Mad Max: Fury Road

[raj101]

watched it again, another crazy funfair ride. I think if you are looking for a plot in a Mad Max movie, then you might be missing the point, and that's the freak show stunts. The plot is basically run away/run back/run away in each movie so far, and likely to be the next movies too. I could happily watch this once every week all summer way past the point where I've memorised the minimal, otherwordly script.

[The Sparrow]

despite the 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes, I can definitely see a lot of people hating it.
There's barely even a thread of a plot, the dialogue is almost completely incoherent

1st hater reporting for duty!

Let me first say, as good as Tom Hardy was, he played 2nd fiddle to Charlize Theron & Nicholas Hoult, who were both incredible.

The film... not so much. It was... Ok. It reminded me of one of the more audacious & ludicrous Top Gear challenges. I half expected Jeremy Clarkson to pop up yelling "MORE POWER!!!!" & James May to mumble "oh cock" whenever they had issues.

It wasn't terrible, it just seemed pointless. The chases were fun, but got boring & repetitive very quickly. I'm convinced that my Haribo Tangfastic induced sugar rush is what kept me awake for the entire film. My friend didn't have as much sugar as me, and did fall asleep.

5/10

I echo this. After all the hype I was expecting a lot more but the whole movie was basically just an extended car chase sequence. Some elements were impressive and artistically shot but unfortunately became tiresome very quickly since it was the same thing over and over again. The whole thing felt aimless and a tenuous plot was stretched far too thin. 5/10.

I'm in this camp. Very disappointing but I was never a fan of the original Mad Max films either. 6/10