History YMMV / MadMaxFuryRoad

** Tom Hardy once played the main villain Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', who dons a mask and orders his mooks to transfer his captive's blood into a dead guy to fake the captive's death. Comes Fury Road, where Tom Hardy's character Max turns up a captive himself and is put on a mask similar to Bane's while being forced to be used as a universal blood donor.

* MisaimedFandom: Many forget that Max was a PinballProtagonist in ''Film/TheRoadWarrior'' as well, with Papagallo being the actual hero of the film. He has a similar role in ''Beyond Thunderdome'' with the politics of Bartartown taking center stage while he is a SupportingProtagonist throughout it all.

* MisaimedFandom: Many forget that Max was a PinballProtagonist in ''Film/TheRoadWarrior'' as well, with Papagallo being the actual hero of the film. He has a similar role in ''Film/BeyondThunderdome'' with the politics of Bartartown taking center stage while he is a SupportingProtagonist throughout it all.

* MisaimedFandom: Many forget that Max was a PinballProtagonist in ''Film/TheRoadWarrior'' as well, with Papagallo being the actual hero of the film.

* PeripheryDemographic: A lot of women love the movie for its high concentration of {{Action Girl}}s and focus on them as independent characters in their own right.

* MisaimedFandom: Many forget that Max was a PinballProtagonist in ''Film/TheRoadWarrior'' as well, with Papagallo bring the actual hero of the film.

** The [[http://feministmadmax.tumblr.com/ "Feminist Mad Max"]] meme. Kind of like "Good Guy Greg", but focused on Max respectfully helping Furiosa.

* MemeticMutation: "OH WHAT A DAY! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!"

* BrokenBase: In spite of the critical acclaim and approval from audiences, there's a debate on whether or not the title character got enough screentime and/or CharacterDevelopment compared to Furiosa and the Wives, who are seen by some as a SpotlightStealingSquad. The group who feels that Max was cheated out of screentime can get [[InternetBackdraft pretty volatile]].

* HellIsThatNoise: The crows in the Quagmire indicate that this is NOT a happy place, [[spoiler:and that it's actually what's left of the Green Place that Furiosa has been searching for]].

* EvenBetterSequel:
** ''Fury Road'' is the most critically acclaimed installment of a fairly iconic series, featuring surprising amounts of CharacterDevelopment and depth as well as an exemplar soundtrack. It's currently sitting at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. For comparison, that's two percentage points higher than ''Film/SchindlersList''.

* CrazyAwesome: The War Boys: berserk, half-naked suicidal warriors painted white who suck up gasoline in their mouths and spit it into the intake of their junkyard-tanks to overclock the engines. And they ''kick ass''. They're basically Warhammer 40000 Orks.

** The [[ThePowerofRock Coma Doof Warrior]]. Battle rages around him, cars blow sky high, adrenaline-pumped warriors fight to the death on his stage, and what does he do? He keeps on a-shreddin' his kick-ass ''[[SoCoolItsAwesome flamethrower-guitar]]'', that's what he does!
* EvenBetterSequel: ''Fury Road'' is the most critically acclaimed installment of a fairly iconic series, featuring surprising amounts of CharacterDevelopment and depth as well as an exemplar soundtrack. It's currently sitting at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. For comparison, that's two percentage points higher than ''Film/SchindlersList''.

* FandomRivalry: Fans of ''Fury Road'' and ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron'' have been incredibly bitter toward one another with the films being released only a couple weeks apart, with the common arguments being over which had better action and story overall.
** The less said about ''Film/PitchPerfect2'', the better.

* HellIsThatNoise: The crows in the Quagmire indicate that this is NOT a happy place, [[spoiler:and that it's actually what's left of the Green Place that Furiosa has been searching for.]]
* HilariousInHindsight:

** The casting of Melissa Jaffer (plus the return of Hugh Keays-Byrne) keeps it official that ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' features actors from every Mad Max film.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Tom Hardy once played the main villain Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', who dons a mask and orders his mooks to transfer his captive's blood into a dead guy to fake the captive's death. Comes Fury Road, where Tom Hardy's character Max turns up a captive himself and is put on a mask similar to Bane's while being forced to be used as a universal blood donor.

