9. Mad Max: Fury Road
“Heresy!” half the internet screams as they click off of this list right now. While I know that many of you are so in love with this film that you’d build you’re own combat cars if you could, it ultimately fell short for me in the wake of meteoric hype. Sweeping review after massive essay describe this film as “operatic” or “a silent film with vehicles and battle as dialogue” but to me, it came off as yet another empty action spectacle. While it’s a superbly directed empty action spectacle to be sure, there ultimately isn’t much to care about beyond that. You’d think that having Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron would ensure that the film would have great characters, not so much. Sure, Theron’s Furiosa is an exciting feminist icon in some ways, but we really learn nothing about her, and Hardy’s Max is a grunting bore. While I definitely plan on re-watching this film soon to see if I might have missed something, for now only so many beautiful explosions and fantastic practical effects can cover that up, which made the film feel pretty “mediocre!!!” to me.
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