And I was going to talk about how cool it was that it falls into this really unique niche of the early 70s.
But then I look at the release date and it says 1979.
You have all these really tacky looking zoom in shots whenever Max is horrified by something and it looks like it came straight out of a Mexican drama film from the late 50s.
Now I'll confess that I really like all this stuff and I think it gives the film a unique perspective and personality on top of an already established and crazy world. But it really does come off is tacky when you're comparing it next to these incredibly well-choreographed driving scenes and some spectacular stunt work.
On that note; how did nobody died in making this film. Cuz you look at half the bikes crashing into things or car crashes and there's just stuntman or even the actors themselves getting smacked by random bits of metal or the bike itself and just really slamming into the floor. It's kind of brutal and I'd like to think these guys had decent insurance but given that it was a small low budget film I suspect a lot of them didn't.
(I'd like to be wrong on that one)
I like this movie a lot more this time than I did the last time I watched it. I don't know if I had a different opinion at the time or if I was tired but I just felt like it flowed so much better this time around.
Maybe it's because of some bad information I got from someone else and regards this movie. But really it's quite enjoyable to watch. Much like the film 'Vanishing Point' you should probably just watch it for the enjoyment of what it is and maybe leave out any sort of external commentary. especially because Mad Max is one of those movies that just feels kind of basic in its intent.
It wants to show you really fun car scenes and weird cookie characters interacting with each other. There isn't a single normal person in this entire movie outside of Max's wife. She's the only one that feels like she exists in the real world why everybody else seems like they're part of this insane broken down system. Which I guess they technically are.
In a way it kind of makes Max's wife the outlier of the old film. Maybe she's supposed to be the glimpse of Sanity in Max's life.
Oh no I'm adding my own personal commentary to the film. I just said you shouldn't do that. Okay maybe disregard what I said earlier. Throwing all the subtext you want for One in a paper and take me to University. I don't know.
I remember watching a video some time ago where somebody explained that they thought that the movie was badly paste and done really unprofessionally.
As if the director had no idea how to direct the romance scene and most of the film was just this boring stagnant affair of bad romance that led up to it inevitable climax of car chases and Mayhem. And I agree to an extent that the romance is pretty basic.
But the idea that this is a slow-paced or lackluster film is just ridiculous. The movie is riddled with car chases and over the top acting that really helps to emphasise how chaotic this world is.
Really the biggest thing I take away from all of this is that you should see these films yourself. Because whatever opinion someone has out there of anything probably isn't even tangentially correct with what it actually is.
Or even if it is maybe you may have an entirely different experience. I realise the irony of me saying all of this after just rambling on about different aspects of the film. I'm just as idiotic as the rest of these people. So remember don't take mine or anyone else's opinions all that seriously. We're just a bunch of random jerks in front of a keyboard yammering on about projects most of us will never be able to make.
And in my case having a bit of fun with it.
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