Two
decades in the making. From the opening
moments till its final credit, George Miller is in complete control of every
piece of filmmaking, even if it doesn’t look like (and in reality on-set was at
times pure chaos). The film has owned
the 2010s since its release in May of 2015.
No one has come close to its purely cinematic visual style. A film that is an entire action set-piece and
narratively told through visuals and the barest of pieces of dialog. The result is a tale of Women fighting the Patriarchy
that holds them down, sexualized them, forces them to be their den mothers and
whores (sound familiar people). Miller is also smart enough to know that
Charlize Theron’s Furiosa is the real lead of this film and not Max (Tom Hardy
at his hungover gravelly best… well maybe not that maybe The Drop). Watching these two figuring out each other and how to
work together is one of the best dances of the 2010s. Ultimately it is Miller’s out-of-this-world and
politically-charged visual storytelling that makes this the best film of the
decade. Watch it three times; Black
& White, 4K UHD Color, and finally 3D.
1. Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller
Two decades in the making. From the opening moments till its final credit, George Miller is in complete control of every piece of filmmaking, even if it doesn’t look like (and in reality on-set was at times pure chaos). The film has owned the 2010s since its release in May of 2015. No one has come close to its purely cinematic visual style. A film that is an entire action set-piece and narratively told through visuals and the barest of pieces of dialog. The result is a tale of Women fighting the Patriarchy that holds them down, sexualized them, forces them to be their den mothers and whores (sound familiar people). Miller is also smart enough to know that Charlize Theron’s Furiosa is the real lead of this film and not Max (Tom Hardy at his hungover gravelly best… well maybe not that maybe The Drop). Watching these two figuring out each other and how to work together is one of the best dances of the 2010s. Ultimately it is Miller’s out-of-this-world and politically-charged visual storytelling that makes this the best film of the decade. Watch it three times; Black & White, 4K UHD Color, and finally 3D.
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