First of all, I'm super late to the game, but Mad Max: Fury Road = BIG OL' THUMBS UP. Fiery dystopian car chases and an inexplicable flamethrowing guitar? I can't believe it took me this long to see it.
Actually, the perceived violence/intensity of Mad Max is what kept me from watching it in theaters, because I'm a huge scaredy cat when it comes to that stuff. But while watching it at home (with my parents), I quickly realized that the point of the movie isn't to overwhelm with gore or violence. Instead, it overwhelms in a totally different way, with ridiculous action and punk rock characters and nonstop visual eye candy.
I mean, honestly. Tell me you don't want to see this.
On a related note, a while back I saw a very cool video of Buster Keaton's The General set to the music of Mad Max: Fury Road. (Quick reminder: I <3 Buster Keaton, so needless to say, I geeked out really hard at this video.) It's actually really interesting to draw comparisons between the two. Mad Max is not unlike a silent film, with its minimal dialogue and reliance on physical spectacle. Both films center around extended chases (one in tricked-out war vehicles and the other in Civil War-era locomotives) and crazy stunts, although George Miller's production has the luxury of CGI whereas The General (made in 1926) is 100% raw Buster.
Check out the video below; it's one of the more awesome things I've seen this year: