I needed to watch it a second time, but totally delivers!

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2016)

Saw Mad Max: Fury Road as soon as it hit theaters in my country. Being quite honest, I had not seen ANY of the previous movies so I was totally out of context. That being said, I entered the theater with very specific expectations, or, should I say, with a "standard" movie in mind -- dialogue, characters to root for, back story... Instead, I witnessed a bunch of explosions and, pretty much, what seemed to be a video game mission; go to to point A to point B, then head back to the starting point. As a matter of fact, even some of my friends left the movie when it was approaching its middle -- I suppose they also had something way different in mind. The lack of straight exposition and fluid dialogue might have discouraged them. Can't really blame them, most likely they were truly expecting your typical action movie with one liners, clichés and predictable plot points. Not even the stunts kept them interested. Now... That was the first time.
I did notice that the movie kept getting quite positive reviews so I took my time to watch it alone, in BluRay, in my living room... and boy did I have a blast! As I watched the scenes, each line of dialogue seems right, short but effective. The images were eloquent, the events taking place were always building up to the plot that, however simple, offers an original story. Even the very start of the movie tells you a little bit of Max's background: he used to be a cop, and the subtle but constant flashbacks (they hit you and him in the right moment as part of his motivation), help the viewer fill the blanks and construct the world this adventure takes place in. Furiosa's another remarkable addition. She's so determined. We can understand the motivation through her actions, and that is amazing storytelling, in my opinion. I did find a lot of feminist messages and concepts disguised or intentionally delivered in several scenes, through different objects, lines of dialogue and actions. It blew my mind ...Not to mention the jaw-dropping, REAL stunts and the fact that little CGI was used in this movie. It heavily relies on Miller's fantastic ability to show explosions and cool cars and vehicles (that, yeah... as many other have pointed out, remind me of Twisted Metal -- in fact, this'll probably be the closest thing I'll ever see in a movie that truly resembles such bad ass game)rolling around. And the more you look at them, the more you realize just how much effort was put into bringing them to life. The guy with the flame-throwing guitar, the "war boys", the post- apocalyptic hints of what might've happened (again, I did not see the previous movies but this one clearly gives information if one's to pay attention to details). I'd only say that, just because I happen to be a huge fan of character-driven stories, I would've loved just a bit more of fleshing out scenes. However, I do love those scenes at night and the dialogue between Furiosa and Max. Once again we see how effective and carefully chosen each word is. Totally recommend this movie and can't wait for what's to come!