10 Reason Mad Max: Fury Road Should Win Best Picture

3. It's The Best-Directed Movie Of The Year

None of Fury Road€™s achievement in visual FX, acting, production design, and editing would be possible without George Miller€™s direction. Miller€™s devotion to the film, and the pains he took to get it to the big screen, illustrate how personal a project Fury Road really was. Back in the early 2000s, Miller developed Fury Road by making over 3,500 storyboards that laid out the movie in its entirety. Fury Road originally started filming in 2003 until safety issues halted production. Despite this setback, Miller persevered. In 2011, production began again on a 7 month shoot that had to undergo reshoots in 2013. Miller finally delivered his masterpiece in 2015. Fury Road contains almost the same amount of shots as Miller€™s original storyboards, showing that Miller stayed true to his vision despite all the production hiccups. This level of dedication to the filmmaking craft is almost unparalleled. Miller used every trick in the book to make Fury Road a standout picture. His vision seeped into every element of Fury Road€™s production from the costumes to the editing. He€™s already won a number of awards for Best Director; it€™s now the Oscars' turn to reward Miller for his impressive, singular directorial achievement.
Contributor
Contributor

I'm YA writer who loves pulp and art house films. I admire films that try to do something interesting.