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mZuzek said:
Lawlight said:

No, a character suddenly changing isn't called character development. Just like suddenly turning Nux from bad guy to good guy isn't character development.

Also, what other character development was there? I mean, according to you, the movie has that in abundance, right?

I don't see where you saw "sudden" change in a movie that had characters constantly evolving throughout its 2 hours.

Max slowly went from a lonely psycho to someone who eventually started caring about those people around him. Nux went from being manipulated into thinking how Immortan Joe wanted him (and everyone else) to, to actually realizing how stuff worked. The girls escaping with Furiosa clearly started to grow mentally stronger through the harshness of the road and situations they were put in, and Furiosa, well... I don't remember how she changed a lot, but she did go through several things in the movie and her original goal of escaping from town and going as far away as possible in search of an oasis was inverted with Max's advice.

It was one of the most clear examples of characters changing and evolving as I've seen in a movie.


Nux - years of brainwashing is erased within a minute. Literally a minute from talking to the redheaded woman. And you misremember his motivations - he didn't realise anything. He thought he disappointed Joe so he started quivering in the truck and then saw the light. And everyone trusted him.

Max - he doesn't even know these people and yet started caring within a day of meeting them? Why? Because a ghost told him to help them. That ghost thing was so silly. This is why Mel Gibson's Max was so much cooler (based on Max Max 2). He didn't care and was true to his character from start to finish.

As for the wives, they were background characters with no development arc. Growing mentally stronger - really reaching there.