I'm no gamer but I loved the film. I saw it twice in the theater and will be purchasing the Blu-ray. You say "video game mentality" that appeals to a younger generation but personally as I saw it, I found the film is quite old-fashioned and the way George Miller staged and edited his scenes has actually more in common with Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd than with today's modern action film or video game. It expertly infuses that type of old-fashioned style with modern sensibility which makes it a cut above and beyond most other action flicks. This film is in essence pure cinema in that it tells its story VISUALLY. It built its world from the ground up and allows its viewers to piece together the plot and what's at stake instead of stopping the film to tell you. This is in addition to overt themes and subtext of feminism, sex slavery, child soldiers, oppressive patriarchy and environmental awareness.Big Magilla wrote:I can understand the video-game mentality that leads the younger generation that grew up on them to appreciate the style of the film, but I don't get why seasoned critics who know better would consider this to be one of the best films of the year unless they are pandering to the younger set or want to stay relevant to the pack and not see their contracts terminated by their ever younger on-line employers.
Yes, it is essentially still an action movie. But personally, I'd nominate an excellent action movie over a mediocre Oscar-bait film anytime.