“That was nuts.” That’s my girlfriend’s word-for-word quote on our way out of the theater. She had never seen any of the Mad Max movies before, so she didn’t know what to expect. I have seen all three of the Mel Gibson Mad Max movies, and it’s pretty safe to say I’m a fan. I even put The Road Warrior on my “Should Have Won Best Picture” list.
To be honest, however, when I heard they were making another Mad Max movie, I was very skeptical. Thunderdome is better than you remember, but it is the weakest of the first three. Sequels that come out more than ten years after the original are rarely, if ever, good movies. It’s been thirty. It sounded to me like a cynical cash grab. I also read about the delays in production and other problems on set (not the least of which was Gibson’s very public fall from grace) and expected a disaster. Then, I saw this trailer:
My mouth dropped, and I was blown away. I can’t remember a trailer that hooked me so quickly, or strongly. (Whoever created it deserves some kind of award.) Then, the reviews that came in were overwhelmingly positive. This, I figured, was the summer movie to see. I figured right.
If heavy metal was a movie instead of a music genre, this would be it. (Forget the cartoon from the 80s.) Blood, skulls, metal, motors, fire, spikes, guitars, gasoline, dirt, and scantily dressed babes. That’s metal, and that’s Mad Max: Fury Road. You don’t have to be a fan of heavy metal to enjoy this movie, however. If you appreciate the art of cinema, you will most likely enjoy it. There is so much to love about this movie; I’ll do my best to touch on as many elements as I can remember. Witness me!
Pros
The action. This had to be number one on my list. The action is almost non-stop from the movie’s start until the explosive finale, but it’s varied enough in intensity to keep the audience invested in the ride. This is a chase movie, after all. The best scene is the one teased in the trailer. It’s the first battle involving a giant dust storm, and it will keep you on the edge of your seat. I was physically drained after the sequence and I actually breathed a sigh of relief when it ended. The computer effects are blended seamlessly with the practical stunts, of which there are many. The result is pure audience immersion and investment. Any action movie to follow has a tough act to follow. What a lovely day, indeed.
The sets/props. The vehicle design appealed both to the ten-year-old kid in me that liked to play with toy cars and to the designer in me that appreciates practical design. These vehicles all belonged to this world, and they all served a purpose (while looking insanely badass). Even the flamethrower guitar and drum truck (which was added out of sheer joy for the sake of being over-the-top, I’m sure) seemed to serve the purpose of boosting the War Boys’ morale.
The costumes/makeup. The costumes and makeup design were top notch as well. The villains all looked both human and monstrous at the same time. The War Boys used oil, grease, and chrome as war paint, to a very unique and original effect. The Wives’ costumes objectified them, while at the same time empowering them. The objectification comes from the fact that they were sex slaves dressed by their captor. The empowerment comes from how they wore them, and owned them. Furiosa’s (Theron) robotic arm looked real, and it served a grander purpose (which I won’t spoil here).
The editing. I’ve read that action movies are the most difficult to edit. Stay too long on a shot, and the audience will bore. Cut too quickly and they’ll miss what’s happening. The editor here, who I think is Miller’s wife, does a fantastic job of finding the happy medium.
The acting. Tom Hardy is great as Max. He doesn’t say much; it’s mostly a physical performance. Gibson is better, but the comparison is unfair as he had three movies to tackle the role, and he had a lot more dialogue. Hardy’s Max is definitely crazier. Hugh Keays-Byrne, who played the villain Toecutter in the original movie, is back in Fury Road as Immortan Joe. He’s absolutely terrifying as an aging tyrant. His performance is a bit over the top, but it needed to be. Charlize Theron’s Furiosa steals the show, however. This is her movie. Her performance runs from badass to heartbroken to hopeless to triumphant in the span of the movie’s two hour run time. She’s the most interesting character, and the one you root for the most.
The photography. This is a beautiful movie to look at. One reviewer remarked that the desert looked cartoonish. I disagree. I thought the CGI was blended expertly. The hot reds, oranges and yellows of the daytime battles contrasted beautifully with the deep blue of the night scenes. You could watch this movie and enjoy it just for the cinematography.
The sound. The soundtrack jarred my insides. You felt every car flip, every gunshot, every explosion. This is a loud movie, but it’s supposed to be.
