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Watched Mad Max 3 Beyond the Thunderdome again
What a baffling movie.
This is probably the most I've enjoyed it. But it's definitely the weakest of all 5 films by a considerable margin. I think the problem is it's too self-aware of how silly it is. The earlier and latter films will have something really silly played with absolute sincerity.
But I liked that with Fury Road/Furiosa as context you can see how this film bridges Road Warrior and Fury Road, the aesthetics of the various goons getting wilder and wilder. The myth and story aspects being prominent in the ending too.
Wild that half the kids go to Sydney and the others just stay behind? But I guess they had food and water, so they can rebuild society too.
It is interesting that neither Aunty isn't really a villain in the way Immortan Joe/Dementus are. Like Bartertown probably really sucks to live in, but it's not living in a pit under the Citadel.
I do buy theories this isn't necessarily the same man/Max from 1 and 2. He doesn't have the splint, his entire personality is different (quick to take the job Aunty offers, ready to settle in the valley where the kids are immediately). He never says his name at any point. Only that he was a cop previously. I think this where Max as shared mythological figure for various societies starts to take root (The Northern Tribes, the Ones who Left, The ones who Stayed, the Citadel etc)