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"I don’t understand two things:I don’t understand how they’re not still shooting that film and I don’t understand how hundreds of people aren’t dead." -- (link)

Posted by Steven Soderbergh (aka Reagen) Aug 10 '20, 09:56

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https://theplaylist.net/steven-soderbergh-mad-max-fury-road-20171109/ (theplaylist.net)

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I believe the stort is that Hardy had his son on set and he asked "what happens if daddy falls?" "well son, I guess he goes under the tires" -- nm - Beaker Aug 10, 10:14
One reason I tend to not enjoy big budget blockbusters is so many action scenes are not well shot from a holistic perspective. - Dano Aug 10, 10:09 10
- Re-post: The problem with action movies today -- (link) - con_carne Aug 10, 10:18 [youtube]
- The Russo’s best skill is how they frame and place the action scenes to give a reasonable sense of scope. - Will Hunting Aug 10, 10:12 4
  - Continuity is a separate issue though -- nm - con_carne Aug 10, 10:17
  - Yup, and there's a lot of thought along the lines of the first Captain America/Winter Soldier encounter being on the ground level. - David Aug 10, 10:16 2
    - huh -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 10:21 1
      - You can actually take it to another level. He jumps out of a plane in the first scene before later descending in the elevator. -- (edited) - David Aug 10, 10:31
- It's the reason why the Transformers films fail so completely. There's zero cohesion. -- nm - David Aug 10, 10:11 3
  - Yeah, they're the biggest CGI vomit offenders, but others are to a lesser extent. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 10:36
  - The slo-mo bot vs bot fights are like watching a kaleidoscope, but they do have some great long distance shots. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 10:19 1
    - Visual noise. Like shaking a box of car parts. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:25
I love that they let George Miller direct supposed kid movies so we got things like animals trying to drown each other in Babe: Pig in the City and - JD Aug 10, 10:06 4
- For me, the 'live' action Dumbo is the worst offender of synthetic cgi for no good purpose. - Max Aug 10, 10:42
- I love PitC unreservedly but it's funny to see how he reused Mad Max shots in it - Reagen Aug 10, 10:12 2
  - I need to rewatch PitC. I loved it, but I don't think I've seen it since it came out. -- nm - Dano Aug 10, 10:34 1
    - we watched it a couple months ago and it holds up to my memory. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 10:39
What's the polecat sequence? -- nm - David Aug 10, 10:05 6
- The polecats are the guys that are on those 20 foot flexible poles that allow them to directly attack the War Rig while the vehicle that pole - JD Aug 10, 10:08
- I assume it was the chase scene across the desert with the guys at the end of the long flagpoles. -- nm - Mop Aug 10, 10:07
- I *think* it's the car chase sequence where the guys are on those long poles trying to get on the truck -- nm - decline Aug 10, 10:07 3
  - this one's better -- (link) - Reagen Aug 10, 10:21 [youtube] 1
    - It's like Burning Man on wheels. -- nm - Max Aug 10, 10:27
  - Yeah, this stuff -- (link) - Reagen Aug 10, 10:09 [youtube]

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