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Mad Max Fury Road - I lasted just over an hour. I found this terribly kitsch and obvious and without a single genuine moment. I was unable to suspend my disbelief and had to move on. Interesting that the critics seemed to love it here. I was surprised by how hammy and contrived it was. Maybe the last hour is genius and makes Orson Welles look like Michael Bay. I'll never know.
Okay, I was never a fan of the earlier Mad Max series even before Mel Gibson catapulted himself to the top of my hate list... but this is a TERRIBLE movie. Sure, it's got nicely shot action sequences, but there's zero characterization and barely any discernable plot. I guess it's okay if you're a fan of "action movies" (not a genre of interest to me personally) and you don't worry about little things like character and plot... but that this is widely considered a four-star masterpiece, "a stunning dystopia with a powerful feminist message" by critics I admire is seriously depressing. It's junk. Admittedly, it's stylishly made junk... but still junk.