The directing. Miller waited thirty years for the follow up, but he delivered in every way. The director brings everything together, and he shared his vision like an expert. The audience is truly immersed in this world. I’m impressed.
No Gibson cameo. I was afraid there would be a Mel Gibson cameo in this movie, but that fear proved unfounded. A Gibson cameo would have taken the audience out of the world, so I’m glad it didn’t happen.
Cons
There really isn’t much wrong with this movie; it was a little bit difficult for me to think of any cons. However, I was able to manage a couple:
The plot. Fury Road is basically The Road Warrior with a higher budget. Sex slaves have been swapped in for gasoline as the chase’s spark. I’m totally okay with this, but I can understand some moviegoers’ complaint in this department.
It’s not Max’s movie (see “The acting” above). Again, I’m okay with this, but I understand the gripes. Furiosa (Theron) is the star of this movie, not Max. I read one review that calls her a Moses character, and Max is her Joshua. I mostly agree with that. The protests over the movie’s feminism are very stupid. What’s wrong with a testosterone fueled picture that also empowers women? Everybody wins, I say.
Mad Max: Fury Road is the best movie I’ve seen (so far) this year. It’s a pure joy to watch, and George Miller, once again, thoroughly immerses you in his nightmare world. Although The Road Warrior is still my favorite in the series, Fury Road takes a very close second. Make sure you watch it on the big screen. It’s mad.
Story: ★★★½ of 5
Action: ★★★★★ of 5
Visuals: ★★★★★ of 5
Overall: ★★★★½ of 5
Image Unavailable
Image not available for
Color:
Color:
-
-
-
- Sorry, this item is not available in
- Image not available
- To view this video download Flash Player
Mad Max: Fury Road (Special Edition DVD)
Tom Hardy
(Actor),
Charlize Theron
(Actor),
George Miller
(Director, Producer, Writer)
&
0
more Rated: Format: DVD
R
IMDb8.1/10.0
To see product details, add this item to your cart. You can always remove it later.
Additional DVD options | Edition | Discs | Price | New from | Used from |
DVD
September 1, 2015 "Please retry" | Standard Edition | 1 |
—
| $4.30 | $2.00 |
Watch Instantly with | Rent | Buy |
Genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure |
Format | Special Edition, NTSC |
Contributor | Brendan McCarthy, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Nico Lathouris, Iain Smith, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, Bruce Berman, Nicholas Hoult, P.J. Voeten, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nathan Jones, Doug Mitchell, George Miller, Riley Keough, Tom Hardy, Graham Burke, Courtney Eaton, Charlize Theron See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours |
Similar items that may deliver to you quickly
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
- Mad Max: Fury Road /Fury Road Black & Chrome (BD Double Feature) [Blu-ray]Tom HardyBlu-rayFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Sunday, Mar 17
- DunkirkNolan, ChristopherDVDFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Sunday, Mar 17
- Ready Player One (Special Edition) (DVD)Tye SheridanDVDFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Sunday, Mar 17
- Blade Runner 2049 (DVD)Ryan GoslingDVDFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Sunday, Mar 17
- The ThingKurt RussellDVDFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Sunday, Mar 17
- WARNER BROS Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital) [4K UHD]Tom CruiseBlu-rayFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Sunday, Mar 17
Product Description
Mad Max: Fury Road (DVD)
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Item model number : 1000488173
- Director : George Miller
- Media Format : Special Edition, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours
- Release date : September 1, 2015
- Actors : Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
- Subtitles: : French, Spanish
- Producers : Iain Smith, Doug Mitchell, Graham Burke, George Miller, Bruce Berman
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : WarnerBrothers
- ASIN : B00XQ142MW
- Writers : George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #63,166 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #6,252 in Action & Adventure DVDs
- Customer Reviews:
Important information
To report an issue with this product or seller, click here.
Customer reviews
4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
32,022 global ratings
How customer reviews and ratings work
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Learn more how customers reviews work on AmazonReviews with images
5 Stars
Arrived safe and sound
I was essentially in doubt innregards how this package was delivered. It did arrived in a bag. That is something odd in how this was delivered given the fact that the original movie case is so delicately, it could break easily. But at least it was not damage or broken. The disk are clean and without a scarth.
