The Film: Gibson’s second time in the directing chair earned him his first Oscar. Not bad at all.
Factual inaccuracies aside (we went into them here), the Aussie emboldens his story of William Wallace with some sweeping imagery and a strong central turn as the man himself.
The Role: Essentially transporting Max (the Mad one) to medieval times, Gibson dons a wig and blue war paint as Wallace.
He’s the kind of hero who sticks to his principles even when his guts are spilling out. Impressive.
The Threads: A lovely kilt and one heck of a big sword.
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guernican
Jan 29th 2010, 14:19
"this dystopian nightmare figures the MFP (Main Force Patrol) into a post-apocalyptic world" Can you figure something into something? I'm not sure that makes any sense. And I think Max does have a last name. Hang on. Yup. He does. Christ, all you had to do was Google Mad Max. Nice work, Josh.
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guernican
Jan 29th 2010, 14:20
Shouldn't that be "access to the film in Indonesia"?
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guernican
Jan 29th 2010, 14:21
"high-waisted"?
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guernican
Jan 29th 2010, 14:23
Personally, I think "emblazons" works a little better than "emboldens" in this context.
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guernican
Jan 29th 2010, 14:23
The expression is "held to random".
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guernican
Jan 29th 2010, 14:57
Damn, one typo and my whole argument comes apart.
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guernican
Jan 29th 2010, 14:58
It's "coop", not "coup". Unless you were going for a devastatingly subtle play on words. That would have been reasonably clever. Judging from the savaging you've given the English language in the previous frames, though, I'm guessing not.
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serge
Jan 30th 2010, 0:31
Max Rockatansky, oh look at that, he does have a last name.
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Tastynapalm
Jan 30th 2010, 1:52
A description of Mad Max, a photo from Mad Max 2.
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mrbong
Feb 4th 2010, 10:32
"Max (he doesn’t have a last name) doesn’t say much." have you even seen the film? he gets called Rotoanski more than Max in it? and the still you have is well known as being a promo for Mad Max 2.
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joshwinning
Feb 12th 2010, 19:03
Hmm, yes. See, with Max I went with the credits on the first flick, which didn't list a surname for our hero. If it's good enough for George Miller, it's good enough for me. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079501/ As for the Max 2 still, obvious guff. Just loved the picture too much.
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