Wicked Science, outstanding MOTION picture achievement in storytelling

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2015)

Yes that is right, storytelling. In full use of his genius, i'm serious about that, George Miller created what i believe should be syllabus to anyone who is interested in the art of motion picture.
There is one director i put above the rest, this is personal opinion of course and that would be Stanley Kubrick. Now i have to reconsider my personal best. That alone is fantastic.
Mad Max: Fury Road was the first movie since A Clockwork Orange where i was a mess afterwards. On the contrary while watching both movies i was in cinema heaven. A long wait since A Clockwork Orange to encounter something like it. I never thought that an full scale action movie would give me the exact same experience. One precious surprise. Both movies are not made for everyone, but at the same time for all of us. That's my view.
Mad Max: Fury Road has very little exposition, most of that is in the very first minute alone. For an action movie i think this is groundbreaking, because it works perfect. Winding Refns Drive comes to mind where i think this is kinda similar.
The difference is Mad Max: Fury Road is constructed and filmed in a way it appeals more to the mainstream action fan. More worldwide accessible i believe. The cinematography and edit are key, they are following a plan. The camera tries to focus on the main point of interest at any given moment and while the action is really going, there are no cuts longer than 3 seconds. The frame rate is adjusted and most of the time you won't notice, it all serves a purpose. To engulf you. It's like a painting technique. If that is working you can concentrate on a lot of other things, like emotion, story and character.
The story is not driving from A to B and back! That i would call the linen, the canvas. The story is about a mislead man who just wants to be approved or loved, for all the wrong reasons he brings the two anti heroes of the movie together, as he crumbles he encounters something unexpected. A human, who happens to be a female, who gives him what he needed the most, just like that.
Big Spoiler: At first the only thing that felt forced to me was Nux falling so easy in love with Capable. After talking with my girlfriend about that scene, i feel that it is the only acceptable reaction from someone like Nux in that situation. Brilliant. Love on first sight/touch. The first time i could buy that in a movie as a guy, i can understand it completely but it needed time to click.
This young man stands up again, the approval of his being gives him energy, he is the one who saves all and more than one time. At least 3 times and the most important is of course his last one. He gives the movie the title after all while he foreshadows his intentions in the beginning, the result is the same, but not the meaning.
The sound and music is really important to here, you can hear that this is not done in hurry. It's like a high tech action opera.
Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron are a perfect match to my view, they should both be able to acknowledge that. I'm sure there was tension while filming but you can feel the mutual respect. Out of this i believe comes only the best. I think they are fantastic together. I have seen everything from Tom Hardy so i was really exited about him being cast as Max Rockatansky and he delivers.
Charlize Theron is outstanding here. This women doesn't need an Oscar anymore, i have the feeling she is above that nonsense and you can see that in her work. Of course no one is ever above approval(after all that's the story here), but Oscars are just business. The movie will be a classic and the actors immortal just because of this motion picture. Same goes for the team behind this masterpiece and last but not the least George Miller.
Chapeu 10/10