This Video of Mad Max: Fury Road Without CGI is Simply Incredible
How good was George Miller‘s Mad Max: Fury Road? So good that his fellow directors often gush over his achievement (more on this below). Fury Road is, simply put, one of the best action films of the century. Miller’s vision of a parched, post-apocalyptic hellscape ruled by lunatics and their monstrous vehicles was a smash hit in every regard. It won an astonishing six Oscars: film editing (Margaret Sixel),
You may get to Watch George Miller’s Preferred Version of Mad Max: Fury Road—Black & White
Thanks to IndieWire, we've got a bit of exciting news about one of 2015's best films (and one of the best action films in years); George Miller actually preferred a black and white version of Mad Max: Fury Road. IndieWire noticed that customers in Germany were able to pre-order a new Mad Max box set, which includes all four films in the series, four new hours of bonus features,
Mad Max: Fury Road Earns 6 Oscars, Crushing Technical Categories
It's not all that surprising that Mad Max: Fury Road did so well at the Oscars last night, winning six Oscars, the most for any film. George Miller's sand blasted chase epic was a technical marvel, reminding viewers what a thrill good, old fashioned stunts are. Although it's a mistake to consider the film solely a marvel of practical effects—there was a lot of great special effects required, they were simply more subtle than you typically get in a film of this size.
Charlize Theron May Go From Furiosa to Fast 8 Villain
All it took was a little axle grease mascara, a claw for an arm the ability to plausibly beat the snot out of Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road to make Charlize Theron’s Furiosa one of the most iconic characters of the past few years. Theron’s Furiosa immediately warrants mention with other deathless big screen heroines like Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor in The Terminator and T2 and Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley in Alien and Aliens.
ACE Eddie Award Noms Announced, a Stormtrooper Legend is Born & More
Here's some of the news in film that we're reading today from around the Interwebs.
At the 13-second mark in the below The Force Awakens teaser (which yes, we know you've likely already seen), you'll see that super aggressive Stormtrooper with the wild lightsaber-defying weapon called a Z6 riot control baton. You remember him, he's the one who calls Finn a TRAITOR and challenges him to a pretty great, if brief, duel.
Around the Web: C-3PO Unmasked, Momentum Continues for Spotlight & Mad Max: Fury Road & More
A quick glance at what we're reading around the web.
In a must read for Star Wars fans, Vulture’s Boris Kachka chats with “Star Wars’ most special effect of all,” Anthony Daniels, the man in the golden droid suit.
Speaking of The Force Awakens, Slashfilm’s Peter Sciretta attended the film’s press conference this past weekend (in which there was no footage shown,
National Board of Review Declares Mad Max: Fury Road Best Film of 2015
The National Board of Review has named Mad Max: Fury Road their best picture of the year, a not insignificant deal for a film that promised to be a fun romp and turned out to be something nearing a visceral masterpiece. While the National Board of Review doesn't have the name recognition, nor the clout, of some of the other, early award-giving bodies, like the Director's Guild or the New York Film Critic's Circle or Los Angeles Film Critics Association,
Around the Web: It’s General Leia, Not Princess, Mad Max: Fury Road & More
Entertainment Weekly’s big Star Wars: The Force Awakens feature, with four separate covers, includes this tiny but not insignificant detail—in the film, Princess Leia is now General Leia. Director J.J. Abrams told EW this: “She’s referred to as General, But … there’s a moment in the movie where a character sort of slips and calls her ‘Princess.’”
Ever wondered why she was referred to as a Princess in the first place?
Turning Mad Max: Fury Road Into an 8 Bit Video Game
Back in August we shared with you CineFix’s great rendering of Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke as an 8-bit video game. (Okay, you can’t technically play these 8 bit videos, so it’s more like they’ve been turned into old video game films). The gang is back and they’ve turned one of the best films of 2015 into a classic 1980s video game. The whole gang’s here, including the polecats,
Killer Cars: Check out This Mad Max: Fury Road Infographic
Back in May, we introduced you to Jacinta Leong, art director on Mad Max: Fury Road and one of the people responsible for bringing you those beastly machines. Leong's task was huge, both literally and narratively, as without the machines, Mad Max: Fury Road can't exist. Fusing two Cadillacs bodies together, installing a massive engine and having the thing actually drive was just part of her task.
Today,
Here’s How They Built the Beastly Machines for Mad Max: Fury Road
How do you fuse two Cadillac bodies together, install two huge engines, and actually make the thing not only drive, but serve as one of the main vehicles in a film that's essentially one long car chase? This was one of the many challenges facing Jacinta Leong, art director on Mad Max: Fury Road, one of the most kinetic, relentless action movies in years. Max goes gear for gear and wreck for wreck with Fast &
It’s Hard to Tell Who’s Crazy in the New Mad Max: Fury Road Trailer
While watching the new Mad Max: Fury Road trailer, the phrase that resonates is, “Oh, what a day! What a lovely day!”
Director George Miller’s trailer is a breathtaking tease for the return of the Mad Max ‘franchise’ after a 30-year gap. We get a snippet of context for the high adrenaline car chases. We get a Charlize Theron with a fantastic buzz cut and four unidentified girls trying to escape,