Thank you for your feedback
Sorry, there was an error
Sorry we couldn't load the review
-
Top reviews
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2018
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024
I didn’t get to finish it
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
Full of action and excitement
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
I bought this because it is the perfect movie, made for repeated watching. A spectacle.
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2019
This is the fourth installment in the Mad Max story. Up until now, I'd always regarded Thunderdome as the best of these films. But now, Fury Road is, hands down, no contest, the best of them all. The action is 10 times wilder; the intensity 10 times stronger; and the story 10 times better.
The Mad Max films, in one way or another, always have something to do with the protection of future generations. This time, that line is given even greater import, since Max ends up trying, with increasing desperation, to help save and establish what will surely turn out to be the future generation of this enormous group of survivors. In addition, he is running from the ghosts of the generations he failed to save before. It is strongly hinted that the children from Thunderdome somehow did not survive and they are haunting almost his every waking and sleeping moment. So Max is not in a very nice place mentally, even before this story begins. He is carrying, both figuratively and literally, the chains of his past. And it isn't until he makes some kind of peace with these new people, the seed of future generations, that those chains finally fall away, at least to some degree.
The action in this film is absolutely terrifying. Especially when you keep in mind that some three-quarters of the stunts were live-action. That's very impressive -- in this age of fake film effects. But. again, what worried me most going in to this story was precisely that -- over-done FX. But this is not the case. Miller manages to wow the hell out of you with all those practical effects, then proceeds to pull out your heart with a genuinely well-told tale of survival and loss.
The one minor criticism I have is that they did not use Gibson in the lead. Granted, Hardy does a thoroughly masterful job of convincing you he IS Max. That isn't the problem. It's just that for those of us accustomed to seeing Gibson in this role, another face, no matter how accomplished, tends to jar just a bit. At first, I assumed that Gibson was just too old for the part. But after looking at many photos of him, and factoring in the weather-beaten appearance of most of these characters anyway, I realized that he still would have been perfect for the role. After all, it's been a few years since we last saw Max, so an older face would have been quite logical. So, I don't know. Maybe Gibson just asked for too much money to do the film? Whatever the reason, I'm still convinced Gibson should have done the role. Oh, well. Can't always get what you want.
Everyone else in the film does a spectacular job. Not one of them turns in a bad performance.
There is one more point that needs to be made: Recently, films have insisted on making "strong" female characters while belittling male characters. What's more, they seem to go out of there way to grind male characters into the mud. The list of films and TV series doing this is now enormous. In every case, each and every male is shown to be little better than a satanic, blood-thirsty, unredeemable, nazi bastard, while every female is shown as a victim, or as an invincible hero. Even actresses are getting in on this act with their snide, savage, compassionless, man-hating comments. It rather reminds me of a pack of pre-school little girls banding together to beat up the boys, HOWEVER, doing so only one boy at a time and somewhere they won't be caught, so that the girls always have the upper hand.
Their argument has always been that films never show women in a positive light. Well, it was 2015 when this Mad Max Fury Road was made. And Furiosa is a great character. Yes, she's "strong", whatever the hell that means. But she is internally strong. She is driven to succeed, no matter what. And she's compassionate, not just toward the women she's trying to save but also toward Max and Nux, once she understands who they are. She never belittles them. She defends them when necessary and fights alongside them toward the same purpose. Even with one hand missing, she is still a genuine badass -- no question. But, again, it is her heart that defines her, that drives her to do good even against overwhelmingly bad odds. And when Max suggests a better plan, she listens, with an open mind, instead of kicking him to the curb and saying something like she doesn't need no man to tell her what to do.
Contrast this with these fake, sickening, man-hating females in other films who basically steal all the hard work a man has created and then state basically that they don't need men for anything. Or films that go out of their way to present men as weak, unreliable, untrustworthy, essentially everything bad, and present women as perfect little angels. Really? These "filmmakers" should take a serious, in-depth lesson from Mad Max Fury Road, to learn how to create powerful characters that are realistic and valid and reach deep into your heart, because the garbage they're creating is turning people away from their movies in droves. Good. I hope they all go broke.
Anyway, I absolutely recommend this film to all, but especially to the Mad Max fans and action/adventure fans. You will not be disappointed. That much, I guarantee.
