re: Finally watched Mad Max: Fury Road

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No background story, no character development, not much of a plot.

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There is a lot of background, you just have to pay attention. The movie doesn't just lay everything out for you, but it sketches out these full backstories in brief character moments, which is wonderfully efficient filmmaking. I mean, the cut from the opening scene from the brand right to the back of Furiosa's neck is a nice bit of character building without having to tell us everything.

Completely disagree on character building. The story of Nox's development is one of the best things about the film. He has all of his assumptions about the world stripped away, and he must rebuild his worldview. Who killed the world? Max, as well, grows substantially in the course of the film, as does Furiosa. Joe does not, and it is his downfall.

Plot. OK, you got me. There isn't much of one. This is a character based movie, and there's a lot of world building, and hints at a much deeper world around every corner, but it's not plot heavy. That will bother some people who need plot on top of plot.