Finished up my Mad Max run, and gotta say I'm disappointed. Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome are fine, but they weren't all that great. Road Warrior had good moments and at least had the proper setting compared to the original movie, but aside from a chase or two and the ending, it was not super great. Thunderdome has the better setting with Bartertown and some other aspects, but the actual Thunderdome was fairly goofy and then it turns into a family film with Max meeting up with the Lost Boys and spending half the movie with them. The finale was marred with shenanigans and slapstick basically, rather than actual fight.
I just don't think the original Mad Max films are very good lol I think they are better in concept than actual execution, which is amazing how good Fury Road is. It was like Miller couldn't fully realize his movies back in the 80's, but was somehow able to execute a real fantastic action packed film that was not only intense, but disturbing at times. I need more Mad Max like this, though hopefully they get Max talking a little bit more in it. Probably the only problem with Fury Road.
