Mad Max: Fury Road - What a lovely ride!

Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2015)

I never got the chance to see the previous Mad Max films, starring Mel Gibson, so I went into this with no lines to follow. After hearing so much about it, and reading almost every review I could come across, I must say, I was exited! First thing first, I got what I expected, leaving the theater with a smile and my body comfortably numb.
"Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by George Miller, and the fourth film of Miller's Mad Max franchise. The first film of the franchise in 30 years, Fury Road stars Tom Hardy as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, making it also the first Mad Max film not to feature Mel Gibson in the title role. The film also stars Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult." Instead of making this a review within a thousand words, I'll make some pointers below:
WHAT I LOVED:
+ Charlize Theron is excellent. What a performance! + Nicholas Hoult is also excellent! + I'm not a fan of post-apocalyptic movies. This one, I liked. + Anyone else felt like this was a non-stop, over-the-top inferno of twisted metal, bones cracking, explosions and gasoline? I did! + Costuming looks great. Amazing attention to detail. + I loved Furiosa as a character. + Amazing visual effects!
WHAT BOTHERED ME A BIT:

I wanted more from Tom Hardy - Though I liked the score at some points, it was too generic to me. 60% of the music in this film did not feel original, and it felt way to forced sometimes. You ever get that feeling when you watch a scene, and you think "How would this work out with no soundtrack at all?" Is this really necessary here? - Again, the soundtrack. After all the action, I would appreciate a small window of silence. The dialog did not always strike me when the music kind off "was in the way a bit." This made it a struggle to get emotionally attached to the characters. - I expected EVEN MORE from the action scenes at some point. - Some scenes felt a bit rushed, and some did'nt. Unfortunately, the wrong scenes sometimes felt rushed or dragged.

Overall, a great action movie! The best ever? No. Did it meet my expectations? Hell yes. Was it perfect? No.
I never give movies a 10 or a 1. This one, for me: 8,4.