The Mad Max films, in one way or another, always have something to do with the protection of future generations. This time, that line is given even greater import, since Max ends up trying, with increasing desperation, to help save and establish what will surely turn out to be the future generation of this enormous group of survivors. In addition, he is running from the ghosts of the generations he failed to save before. It is strongly hinted that the children from Thunderdome somehow did not survive and they are haunting almost his every waking and sleeping moment. So Max is not in a very nice place mentally, even before this story begins. He is carrying, both figuratively and literally, the chains of his past. And it isn't until he makes some kind of peace with these new people, the seed of future generations, that those chains finally fall away, at least to some degree.
The action in this film is absolutely terrifying. Especially when you keep in mind that some three-quarters of the stunts were live-action. That's very impressive -- in this age of fake film effects. But. again, what worried me most going in to this story was precisely that -- over-done FX. But this is not the case. Miller manages to wow the hell out of you with all those practical effects, then proceeds to pull out your heart with a genuinely well-told tale of survival and loss.
The one minor criticism I have is that they did not use Gibson in the lead. Granted, Hardy does a thoroughly masterful job of convincing you he IS Max. That isn't the problem. It's just that for those of us accustomed to seeing Gibson in this role, another face, no matter how accomplished, tends to jar just a bit. At first, I assumed that Gibson was just too old for the part. But after looking at many photos of him, and factoring in the weather-beaten appearance of most of these characters anyway, I realized that he still would have been perfect for the role. After all, it's been a few years since we last saw Max, so an older face would have been quite logical. So, I don't know. Maybe Gibson just asked for too much money to do the film? Whatever the reason, I'm still convinced Gibson should have done the role. Oh, well. Can't always get what you want.
Everyone else in the film does a spectacular job. Not one of them turns in a bad performance.
There is one more point that needs to be made: Recently, films have insisted on making "strong" female characters while belittling male characters. What's more, they seem to go out of there way to grind male characters into the mud. The list of films and TV series doing this is now enormous. In every case, each and every male is shown to be little better than a satanic, blood-thirsty, unredeemable, nazi bastard, while every female is shown as a victim, or as an invincible hero. Even actresses are getting in on this act with their snide, savage, compassionless, man-hating comments. It rather reminds me of a pack of pre-school little girls banding together to beat up the boys, HOWEVER, doing so only one boy at a time and somewhere they won't be caught, so that the girls always have the upper hand.
Their argument has always been that films never show women in a positive light. Well, it was 2015 when this Mad Max Fury Road was made. And Furiosa is a great character. Yes, she's "strong", whatever the hell that means. But she is internally strong. She is driven to succeed, no matter what. And she's compassionate, not just toward the women she's trying to save but also toward Max and Nux, once she understands who they are. She never belittles them. She defends them when necessary and fights alongside them toward the same purpose. Even with one hand missing, she is still a genuine badass -- no question. But, again, it is her heart that defines her, that drives her to do good even against overwhelmingly bad odds. And when Max suggests a better plan, she listens, with an open mind, instead of kicking him to the curb and saying something like she doesn't need no man to tell her what to do.
Contrast this with these fake, sickening, man-hating females in other films who basically steal all the hard work a man has created and then state basically that they don't need men for anything. Or films that go out of their way to present men as weak, unreliable, untrustworthy, essentially everything bad, and present women as perfect little angels. Really? These "filmmakers" should take a serious, in-depth lesson from Mad Max Fury Road, to learn how to create powerful characters that are realistic and valid and reach deep into your heart, because the garbage they're creating is turning people away from their movies in droves. Good. I hope they all go broke.
Anyway, I absolutely recommend this film to all, but especially to the Mad Max fans and action/adventure fans. You will not be disappointed. That much, I guarantee.
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024
glad we ordered and appreciate the fast service
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
I was essentially in doubt innregards how this package was delivered. It did arrived in a bag. That is something odd in how this was delivered given the fact that the original movie case is so delicately, it could break easily. But at least it was not damage or broken. The disk are clean and without a scarth.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Arrived safe and sound
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
I was essentially in doubt innregards how this package was delivered. It did arrived in a bag. That is something odd in how this was delivered given the fact that the original movie case is so delicately, it could break easily. But at least it was not damage or broken. The disk are clean and without a scarth.
