1 is surprisingly basic. The world is not yet ‘post apocalyptic’. The story is clean and simple, and there is very little world-building. It actually reminds me of Duel. A decent movie, but no really big ideas.
MM2 is what people really mean when they talk about Mad Max. This sets the post apocalyptic scene that so many things are now inspired by. The plot is more involved than the first; but it is tight and believable. I could nit-pick at this, but It’s a very good movie; and it is a cultural touchstone for wasteland post-apoc type settings.
MM3 is trash. Don’t bother watching this unless you’re a super-fan who just needs more content. It feels like the writers were told to make another MM movie, and so they had a good brainstorming session to get some good ideas for what could happen; but then that’s all. The movie is a grab-bag of inconsistent junk, just lurching from one setting to another in ways that don’t really make sense. They’ve got about 3 movies worth of story arc, but only half-a-movie worth of details. It does have some alright visuals and action scenes, and a couple of novel ideas, but overall it is a bad movie.
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Fury Road feels a lot like a refreshed and modernised version of Mad Max 2. (There are a lot of things that I like about Fury Road; but I’ll save those comments for another time.)
written like someone who saw those movies after growing up with the Marvel universe…
These movies would be a lot different if they were to be made today, but they were made a lifetime ago, and you don’t get to experience the entire depth of the era and draw conclusions like: it was basic…like… honestly… of course it is basic, because that WAS THE BASE and everyone has been building post- apocalyptic movies BASED off this world.
To clarify, I didn’t mean “basic” as a negative thing. (That’s the kind of word association that someone might have if they grew up with the Marvel universe - but I’m older than that!) I was trying to say that it was tightly focused on the core ideas. I like that movie. It was not a criticism, but it was not exactly what I expected.
For me, looking at the trilogy as a whole, it’s great to see the progresión from independent little field, rough & dirty to a big budget, Hollywood film with polish, etc. The road warrior is the only one that matters much like the original Alien movie.
Meh new generation bad get off me lawn. Old movies called be called basic without issue. Marvel movies are also basic.
Yeah let’s throw a generational divide in there as a way of showing you didn’t read the comment that was an opinion of of an opinion, which makes your opinion 3x off topic.
I’m going to go out and shout at the clouds.
I can read pops. Idk why you’re acting like what you wrote wasn’t clear.
because you’re writing like you’re in kindergarten
Reported and blocked.