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AICN-Downunder: LATAURO @ MIFF 08 #5: THE ROAD WARRIOR RETURNS

Bana for Mad Max 4! by Stuntcock Mike	Aug 7th, 2008 10:47:48 AM
Of course
A pretty rosary? by Abominable Snowcone	Aug 7th, 2008 10:51:37 AM
What the hell? You mean, "really rose-colored" glasses? Just bustin' your chops. Road Warrior rocks. I wish I could dress like Max or even Humongous in my office. Lotta homosexual overtones in those biker costumes. Guys in leather on leashes and what-not. I always felt badly for Max, especially given what happened to his family in the first movie, and then the dog in this one. Seems like at the end of this film he has nothing to show for his efforts. He takes a risk to be rewarded with fuel for his car, and what happens? The rig was filled with SAND--he was just a diversion--and his car gets totalled. What a bummer. No walking off into the sunset for him.
a pretty rosary by ArcadianDS	Aug 7th, 2008 10:51:40 AM
another religious talkback ?
Saw this in the theater 10 times by Vic Twenty	Aug 7th, 2008 10:52:39 AM
back when it came out. Loved it then, love it now. It holds up very well.
Latauro, you should be ashamed by Lance Rocke	Aug 7th, 2008 11:03:49 AM
Never saw Mad Max 2? What about AC/DC, you heard of them?
Rosaries by Latauro	Aug 7th, 2008 11:19:11 AM
Yeah, I thought that sounded wrong when I typed it, but I couldn't figure out why...
Mel "Sugartits" Gibson is the only Road Warrior by Dick Bahls	Aug 7th, 2008 11:27:11 AM

I HATED Miller for killing the dog! by half vader	Aug 7th, 2008 12:05:56 PM
It's such an obvious and super-low blow, and the dog was just fucking awesome. Even as a kid when Mum & Dad took me to see it, I knew it was coming, and was the first time I felt like it went beyond just manipulating the audience to something that was just all wrong. Feral boy's steel boomerang was cool, but the dog was even better. Somehow it makes that iconic shot of Max even moreso. The Aussie cattle Dog is the coolest dog ever. I had a few of them. Some before MM2, some after. Never put a cool bandana on 'em though. Zom-bot, I think that if you're an Aussie, you'd instantly think the smile was his respect for them pulling a fast one on him- he couldn't begrudge them that. Maybe that's just me though.
Bruce Spence by half vader	Aug 7th, 2008 12:11:15 PM
You'd think he'd have a limited avenue of roles open to him, being such a unique 'character actor' (should be a redundant term) and having already had his heyday in the 70s. But I think it's pretty cool that he's been in the 3 biggest trilogies/series ever. Star Wars, Matrix and LOTR. P.S. Great in Dark City too!
Oh and Heath Ledger by half vader	Aug 7th, 2008 12:13:15 PM
really wanted to be Max.
Latauro responds! by thebearovingian	Aug 7th, 2008 12:50:20 PM
...in just a few short minutes.
zom-bot.com by Rameses	Aug 7th, 2008 02:26:22 PM
I've always thought Max was duped.The way he puts his hand to the sand/dirt as it leaks , suggests it was news to him.Plus he was lucky really, that tanker crash with hundreds of gallons of petrol , would have ended a lot worse!
Road Warrior rocks by TheWaqman	Aug 7th, 2008 03:11:03 PM

I just saw Mad Max 2 again by Garbageman33	Aug 7th, 2008 04:43:01 PM
Except, for some reason, it was called Doomsday. And it royally sucked.
zom-bot.com by Rameses	Aug 7th, 2008 05:00:37 PM
In the scene where the tanker turns and starts to go back towards the chasing bikers, you can actually see sand pouring away from the vehicle , like smoke .Director G.Miller must have wanted to give the game away a bit...but at the time on a first viewing ,I wasn't really sure what I was seeing ..so It doesn't really spoil it.
Thunderdome... by Rameses	Aug 7th, 2008 05:17:36 PM
If Road warrior didn't exist , then Thunderdome wouldn't seem so bad.Barter town looks interesting{mel kind of revisited it for Apocalypto} and the scenes with the kids and the downed plane , have a trippy feel.But Miller really sold out and went all Lucas and Spielberg on us.All the brutallity and balls of R W was gone , instead we got a whacky slapstick version of the tanker chase, loads of P. Pans lost Boys inspired, bad child actors and bandy legged tina turner arguing with midgets.
First no Rambos... by holden_oz	Aug 7th, 2008 07:11:31 PM
...now Mad max 2! Latauro, this is getting embarrassing. You like the Hulk Poodle but you hadn't seen this icon of Aussie Cinema? (We don't have many.) (I don't know what the hulk poodle has to do with Mad Max 2, but I'm searching for the little nuances that I know about your film watching habits.) Have you seen Mad max 1? Please, for the love of all that is holy, tell me that you've at least seen part one! Part threes absence is permitable.
Ok... by holden_oz	Aug 7th, 2008 07:20:32 PM
Now... I completely understand this has opened me up to a barrage of "What do you mean you've not seen BLANK? Are you retarded?" Glad you saw/liked Mad Max 2. Awesome film. And not shown in Greater Union? Bonus.
Plante B-boy by MrMonkey	Aug 8th, 2008 08:57:53 AM
I have to agree that planet was pretty pretty good... oh and how amazing was the Japanese teams routine, that turntable choreography was genius!... Well worth seeing, even though I thought there were 9 elements of hip hop (according to krs-one) not four elements. That's the only bit that annoyed me... more good than bad, worth leaving the house for.
next piece of Homework Latauro..... by secret goldfish	Aug 8th, 2008 10:45:21 AM
... finish watching Bad Boy Bubby! This time hang in there past the first half hour (I know it isn't easy) and you will be rewarded. Glad you liked Max 2 though, I was going to head to this screening too but couldn't make it. Did you spot Beau from the Beaurepaires ads (Max Fairchild) tied to the front of the Humungous's car? used to make me laugh every time I saw a Beaurepaires ad on tv
max fairchild.... by secret goldfish	Aug 9th, 2008 04:09:22 AM
...also the werewolf in Howling 3: The marsupials. Pretty funny. When I was a kid he was a family friend and as kids we thought it was pretty great that we knew the guy from Mad Max 1,2 and The Howling films. Infact we would've been pretty excited just to know an extra involved with the Max films. I had a friend come over from the States a few years back who was a big 'Road Warrior', Mad Max fan, took him on a road trip through outer Melbourne showing him where the original was filmed. He was pretty stoked and it was much more fun than taking English backpacker friends out to see where the soapy Neighbors was filmed.
zom-bot.com by Munro Kelly	Aug 9th, 2008 06:45:59 PM
I agree, a lot of films have stolen the look. In the 80's, a lot of low budget filmmakers ripped off Mad Max and Escape from New York. There were also a few Blade Runner clones.
half vader by Munro Kelly	Aug 9th, 2008 06:55:19 PM
Can you imagine, if Heath lived, him being in Fury Road, with the heat he has from The Dark Knight?

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