some people will try to tell you that this move is not actually great.
those people are wrong.
fury road is operatic. insane.
it is perfect!
best of the mad max series for sure but it's debatable it didnt take my # 1 spot in 2015 TFA Did
shareFor everyone who said that this isn't the greatest film of the century so far, I would love to see what movies others feel are better than Fury Road. I need a laugh.
shareOkay, so...I can understand why somebody would love Fury Road to pieces and think it one fine piece of cinema. It's a masterwork of visual storytelling, world-building without exposition, great editing, great pacing, and just a really enjoyable time at the movies. It's wonderful.
But you laugh that other movies might be better?
The Lord of the Rings trilogy kicked this century off with the first true Epic in a long time, and the last real Epic since then.
Hayao Miyazaki released Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and The Wind Rises. Miyazaki's work is sublime.
Gangs of New York is underrated as heck.
If you're looking for inventive sci-fi worlds of the same gritty persuasion, though, how about Children of Men or Moon? Or District 9? Or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Each features storytelling and worldbuilding as complete as Fury Road.
Maybe you want a visually-lyrical action-chase movie set in a world we don't understand, but are told about through environment and aesthetic. So...Apocalypto?
The indie scene coughed up Lost in Translation, Punch-Drunk Love, In Bruges, Match Point, Seven Psychopaths, Birdman, and Whiplash. Oh, and Midnight in Paris, The Triplets of Belleville, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and the Lives of Others.
I'm Not There is the most inventive biopic I've seen.
Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz are masterworks of comedy AND exemplars of the genres they send up AT THE SAME TIME.
Maybe you prefer to laugh at somebody thinking Pan's Labyrinth or Frost/Nixon to Fury Road...?
That's not even the full list I complied of great movies of the last century. Now, I don't personally think that every one of those films is better than Fury Road. Again: I'm not saying Fury Road wasn't awesome (it was), or masterful filmmaking (it is), or that it couldn't be somebody's favourite movie (it could be!). But it's not laughable to think it's not the best movie of the century.
Personally, I prefer a lot of movies to Fury Road.
You mentioned lots of good movies, but I still feel that Fury Road is one of the best. Of all the movies you mentioned only Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Whiplash come close. Not a fan of Lord of the Rings. I liked the first two movies but ROTK was such a disappointment.
shareOK, but it's not laughable, then, right? If it's your favourite, more power to you, but if somebody said, "I think Lord of the Rings was better," it shouldn't elicit chuckles.
I don't prefer everything on that list to Fury Road, either, just for the record. Some of it (LOTR, Spirited Away), I do, but others (Apocalypto) I definitely prefer Fury Road. A lot of them are almost incomparable. How do you match up Frost/Nixon to Fury Road?
Well, I wasn't expecting the movies you mentioned to be part of the responses I got. I was expecting superhero movies and dumb horror movies as part of the equation. That was why I expected to be amused.
shareThose would be more amusing.
Out of idle curiosity: how do you rate Dredd? I watched it around the same time I watched Fury Road and I thought they shared a lot of similarities.
- Action movie in one location (okay, Fury Road travels, but "the highway" is the location)
- Franchise (if we count the comics) or known property being revived/soft rebooted
- Sci-fi full of dystopian grit
- Hard-as-nails, taciturn hero - the epitome of the brave new world he inhabits, but the main character/protagonist isn't the usual guy (Max, Dredd), but a new, female character who the story is more about.
- Tells its story largely through constant action that never lets up.
It's a good movie, but it hasn't stuck with me like Fury Road did. I will have to rewatch. I haven't seen it since it came out.
shareOff the top of my head...
Mr. Nobody (2009)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
Drive (2011)
Lost River (2014)
Joker (2019)
and that's sticking to just English-language films; otherwise, I'd still add
Nuit noire (Belgium, 2005)
Tokyo! (France/Japan/South Korea/Germany, 2008)
L'étrange couleur des larmes de ton corps (Belgium, 2013)
Sword Master (China, 2016)
Errementari (Spain/France, 2017)
I've only seen 6 out of the 10 movies you listed. I will have to check these others out. Thanks.
shareNo Country for Old Men (2007)
A Prophet (2009)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Amelie (2001)
Adaptation (2002)
City of God (2002)
The Lives Of Others (2006)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
The Rider (2017)
The Aviator (2004)
Black Swan (2010)
Whiplash (2014)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Nice list. Only There Will Be Blood and Whiplash come close to Fury Road. Some of these are way below Fury Road, good movies, but not on par with Fury Road.
shareNah. Story-wise and actor performances, Fury Road doesn't approach most of those. Incredible action sequences and a marvel of technical direction to that end, but that's its only exceptional aspect.
shareI think the way that it tells its story through the action is pretty laudable. I think a lot of those films are better than Fury Road, but I still admire FR for its ability to get a story and characters across through its action scenes.
shareSure, I don't think it aspires to be anything more than what we see. It's a great achievement, but as the total package, I can't side with "Greatest Film of the Century". If someone brought up "Greatest Action...", you could have a debate since Miller practically created a sub-genre with these films.
shareOnly Fury Road, There Will Be Blood and Whiplash gave me that feeling of elation that I have felt during other great movies that I have seen in my life. The others you listed gave me varying degrees of delight. A few of the ones you listed gave me nothing.
shareVery good film, but...nah.
shareLol what a joke
shareFury Road hailed 'Greatest Film of The Century' not directed by Chris Nolan or Quentin Tarantino.
Right?
Such an esteemed list, if Force Awaken is on the high bar
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