Badly directed.
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vojkan087 — 11 years ago(December 12, 2014 11:41 PM)
It may be crude at points but in no way was it poorly executed. You can say it was slow, or strangely paced, crude at times, that it made actors somehow stay out of focus, with the atmosphere and vehicles being true stars, but you can't say it was badly directed and shot.
And it isn't only a question of 1979. but also a budget. But even as a low budget movie, it presented many visionary ideas, introduced leather clad (anti)heroes and crazy creative villains, superb, borderline suicidal stunts, and set the tone for the Road Warrior where it redeemed itself entirely. There are very few amateur/low budget movies with such an impact, and that is why it deserves its fame, and I don't even see how is it overrated. We aren't talking about Shawshank Redemption after all. It has 7 on IMDB.
I don't see story not being explained to detal as a fault either. I feel the ambiguousness only adds up to the unsettling tone of the movie. You know its ''post apocalyptic'' world where the brutal police struggles with numerous and dangerous gangs in a wasteland of a world. That's enough for a simple story as this one. -
theycallmebrandon — 10 years ago(May 11, 2015 03:56 PM)
Rule #1 of a great post-apocalyptic/dystopian film/story is you NEVER explain the cause of it all.
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buddyboy28 — 10 years ago(May 13, 2015 01:34 AM)
Rule #1 of a great post-apocalyptic/dystopian film/story is you NEVER explain the cause of it all.
You leave it to the imagination of the audience. It makes it much more interesting and frightening.
I kind of agree that this movie is very eerie and interesting because of the lack of explanation but George Miller broke your number one rule with Road Warrior and explained absolutely everything and it's still interesting and frightening and considered one of the very best post-apocalyptic movies.
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Kruleworld — 11 years ago(December 12, 2014 09:58 PM)
Most of them cut when the event happens.For example when somebody is goona die or crush the car it cuts and we see a huge eyeballs every single time.
I'm going to take you to task over this part. it's 1979, you can't show people being murdered or hit with a car like you can today. the censors gave this film a hard time as it was and it ended up with the highest R rating.
also consider if you're a doctor making your first film it aint going to be a masterpiece, especially if you have little budget to speak of.
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somethingtofear — 11 years ago(December 13, 2014 02:43 AM)
mad max 1 was made at 1979 but road warrior which is a better movie than first one in every way made 1981, so dont show tehnology excuse for badly directed action scenes in first movie.It is really badly directed movie and i see no point to show excuses to justify it. Dont get me wrong i am not a hater, i loved road warrior and made me think how they could do first one better.
about the R rating i dont think first film rated R because of violence i think it is because of nudity. well when you think again there is more nudity than action scenes in first film. and i dont know should i piss that or enjoy with the view. -
ilon — 11 years ago(January 20, 2015 03:34 PM)
Now i saw it first time and because of this i am gonna criticise it without nostalghia.
No. You are going to critize it without a context.
That means i am not giving extra credit for film's mistakes.
Nobody gives credit to a mistake, nobody.
score is too loud, some of the scenes i couldnt heard the dialouges.
Budget.
Actions scenes are not good enough.Most of them cut when the event happens.
Budget.
Stunt also terrible.
I'm sure you saw those stunts almost dying in the movie. Sure, it could've been terrible. Balls to the walls.
Script could have been improved.
Yes. So, what?
Max's revenge was totaly rushed and give nothing.
Rushed how? Did you mean that he should have gone mad before the family event? He should've been mad before his friends fatal accident? He should've been mad before the system through a loop let that biker free? He should have been mad before the bikers did something innapropiate?
It was like a trailer.
Isn't that what people like nowadays?
Acting medicore.
Did you expect Oscar caliber performance in an australian exploitation movie?
mad max 1 was made at 1979 but road warrior which is a better movie than first one in every way made 1981
650.000$ vs. 2.000.000$
dont show tehnology excuse for badly directed action scenes in first movie.
650.000$ vs. 2.000.000$
Obviously you didn't look close enough to realize how the scenes were shoot.
It is really badly directed movie
It is not.
Dont get me wrong i am not a hater, i loved road warrior and made me think how they could do first one better.
