What I love about this movie is that there is no awkward exposition dialogue. George Miller trusts the audience to be smart enough to understand the world.

Fun fact since you complimented the editing, the director's wife actually edited it and won an Oscar for it. Such a masterpiece.

Mad Max drops us into the world with enclosed stories. One of the beauties is that Max is not really the main character, he's a vessel for the audience to view other character's struggles and stories. He always leaves at the end, with only the consequences of his actions remaining and the legend that he leaves behind with the people he's helped. Because they do it that way, honestly, it makes for a near infinite wellspring of stories they could do.

the emphasis on blood isn't really that Max is special, it's just that blood is the only thing that you own in this world. Them taking it forcibly from Max is a contrast to him giving it to her freely at the end of the movie.

It took home several Oscars and shocked everyone by being nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, which was pretty unheard of for something Sci-Fi and a sequel.

Not just an action movie, but one of the best films ever in my opinion. So glad to see a reaction from you guys.

I saw this movie in imax while I was pregnant and the sound design was so intense my daughter was flipping around with the vibrations 😂😂

I've always liked the idea that the Mad Max films are tales told in the future, of a legendary wanderer named Max who accidentally ends up involved in others' problems and helps them solve things before he moves on. A sort of post-apocalyptic ronin.

I love the whole "addicted to water speach" sums up politicians, "Don't become addicted to housing, for you will resent it's absences."

One of my favorite action movies, I saw this on IMAX, and it was one of the best experiences. The cinematography, the sound design, the score, the performances, the characters-it's a great film.

George mIller, the director, is in hia 70's and his wife (also 70's) edited the film, which I love so much. It really shows that not only does she understand how to plot the frames so you don't get "action fatigue" but she literally made it easy on the eyes on purpose. if one shot ends in the top right, the next frame will start from top right so your eyes don't have to dart all around to understand whats happening. and i believe it's her influence that made this movie have so much heart and such human characters in a thoroughly alien world.

alot of people seem to miss the reason for the guitar playing, it's not just for background music, it's a way to relay orders to everyone, cause they don't have any radios or any other way to communicate. Cavalry riders used to have trumpets or battle drums to convey orders to charge or change formations and stuff like that, but there's no instrument loud enough to be heard over the crazy rumbling of tens of engines like they use in the movie, so they needed a wall of speakers and a guitar player to do that.

One of the most criminally underrated movies maybe ever. This one is my personal favorite action film of all time. It's one of those ones where every frame is deliberate and artistic. I LOVE this film. I keep hoping we'll get a sequel to it someday but between the strike and whatever other reasons I don't think we will.

I usually describe this movie like this: Its actionactionactionactionaction, take a big breath, then more actionactionactionactionaction. It gives the audience just enough of a breather in between action sequences so it doesnt get stale. Its masterfully crafted to keep the audience's attention.

WITNESSED! The original trailer with Verdi's Dies Irae had me hyped going to see this in theater but the movie exceeded my expectations entirely. George Miller really made a masterpiece!

A masterpiece. A film of intention. Not a single wasted frame. No overstuffing with exposition. Everything is in the visual cues/details and the performances 🤌🏿

As a kid growing up in the 80s, I was so influenced by this series - especially #2 - that I even started to raise Blue Heeler / ACD dogs. I've owned 3 since that movie. Mad Max had a huge effect on my life. #1 was good. #2 was amazing. #3 just pretty good. But Fury Road absolutely was the exclamation point as #4. Praying #5 finally gets made.

As a fan of the original Mad Max movies i really enjoyed this.. the addition of an abundance of 'Aussie Slang' was a great call back to the originals.. its grimy, sweaty, gritty, raw, wild and i love it.. 😋 so glad you enjoyed it guys 😉👍🇦🇺 "Do not my friends become addicted to water, it will take hold of you and you will resent its absence"

The director of the movie asked his wife if she could edit the movie which gives it a different vibe from other action movies and ended up receiving an award for it

Whenever I talk about this movie, I don't use the words "action scenes" but rather I talk about "action acts". Because damn it rarely let go of the gas pedal ! Miller's camera work is just out of this world. Dozens of vehicles, actions to follow at sevral points in space, many cuts, all filmed in a passing desert with few visual references for the viewer... and yet you never feel lost in the space or confused. You always know where is what in relation to the rest. Just a class of its own.

I recommend looking up videos about the editing in this movie. They took great care in making sure that the action flows very smoothly from shot to shot, in many cases shooting very wide, and then cropping the frame so that they had freedom to animate the field of view, so that in each shot your eye is deliberately dragged to the point on the screen where the action in the next shot begins. So despite the large number of cuts, you never lose track of the action. One of the most masterfully edited movies of all time, particularly when it comes to action.

