Watch it twice

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2015)

Way back, when I watched the Matrix for the first time, as did everyone else back then, I didn't know what to think about it. What did I just saw? How to process this? Is it good, better or even bad? Then I watched it again and it's actually that good and it's fresh.
Same thing here, watch it once to get into it and then re-watch it to understand it. Fury Road is so fast and stylishly paced that you just don't have the time to soak explosion of details and process all of it at once. Hence repeated viewing.
It's the movie Michael Bay wish he was 1/10th able to make one day, but he can't because he is a hack. It's Frank Miller's wet dream of how over the top everything and cranked up to 11 is but doesn't look crass and cheaply macho. Yes, this Miller, George, the Mad Max creator, Babe maestro, somehow pulled it off again and made Mad Max: Fury Road one of the super-blockbusters of the year 2015. And rightfully so.
One requirement is needed though. If you never saw older Mad Max movies, do that first. If you hadn't watch them in a long time, refresh your memory first. Not for the story but for the atmosphere that is so rich and unique, everyone's been copying it since the first and second movie. It does take a while to take you back into it emotionally, how everything is damn insane and silly in the Mad Max universe.
This movie drives you from start to finish in no time, no stopping, pedal to the metal and it's never boring. The opposite of this is the final fight between Zod and Superman in Man of Steel that lasted 45 mins and you were bored and/or sleeping from the get go. No, Fury Road keeps you engaged all the time.
And that's also one thing that actually choked this movie a bit. If you look closely you can see how magnificent and smart everything is and detailed, from cars, to costumes and characters. Movie just zooms through it and almost never lets you fully enjoy it, savor it. It's like Miller is saying to us "We're not here for you and fan service, you're here for us, now enjoy.". Which I like - no BS and audience pandering, just getting straight to it, but I would also like more of everything... please. But judging from initial response from, well - everyone, we will probably get at least one more movie, named Mad Max: The Wasteland.
Performances are mostly solid, those breeder wives could get an acting lesson or two, but overall - solid. Super-kudos to massive amounts of practical effects and makeups. It looks great, gritty, so gritty and dry in fact that it actually made me thirsty while watching.
Really nothing more to say, go see the movie.