so over-rated

Rating: 4/10 (5 October 2015)

This movie reminds me of a line from Annie Hall, when Woody Allen says how much he hates doing comedy for college students--they are all high on marijuana and laugh at anything. The endless hype of reviews for this movie are very similar. The movie uses the same pathetic formula that most sequels do. Take the good edgy stuff from the original and massively exaggerate it. And this is supposed to be a better movie? It happened with Alien. The original movie thrived on the idea of one relentlessly hostile indestructible enemy and superb dramatic acting.. Sequels had them being blown up like paper mache Godzillas. What made the original Road Warrior so effective was how stark and raw everything was, so primitive. In Fury Road they seem to have developed elaborate technology for building elaborate domains. I thought they were in a battle of survival for the last drop of gasoline. The raw horror of the original has been replaced by endless gruesome special effects. The entire movie is just one stupid chase. So so overrated.