#immortanjoe

[hardcorehardigan]

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) posters

"What a lovely day."

"The future belongs to the mad"  

[assassin1513]

Mad Turbo aesthetic edits made by me :)

[geekynerfherder]

#MadMaxFuryRoad, first released in cinemas #OnThisDay in 2015 Art by #JamesGoodridge (@jamesgoodridgeillustration) #CoolArt #Art #MadMax #FuryRoad #Furiosa #ImmortanJoe https://www.instagram.com/p/CALXZafAzrz/?igshid=j6z2jttzqe3t

[amazonmandy]

Thinking of a new shoot for the War Rig. Mostly bc I miss wearing it. 🔥🚚🔥 Pic: @scoundrel.photo #warrig #warrigcosplay #furyroad #furyroadcosplay #madmax #madmaxfuryroad #furiosa #furiosacosplay #immortanjoe ##warrigcostume #beepbeepbitches https://www.instagram.com/p/CECgxeVhw5K/?igshid=1w9gvrqa0dw6d

[axelmedellin]

Daily sketch 17 oct 2019

Inktober, day 17

Ornament

[rickmctumbleface]

There was a time when I thought I could try cryonics and wake up finding the likes of Jean-Luc Picard in charge, but now I think it’s more likely to be Immortan Joe. 

In which case, I’d probably not wake up at all, and I’ll call that a win.

[bjasamuel-blog]

Action and Consequence

Mad Max : Fury Road – (2015) - DIr: George Miller

Mad Max : Fury Road is the greatest action film ever made.  But what is action?  Action can be described as anything a character does in a film to drive the narrative forward, the narrative is the consequence of the action.  Action is also the release of tension, without the tension there is no release, the tension usually comes from our empathy with and understanding of the characters goals and our desire to see them overcome obstacles and achieve those goals.  In an action film those goals should be achieved through character action.  Without consequences, emotion, motivation or goals then action is meaningless.  

Mad Max : Fury Road is a master-class in action film making, every action drives the narrative forward, every action has a consequence and every characters actions drive them towards achieving their personal goals and the films thematic goals. Put simply when a character does something, something else happens as a consequence.  As the film progresses the consequences of each characters actions propel us forwards building tension as each character invests more in the drama and we as an audience invest more as a consequence.  

Mad Max : Fury Road’s theme is redemption.  Can the characters redeem themselves in a world without morality?  Can they regain their humanity through their actions?  There is no greater motivation for a character in an action film.  The filmmaker’s goals and the characters goals are in perfect alignment.  Form and content are in perfect alignment.  At first each character attempts to survive alone.  Max is “a man driven by a single instinct, survive…” Furiosa is attempting to free Immortan Joe’s sex slaves in order to find her own redemption.  Furiosa frees the sex slaves and her actions kick starts the narrative.  Everything the characters do leads to more consequences and more action.  The momentum of action and consequence adds weight to the set pieces so that nothing feels as though it is happening in isolation and this constantly raises the stakes as the group are pulled further into the drama and action.  

At first the characters are thrown together and simply try and survive.  Furiosa asks Max his name and he replies, “Does it matter?”.  Then shortly after this the characters begin to work together as they are attacked by the Rock Riders.  We are shown this through their actions alone; there is barely a word of expository dialogue. Each character finds his or her place in the set piece as they attempt to survive and they begin to regain a glimmer of their humanity by working together.  The filmmaking complements this; ‘form and content’ are in perfect synergy. The set piece is slick and fluid, the editing it tight, the stunt work, special effects and music all working together to build the tension and as we feel our adrenaline pulse we too feel the excitement of the characters working against the hostile world, we feel the release as they overcome the Rock Riders and leave Immortan Joe behind.  This mid point action sequence gives us hope that the characters can re-find their humanity this in turn raises the tension, as they and we as an audience have more to loose by our emotional investment in them.  We cheer as they fight against their adversaries and we hope that they can prevail against the odds.  

Redemption can never be found through running away and so towards the final act the characters turn and face the men who seek to take away their humanity. They achieve their spiritual and narrative goals and they become human again.  Max tells Furiosa that his name is “Max”, he is human again.  The narratives and themes are delivered to us via action and consequence.  We understand character motivation almost entirely through their actions and not through their words.  Exposition is at a minimum.  The film could be played silently and we would understand what is happening, what motivates the characters and the themes, there can be no greater compliment to an action film.

[cigneutron]

Still love this #immortanjoe mask I sculpted with @monster_clay and cast in latex and polyfoam. It’s soft not rigid!! #madmax #furyroad https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0xYT6AlKS/?igshid=1roxa9xvvwow9