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
Images in this review
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
If you enjoy car chases and stylish action with good acting, this movie is for you.
Top reviews from other countries
Serafin R.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Impresiónate el audio y la imagen
Reviewed in Mexico on January 20, 2024
Es impresionante el audio, en otras versiones de esta película no alcanzaba entender los diálogos; en esta todo se escucha claramente sin perder la emoción de la música. Excelente versión.
Syd Blade
5.0 out of 5 stars
Es ist eine Blue Ray Disc, frohlocket! xD
Reviewed in Germany on March 8, 2024
Das Produkt entspricht genau dem was mir vorschwebte.
Es handelt sich um eine Blue Ray Disc mit dem wohl besten Actionfilm aller Zeiten.
(Oder ist es doch Terminator 2?)
Die Disc passt extrem gut in den dafür vorgesehenen Schlitz meiner Playstation 5 und im Menu selbiger ausgewählt wird mir tatsächlich der angegbene Film in wirklich sehr guter Qualität geboten.
Ich war äusserst überrascht ob dieser Feststellung.
Kann ich uneingeschränkt empfehlen.
Es handelt sich um eine Blue Ray Disc mit dem wohl besten Actionfilm aller Zeiten.
(Oder ist es doch Terminator 2?)
Die Disc passt extrem gut in den dafür vorgesehenen Schlitz meiner Playstation 5 und im Menu selbiger ausgewählt wird mir tatsächlich der angegbene Film in wirklich sehr guter Qualität geboten.
Ich war äusserst überrascht ob dieser Feststellung.
Kann ich uneingeschränkt empfehlen.
Yuri Damianov
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have!
Reviewed in Germany on October 28, 2023
Witness me!
Francisco
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mon précieux!
Reviewed in France on October 17, 2015
LE BLU-RAY :
Ô joie. C'est une démo 4K ?! Sous un subtile voile de grain, piqué, couleurs, contrastes, sont à hurler les poings fermés. On pourrait éviter d'être ridicule si le stupéfiant niveau de détail n'était pas à garder les bras levés. Non, ce qui tue, clairement, avec ce Blu-ray, c'est d'être obligé de le regarder la bouche ouverte du début à la fin. Si vous avez une femme, un compagnon, une famille, voyez-le une première fois tout seul, histoire de conserver un minimum de dignité.
Si vous êtes fan de 3D (sur deux heures, perso, j'ai un peu de mal) c'est aussi du top démo. L'horizon recule grave. Le Blu-ray fait dans la profondeur abyssale et le jaillissement glorieux. You know what? I'm happy!
LE FILM :
Tenir Fury Road entre ses mains. Réclamer le silence. Attendre le soir. Se tourner vers son écran avec sur le visage l'expression flippante du geek au bord de l'épiphanie. Ce rictus inquiétant du collectionneur imperméable à toute manifestation du monde réel ayant enfin en sa possession le saint-graal des top-démos. Rire nerveusement puis lancer la bête... Partout dans le monde ce rituel assez angoissant vu d'extérieur, sera répété des millions de fois. La cause est bien réelle : Le Blu-ray de Mad Max Fury Road est désormais disponible et en vente libre.
Le voici désormais dans mon doux foyer, ce monstre furieux, dantesque, ivre, dingue, viscéralement et brutalement "émouvant". Je vais pouvoir savourer (en 2D de préférence) la photographie électrique de John Seale (Cold Mountain, Le Patient Anglais) la partition musicale barbare et saturée de Junkie XL et la virtuosité du montage de Margaret Sixel. Je prend le temps de les nommer car ils ont fait un boulot extraordinaire. Il faudrait nommer aussi tous ceux qui ont travaillés aux décors, costumes et maquillages car c'est le parfait mariage de tous ces arts, conduits ici à la perfection, qui font de Fury Road ce Show rugissant de moteurs en surchauffe, de métal brûlant, de sueur, de sang et d'éléments déchainés comme je ne pensais plus en voir un jour sur les écrans. Miller a libéré les fauves!
