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Mad Max: Fury Road

You know from the trailer exactly what you're getting with Mad Max: Fury Road. The action isn't that spectacular, but the world of Mad Max is always interesting, I liked the characters/actors, and the plot was fine.

I have a lot of nostalgia for the original Mad Max series, from forever ago. I'm pretty sure I watched it about 15 years ago and didn't like it. But I don't remember that anymore, so it's basically just back to the nostalgia. I didn't see the point in watching Fury Road. It didn't seem like the movie was necessary, or anything that was going to be that great. I do like Tom Hardy, but I'm not a huge fan of Charlize, and "Furiosa" is the dumbest name ever. I guess it *might* kind of fit in with the Mad Max univerise, though.

The opening of the movie is pretty cool. It's hard not to get behind Max's narration. I did like the look of the war boys. And the canyon people's outfits were cool, too. I thought Nux looked like Nicholas Hoult. I keep confusing other people for him, but I was like, "No, this time that really *has* to be him." Some of the car stuff was cool I guess. I wasn't super impressed with it, or the guitar player, although I did like the war drums. I could've done without the sped-up footage effect.


Stake Land

A few things don't work, but it's immersive and original.

Stake Land is intense. There's really no way to describe how viciously it pulls you in. You're immediately thrust into all the shock, horror, and gore. It's so hardcore it makes The Walking Dead look like Cinderella. I've seen my fair share of zombie/vampire movies, but I was not prepared for this one. It reminded me a lot of Feast, without the humor. Any humor. No humor here.

Terminator Salvation

Christian Bale..first Batman, now John Connor. What's next, fucking Mad Max? The movie may have been more interesting if the "big reveal" hadn't been revealed in the trailer, but that's alright; I guess they had to give us some reason to go see it other than "the machines try to kill John again." It was appropriately loud and action-packed, and the casting was pretty good. I enjoyed it, although it would've been nice to know more about Marcus' past, and the ending was slightly detrimental and completely unnecessary.

I Am Legend

This was a lot like watching Will Smith pretend to be Tom Hanks from Cast Away. I liked the ending better than what I was expecting based on the book's, but I'd still like to see a movie that explores the book's themes.

Doomsday

This completely kicked ass. Lots of great action, surprises, and attention to detail.


Waterworld

Not the best movie ever, but not as bad as everyone makes it out to be, either. Rather reminiscent of Mad Max.