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I'm logging into my personal thread to share my impressions of "Mad Max" movies, and I also want to bring up an old review:

I watched all the "Mad Max" movies.
The first one is a pretty good classic movie with a classic plot. The idea of the film is quite simple, but it's well-made. It's worth watching, 7/10.
The second film is more like a real action movie. And the image of the main character has changed accordingly. Mel Gibson gets tougher, Mel Gibson drives cool cars, and Mel Gibson runs over villains who all look like terrible a-holes. Perhaps the director wanted to show that all a-holes are villains. Well, that's a good point of view, okay. Compared to the first part, this film has less plot but more action. But it turned out pretty good. 9/10.
The third film. Awful. The beginning is still somewhat decent, but it's still awful. Don't watch it. 1/10
The fourth. I watched this film in a movie theater, like a civilized person. Maybe that's why it seemed better to me than it is. The plot in the film is almost non-existent. Mel Gibson is completely absent. But there are: 1) The main villain with gray hair, plastic cubes on his stomach, and a funny talking mask. He also wears a skirt. Can you imagine how much dominance and charisma this character exudes? 2) Lots and lots of explosions, cool cars, shootouts, trash, and fun. A dream for a twelve-year-old pimply virgin. I'm not twelve anymore, but even I liked it. 3) Crazy music from Two Steps From Hell (or so it seemed to me). 4) An atmosphere of unrestrained fun and the traditional happy ending for all "Max" movies.
You won't see anything like this anywhere else. It's an absolutely crazy movie, albeit not very meaningful, but very beautiful and spectacular. Watch it, and if you don't like it, then you don't like it. 8/10.

It's wonderfully written, simply perfect. These aren't the kinds of posts we deserve, but they're the posts we get. I reread it and realized it might seem sarcastic, but it's not. It's a really good review, and I almost completely agree with it. Now, about me:

The week started very badly. First, I tried to watch Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) – I was swayed by the synopsis and Robin Williams. It was supposed to be a comedy with dramatic elements, but the comedic part didn't work out very well – I don't know, maybe the jokes were poorly translated into Russian (that's quite possible), or maybe they were just bad on their own – but almost none of them were funny, and the events in the film are boring and uninteresting. It's a very tedious film, and I dropped it 40 minutes before the end, then I read the plot on Wikipedia – and realized that I didn't miss anything.
Then I watched Spy Game (2001). The poster immediately set a pretty low expectation, but my expectations can always go even lower. The beginning turned out to be super exciting, something in the style of "Bourne," but with Brad Pitt and a little cheaper. Then, as often happens, the level of tension decreased, which was expected, and I took it normally. However, this level didn't increase afterward, at least in my opinion. As I understand it, the film aims to realistically show the work of intelligence agencies, and in general, I believe what is shown – I don't think it's 100% true, but I think it conveys the essence of the work quite well. However, this is where the problem of the film lies – any job is boring, even the job of a secret agent, so a realistic depiction of the work of spies looks somewhat boring. Overall, the film is a bit tedious, but you can watch it to the end. And you'll have to watch it for a long time – it's two hours long. I think this is a perfect example of a 5/10 film that you can watch and don't feel negative emotions about, but why watch it when there are things in life that will bring you much more pleasure?
And I came to this thread to write about the first film of the week that I really enjoyed. It turned out to be an unexpected title, namely The Devil Wears Prada (2006). I personally love Anne Hathaway, both as an actress and as an attractive woman, so that alone ensured me a pleasant viewing experience. However, the film is beautifully shot, with a good pace, an excellent soundtrack, and no dragging scenes – it's only an hour and forty minutes long, so there's nothing лишнее (superfluous) in it, every scene is an important detail of the narrative and plot. There were also some good jokes and well-portrayed characters. There's only one problem – the friends and boyfriend of the main character. We should see that the heroine is changing and distancing herself from her friends, that her career is ruining her personal life and changing her as a person for the worse. However, the friends and boyfriend were portrayed as some kind of toxic jerks, you know, that image of a whiny girlfriend or a child that the main character usually spoils, and then they whine in a nasty voice, "You didn't come to my baseball game, so you don't love me!!!!!". The friends and boyfriend of the heroine are exactly that image, and it's not a pity to lose them, honestly. However, I think that one idea is shown correctly in the film: a career is such a thing that you can be sincerely devoted to your work, love it, spend as much effort on it as you want, but if someone upstairs decides something, you will be instantly sent to hell, and no loyalty and years of service will help you, capitalism, ho! By the way, returning to the heroine's boyfriend – the only thing I agree with him on is that all the fashionable clothes look ugly, and the simple clothes of the heroine look very good.
It's interesting, I remember when I was in school and this film came out, it was being trumpeted everywhere, and I thought it was a women's film (because the central characters are women) and although many people said that it was good overall, I didn't quite believe it. But no, the film is really good, and most importantly, it's easy to watch. After the previous two films, it feels like a window has been opened. A good film.