Le désert reprend ses droits, et les monstres mécaniques pilotés par des fous hurlants et un guitariste-lance-flammes se pulvérisent par dizaines dans des torrents de poussière.Après des années arrosés de confortables effets CGI les blockbusters rugissaient mais comme des lions en cage. Oublié la camisole numérique. Mad Max : Fury Road c'est le grand retour de la matière en fusion. Une saine folie déboulant en 3D venant enfin rappeler à tous les bricoleurs du divertissements qui est le patron. Le guerrier de la route ressuscite devant nos yeux, épaulé par une phénoménale amazone, entourée d'un bouquet de nymphes à la beauté surnaturelle, poursuivi par une horde sauvage semblant tout droit échappée du Burning Man, sous la conduite d'un metteur en scène aux semelles de vent. Merci M'sieur Miller !!!!!!
A soixante-dix ans, sweet-old-George arrache de leurs chaussons les pantouflards du septième Art et accroche son chef d'oeuvre à une hauteur stratosphérique. Dans le domaine du post-Apo et du bitume qui chante il y aura un avant et un après Fury Road.
Un résultat au-delà des espérances. Dans la lénifiante "bien-pensance cinématographique grand public" et ses blockbusters aux effets numérique propres sur eux, c'est le grand retour de la rage et de la barbarie. Le septuagénaire George Miller flanque une bonne fessée et rappelle les fondamentaux. Cavaler devant un fond vert c'est bien mignon mais pour tourner un film de dingue qui tienne la route faut se griller au soleil, exploser de la carrosserie et redonner du taf aux cascadeurs. Ici on retouche les fonds, le ciel, on rajoute deux-trois canyons ici et là mais la tôle est bel et bien en fusion.
Pas question d'oublier Mel Gibson, mais les temps ont changés. La légende de Mad Max reposera toujours sur cette folle énergie. Rage désespérée du combat pour la vie au coeur du chaos. Mais, ici, dans cet univers stérile et barbare, la femme est bel et bien l'avenir de l'homme. Max, version Tom Hardy, réapparait, mais à l'état animal. Une créature folle et hantée par ses démons et ses fantômes. Grognante et apeurée. Ses lignes de dialogues sur l'ensemble du film tiennent sur une feuille. Seule Furiosa, véritable héroïne du film, campée par une Charlize Theron incandescente, le libérera de sa muselière... Ce n'est pas un hasard si, après une introduction où le personnage de Max semble psychologiquement bien en vrac, le personnage de Furiosa apparaît immédiatement après que surgisse sur l'écran le titre du film. Charlize est bel et bien aux commandes.
Quant à vous décrire le spectacle, évoquer la splendeur des images, imaginez les vingt dernières minutes de Mad Max 2 boostées à la nitro revues sous acides et déployées sur deux heures de métrages. Vous aurez une petite idée de ce sprint infernal au pays du cinéma de genre. La "SF port-apocalypse" vous invite à découvrir, et aujourd'hui posséder, sa Sixtine.
Miller ne touche pas à la trilogie originelle, il revisite le mythe, pied au plancher. Une forme de reboot transcendant tous les fondamentaux de la saga. Il faut admettre que Mel Gibson ne pouvait plus avoir sa place dans une telle relecture, même si un petit caméo aurait été le bienvenue. Les précédents récits de la trilogie originale suivaient tous une trame assez classique, propre aux genres dont il s'inspirait, western, récit de vengeance, parcours initiatique. Ici, la barbarie de la route gouverne. C'est le Road-movie de la fin du monde. Excroissance et dégénérescence hallucinée et hallucinante d'un genre qui a servit de support à tout un pan de l'histoire du cinéma américain. Tout le propos et la force du film reposent sur le mouvement. Seul moyen de survivre. Ceux qui aiment aller au cinéma écouter une belle histoire doivent s'abstenir. On s'engage sur la Fury Road pour en prendre plein la gueule. Fuir, faire demi-tour, affronter. Faire demi-tour car il n'existe plus de Terre Promise. Sur une ligne de scénario et quelques dialogues à sniffer tout un univers se met à hurler. C'est là le génie de Miller. L'image déroule un opéra et le cinéma triomphe.
Je sais que je fais dans l'hyperbole, mais là, franchement, ça mérite.
Inutile d'attacher vos ceintures, ce cinéma décolle pour ne plus jamais atterrir.
