verysharpteeth: exsequar: #this turning point is a LOT#he…
#this turning point is a LOT#he starts from ‘i’m holding you guys at gunpoint’ and she’s just ‘babe if you’re gonna be here i kind of need your help soooo get over that mmkay?’#and he’s like ‘wwhaaaaaat you’re literally trusting me with your lives? me??’#[KICKED PUPPY FACE: ENGAGE]#‘i guess I’d better level up then from rabid animal back to humanoid thing – what do you need? I can be human if you need that.’#and 2 minutes later he’s handing her loaded guns#AND THERE’S NO DIALOGUE TO BRIDGE THAT#it’s just ‘i’m going to trust you so be fucking trustworthy ok?’ and he takes it and runs with it (via harrietvane)
This is why I love Max so much, and Hardy’s portrayal of him. When Furiosa incorporates him into the plan he barely flinches before just rolling with it. The situation might get him killed, but these PEOPLE aren’t a threat to him and Furiosa trusts him because she needs to and he just responds to that by being a bad ass and getting on the same page as her because just because he’s scared up to that point doesn’t mean Max isn’t a fighter or dangerous or heroic. SHe runs across him when he’s flipping out and burned out and hopeless and plagued by the obvious failure he feels in the deaths of his loved ones. He speaks in monosyllables and grunts because he’s been treated like an animal so he acts like one. Yet the minute she starts trusting him he steadies, calms down, and eventually starts talking, showing interest in the group and generally acting like a collected human even with his hallucinations. He has every opportunity to act like an animal after he crosses Furiosa’s path, yet he chooses not to because that’s actually not who he is.
I just love Max.
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Tags: fury road, max and furiosa, I have a lot of favorite parts, but lately this has been close to the top of the list, the way she delivers this line, the calm conviction with which she bridges that gap, it makes her credible as that character, that could rise to be a leading imperator for joe, inspiring the kind of devotion you see from the crew on the war rig, and the way ace responds as stuff goes down, and like it says here, the way it forges that connection between her and max.
