45 minutes of brilliance then....

It really is like nothing I've ever seen in a movie before. I remember seeing this movie in the theater when it came out. I was 13 years old at the time and I think still feel the same way. Never have I seen a movie that could draw me in so much and then let me down just as much. Thunderdome, Bartertown, Master Blaster, Tina Turner and lots more odd and interesting characters make the first 45 minutes of this film among the best I have ever seen only to be let down by the plot of Captain Walker, Tomorrow morrow land and just a bunch of kids and stories that just seemed an excuse to explain things more. I guess my point is I think the movie would have worked so much better without hearing these stories and gone off in a much more interesting direction. Does it ruin the movie? It kind of does for me. While this is only my opinion I love discussing the movie with people. It means something different to everyone but most I have talked to agree that it loses its focus. I am by all means no screenwriter but I think the majority of Mad Max fans could have watched fights in thunderdome and a lot of great creative violent matches while possibly piecing together a much better resolution for the rest of the movie and called this a masterpiece. I don't even think it would have taken too much effort. It just hurts to see what I feel could have been one of the all time greatest movie achievements. Only my opinion. I do not try to force people into not liking the movie just feel that it was so great and then went bad.