1. Seeing an actor’s face in the first 15 minutes is not only irrelevant to whether a film is good or not, it was clearly an intentional choice to show Max as a faceless, borderline feral survivor of the wasteland before he’s turned into a blood bag. 2. The road battle was dripping with purpose. He’s captured to fuel the war boys in the beginning. Furiosa is rescuing women made to be breeders and slaves, as well as the personal motivation of finding her home again. Ultimately knowing the cost could be her own life. 3. The lack of a love story was one of the most mature parts of the film. A female and male character aren’t obligated to fall in love. 4. “Crazy people shooting guns and spears from customized trucks, cars, and buggies at each other for 2 hours” hasn’t really been done before Miller’s specific brand of entertainment. Name any other film that encapsulates what you described, because it sounds satisfyingly original to me.

Mad Max was one of the most well shot, character driven films of the year, and to say it’s not because it falls under the action category? That’s a laughable and baseless. Admitting a film is not for you based on it’s genre is perfectly acceptable. What’s not is discounting and minimizing the value of a film because of your preferences.