George Miller's producing partner, Byron Kennedy, died in a helicopter crash while location scouting. Kennedy was arguably as important to the first 2 Mad Max's as Miller was and came up with a lot of the basic ideas alongside him. Miller was devastated and nearly cancelled the movie but his mate and fellow director, George Ogilvie, made him reconsider and told Miller he basically needed to pull himself together and that working would help him cope with the grief and co-directed Thunderdome with Miller.
When viewed through the lens of Miller getting back to work, being semi-checked out but also just there to have fun and work through his grief over one of his best friends dying a lot of the creative decisions make more sense. It's still probably the worst Mad Max movie but that's still pretty far from being a bad movie and I swear the first 40ish minutes set in Bartertown is fantastic, it's just the rest of the movie that's a let down
I just watched this for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It's good. It's a better movie than the first one, but not as good as the second. I liked the kids. They weren't the best actors, but I liked the weird speech they developed. The action scenes were all great. The Thunderdome stuff was awesome. Tina Turner did a good job in her role. Nothing was wrong with this movie at all.
The first one has some incredibly slow and dull parts. The time Max spends at home with his wife is awful. I get showing that he's a family man, but the scenes kill the momentum of the movie.
It was the first Mad Max movie I saw so I thought it was really good. Compared to the Road Warrior though, it's a bizarre turn to make a movie with minimal car action and weirdo kids.
It's crazy that this came out not too long after road warrior, because it feels like a 90s kid friendly reboot. The looney tunes shit without the mean edge make it less interesting, and of course reusing the gyro guy was kind of lame too because it's not the same character, just... an identical guy.
I guess you could say that it's a good test run for the family friendly Babe movies. And that the first third of the movie is pretty good.
Yeah, using Bruce Spence to play another character who also happens to be a janky pilot was a bizarre choice, the sort of thing you'd do in a remake/reboot. It baffled the frick out of me when I first watched it. I was like: "why is he stealing Max's ride and why does he have a son?"
Saw this movie as a kid on TV and liked it. Didn't know it was a sequel or anything. Didn't know it was considered "terrible" until years later when the internet gave everybody a hivemind opinion.
For me, it was the destruction of the V8 special, a parting gift from Taffy, that made me hate it.
Also the Lord Humongous really being the Goose as intended in the original draft would have been KINO.
It would also explain why there were some Leather clad officers in his gang.
Pig shit isn't viable
You posted this thread like half a month ago, homosexual
I don't see you complaining on the actual spam threads. Fugg off
George Miller's producing partner, Byron Kennedy, died in a helicopter crash while location scouting. Kennedy was arguably as important to the first 2 Mad Max's as Miller was and came up with a lot of the basic ideas alongside him. Miller was devastated and nearly cancelled the movie but his mate and fellow director, George Ogilvie, made him reconsider and told Miller he basically needed to pull himself together and that working would help him cope with the grief and co-directed Thunderdome with Miller.
When viewed through the lens of Miller getting back to work, being semi-checked out but also just there to have fun and work through his grief over one of his best friends dying a lot of the creative decisions make more sense. It's still probably the worst Mad Max movie but that's still pretty far from being a bad movie and I swear the first 40ish minutes set in Bartertown is fantastic, it's just the rest of the movie that's a let down
I often turn it off after he leaves barter town. The veiwmaster scenes were cool I guess.
>it's just the rest of the movie that's a let down
Fricking-A. Once the kids show up this movie turns to pigshit
Wrong one, homosexual
It's a more family adventure movie, rather than a gritty apocalypse action flick. Also everything here:
That said, the Tell at the end is genuinely brilliant, and a good ending to Max's saga.
>it's just the rest of the movie that's a let down
you don't like the kids? and their religion based around Captain Walker?
This is the only mad max I haven't watched because reviews said it wasn't about mad max.
>PG-13
It's fine until they introduce the kids. Like with most movies.
It was great though
Miller only directing the final chase
I just watched this for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It's good. It's a better movie than the first one, but not as good as the second. I liked the kids. They weren't the best actors, but I liked the weird speech they developed. The action scenes were all great. The Thunderdome stuff was awesome. Tina Turner did a good job in her role. Nothing was wrong with this movie at all.
>It's a better movie than the first one
No it isn't.
The first one has some incredibly slow and dull parts. The time Max spends at home with his wife is awful. I get showing that he's a family man, but the scenes kill the momentum of the movie.
Yeah, but you know what it doesn't have? A battalion of annoying moronic children.
>It's a better movie than the first one
It was the first Mad Max movie I saw so I thought it was really good. Compared to the Road Warrior though, it's a bizarre turn to make a movie with minimal car action and weirdo kids.
You can't underestimate how popular Tina Turner was during that time. She was on fire
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>She was on fire
Only when Ike was beating the shit out of her LMAO
it turns into The Goonies
Nothing. It's a fine post apocalyptic romp.
I meant to post this pic
Angry Anderson.
His most iconic performance since singing in the back of the batmobile!
No cgi
Nothing. It was awesome. Plus it had Tina Turners legs in it, and that's a damn good movie right there.
not much, the intro alone gets me excited
>ONE OF THE LIVING
It's crazy that this came out not too long after road warrior, because it feels like a 90s kid friendly reboot. The looney tunes shit without the mean edge make it less interesting, and of course reusing the gyro guy was kind of lame too because it's not the same character, just... an identical guy.
I guess you could say that it's a good test run for the family friendly Babe movies. And that the first third of the movie is pretty good.
Yeah, using Bruce Spence to play another character who also happens to be a janky pilot was a bizarre choice, the sort of thing you'd do in a remake/reboot. It baffled the frick out of me when I first watched it. I was like: "why is he stealing Max's ride and why does he have a son?"
>Bruce Spence to play another character
I thought that was the same character?
Nope. Different character.
Absolutely nothing and OP is a raggedy man.
George Miller is kind of a hack.
Apparently he tried to take credit for directing Babe, and went on to direct its inferior sequel.
Saw this movie as a kid on TV and liked it. Didn't know it was a sequel or anything. Didn't know it was considered "terrible" until years later when the internet gave everybody a hivemind opinion.
Remove the kids and it could have been great
I don't it was that bad, the train was cool
It's the best one.
>inb4 muh Road Warrior
A dog is killed in it, so I hate it.
For me, it was the destruction of the V8 special, a parting gift from Taffy, that made me hate it.
Also the Lord Humongous really being the Goose as intended in the original draft would have been KINO.
It would also explain why there were some Leather clad officers in his gang.
>For me, it was the destruction of the V8 special
Another valid reason to hate it. Kind of a fun movie though.
Post cute Aussie Teen girl.