It's a shame Max lost his trusty car, Black Pursuit 😭 I hope y'all also checking out Mad Max 1-3. Those are classic! Huge influence for pop culture (huge inspirations for Fallout video games and post apocalyptic works).

The action - most of it practical, as you've noticed - is, of course, a huge appeal of this movie, but I think I appreciate the show-don't-tell storytelling even more. They show you this post-apocalyptic world with mutants, warlords and weird cultures built around the remains of the old world with little to no exposition, and it all comes together in a way that makes sense for the setting.

10 years since and you can tell this movie will stand up as great for many years more.

This movie directed by the great George Miller won 6 Academy Awards . He directed the first Mad Max starring Mel Gibson in 1979 , which was followed by Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior with Gibson and the third one Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with Gibson and Tina Turner. They are in the process of making a prequel to this movie expanding on the early life of Furiosa Charlize Theron’s character. Coming out in 2024.

They hired professional Motocross riders for the motorcycle stunt work, and Cirque du Soleil performers for the "polecats".

I don't have the required knowledge to properly express how good this film is, but the world-building is amazing. He's created a whole unique culture that the film shows you instead of having the characters tell you, and I want to know more about it; see more stories told within it. The way the music from the Doof Wagon (lol) blends with the score, the visuals, the stunts? So epic. If this movie gets you hyped, and you haven't seen Dredd (2012) you really should. It stands alongside this one as two of the best action movies in the last 20 years. As a little aside I just wanna say that I enjoy those little zoom-in edits in your reactions. That 'dude what?' face at the "addicted to water" line, the slurping faces during the fight with the hose, both jamming out to the guitar. Amazing. 😂👌

My favorite part is Nux the War Boy's redemption arc and his sacrifice for the girl, the group and their cause.

How did we leave the theater? Well, my date and I rode home from the IMAX blasting Motörhead. This seriously is one heck of an experience and worth every amount of praise that gets heaped upon it. You can clearly see why George Miller's post-apocalyptic vision is such an inspiration not just to filmmaking, but to storytelling, worldbuilding, character building, and yes as you so perfectly described it, *high octane* adrenaline-pumping action. For this alone the man is guaranteed the throne of a master builder and visionary in Valhalla.

I grew up with the Mel Gibson Trilogy and it stands alone IMO. This is Furiosa's story and we ride along with Max now, witnessing his experiences as the lone wanderer. This format allows several movies to be made independently with Max being the eyes of the viewer for the most part. I appreciate the 'Rat Fink' inspiration with the vehicle designs. Every time I see this or clips, I want to install the game again.

I watched this in the cinema… was so enraptured by this film I didn’t touch my concessions. By the end of the movie I just sat there mindlessly watching the end credits. To this day one of the best action in a movie I have ever seen. CinemaWins did a very good 3 part breakdown of Fury Road. Well worth the watch if you get the chance. PS: great reaction

when i saw the dubbed Australian original in 1980, i never would’ve known that this is where we’d be decades later on Fury Road. 🔥🏎️💨

Love this movie so much! The guitar playing guy, in addition to being awesome, is there because his playing/flames passes signals from Joe to the rest of the cars.

The first half of the movie is a chase. The second half is a race. 3-Way Tied with Cap Am Winter Soldier and The Batman, this is my favourite movie of all time. Everything in this movie is real and works - all the vehicles, even the guitar that shoots fire. George Miller wanted everything on the screen to be real on screen with just a few CGI enhancements. The Polecats (like the guy who grabbed Zoe K out of the top of the car) were Cirque Du Soleil performers. That was actually Tom Hardy strapped to the front of that car and he was TERRIFIED.

This is still to this day the best cinematic experience I've ever had. I saw this in the cinema 5 times because I couldn't get enough of it. The first and only time I've been on the edge of my seat through the whole film..

from the director of Happy Feet and Babe Pig in the City ;)

Y'all have rapidly become one of my new favorite reaction channels, because you're both extremely preceptive in terms of storytelling as well as the more technical aspects of filmmaking. This movie is, of course, a masterpiece in both regards. And this is an excellent reaction. Keep 'em coming.

Did you see the continuity error? Furiouso's forehead is painted black at the beginning, no paint when Max catches up to them, black paint again when chased by the 3 gangs, no paint at the end.

Well you guys should definitely watch the original Mad Max movies of the 80's starring Mel Gibson. They are part of the foundation that started the Australian low budget film genre. #2 is what this one is mainly based off of (the elements).