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Kruleworld — 11 years ago(February 23, 2015 07:54 PM)
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Low budget turned this film into a bad movie. It is not an excuse
I don't know why people know it's low budget but still expect it to be a slickly made hollywood production. i'd really like you to list some low budget films that you think live up to your expectation. Miller claimed the final budget was between $350,000 and $400,000. "Life of Brian" was considered (and looks) low budget at 4 million!
i'm not saying you have to like this movie, but don't think a low budget automatically makes it bad.
remember:
You get what you pay for
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taffysaur — 10 years ago(June 11, 2015 06:25 AM)
Did you expect Oscar caliber performance in an australian exploitation movie?
Actually, the actors that play Toecutter, the Boy, and the station manager are all classically trained Shakespearean actors. And yes, I learned that from this page's trivia section. ;0)
Really though, I think the acting's great,
especially
Toecutter.
I think most of the movie is great. Stunts are great. Acting's great. Aesthetic's great. Premise is great. Pacing is fine, and even the score is great, though I'll concede that it's too loud at times. A bigger budget would have afforded a better mix (didn't I also read that the movie was edited on a home-made suite in the director's living room..?)
I'll also agree that structurally it's a bit lop-sided. There are a few other niggling flaws too, but how many movies are perfect? I don't think anybody in this thread, at least, is arguing that Mad Max
is
perfect.
It's just a really nice, effective little low budget action-revenge flick.
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sebaser — 11 years ago(December 14, 2014 01:25 AM)
Yeah its terrible, just watched it. 3/10.
Generic revenge story with way too long setup, the revenge part happens in last 15 minutes.
I mostly know mad max form the second and third movie, and i now know why.
First one isnt yet set in any post apocalyptic world, and mostly takes place in what looks like a mix of modern detroid and any random tiny town.
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PrimeMinisterOfTheSinister — 11 years ago(December 14, 2014 08:37 PM)
The score is awful. It's like a cheesy soap opera score. The ending is pretty rushed, too. There's also a lot of mistakes like stunt cables being shown and the fake painted on front of the truck that hit's Toecutter and such. A lot of that can be excused by lack of budget and lack of experience, though. It was one of their fist movies. Not many people make a perfect movie right out of the gate. Anyone that says the stunt work in the movie is bad is absolutely daffy, though. That's just stupid.
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Kruleworld — 11 years ago(December 15, 2014 09:02 PM)
the fake painted on front of the truck
the owner of the truck was worried the stunt would damage his rig, so this was a compromise. that's the sort of shortcut they had to take. It doesn't affect the scene's impact.
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rindercella — 11 years ago(December 18, 2014 06:50 PM)
the owner of the truck was worried the stunt would damage his rig, so this was a compromise. that's the sort of shortcut they had to take. It doesn't affect the scene's impact.
Yea, I could care-a-less how the truck was done; it was a great film regardless. Sad that so many have to fret and worry over such petty crap that they can't even just enjoy something.
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toreaurstad — 10 years ago(May 23, 2015 08:13 PM)
What an abrupt and sudden end of the movie. I thought we would see every gang member getting eliminated and the leader Toe Cutter get whacked at the end in a usual fist fight to the death. But an indication of a low movie budget is a feeling of the director cutting the movie 15 minutes short.
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mehmetoney — 11 years ago(February 23, 2015 08:53 AM)
After 35 years this movie has been made, (the year I ve borned) I listened my friends and comments about it, and started to watch it. It never attracted me to watch it till this day, even I was a fan of cheesy 80s movies.. (I was expecting something cool and heavy with some depth instead of cheesy btw cause it was a "cult" movie)
Sad thing is, after watched first 50 mins, I could not take it anymore. This is not post apocalyptic, cult, or anything. This is a stupid, badly exetuted ordinary movie. I may understand the fans, who watched it when they were 10-14 yo, and got a little nostalgic crush for it. I found this title while checking out for more information to calm down my reaction for it. Sorry but thanks to Onur, he has summed it up pretty well for me.
This was really one of the worst movies I've ever watched. Many people defended the flaws of the movie, because of the time it has been done. Sorry but Aliens, Star Wars, Shining, taxy driver, deer hunter etc has been made at that era..
Oh if you say that their budget was much better, than what about Easy Rider which has been made 10 years before, or Scorsese's Mean Streets? made at 1973?? And let's not forget about Rocky.. which has been made with a bit better budget.
Budget also is not an excuse for irritating acting performance. This beep looks like a 3rd grade film school student work.
And for the guy who told something about the movie like "Poetic"
Really? if there is 1 thing poetic at mad max 1st movie, males the world population .. me than.
Don't know anything about the 2nd movie, gonna watch it. Hope it is better.
