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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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I saw Mad Max, finally! Loved it. Most everyone has commented on everything.
I remember the Road Warrior not making much sense. It was kind of nihilistic. this was more circular and most of the events were satisfying in the end.
The guy who played Nox is in everything, isn't he?
I just saw it too. OMG so many feels. Tom Hardy wasn't so much Mad Max as Melancholy Max, but I'm OK with that because this was the womens' show. Seriously. Well, and Nux - best transition in an action film I've ever seen from wormy secondary villain to woobie who saves the day. And with almost all show not tell. Damn that was one amazing piece of filmmaking and the fact that the director (and co-screenwriter) is in his 70's makes my jaw drop.
Nicholas Hoult did an amazing job in that role. Most seamless transition from child actor to adult since Christian Bale, really. He's got pretty remarkable range.
RIP Sir Christopher Lee. TCM will be devoting 6/22 to his movies. [link]
Or to put it another way, it's Hammer time!
So, another book I read recently and loved is being made into a movie:
Ellen Degeneres to produce Naomi Novik's Uprooted
Nicholas Hoult did an amazing job in that role. Most seamless transition from child actor to adult since Christian Bale, really. He's got pretty remarkable range.
He seriously got the best story arc in the movie. Max's was kept enigmatic, and Furiosa's was pretty much there from the get go. But wow. From "What a lovely day!" to that last look at the red head bride (if I have one minor complaint about the movie it was getting characters' names straight - if you didn't catch them during the action, you were never going to catch them at all). That's a hell of a character - and acting - arc. And all great.
Capable. That's the bride played by Elvis's granddaughter.
Toast = Zoe Kravitz. Youngest wife = Cheedo. Hella blonde wife = the Dag.
Pregnant wife = The Splendid Angharad.
Splendid and Cheedo are the only ones whose names are actually spoken in the movie (and Splendid is alternately called Splendid and Angharad, but never Splendid Angharad).
Totally agree on Nux. Loved him and his arc.
Also The Dag is awesome.