Actor who played Immortant Joe was in first Mad Max movie as leader of motorcycle gang.

Tom Holkenborg did a good job with the musical score in my opinion. Most of it sounds very gritty and primal. The drums were the main character in the music. Heavy, loud and tribal. The brass and strings are secondary here. They’re also loud as well but also triumphant at times. I also like that you hear some guitars in the music as well. Gives off a heavy metal kind of vibe. I also really dig those intense and dissonant electronics too! There is also some lovely choirs but are used sparingly. There are some rather somber and hauntingly beautiful moments too. This is basically a mix of Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, Deadpool, Terminator: Dark Fate and Zack Snyder’s Justice League. Of course, the music is not for everybody. Orchestral purists would HATE the drumming being too much and not being subtle. However, I’m a lover of not only orchestral majesty but I’m also a lover of drums and heavy metal as well.

tom hardy and charlize theron hated each other when filming this and hardly spoke to each other.great film.

A couple friends took me to see this in the theater; within the next month, we'd seen it something like 8 times in the theater, and we always came away with something new to talk about.

I've frequently described this film to those I'm encouraging to see it as "A two hour post-apocalyptic car chase, that is also art."

It was so hilarious to see Denise so concerned about that girl having contractions... Only to have her almost die in the most spectacular and convincing fake out death I've ever seen in a movie, then to finally fall off the rig in the end just crushing Denise's soul. She went from "oh good, I thought she was done", to "OH NO" with just a priceless expression on her face as she covers her mouth the second it shows the girl under the wheels of the truck.

A note regarding the style that looks like an accelerated camera edit is that it is not an edit, the director concentrates the movement in the center of the scene and on the sides the people and objects remain still or without interaction, it generates the illusion of acceleration but it is a frenetic style that works in fight sequences although there the camera moves sometimes losing that notion.

The cinematography of this movie is staggering. Non-stop, fast-paced action with many rapid cuts and you don’t lose the thread of the action for even a moment. That’s an impressive feat.

4:29 - "postapocalyptic at the best" - well, the motto for the set design (cars, fortress, details) was that "even that this is post-apocalypse, does not mean that people will not want build things with aesthetic and beauty". War car cult - its own, unique aesthetic. 30:11 - not only Max get the job done.. but he is giving the steering wheel to Nux. This means a whole world to him, he not only controls the war rig, he has been given what only Immortal Joe provided so far for him.

some details you may not have caught, the doof warrior (the guy playing the sick rifts on the wagon) is not just there because he looks cool, its hard to relay information across a large line up of vehicles, so the doofwagon (the trukk the door warrior rides atop of) sticks close to the gigahorse (immortan joes vehicle), that way he can relay information and commands to the rest of the war party, the quicker he plays tells them if they are to advance up, stay at current speed or back off, the different notes, rifts and flames hes uses also tell different waves of cars to engage or not to engage. when they get stuck in the mud the doof warrior slows down his playing to a craws to tell other cars to stop the pursuit, also when they get eyes on the warrig again he jumps into playing to immediately as to command the others to jump into action there are many other small details, such as immortan joes vehicle, the gigahorse is joes mobile throne, in the wasteland its rare to own one of anything so joe shows his wealth by being the man to own two of everything, his vehicle is made up of two identical Cadillac Coupe de Villes, hes running two V8 engines with two super chargers to make a one of a kind V16 engine. it also has wood decorating the guns witch again shows wealth since wood is rare in the wasteland. on the dashboard he has a large array of different badges from cars, its implied that each badge has come from a different vehicle that he has taken down. one of the best parts of this movie is how much world building is done buy tiny details

I have a suggestion for both of you, react to original trilogy of Mad Max with Mel Gibson. Hugh Keays-Byrne aka Immortan Joe, main villain in this movie. Hugh also starred in 1979's Mad Max as Toecutter.

"WHAT A LOVELY DAY!!!!!" :)) Legendary movie! Made me wanna watch it again.

Mad Max: Fury Road is arguably one of the greatest films ever made, and anyone who thinks it's just an action movie has no idea what they are looking at. It may be the greatest action film of all time, but it's also one of the most beautiful and emotional films ever made as well. I've seen it probably DOZENS of times, and yet I still have tears in my eyes with almost every word, every action, every movement, every cut, every expression...

I love the practical effects in this. Fun reaction. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.

This is an amazing movie. It was nominated for a slew of Oscars including best picture. I think the movie just won a lot of technical Oscars. I love Tom Hardy as Max. I am excited for the sequel. Enjoyed y’alls reactions to this very good movie!

