I watched it for the first time a day or two ago and I thought it was so dumb that they didn't even make clear if the woman or baby died! How stupid to just show her in the hospital and never say a word about her again. And the whole first 80% of the movie was boring and then got a bit better towards the end. Those people didn't even seem menacing or tough and everything was so slow paced.
edit: plus I thought it was dumb that the last character max does something to. is not one of the worst ones. they kept making out one guy to be so bad, yet the climax of the movie involves someone else.

It's how movies were made back then. From the 40s up until the early 80s, the buildup was incredibly slow and boring compared to modern standards. But I'd have to point out that Mad Max is pretty fast compared to older movies. Try watching classic movies like Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia or The Ten Commandments to see what I'm talking about. They're not bad movies, they're just boringly slow.

I agree with the op. just watched this for the first time. one word, boring.
How it's got a 7 on here in beyond me :S

The movie hurt you? BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Did it hurt your butt?
Yes, your pain makes me laugh and laugh and laugh LMFAO AHAHAHAHAHA

The setting is so ambiguous that you really cannot call it "post-apocalyptic"
The thing about the Mad Max franchise is that it was made popular in most of the world by the
second
movie, as the first one had only a limited release outside Australia. Thus most people assume the entire series takes place in a post-nuclear apocalypse world.
The first movie takes place in "a few years from now"; the bombs haven't fallen yet but society is breaking down due to an unspecified energy crisis similar to the 1973 oil crisis. It's stated in either the second or the third movie that the bombs dropped sometime between the first and the second movie.

The setting is so ambiguous that you really cannot call it "post-apocalyptic"
ah, because it's NOT. the opening scene just says 'a few years from now'. there's nothing about an apocalypse (war, plague, zombies, alien invasion). The idea is it's our world, just things are running downhill. there's still police, courts and trains running.
"He's dusted, busted and disgusted, but he's ok"

Honestly, that was one of the two biggest things that greatly irritated me about the film. The setting is so ambiguous that you really cannot call it "post-apocalyptic", and there is no real resolution, it just mentions that his wife is in bad condition, shows a few minutes of revenge, then just cut off. It is not until "The Road Warrior" (which I very much DID enjoy), that there is any explanation of the setting and what happened.
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I think it's massively overrated, it takes far to long for his family to get murdered Mad Max 2 is brilliant though. P.s Death Proof is a million more times painful, dragging on for 3 hours.

I didn't mean that it was bad, I love that movie. I meant that it was surprisingly heart wrenching.
Yes it was. He loved his wife, Goose, and baby.
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Guys like you don't die on toilets
." Mel Gibson-Riggs, Lethal Weapon

I know! I actually really felt for Max, even though we're supposed to, and felt quite depressed after watching it. The revenge end scenes were brilliant and satisfying but the overly melodramatic music just dug the knife in and made you feel worse. Realistic helpless scenario just like the attack scene in the first Deathwish, scary! Made me paranoid!

I didn't mean that it was bad, I love that movie. I meant that it was surprisingly heart wrenching.

To the OP, Crazynocrazy
I know it's too late, but apparently you knew the entire story and wanted to see that one part of the movie. (Not even the best scene, in my opinion).
Why put yourself through the pain, as you call it?
Fast forward to what you want to see. Personally, I think it's less gratifying, because you don't get to understand how depraved the biker gang is. Anyway, to each their own, but there was a simple solution to your issue.

But it is also indicated that she will not survive.
The doctor says: ''She is salvageable'', as in: ''There are healthy parts of her that we can use.''

Max's wife isn't killed. This is indicated later on.

That's a thing that sucks. Many people (including me) heard about the murder before they saw the movie. This makes the death less impactful. Even the trailer is an advertisement for the third act.
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Problem with some movies now is that things start happening straight away, no sense of a build.

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That's the idea

All from being whacked by a motorcycle.
A
motorcycle!? ???
Look: I'm quite sure that your inability to count is hardly George Miller's fault at all whatsoever in the least. So, ya know, shut the beep up, crash test-dummy hehehehehe

And all that because a guy TOUCHED her riding a bike. SUUUUUURE not lame at all.

I own you.
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injuries were nothing like Jessie's. Exaggerate much, Director Miller?
lol Give me a break!
Do you have any idea how RANDOM! an accident can be.
"The auto accident scene was made as realistic as possible, thanks to director's George Miller's experience as a medical doctor"
I know this isn't the scene your talking about, but, this trivia quote highlights the fact as an emergency room doctor, Miller knew his sh!t.
Seriously, its just silly to think all accidents are the sameand really unintelligent, that comment didnt do your IQ any favours.
Regards

Oh great. We have a guy on the IMDB boards who saw an accident once, so now he's going to take his experience and project it to the movie. Hey dude, maybe someone will read your post and grant you a medical doctor license.
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