Également sur le blog Les chroniques ciné de Francisco
Ô joie. C'est une démo 4K ?! Sous un subtile voile de grain, piqué, couleurs, contrastes, sont à hurler les poings fermés. On pourrait éviter d'être ridicule si le stupéfiant niveau de détail n'était pas à garder les bras levés. Non, ce qui tue, clairement, avec ce Blu-ray, c'est d'être obligé de le regarder la bouche ouverte du début à la fin. Si vous avez une femme, un compagnon, une famille, voyez-le une première fois tout seul, histoire de conserver un minimum de dignité.
Si vous êtes fan de 3D (sur deux heures, perso, j'ai un peu de mal) c'est aussi du top démo. L'horizon recule grave. Le Blu-ray fait dans la profondeur abyssale et le jaillissement glorieux. You know what? I'm happy!
LE FILM :
Tenir Fury Road entre ses mains. Réclamer le silence. Attendre le soir. Se tourner vers son écran avec sur le visage l'expression flippante du geek au bord de l'épiphanie. Ce rictus inquiétant du collectionneur imperméable à toute manifestation du monde réel ayant enfin en sa possession le saint-graal des top-démos. Rire nerveusement puis lancer la bête... Partout dans le monde ce rituel assez angoissant vu d'extérieur, sera répété des millions de fois. La cause est bien réelle : Le Blu-ray de Mad Max Fury Road est désormais disponible et en vente libre.
Le voici désormais dans mon doux foyer, ce monstre furieux, dantesque, ivre, dingue, viscéralement et brutalement "émouvant". Je vais pouvoir savourer (en 2D de préférence) la photographie électrique de John Seale (Cold Mountain, Le Patient Anglais) la partition musicale barbare et saturée de Junkie XL et la virtuosité du montage de Margaret Sixel. Je prend le temps de les nommer car ils ont fait un boulot extraordinaire. Il faudrait nommer aussi tous ceux qui ont travaillés aux décors, costumes et maquillages car c'est le parfait mariage de tous ces arts, conduits ici à la perfection, qui font de Fury Road ce Show rugissant de moteurs en surchauffe, de métal brûlant, de sueur, de sang et d'éléments déchainés comme je ne pensais plus en voir un jour sur les écrans. Miller a libéré les fauves!
Le désert reprend ses droits, et les monstres mécaniques pilotés par des fous hurlants et un guitariste-lance-flammes se pulvérisent par dizaines dans des torrents de poussière.Après des années arrosés de confortables effets CGI les blockbusters rugissaient mais comme des lions en cage. Oublié la camisole numérique. Mad Max : Fury Road c'est le grand retour de la matière en fusion. Une saine folie déboulant en 3D venant enfin rappeler à tous les bricoleurs du divertissements qui est le patron. Le guerrier de la route ressuscite devant nos yeux, épaulé par une phénoménale amazone, entourée d'un bouquet de nymphes à la beauté surnaturelle, poursuivi par une horde sauvage semblant tout droit échappée du Burning Man, sous la conduite d'un metteur en scène aux semelles de vent. Merci M'sieur Miller !!!!!!
A soixante-dix ans, sweet-old-George arrache de leurs chaussons les pantouflards du septième Art et accroche son chef d'oeuvre à une hauteur stratosphérique. Dans le domaine du post-Apo et du bitume qui chante il y aura un avant et un après Fury Road.
Un résultat au-delà des espérances. Dans la lénifiante "bien-pensance cinématographique grand public" et ses blockbusters aux effets numérique propres sur eux, c'est le grand retour de la rage et de la barbarie. Le septuagénaire George Miller flanque une bonne fessée et rappelle les fondamentaux. Cavaler devant un fond vert c'est bien mignon mais pour tourner un film de dingue qui tienne la route faut se griller au soleil, exploser de la carrosserie et redonner du taf aux cascadeurs. Ici on retouche les fonds, le ciel, on rajoute deux-trois canyons ici et là mais la tôle est bel et bien en fusion.
