While everyone was distracted by Leonardo DiCaprio’s first Oscar, this movie snuck under the radar as one of the best films at the Oscars and of 2015. It’s definitely one of my favorite movies of all-time. Picking this movie as my most highly recommended movie was very tough, and out of the amount of great movies I would recommend, Mad Max: Fury Road is a must watch. This movie is the fourth sequel for the Mad Max Series, which were released in 1979 – 1985. Here is a quick synopsis: Years after the collapse of civilization, the tyrant Immortan Joe enslaves apocalypse survivors inside the desert fortress called the Citadel. When the warrior Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) leads the despot's five wives in a daring escape, she forges an alliance …show more content…
After the war, earth becomes nothing but a giant desert and water soon runs out. The survivors on earth create tribes which aim to control gasoline, they ration water and wage war on each other with make-shift weapons and vehicles. Those who have the most gasoline and cars dominate the wasteland. The plot is simple in Fury Road; give the war suvivors their freedom, who have been enslaved by Immortan Joe to work for him, in payment for their slave work, they get only water. The primary theme of Fury Road is survival. If you’re into survival and heart pounding action, then you’re going to love this film. There wasn’t a dull moment in this film and its very entertaining. I would highly recommend you go out, get this film immediately if you’re into those two …show more content…
I could go on and on about the creative costume design, it makes the characters stand out and memorable. The Oscar winning sound editing and sound mixing really set the pace for this film. The world of Mad Max takes place in a sort of medieval age, but with guns and vehicles. After the war, the world went backwards and people went backwards, the editing style and music score perfectly portrays that craziness. Some of the vehicles in the movie have giant war drums built into them and music plays as they go into battle, a very old war tactic they used for organizing and timing actions in battle. In the most intense scenes the music and sound in the film definitely makes it fast pace and
For example, Marlowe discovers that Geiger's books store was a smut book racket, the identity of Carmen's blackmailer and his murderer, what really happened to Eddie Mars's wife and the identity of Sean Regan's murderer. Nonetheless, the resulting fast paced plot engages the viewer. Unlike reading a novel, watching a movie involves one's auditory senses. In this case, music was carefully composed and selected to emphasize the confusion and rush. For example, fast paced music creates a feeling of tension and can be used to build suspense.
Fury focuses more on the bad side of war it shows the gruesome deaths, the dead bodies of fallen soldier scattered everywhere, and even the frustration a soldier has in the worst of times. The film depicts what war is really about and doesn’t fall into the same cliché many war movies do. The first scene in Fury starts with Sgt. Collider getting out of his tank and killing an enemy soldier in sight, while in the background you can see the result of a warfare with destroyed tanks and dead
In the film the music is very important. At the beginning it is set at
It doesn't rely purely on thrills and explosions; rather, it creates characters that are worth caring about and situations people can relate to. Speed is about as close to a perfect action movie as you can get. Charismatic hero, an engaging love interest, a suitably evil and diabolical villain, and (of course) many, many explosive and awesome action sequences. It is certainly one of the best action films of all time and without a doubt is a classic example of the action movie genre.
With an estimated budget of around $200,000, the first Mad Max was obviously primitive in its effects and casting. (IMDB.com) However, the movie, as of May 21, 1982, made over $8,750,000 in the U.S.. (Boxofficemojo.com) That’s an outstanding profit when you compare it to how much it spent. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, came in with a bigger budget at $2,000,000 and interestingly enough, even with the overhauled budget, the film as of May 21, 1982 had only made about $24 million in the U.S. In the end, revenue is revenue and it’s still higher than the first film, so it’s an improvement. (IMDB.com) Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome came in with a budget of about $12 million and as of July 12, 1985, the movie had earned over $36 million in the U.S. Thunderdome’s profit was large but only three times what they spent as compared to the previous films who made 12 times as much. (IMBD.com) Last but not least, Mad Max: Fury Road had a whopping $150 million to work with when in production. Disappointingly, up to today it has only made around $153 million in the U.S., which is barely breaking even.
