Comments on: Steven Soderbergh Talks ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: “I Don’t Understand How Hundreds Of People Aren’t Dead”

By: DonDrapersAcidTrip

DonDrapersAcidTrip — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 06:28:00 +0000

In reply to NilesAkbar. Pretending all violence is equally bad is ignorant. Violence against fascists is good.

By: Glorious_Cause

Glorious_Cause — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:04:00 +0000

John McTiernan’s late 80’s action trilogy was incredibly well shot with some of the best camera staging and camera movements of all time. Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988) and Hunt for Red October (1990). You want a lesson is how to properly stage action scenes with practical effects, watch those three movies over and over again.

Also watch Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Back to the Future 1 and 3. Yes, I said 3. And of course Terminator 2 and True Lies. Cameron was great before he embraced CGI garbage.

Sorry, but there’s too much CGI in Fury Road, including the dreaded slow-motion CGI which has taken over Hollywood. Also, the color grading in Fury Road is lazy.

By: Robotmadhatter

Robotmadhatter — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 18:25:00 +0000

In reply to NilesAkbar. Niles, it really is a well-made movie. I understand your comment, but it was more than a stupid flic perpetuating a violent society

By: NilesAkbar

NilesAkbar — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 17:30:00 +0000

More stupid films glorifying violence. Nothing to see….

By: SquareheadX

SquareheadX — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 22:31:00 +0000

And the great editing is what brought it together. Superb film.

By: ianschopa

ianschopa — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:47:00 +0000

In reply to David Kim. Plenty of movies are extensively "previz-ed" and still incomprehensible...

By: David Kim

David Kim — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 16:28:00 +0000

Miller previz-ed the living shit out of that movie, just like every other action or fx heavy film nowadays. Its hard for me to believe that soderbergh isnt familiar with that process.

By: John W

John W — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 20:10:00 +0000

It’s funny because I remember the first time I saw the first trailer released for Mad Max, my first reaction was: “I wonder how many people died making this movie.”

By: jh

jh — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:10:00 +0000

I think the key to some of this stuff might be storyboarding like in animation (which Miller also directs). Absolutely every shot planned in detail, examined and re-examined on a reel to make sure it all makes sense visually, temporally, geographically etc. Then go out, get that shot. Not saying it’s simple by any stretch, and largely I agree with Soderbergh – the film is breathtaking – but I reckon the key is in the animatic he puts together beforehand.