Here’s another bargain ($1.00!) from that Library Book Sale I attended over the weekend: a Double Feature of social collapse (perhaps anticipating what will happen if Trump wins a Second Term). The Road Warrior is an Australian film directed by George Miller that is set in a Post-Apocalypse world where everyone is fighting for scarce resources like gasoline…and food. A small community of survivors is attacked by a thuggish gang. Mad Max (aka, Mel Gibson) uses his fighting skills and strategy to help them defend their outpost. I liked this movie back in 1981 and I like it today. GRADE: A
I’m less enthusiastic about Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome which showed up in the U.S. in 1985. Despite the astonishing performance of Tina Turner in this film, I thought the gladiatorial battle sequences became tiresome. GRADE: B
Are you a fan of the Mad Max movies? Do you have a favorite?
Don’t knock Trump! He saved us from Hitlery!
He is the worst President of the US ever to hold office. NOTHING could be worse, not Clinton, not anyone. Wake up for chrissakes.
Rick, I think a lot of people will wake up when the Economy craters because of these stupid Trade Wars! And, maybe a real war with Iran.
Re trade wars:
I follow US politics, manly reading NYT, Atlantic, NPR and The NewYorker and saw today from Borowitz a Trump parody:
Don’t buy Chinese stuff – buy from Walmart!
My wife and I had a good laugh because she remembers very well the shelves of Walmart, filled with cheap Chinese plastic stuff in garish colours …
I’m wide awake and if you think Hitlery would have been a better president you’re kidding yourself I’m not saying Trump is great, but next to her he’s a choir boy!
Anything with Tina Turner in it is my favourite! 🙂
A bit OT:
I saw her just once in concert in Frankfurt in 1985 on the Private Dancer Tour,absolutely fantastic!
I bought all her records …
Supported by Bryan Adams I think – or was it David Bowie?
I just don’t remember, seems I’m getting old …
Here’s the setlist:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tina-turner/1985/festhalle-frankfurt-germany-23d6684b.html
Now I’m almost sure it wa Bowie: Tonight …
Wolf, I bought all of Tina Turner’s albums, too! But MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME is weak.
Here’s a video of them – Tina was already over 45 years old!
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/30-wild-david-bowie-duets-and-collaborations-32509/tina-turner-tonight-1984-53413/
Wolf, Tina Turner had a tough life. Her oldest son recently committed suicide.
Hard to pick a favorite. Beyond Thunderdome is by far the weakest of the 4. Probably would go with The Road Warrior. Followed by Fury Road than Mad Max.
Steve, I’m with you on FURY ROAD. It’s a very underrated movie!
I agree on THUNDERDOME. I liked the original MAD MAX, but THE ROAD WARRIOR is my favorite.
Jeff, same here. I’ve seen THE ROAD WARRIOR several times and it holds up. But FURY ROAD is a close second.
That $1 was a waste of money if one (me) has no interest in these cheesy films.
Rick, THE ROAD WARRIOR is worth more than a dollar…THUNDERDOME is probably worth less.