If you can realize that your opening statement was a 'backhanded-compliment' towards MAX, you would see that you both functionally said the same thing. "It's g

If you can realize that your opening statement was a 'backhanded-compliment' towards MAX, you would see that you both functionally said the same thing. "It's great, but..." and "Is it great?" both convey the message that MAX gets a lot of praise/recognition that maybe isn't deserved or warranted, at least anymore. They're much more in agreement than disagreement when taken full context.