Fun fact: the actor who played the pregnant breeder who died and was cut open for the baby is Rosie Huntington Whitely, a Victoria's Secret super model and long time partner of Jason Statham, the action star, who is 20 years older. They have two children together, are engaged but not married.

This is one of the best movies to come out within the last few decades. Absolutely great ride, so well done, and great performances. Along with the design and execution of that, just ~chefs kiss*

Yes I remember leaving the theatre feeling so high. I went back a few days later to see it again. It's a masterpiece. The practical effects are incredible and the editing is superb. The editor won an Oscar for this. They got that one right.

This movie is so perfectly shot that every single scene can be a portrait! And to know that 90% of the movie is not CGI makes it even better!

One of the most efficient and hard hitting action movies ever made. For some reason I always tear up when Max is caring for Furiosa at the end, something about him turning his desperate, overpowering survival instinct towards saving her life just hits me hard. His shaky movements, the gravel in his vocal performance as he gives terse orders, and just “Max, my name is Max.” It fucks me up.

Shot in Nambia as the Australian desert suddenly flourished after an usually rainy season

I saw this the weekend it opened. At the Chinese Theater in LA. IMAX 3D....by far one of the best film experiences I ever had. I had just moved to LA from FL 2 days prior so this was the perfect cherry on top. Will never forget this film

It's one of the few movies I watched TWICE in theater Mostly because the first time was so overwhelming in wasn't sure to fully catch all the details The soundtrack from Junkie XL is incredible and the editing from Margaret Sixel (George Miller's own wife who didn't edit any action movie before) magnifies her husband's work (she won many prices including a BAFTA and an Oscar for that) Most of the stunts and effects are practical (they just used some compositing tricks mainly for safety reasons) and all the cars are junkyard frankenstein monsters that are fully functionnal

You were talking about the editing, if I remember correctly he (George Miller) gave the job of editing the movie to his wife, she'd never done it before, but she won an Oscar for best editing that year.

I watched it in theaters and when I got out, I was speeding without knowing it. lol Its one of my fav movies.

One of the most beautiful movies ever made! The colors, the composition, every frame is a painting! A masterclass in visual storytelling.

I am so glad I saw this in the theater. That score is so good, I couldn't stop listening to it for a couple of months.

Mad Max: Ooooffy Road! Thanks for the reaction video!😄 You were right at 24:00, George Miller is aware of how to draw your eye to where he wants it to go. He uses the effects of the movie to move your focus for the next cut.

I watched it at the movies and after it ended I was like, Holy crap that was insanely intense! And I loved every bit of it.

As many times as I have watched this movie, watching you guys react to it is the only time I cried. Not sure why! It's a fave.

Amazing production quality on your videos, and love your filmmaking observations and analysis. Great video and channel

stunt team had such a blast filming this, the studio crew had to actively tell them No on doing certain stunts while they insisted that they could do it. One of the reasons why majority of this film is practical and legit stunt work. The heart of this film is in the love put into every little detail by everyone involved

This is one of the best action series of all time. I hope you guys watch the first three.

seeing this in theaters with my late father was a white knuckler for sure! a few times we looked at each other thinking, "is this movie going to let us catch a breath... nope!" and not to mention we started perfecting our burger recipe and snuck our own homecooked stuff in. ah, great memories.

This is awesome, getting to see your first reactions to some of the best movies! I'm glad I saw to movie at the theater with my open-minded mom (RIP) who really loved it. :P

You should totally react to "Blade Runner 2049" directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford and Ana de Armas, "Her" directed by Spike Jonez and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Scarlett Johansson, "The Count of Monte Cristo" directed by Kevin Reynolds and starring Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Henry Cavill and Dagmara Dominczyk, the new Guy Ritchie film "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" starring Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson and Eiza Gonzalez or "War Dogs" directed by Todd Phillips and starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller.

Nicholas Hoult played Nux, the actor that played Immortan Joe he also played Toecutter on Mad Max that came out in 1979.

The boys responsible for building those vehicles must have been a fun bunch to hang with..😆🔥🤘

If you like this movie, you will definitely like Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. It is one of my personal favorites. Definitely check it out!

A lot of the comments talk about the fact that Max is less the main character and more a framing device through which we witness the stories of other main characters. And picking up on what you said about feeling like there is a lot of background lore to this; there are a few comics set in this universe. One of them is set a while after Fury Road. In years to come, there’s little-to-no mention of Max. Instead, the events in this film come to be known as “The Tale of Nux”!

The fact that tom and charlize hated the fuck out of eachother.. Still being professionals and deliver this amazing movie is pretty bad ass!

