quote:Haha, geez, sorry man. Didn't mean to ruffle your feathers with my comment. I said I enjoyed the movie, I just didn't think it was 98% good, mainly because it was void of much of a story at all. I knew it would be intense action, but with the great reviews, I thought there would be a little more to the story. Maybe I shouldn't have said that I didn't know what the story line was for the first hour. For the most part I knew what the story was, but there just wasn't much to it at all. Apparrently you loved that aspect of it. I liked the movie, but would have liked more story/background to it.quote:
I thought the action shots were great, and the movie was intense. But I didn't even know what the story line was for the first hour or so, and there was never much story at all. All action and intensity with absolutely no story line just doesn't make a great movie for me.
I honestly don't understand this sentiment. The beauty of the movie is that the storyline is so incredibly obvious, straightforward, and easy to follow. There are multiple articles out there discussing this very fact; that in the wake of so many overly complicated plots - like Age of Ultron and Star Trek Into Darkness, to name a few - Fury Road stands out for its clear goals and stark simplicity, making for a much more visceral experience...
- It's the future. The world has obviously gone to hell after some kind of apocalyptic event. Doesn't matter what.
- A ruthless cult leader (named Immortan Joe) sends a group on what is basically a glorified gas run, celebrated with much pomp and circumstance. Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) is the leader and point-woman of this gas run, as clearly stated by Joe as he addresses the masses.
- Furiosa, however, soon veers from the mission and it's revealed that she has smuggled Joe's harem of wives out, with plans to take them to "the green place," a place obviously/hopefully much better than where they came from (the details of which are ultimately irrelevant). All that matters is that the girls were being treated horribly ("We are not things!") and Furiosa is attempting to take them some place better.
- Joe immediately discovers his hiram is missing and rallies a large group to get them back.
- A rogue named Max was captured by Joe's thugs/devotees and now finds himself a part of the group going after the harem. Joe has an army of "War Boys," many of whom are suffering from some kind of tumors/deformities (likely from some kind of apocalyptic radiation, but it really doesn't matter). Max's blood is obviously being drained to treat one War Boy in particular (named Nux), who likely doesn't have much longer to live (again, all clearly stated).
- Eventually, Max gets free in a giant sandstorm and, after an initial scuffle, reluctantly joins with Furiosa and her crew / agrees to help them get to "the green place."
- Max, Furiosa & co eventually run into Furiosa's old clan, discover that "the green place" is no more, and so they come up with a dangerous plan to journey back through where they came, seal off the canyon they already ventured through, and take the now-unguarded "Citadel" (the cult headquarters from whence they came).
Seriously, the plot is literally: "With bad guys in pursuit, heroes attempt to drive from point A to B, discover B no longer exists, drive back to a now-unguarded point A." How is that "no storyline" or complicated in any way?
For example, I don't remember them explaining why Max was on his own, what his purpose was (other than to just survive), why the bad guys cared about capturing Max at all, why the bad guys were using Max's blood and why they didn't just kill him when they captured him (could still use his blood if they killed him), why they took him on the battle with them, etc.
I still liked the movie without any background/explanation because at the end of the day it's just an entertaining action flick...but I think I would have liked it more if they had explained some of this a little. I didn't see any of the previous Max movies, so maybe some of this was explained in them...not sure.
