Utterly Pointless & Severely Overrated!

Rating: 1/10 (12 February 2018)

I totally love cinema's action genre, always going easy on it. When the latest Mad Max movie first came out, I was pretty disappointed in it. Then all the acclaim and awards started pouring in. Is film dead? Did I just have a bad day? I rewatched it and my initial thoughts have been reaffirmed. The 1/10 I'm giving this is just a bid for this overall rating to lower. Otherwise I'd be giving this 5/10.
It made sense for a Mad Max movie to be made now because of the massive upgrades in computer technology. That and it seemed like a nice cash grab. After all, the movie does have a better overall look than the three previous instalments. That's really about it in terms of what this movie has that's better than the others.
'Mad Max: Fury Road' is not about anything. The characters are flatter than paper and the story stays in one spot throughout the whole thing. All it is is people driving in the desert with occasional explosions. The audience is expected the care about these characters just because. With underdeveloped characters why should we care? It is super rare when we care about an underdeveloped character. In 'Saving Private Ryan,' Giovanni Ribisi's character was underdeveloped but we felt tremendous remorse upon his death. Nothing that smart ever happens in this.
For reader's sake, I will try to give a good summary of the plot. It is after the apocalypse (obviously), the human race is being enslaved (obviously) by the new leader (who is actually cool looking) who has many funny, half-naked Uncle Festers. Max (now played by Tom Hardy) is like a stuffed animal in front of a car and the Uncle Festers try to capture an escaped Charlize Theron. So that's it. There's really nothing more it it than that.
One good aspect of the film is the cool images. The Uncle Festers, although cornier than their 80s counterparts, actually do look cool. There's one Fester with a sewn chelsea grin that I liked. The lord guy is pretty awesome and the frequent use of the skull logo is pretty badass. But not all of these are perfect. There's a guitar player on the front of a car that plays and shoots fire while the battles happen. But there's no point in him other than to look cool. The fire that shoots out of his guitar don't do anything. Some cars have tons of spikes that look cool, but they all explode right away. There's no point in having these images other than to look cool.
There have been several analysis's about the movie's depiction of survival and feminism. Every movie ever made has themes! Fury Road's use of them are unoriginal and uninspired.
On the whole, 'Mad Max: Fury Road' is a subpar action movie that is NOT one of the best action films ever like so many people say. It is literally just driving with occasional explosions and shootings. I knew this would find an audience like early Chuck Norris and Van Damme films did, but the critical acclaim and commercial success this has received is horrible. Do yourself a favour and just skip this.
2/4