Very overrated, but not terrible.

Rating: 5/10 (13 June 2016)

I was hearing critics talk amazing stuff about this film: that it was the definition of fun, that it was one of the best action movies of all time, that it was a masterpiece, and so forth.
I watched this movie twice, but not because I've enjoyed it, but because I wanted to find why this movie got so much love. And I failed, I was disappointed by this film.
What's the plot of the movie? I don't know, it has a very loose plot. Is basically moving from point A to point B... and point A again?. Is really underwhelming. The characters: I don't care about them. There's only 2 characters that get development and have an arc: Furiosa and that guy with painted mouth with silver that played beast on the recent X-men movies. And there are parts of this film I just don't get. Like for instance, there are several parts were Max gets visions of people calling for help... were did this come from? were did it go?. The bad guy on this film (I don't even remember it's name, that's how forgettable this movie is) is so over the top and annoying I wanted to kill him.
The highlight of the film is the action, and admittedly it is very well done. Very impressive camera-work and stunt work, some welcome practical effects and creative set pieces. The problem is that this movie is 2 hours of cars chasing through the dessert, and after a while, I got bored. Also, the over-reliance of practical effects make the moments when CGI is used very noticeable, and that's not a good sign on a film. On top of that, there are some pieces that, as impressive as they may be, they are just tough to buy. Like fighting on top of a truck at full speed? that's really hard to believe.
And other parts did bothered me as well. The soundtrack is very mediocre, that guy with the guitar I thought was REALLY stupid, the overall costume design I didn't like, and there are scenes that could have reached it's full potential. Like when Furiosa discovers her family/group/clan/whatever was murdered, she takes her mechanical arm off and screams at the top of her lungs. If she took her arm off and slowly walked away to be by herself, it would have been a lot more powerful.
I could go on and on but I'm wrapping this off. Overall, this movie disappointed me. It isn't terrible, it has some good, and even great parts, and it had a lot of effort put into it, which I appreciate, but if the story and characters were better, I might have found that amazing film that everyone was making it up to be.
5/10.