You don't have to watch the first films to watch this one. They help to understand where Max is coming from mentally, but Fury Road stands on its own very well. If you like action and great visuals in your films, this is worth checking out
Especially since this is a reboot. Only the first movie is still canon.
I couldn't finish Thunderdome.
You can really tell that Miller didn't have that much involvement on it and that it didn't start out life as a Mad Max film.
The others are classics though.
Even the first film is a classic exploitation movie.
Also nice bit of trivia. The actor who played the first movies villain also plays Immortan Joe in Fury Road.
Actually, I felt that the first was kind of dull. Not bad, but I found it hard to engage myself in the story up until the family dies. That's 2 thirds into the movie. :/ The only thing that felt off to me in Beyond Thunderdome is the whole act with the kids. The Bartertown bits were good. The fact that it wasn't originally a Mad Max movie is true, though Miller still directed it (along with George Ogilvie). In fact, he's the one that decided it should be a Mad Max movie.
In fairness, though I did rank them, I feel they're all pretty close to each other. Except Fury Road. I can't stress how ridiculously over the top it is compared to the others. It's a real adrenaline rush from start to (almost) finish.
Without getting into characterisation or story-writing, I feel that for a series called Mad Max, Fury road is the one that delivers the most on that title.
I did not know that, and I think that's kind of awesome. Out of all the over the top bits, Immortan Joe was definitely one of my favorites.