Pas question d'oublier Mel Gibson, mais les temps ont changés. La légende de Mad Max reposera toujours sur cette folle énergie. Rage désespérée du combat pour la vie au coeur du chaos. Mais, ici, dans cet univers stérile et barbare, la femme est bel et bien l'avenir de l'homme. Max, version Tom Hardy, réapparait, mais à l'état animal. Une créature folle et hantée par ses démons et ses fantômes. Grognante et apeurée. Ses lignes de dialogues sur l'ensemble du film tiennent sur une feuille. Seule Furiosa, véritable héroïne du film, campée par une Charlize Theron incandescente, le libérera de sa muselière... Ce n'est pas un hasard si, après une introduction où le personnage de Max semble psychologiquement bien en vrac, le personnage de Furiosa apparaît immédiatement après que surgisse sur l'écran le titre du film. Charlize est bel et bien aux commandes.
Quant à vous décrire le spectacle, évoquer la splendeur des images, imaginez les vingt dernières minutes de Mad Max 2 boostées à la nitro revues sous acides et déployées sur deux heures de métrages. Vous aurez une petite idée de ce sprint infernal au pays du cinéma de genre. La "SF port-apocalypse" vous invite à découvrir, et aujourd'hui posséder, sa Sixtine.
Miller ne touche pas à la trilogie originelle, il revisite le mythe, pied au plancher. Une forme de reboot transcendant tous les fondamentaux de la saga. Il faut admettre que Mel Gibson ne pouvait plus avoir sa place dans une telle relecture, même si un petit caméo aurait été le bienvenue. Les précédents récits de la trilogie originale suivaient tous une trame assez classique, propre aux genres dont il s'inspirait, western, récit de vengeance, parcours initiatique. Ici, la barbarie de la route gouverne. C'est le Road-movie de la fin du monde. Excroissance et dégénérescence hallucinée et hallucinante d'un genre qui a servit de support à tout un pan de l'histoire du cinéma américain. Tout le propos et la force du film reposent sur le mouvement. Seul moyen de survivre. Ceux qui aiment aller au cinéma écouter une belle histoire doivent s'abstenir. On s'engage sur la Fury Road pour en prendre plein la gueule. Fuir, faire demi-tour, affronter. Faire demi-tour car il n'existe plus de Terre Promise. Sur une ligne de scénario et quelques dialogues à sniffer tout un univers se met à hurler. C'est là le génie de Miller. L'image déroule un opéra et le cinéma triomphe.
Je sais que je fais dans l'hyperbole, mais là, franchement, ça mérite.
Inutile d'attacher vos ceintures, ce cinéma décolle pour ne plus jamais atterrir.
Également sur le blog Les chroniques ciné de Francisco
José Luis García-Calvo Jaime
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mad Max: Fury Road edición blu ray 3D + 2D
Reviewed in Spain on September 23, 2015
La considerada como mejor película de 2015, se presenta en su edición 3D en una caja un poco endeble, pero práctica, con dos discos, uno para la edición 3D, y otro para la 2D, sin carátulas dobles, incluyendo un panfleto publicitario sobre el videojuego de Mad Max y la tarjeta de puntos Warner con el código de copia digital. Puede que no sea tan espectacular como la edición steelbook, o la edición coche, pero a mi me vale así.
Audiovisualmente estamos hablando de un blu ray que roza la excelencia y la perfección: Imágenes nítidas, saturadísimas de color, un sonido abrumador en Dolby Atmos (al menos la versión original) y coches, sangre, gasolina y acción sin fin llenando toda la pantalla. Incluye varios reportajes y escenas eliminadas.
En cuánto a los audios incluye, ademas del castellano: inglés e italiano. Subtítulos: castellano, griego, sueco, noruego, islandés, finlandés y danés.
El servicio de Amazon, de 10, sobre todo porque con la reserva se me ha quedado por 20 euros una edición 3D.
Audiovisualmente estamos hablando de un blu ray que roza la excelencia y la perfección: Imágenes nítidas, saturadísimas de color, un sonido abrumador en Dolby Atmos (al menos la versión original) y coches, sangre, gasolina y acción sin fin llenando toda la pantalla. Incluye varios reportajes y escenas eliminadas.
En cuánto a los audios incluye, ademas del castellano: inglés e italiano. Subtítulos: castellano, griego, sueco, noruego, islandés, finlandés y danés.
El servicio de Amazon, de 10, sobre todo porque con la reserva se me ha quedado por 20 euros una edición 3D.