29th May 2015, 5:18 PM
I'm the odd man out. Everyone loves this movie, it's critically acclaimed, but I just didn't like it. There was no time to get used to or care about the characters, everyone's kind of growling and I don't have any idea what they're saying. Then there's an excruciatingly long chase scene that's meaningless because I haven't bonded with the characters. I get that it uses shorthand to introduce the set-up (I've never seen a Mad Max movie, just know the general premise). I get that this tyrant king is hording water and these human brudemares make a daring escape. But I just wasn't invested in it.
I walked out thinking "Maybe I'm just not an action movie guy", but then I went home and watched the first Die Hard as a palate cleanser. *shrug* Maybe I'll give it another chance. Maybe I just don't get Mad Max? I didn't like the last movie I saw in the theatre, Interstellar, but my friends loved it. I don't want to say that the theatre is a factor, but it'd be nice to be able to put on subtitles or rewind if I don't understand something. Why were they pausing to uproot the tree when they were on the run from the empire? I walked out after 45 minutes in to grab a smoke and came back thinking I probably hadn't missed anything.
I walked out thinking "Maybe I'm just not an action movie guy", but then I went home and watched the first Die Hard as a palate cleanser. *shrug* Maybe I'll give it another chance. Maybe I just don't get Mad Max? I didn't like the last movie I saw in the theatre, Interstellar, but my friends loved it. I don't want to say that the theatre is a factor, but it'd be nice to be able to put on subtitles or rewind if I don't understand something. Why were they pausing to uproot the tree when they were on the run from the empire? I walked out after 45 minutes in to grab a smoke and came back thinking I probably hadn't missed anything.