Max's last shot... (for now)

[Uncle Entity]

Max walking towards sunset, out into the Wasteland, alone, like the last man on the face of Earth. Towards his fate. Wandering alone, forever.

Sad, cool, proud, desolate, strong, tired, funnily tragic, poetic... what did it inspire to you?

I think all of those appellatives can be easily applied to that awesome, gorgeous scene, all of those feelings... I watched and re-watched the sequence, and EVERYTIME it suggested me ONE of those different vibes.

The greatest scene in the trilogy. Period.

[Wrangler]

Ah yes...Max's last shot...after his dance with Aunty, Ironbar and her other goons...after the migratory flight of Savannah and the others. Max--alone--drifting and striding in the badlands of Australia. What's he carrying though? A spear? I'm not quite sure. But you can be sure, he'll survive. He'll find something...scavenge something, recycle something...and the wandering man on foot ("Captain Walker anyone?") will soon find a new set of wheels...Heck, maybe he'll find another V8. (Hope he does. ;D)
The great thing about the trilogy is that you know there'll still be something even before the end credits start rolling. I mean, the very last shot of Max (before the words "For Byron"--R.I.P. and thanks Mr. Kennedy) simply leads you into thinking of the following scenes for yourself (without even knowing there's gonna be "Fury Road"). Max was holding something in his last shot--and that's the start. After that he'll find something else. And then he'll find something else. The wastelands is a wondrous place full of something else's.
And in the ashes...the MFP's main wild card will rise again...

[Uncle Entity]

"The great thing about the trilogy is that you know there'll still be something even before the end credits start rolling. I mean, the very last shot of Max (before the words "For Byron"--R.I.P. and thanks Mr. Kennedy) simply leads you into thinking of the following scenes for yourself (without even knowing there's gonna be "Fury Road"). Max was holding something in his last shot--and that's the start. After that he'll find something else. And then he'll find something else. The wastelands is a wondrous place full of something else's.
And in the ashes...the MFP's main wild card will rise again... "

Wrangler,

That's really incredible! So touching... I never paid so much attention to the symbolism of what Max was actually carrying on in the last shot... on his own, tired, broken shoulders. I know it's an old umbrella and a "Waiting One-style" big spear... read the relative topic. I think this junk really represents the idea of Max as FAR MORE than a mere scavenger, because he's NOW a "SALVAGER", a man ready to rise from the ashes in need to re-build his own life!

It's incredible. Your views on the whole saga are so similar to mine

[Wrangler]

He-heh. Well, I'm a little rusty when it comes to the minute details but I do let my mind wander when it comes to watching (or reading) an exceptional story--and Mad Max is, as far as I'm concerned, one of the most compelling action stories I've ever encountered. It's not as mindless as any other "An Eye For An Eye" movie; Mad Max's got a lot of premises. After his role as the cop who, after the murder of his friend and family, became a nitro-burning avenger--he went on to become a survivor when Australia sort of--changed. I'd also like to think of him as also a bounty hunter (well, not really a hunter--maybe a defender in his days as a wandering nomad. (Well, he did made some business deals in The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome--and both of them almost cost him his life.)

And now that Fury Road's on the way...you just have to wonder...what road will Max turn to?

[Uncle Entity]

In THE ROAD WARRIOR he was just a road scavenger, a Marauder, but sure as hell he was already a bounty hunter at the very beginning of Thunderdome! --- good observation, Wrangler!

From the RW Era to the Thunderdome Era, civilzation (a twisted version of it, even) raised from the ashes again... and Max was forced to pay attention to human race again, dealing with other survivors.
He could trade... skills, after all.
His own skills. So he suddenly became a warrior (and no longer a Road Warrior, which is a very different thing, you know).
That's why he turned to be a bounty hunter, technically.

Cheers, man. You matched it.

[Wrangler]

Woah, gee—this is amazing. So glad to know that I could still trust my observational expertise after all. And so great that I could share the views with someone on the movie. Thanks, Uncle!
Anyways, after having another look at the last shot of Max today in Beyond Thunderdome (yep, I do watch my Mad Max movies every once in a while)—and now knowing that Max was carrrying a spear and an umbrella—I do felt this little longing for another vehicle for Max to jump right into. He looked a lot different when he was in a vehicle than when he was walking. That change though wasn’t really a bad thing for me (thank God). But then, I do yearn for the old days when Max was constantly on the move, in a souped-up, booby trapped automobile.
But hey, mobility is a powerful ally—and it can be a powerful enemy as well. And the road will never be rid of its own dangers.
And Max? Well, he looks prepped and ready as usual—especially in that beautiful last shot.

[Uncle Entity]

Personally, I felt a danger aura surrounding him at the very beginning of Thunderdome, when he was on the top of the cliff, watching Bartertown below for the very first time. I guess everyone enough near to him just "feel" it. He's a bad-ass at 100%.

[Oz]

That scene just told me he's off. Into that hell ridden wasteland yet again.

[Anklecranker]

The end of MM3 is purposely ambiguous. Our conciousness allows us to plug in all sorts of plausible realities. This is the magic of cinema.

[Uncle Entity]

Anklecranker said:

The end of MM3 is purposely ambiguous. Our conciousness allows us to plug in all sorts of plausible realities. This is the magic of cinema.

It's a sort of visionary crossroads. I'm almost scared by it. Glad to see Max has been not scared at all by such endless loneliness. That's why he's the toughest one ever been.