* WorldOfHam: From the character design to the action to the performances, everything in the film is played over-the-top. As [[http://www.sbnation.com/2015/5/15/8611525/MAD-MAX-FURY-ROAD-REVIEW-CANT-STOP-SCREAMING-AHHHHHHH Spencer Hall]] might say, '''MAD MAX IS A MOVIE MADE WITH CAPS LOCK ON!'''

* WorldOfHam: From the character design to the action to the performances, everything in the film is played over-the-top.

* AwesomeMusic: The BigBad constantly (i.e. ''for practically the entire film'') pumps up his forces with ThePowerOfRock... As has ''never'' been seen before!

** [[ThePowerofRock Coma. Doof. Warrior.]] Battle rages around him, cars blow sky high, adrenaline-pumped warriors fight to the death on his stage, and what does he do? He keeps on a-shreddin' his kick-ass ''[[SoCoolItsAwesome flamethrower-guitar]]'', that's what he does!
* EvenBetterSequel: '''Straight up'''. The film is critically acclaimed for its action, surprising amounts of CharacterDevelopment and depth, and exemplar soundtrack. It's currently sitting at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. For comparison, that's two percentage points higher than ''Film/SchindlersList''. DoNotAdjustYourSet.

* FountainOfMemes: The marketing campaign seemed to be deliberately going for MemeticMutation for Nux's "OH, what a ''day''! '''''WHAT A LOVELY DAY!!!'''''"
* HellIsThatNoise: Used very effectively in Fury Road; the crows in the Quagmire indicate that this is NOT a happy place, [[spoiler:and that it's actually what's left of the Green Place that Furiosa has been searching for.]]

* WorldOfHam: ''Mother of God''.

* * CrazyAwesome: The War Boys: berserk, half-naked suicidal warriors painted white who suck up gasoline in their mouths and spit it into the intake of their junkyard-tanks to overclock the engines. And they ''kick ass''. They're basically Warhammer40000 Orks.

* * CrazyAwesome: The War Boys: berserk, half-naked suicidal warriors painted white who suck up gasoline in their mouths and spit it into the intake of their junkyard-tanks to overclock the engines. And they ''kick ass''. They're basically [[Warhammer40000 Orks]].

* WorldOfHam: *Mother of God*.

* EvenBetterSequel: ''Fury Road'' '''straight up'''. The film is critically acclaimed for its action, surprising amounts of CharacterDevelopment and depth, and exemplar soundtrack. It's currently sitting at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. For comparison, that's two percentage points higher than ''Film/SchindlersList''. DoNotAdjustYourSet.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot Once people see [[spoiler: Immortan Joe's dead body]] they immediately proclaim Furiosa [[spoiler:their leader.]] The entire trip into the desert in search of [[spoiler:a non existent green area]] accomplished nothing. Why didn't she just [[spoiler:kill Immortan Joe]] at the start?

* NiceJobBreakingIt ,Hero The breeders are housed in a heavily shielded room to protect them from radiation and toxic chemicals. By taking them into the desert Furiosa manages kill one of them along with her healthy unborn baby and expose them to who knows what poisons. Since the women are possibly humanity's last fertile hope Immortan Joe's desire to keep them safe qualifies as StrawmanHasAPoint.

* NiceJobBreakingIt ,Hero The breeders are housed in a heavily shielded room to protect them from radiation and toxic chemicals. By taking them into the desert Furiosa manages kill one of them along with her healthy unborn baby and expose them to who knows what poisons. Since the women are possibly humanities last fertile hope Immortan Joe's desire to keep them safe qualifies as StrawmanHasAPoint.