The movie Fury is about an American tank crew during the last few months of the World War II. The storyline is pretty simple and I would not say it lacks depth. It is a story of a young, naive and innocent newcomer into a war that is corrupted and learns to kill. That is much too predictable and there is no surprise. The movie can be praised for the battle scenes
music to analyse—in fact, the music runs almost constantly throughout the film without very little
“Raging Bull” (1980) is not a so much a film about boxing but more of a story about a psychotically jealous, sexually insecure borderline homosexual, caged animal of a man, who encourages pain and suffering in his life as almost a form of reparation. Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece of a film drags you down into the seedy filth stenched world of former middleweight boxing champion Jake “The Bronx Bull” LaMotta. Masterfully he paints the picture of a beast whose sole drive is not boxing but an insatiable obsessive jealously over his wife and his fear of his own underling sexuality. The movie broke new ground with its brutal unadulterated no-holds-bard look at the vicious sport of boxing by bringing the camera into the ring, giving the viewer the most realistic, primal, and brutal boxing scenes ever filmed. With blood and sweat spraying, flashbulbs’ bursting at every blow Scorsese gives the common man an invitation into the square circle where only the hardest trained gladiators dare to venture.
The music suited the movie very nicely. By the type of music playing, you could determine what sort of scene was coming up, either fast and light...
Each element helps each other by making the next scene better than the one before. It has the storyline come to live, and having people thinking what can happen next or who has the power in the movie. By seeing this movie it can make someone feel complete and satisfied for a long time.
Music can decipher a narrative event by indicating a perspective. To unify a set of diverse images and provide rhythmic and formal continuity and momentum, a film’s structure is more often than not, directly articulated by a musical structure. Music can assist the dialogue and visuals of film and often is inaudible (e.g. music is meant to be heard unconsciously, not consciously). Music has been used by directors to reinforce or strengthen certain weak scenes in film and then on the other hand when music is not needed to reinforce a scene
Action/Adventure movies have one purpose, and that is to have the audience on the edge of their seat for the duration of the movie. National Treasure accomplishes that feat. Staci Layne Wilson of The Fantastica Daily recaps the movie perfectly by writing “Secret societies revealed a quest for the truth and treasure, a hateful bad guy, and a good guy and good girl who share some romance along the way.” National Treasure has something for everyone and this film will keep audiences of all ages glued to the screen. Even though the movie can be deemed unrealistic at times, those who can get beyond that fact will truly enjoy the movie. National Treasure is a must see for action/adventure fans and can be found in stores on DVD.
You know when you’re watching a movie and you really connect with it, not just with the characters but you really just get the film? Ever wonder what it is that made you fall in love with a film even if the dialogue or cinematography isn’t everything you hoped for? It’s the sound design! Not to discredit any part of the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, because it is a beautiful film, but the sound design is what truly makes this film so great. It fills all the voids that are sometimes experienced in films. It does this by capitalizing on what the untrained ear calls noise. Another way the sound designers of this film really grab the attention of the audience is by creating a fluid way to make you listen to the sounds simultaneously with the images on the screen. In addition, the realistic sounds in conjunction with synthetic sounds complete the film by providing seamless cuts between scenes. The amalgamations of these three aspects are what make the sound design of The Pursuit of Happyness a truly vital part of the film.
The importance of music in movies is highly regarded for manipulating the viewer’s emotions and helping them immerse into the story. Music is one of the prime elements in cinema. Without it a movie would feel dull and unexciting. There are three elements in a movie: one is acting, the second is picture, and the third one is music. It is a holy trinity; if incomplete, there would be a lack of sensation and excitement. Both acting and picture can stand independently from one another, but music is the one that makes the movie memorable.
Music follows us everywhere we go. It’s a big part of our lives and it is now significantly used in films. Before the 1930’s, films have started out completely silent. But after that period of time music began to infuse in the world of films and it played a big role in it. According to Fischoff, a media psychologist and a professor in music studies on films explains how we do not just experience films visually, but we actually experience the film through our ears. Music plays upon the audience feelings and it communicates the scenes to them, it makes us feel the events and the atmosphere that is happening in the film. Fischoff says that people remember memorable films from their break out hit, he gives an example of the song “My