Hot Pursuit is actually surprisingly entertaining. I went tonight, only had to break out cotton balls to protect my eardrums from Sofia Vergara for one scene (to guffaws from the rows behind me), and had a good time that wasn't entirely predicated on Rob Kazinsky's nude scene. Though that was what got me to buy a ticket in the first place.

Fury Road was a lot of fun. Explosions! Post-apocalyptic nuttiness! When I eventually ascend and become Vampire Witch Queen, I'm borrowing an idea from the warlord; but instead of having a guitar player chained to a wall of amps on my war vehicle, I'm going to have a traveling pipe organ.

(Not spoiler-fonted because that scene was in the trailer.)

Yeah, Mad Max was amazing. Took a little while to kick in but then never let up.

but instead of having a guitar player chained to a wall of amps on my war vehicle, I'm going to have a traveling pipe organ.

Surely Caryl Struycken will be the organist?

Fury Road: holy bejesus.

I need to see again to orient myself with the actual lead of the movie. I had three big complaints:

1) lack of Australian accents. It just didn't seem like Mad Max without that

2) Tom Hardy. Love the man, think he's a brilliant actor, but it seemed like the combination of his fear in stepping in MG's shoes, the lack of a script, TH's confusion over GM's vision, Charlize Theron's replacement of Max as the lead and focus, and GM's focus on storyboard over script led to a rather nothing role. I think the scene where Max acts as a sniper stand for Furiosa says it all about Max's role and significance in the movie. I feel kind of bad for Tom about that. M

3) crappy dialogue. Again, this movie really does feel good unscripted. Like so much time was spent on the storyboard, visuals, and cinematography that the quiet beats were left to the actors to improv, and that these actors weren't used to improv, which led to cliche a trite dialogue about hooking up blood bags and redemption and hope.

That said, I adored Nux, and the fight in the beginning when he's unconscious and being jerked around is extra wooby inducing in retrospect. As well as still being hilarious.

I haven't seen Fury Road yet, but a former student posted this and now I simply Must. Just. See. It.

I nearly came to blows with someone close to me today when I said that I was seeing Fury Road as an anti-MRA action. SHE went into a rant about what is wrong with women.

Fortunately, we were able to stop the fight before it messed up both our lives, but it was a close run thing.

I'm galvanized in my desire to see it now.

My number 1 reason though is that the Mad Max films were my ex-husband's all time favorite and I'm nostalgic for that MM love.

Wow, Fury Road is some movie. My ears are still ringing.

One hella chase scene after another, and kickass women all over the place. Although I could have wished that more of the older women survived.

I want to check the cast list; if they shot in Oz, there may be some Farscape alumni on the cast...

if they shot in Oz, there may be some Farscape alumni on the cast...

Yep. The Keeper of the Seeds was Melissa Jaffer (Noranti) and Immortan Joe was Hugh Keays-Byrne (Grunchik).

All the Mad Max movies feature Farscape folk.

HAH! I knew I recognized her! Just missed the third eye in her forehead...