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What an expertly filmed, directed, and shot thriller this was. Blew me away and I can't say that I saw the twist coming. Every shot in this counts and it's something you really want to pay attention to to catch all the little nuances and creepy moments. Highly recommended, especially going into it knowing little-to-nothing like I did.
I seem to like the even numbered WEAPONS myself. However, having said that ... what did you think of the revelation about tying this film's baddies into Riggs' backstory? While you could see it coming, it still played about more hokey to me than just about anything else in the whole show, and is probably why I've never rewatched any of them (except #4, which somebody gave me and so I watched it again once.)
I agree, that was uncessesary, as all it did was give Mel Gibson more reasons to go full-Rambo mode on the bad guys. Ironically, the final fight in the 1st film was a lot more brutal, without all this personal stuff.
Ah, de Palma, one of my favourite directors. Never tire of this film, or the much under-rated Blow Out with John Travolta. Class and both in brilliant hi-def versions. de Palma makes such good use of the widescreen format. Also, @Creasy47 check out the brilliant Obsession and cult-classic Phantom of the Paradise…oh, and while you're at it don't forget The Fury!
Indeed, great movie. I especially love that silent scene with Angie Dickinson. It should be recommanded viewing in every film school in the world.
I know feelings on this movie are mixed, but I feel there is HUGE potential for a directors cut. Just imagine how much was changed before studios got their mitts on it!
They started doing it so soon because they think you go and see a movie, love it, come home, and while it's fresh in your mind, you'll want to pre-order it since you needn't pay for it until its home release in a few months. It's smart.
Just wait until you see it in HD! I was blown away by the quality when I watched my digital copy a few days ago, and even that was a streaming type of service, so I know it wasn't full 1080p like the blu-ray is going to be. Roll on September 1st.
MMFR is this year's best movie by far and probably even the best of this decade so far. But for that final judgement I have to see it a couple of times more.
The last two films that have blown me away that much were Shaun Of The Dead in 2004 and Pitch Black in 2000.
But I have to defend the Gibson films now. Don't forget MM and RW were made in 1979/1981 with not much of a budget. Also very important is George Miller did them all, it's his vision. RW is a masterpiece in itself and there's no telling how many movies were influenced by it afterwards.
MMFR is something different and can't possibly be compared to the original ones.
It's quite astonishing that George Miller got to do another MM film, 30 years after MMBeyond Thunderdome.
What a terrific film. A group of college girls and their instructors in 1900 Australia take a day trip to Hanging Rock - a geological formation - for a picnic. When a few of them disappear, everyone starts to wonder where they went and what happened. I won't say more, given the heightened ambiguity throughout the movie, but once you really start to think about it, it puts a whole different spin on things and makes you look at the movie in a totally different way. I loved it.
Another classic @Creasy47. A haunting film, lovely cinematography, well acted, beautiful music and a cracking mystery. Also fell in love with Helen Morse when I saw this.
I can't wait to see Fury Road, then! :-c
EDIT: I've just finished Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. I have no idea what I've just seen. This has to be one of the strangest, weirdest film I've ever seen. I'm sure the whole cast and crew were on serious acid while making this film. I can't even say if the film is good or bad. Compared to the first 2 films, it's pretty bad, but the whole thing is just so strange, batsh*t crazy and somehow very entertaining, but looks very cheaply made, that I can't say if it's a good or a bad film.
Agreed about PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, too. Genuinely intriguing little movie, a perennial for me now.
I have re-watched it this year on HD after not seeing it for some 20 years.
But I'm thankful for Thunderdome, without it there would now not be a Fury Road.
You hit the nail on the head, sir.
Cameron made 4 exquisite films IMO: The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. People kept telling me how the guy from terminator had made "the best action movie ever" with True Lies. Then I saw True Lies. And while I thought the film passable, there's absolutely nothing in it to make it "great". I'll take Die Hard, Speed, Predator, ... over TL any day. In fact, True Lies is a pretentious film. It tries to work from a very simple story - a VERY simple, almost kookoo simple story - but at the same time sells itself as the big thing to smash all big things. When Arnold & Arnold are after the slick car salesman played by Bill Paxton, I'm constantly angering up inside because that whole thing is stretched and stretched and stretched some more. The terrorist plot isn't even half as clever as the average plot in a Michael Bay film and that's saying a lot. In fact, when people rant on Michael Bay, I usually ask them, "have you seen True Lies from the guy from Titanic?", which is more than you need. Say what you want about The Rock, Pain & Gain or even Transformers: they have far more enjoyable action IMO and a story that actually keeps me invested in the film. True Lies is where the world and I chose to go separate ways. While Earth's population minus one kept worshipping Cameron for True Lies, Titanic and Avatar, I kept demonizing the man for the exact same trio of films.
@Thunderfinger I get a bigger kick from watching DAD than what I experienced with True Lies.