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It's interesting that people playing enemies on screen can be all "love him" and what not off screen (such as TDKR), and people playing allies (such as MMFR) can, um, get along well enough to be civil to each other at the end of it. :D But really, I fully understand this one was a difficult shoot and I don't blame them, and it seems everything got sorted. They're colleagues, and apparently respect each other. They don't need to love each other.
So, to get back to what I was saying earlier, that really was a lovely relationship to watch on screen (and as a male-female relationship in an action movie it was pretty unique, I can't think of anything similar). Whatever may have happened off screen clearly didn't harm the on screen relationship - might have even made it easier to portray, and the two actors maybe reached similar kind of respect for each other as the characters did.
Oh, never trust the tabloids. People like these actors don't give interviews to rags like that, so why even bother reading their pick-a-quote-here-and-there versions? I always recommend going, instead, to the original sources the tabloids and various gossip/celebrity sites are using. They can't just steal stuff so they have to mention where their quotes are selected from. ;) (Both those sites used quotes from long Esquire magazine articles.)
I agree Hardy is pretty special. An interesting personality.
Dimi, I like the score a lot, and it fit the movie perfectly. I've been listening to it afterwards as well.
I need to see the movie again soon.
Very much my thoughts too. I remember thinking while in the cinema, hey, so often it is said of protagonists that there´s no chemistry between them, and then there were those rumours about Theron and Hardy not getting along properly, but onscreen they spark off each other so wonderfully!
I wouldn't say he hinted, I thought he announced it to be so. :)
I was reading something about that and because it was on a forum, I thought the person was messing with me. If this happens, it'll be the greatest thing ever. I'm looking to buy the biggest deluxe edition of this film on blu-ray once it releases.
That's a very great comparison: there's a respect between the two, they can both handle themselves, and they work together to achieve a different goal.
Absolutely. She is a much more compelling character, played by a better actress, in a much better film.
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Even better - and clearly shorter, that couldn't possibly have been 2 hours - the second time... I was NOT having a lovely day, and I was thinking "I so need this now" - and indeed I was in a great mood afterwards. Excellent therapy. :P
Damn, I want to see that movie again...
I will definitely go at least the third time. :)
It felt like maybe an hour the second time, so... did it feel like it was over in 15 minutes the 5th time? ;)
No, actually, I was able to see new things every time I went. There´s so much stuff in this movie on so many levels, my little brain wasn´t able to compute everything at once ;-). I can assure you though that the action doesn´t get blunt with many viewings, quite the opposite.
However, I did see the Mad Max Fury Road and was completely blown away by the spectacle that unfolded on the screen. An amazing visual treat and very well acted and executed by all concerned. I'll get a hold of the old ones and watch them soon. A pity that Mel couldn't make a cameo (forgiveness seems to be in short supply in Hollywood).
Ah, good. B-) I think there's too much all sorts of stuff and details for anybody's brain to take it all in on just one viewing. Not that it was hard to follow, it was not, but it's just so, so... well, rich in so many ways.
Good to hear you enjoyed the experience. :)
I don't think being familiar with the original films is in any way needed to appreciate and enjoy and understand Fury Road. I have seen parts 2 and 3, but that was a long time ago (probably 80s), so I don't remember a damned thing what happened in them or what I thought of them. The first Mad Max was shown on tv for the first time here earlier this year and I tried to watch it, but didn't like it at all and gave up before even finishing it. So I didn't go see MMFR because of those movies at all. And I think it's wonderful.
Btw, regarding Mel Gibson. Can someone fill me in on what exactly are his presumed crimes against humanity? I know he said some stupid shit when stopped by the police while driving under the influence. What else? It can't be just that, surely?
He's been accused of homophobia, antisemitism, and his film Passion of the Christ raised a lot of controversy. He was also charged with domestic violence.
I haven't seen that movie, and can't remember what the controversy was exactly, but surely that didn't destroy his career and lead him to be shunned by Hollywood? I know of the drunken comments made when stopped for DUI, but that was nothing really (drunk driving yes, but stupid comments when drunk? they were not that serious). And then there were some edited tapes. Being accused of something is not the same as being guilty and I'm not aware of proof. People like George Miller, Jodie Foster, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert Downey Jr. and Gary Oldman have tried to speak on his behalf. To no avail. I'm honestly confused. So he has had problems with alcoholism, but if that was enough to ban people in Hollywood, they'd have to ban a lot of people. I've just read his wikipedia page to try and understand, but... I get that he's not without any blame, but the reaction seems extreme to me. I must be missing something. People have a bigger problem with Gibson than they do with Polanski, for instance, and I don't get it. And I'm not a Mel Gibson fan at all, just a confused movie fan.
I loved him as the People Eater in Fury Road. The guy had his nipples pierced for fury's sake! :D
The reason he's still blacklisted, despite apologizing and trying to move on (which is all he can do really, what more can be expected of him?) is because of his anti semetic comments. He pissed off the Jews, who basically run Hollywood, I understand that a lot of Jewish people are studio executives, etc, powerful people; so an RDJ style comeback is pretty much impossible for him. He might get one or two big roles for certain big projects (like Expendables 3, Stallone has enough money and power to cast who he likes really) but his big leading man/director days are pretty much behind him. If he is in a lead role now, it'll likely be a small direct to dvd/limited theatrical release film, like Get The Gringo, a film he did a couple of years ago.
To be fair he does seem like a pretty nasty piece of work, and I say that as a fan of his films. He has said some horrible stuff and there was a domestic violence case with his ex (the mother of Timothy Dalton's kid, so there's a Bond link for there), where iirc a voicemail was given as evidence where he used the N word a lot and said if she got raped it'd be her own fault. But it seems kinda unfair that other actors have done/said similar things and been able to make comebacks while he can't. Although I guess it's his own fault at the end of the day.