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.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Frankenbuddha - Jun 12, 2015 7:50:51 pm PDT #29153 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
P.M. Marc - Jun 12, 2015 10:57:43 pm PDT #29154 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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.
Calli - Jun 13, 2015 12:43:13 pm PDT #29155 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
RIP Sir Christopher Lee. TCM will be devoting 6/22 to his movies. [link]
Or to put it another way, it's Hammer time!
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2015 12:55:45 pm PDT #29156 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So, another book I read recently and loved is being made into a movie:
Ellen Degeneres to produce Naomi Novik's Uprooted
Frankenbuddha - Jun 13, 2015 7:46:02 pm PDT #29157 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
P.M. Marc - Jun 13, 2015 8:10:19 pm PDT #29158 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Capable. That's the bride played by Elvis's granddaughter.
P.M. Marc - Jun 13, 2015 8:11:35 pm PDT #29159 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Toast = Zoe Kravitz. Youngest wife = Cheedo. Hella blonde wife = the Dag.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2015 8:16:58 pm PDT #29160 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 13, 2015 8:24:47 pm PDT #29161 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
This was the movie that reminded me that George Miller also directed Witches of Eastwick. Not necessarily a good movie, but OMG I do think it was a fun movie (apart from the horrid mistreatment of Veronica Cartright (sp?) and by association Richard Jenkins, but they did have to establish there was evil about).
P.M. Marc - Jun 13, 2015 8:50:34 pm PDT #29162 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, I wasn't going to see if I had Legit Welsh Name Angharad in my phone's autocorrect.
The Wives call her Angharad. Joe mainly calls her Splendid, but Angharad when he's especially rage-filled.