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Mad Max is a bad example. Max never spoke much after his family died in the first film.

by rangibaby 10y ago

Apocryphon 10y ago
Same with Only God Forgives, which is a heavily stylized Nicholas Refn picture.
- unsignedqword 10y ago
  Only God Forgives is excellent; most of the characters being relatively mute (especially Ryan Gosling's character) worked really well for it.
  - tnecniv 10y ago
    Is it? I wanted to watch it, but the reviews seemed mediocre.
    - unsignedqword 10y ago
      It's a love-it-or-hate-it movie. It's compared a lot to Drive, of which I felt OGF was better anyway, but many would disagree
viraptor 10y ago
It's not the same Max in the Fury Road, so I'm not sure that applies.
- rangibaby 10y ago
  I'm not sure I understand. He went from speaking normally in the first one to barely saying anything in the sequels.
- tvon 10y ago
  Fury Road is supposed to be the same Max as the other movies, unless I misunderstand you.
  - viraptor 10y ago
    The same, but not necessarily from the same timeline. It may not even be the same guy, but the same story. Or maybe not the same at all. Here's the best summary of ideas I've found: > Tom Hardy also spoke on this issue by saying, "We have to take it differently as George is taking it. It's a relaunch and revisit to the world. An entire restructuring. That's not to say that it's not picking up or leaving off from the Mad Max you know already, but it's a nice re-take on the entire world using the same character, depositing him in the same world but bringing him up to date by 30 years." On the other hand, Charlize Theron also said that Hardy wasn't playing Mel Gibson's character. They just happen to be both named Max Rockatanski. In fact, Miller stated with the 30 year gap since the last film and a new actor playing the lead, it was just easier to do a new version of the film without maintaining any continuity. The easiest way Miller puts it is to think of each film as a "legend of the Road Warrior" meaning that each film is a story about Mad Max that happened, but perhaps told by different people and so some things are altered from each story. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/faq http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/faq
    - Vaskivo 10y ago
      > each film is a story about Mad Max that happened That is what i think of it. I think it is also important to notice that Max is barely aprotagonist of the movie. He is more like a walking plot device. He help the drama start and move along while not being the real focus of it. Max is more of an entity than a character.

Mad Max is a bad example. Max never spoke much after his family died in the first film.

Apocryphon 10y ago

Same with Only God Forgives, which is a heavily stylized Nicholas Refn picture.

unsignedqword 10y ago
Only God Forgives is excellent; most of the characters being relatively mute (especially Ryan Gosling's character) worked really well for it.
- tnecniv 10y ago
  Is it? I wanted to watch it, but the reviews seemed mediocre.
  - unsignedqword 10y ago
    It's a love-it-or-hate-it movie. It's compared a lot to Drive, of which I felt OGF was better anyway, but many would disagree

viraptor 10y ago

It's not the same Max in the Fury Road, so I'm not sure that applies.

rangibaby 10y ago
I'm not sure I understand. He went from speaking normally in the first one to barely saying anything in the sequels.
tvon 10y ago
Fury Road is supposed to be the same Max as the other movies, unless I misunderstand you.
- viraptor 10y ago
  The same, but not necessarily from the same timeline. It may not even be the same guy, but the same story. Or maybe not the same at all. Here's the best summary of ideas I've found: > Tom Hardy also spoke on this issue by saying, "We have to take it differently as George is taking it. It's a relaunch and revisit to the world. An entire restructuring. That's not to say that it's not picking up or leaving off from the Mad Max you know already, but it's a nice re-take on the entire world using the same character, depositing him in the same world but bringing him up to date by 30 years." On the other hand, Charlize Theron also said that Hardy wasn't playing Mel Gibson's character. They just happen to be both named Max Rockatanski. In fact, Miller stated with the 30 year gap since the last film and a new actor playing the lead, it was just easier to do a new version of the film without maintaining any continuity. The easiest way Miller puts it is to think of each film as a "legend of the Road Warrior" meaning that each film is a story about Mad Max that happened, but perhaps told by different people and so some things are altered from each story. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/faq http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/faq
  - Vaskivo 10y ago
    > each film is a story about Mad Max that happened That is what i think of it. I think it is also important to notice that Max is barely aprotagonist of the movie. He is more like a walking plot device. He help the drama start and move along while not being the real focus of it. Max is more of an entity than a character.