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Originally Posted by Olefin
my rating for the film
A
As in AWESOME APOCALYPTIC ALMIGHTY AUSSIE ASS-KICKING ACTION
or am I being obtuse?
(I do miss Mel though)
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Concur 100%. I miss Mel also but I was surprised at how much I grew to like Tom Hardy as Max as the movie progressed. Once he lost the bondage mask, got his jacket back, and started kicking ass I was good to go.
SPOILERS FOLLOW:
The girl playing with the music box was an awesome homage to the Feral Kid, as was the fact that the main villain was played by the same guy that played "The Toecutter". I also think I saw Max limping in a couple of scenes a la the injury at the end of Mad Max.
I was disappointed by the lack of assless leather chaps (no gay, really!), orange mohawks, and references to "Dinki Di" dog food. I also didn't get most of the slang - it was even worse than the kids language in Beyond Thunderdome. And I hated the bizarre "little girl flashback/late 90's horror movie" close ups. I actually think it would have been better to simply show clips of Max's wife and child and the Goose being burned in the first movie rather than try to insert something from "The Ring Part 6".
But I'm nitpicking to be sure. All in all I loved it and it was much better than I expected. It was so over the top and bizarre that it was, in my opinion, an excellent retelling of the Mad Max saga and worth the very long wait.
And as Boogiedowndonovan stated, the whole guitar/drum wagon so over the top it was awesome. Saw it with one of my Army pals and every time that came one one of us would say "that's just badass!"