This movie is PERFECT!! The directing The story The editing The cinematography The production design The costume design The sound The music! The performances 😊 The Best movie of 2015!

I love how the battle tactics between factions have clearly evolved in response to each other... the porcupine cars have that armor because their competition is 'known' for jumping on the vehicles.

What's wild to me, is that Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron are so good together on screen, yet they absolutely hated each other on set. If you look it up, every actor, producer, etc. has something to say about how bad the tension was between the two. Hardy left a gift for Theron after shooting was done with a note that said, “You are an absolute nightmare, BUT you are also f**king awesome. I’ll kind of miss you. Love, Tommy.”

"How did you leave the theater after this?" I was definitely driving differently on the way home, I had to slow myself down a few times. I was kind of carrying that hype after leaving the movie. It was amazing to see in the theater, and hopefully you two get to see it that way someday. I went to watch this after getting off of a shift that ended at 8am. It was near the end of the run of the movie, and there was, maybe, one other person there in the room. I fell asleep to many movies due to lack of sleep when I used to go at that time, but this one kept me awake. I was frankly overwhelmed when I saw it, and my appreciation for it has only grown with repeat watches. Nice to see you two enjoy it, I haven't watched it yet, but I hope Furiosa will be this amazing, or even just almost as good. Almost as good would still be an amazing movie tbh. xD

A lot of ignorant people will tell you everything is practical and those people are wrong, this movie is one of the best examples of practical and CGI, every action scene is a mix of both in a very extraordinary manner. People need to know better about CGI, even today: look for the video 'No CGI means invisible CGI'

Fury Road was an AMAZING IMAX theater experience! I grew up watching the first three movies, so I had to see it on the big screen. It was crazy loud in the theater. I especially loved the drums. Speaking of that, a lot of people didn't understand the musicians coming along with the 'convoy.' But it makes a lot of sense from a historic point of view. For generations, musicians and marching bands were brought along with troops going to battle, as a way to improve morale. I think it made for a pretty sweet and unique addition to this movie :)

the craziest thing is that the mad max world is only contained in their version of Australia, we have no idea how the rest of their world looks.

Great Reaction. Charlize Theron & Tom Hardy were great. Can't wait for 'Furiosa' movie to come out next yr.

To this day, I still don't get how this movie turned out so good considering how much of a mess the whole production was

This movie was beyond my wildest expectations. Ive been a fan of Bane now im a fan of Max. Tom Hardy is such a phenomenal actor

One interesting fact about this movie was how Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron got along, or rather, didn't get along, on set. And yet, they made a masterpiece.

Riley Keough is Elvis Presley’s grand daughter. She is the escaped red head in fury road. She is married to Ben Smith -Peterson. The guitar player in fury road. The leader of the bad guys who wears the mask is Hugh Keays-Byrne who played the leader of the motorcycle gang in the first mad max movie. He directed mad max 2 and directed the mad max tv series for an Australian TV.

The redhead is Elvis Presley's granddaughter and she married the guitar player.

This movie is a visual masterpiece. Watching this in an IMAX was next level!

as great as they act together, it is known that Ms. Theron and Tom Hardy only spoke to each other when they were filming.

There's a Belgian artist i knew when i was younger, Olivier Pauwels who created a steering wheel for this movie... he is really worth checking out. I haven't seen it yet, waiting for the local theater to replay it.

I love that it took almost 20 years to make this movie and George miller never gave up this film. At first, it was going to be Mel Gipson again and then even Health Ledger was considered for being Max but they had to pause again again because he passed away. I think Ledger was supposed to play this role right after Batman Fun fact: the editor of the movie is a woman and she did a great job in cutting up this movie :)

Only film I've ever seen more than once in Theater was Fury Road. In fact, I went and saw it 3 times. Cannot wait for the new film

Someone did a timeline of all the Road Warrior and Mad Max movies, this movie is originally supposed to take place in late 2040 to early 2050 and when it was adapted from the graphic novels it was written for Mel Gibson to be an old Mad Max, but someone changed the script and opted for Tom Hardy so they refit the movie to take place somewhere in the middle of the timeline between Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

Watched this in a near empty, but well equipped cinema when it came out. George Miller achieved the impossible (to me): Revived the "80s action flick" _successfully_ more than 30 years later(!) and made me giggle in my sound-shaken seat like I was young again. He stayed true in style to the original trilogy, added to the lore, showing an even further regressed civilization than before and created one of the best action movies ever to grace the silver screen! The perpetuum momentum of this movie is unparalleled. And this visual roller coaster ride should always be enjoyed on as big of a screen as possible, volume UP! Thank you, George Miller, from the bottom of my well traveled movie heart!