I think some of you are crazy. I get not liking it, but to not see the talent that would eventually make Fury Road? That is the crazy part.
This was made by a first time director on an extremely tiny budget. Watch other movies on low budgets from that time and you can see the craft and the talent. Most of them are people walking around the woods just being boring and you occasionally see a bad monster suit. They didnt have the money to hire many actors, so they are either not actors at all, or extremely young and cheap.
Also Max is meant to be stoic, he isn't meant to be that emotional.
And the first one is meant to be shortly after the apocalypse, so there is still greenery.
I mean, that people didn't expect Fury Road for what it is just based on watching the first three movies…that makes sense. Fury Road is incredible…and I love the Mad Max movies but I didn't expect that good.