remember when this was advertised as almost no CGI?

I don't remember that at all. I do remember a big deal being made about the fact that many of the stunts were performed by people, and that the vehicles and props were actual, physical objects. And, unsurprisingly, those are the reasons the film looks so good. It's actual people in actual vehicles, doing actual jumps and falls. Nothing looks fake, because it's all real.

I never once heard, read, or was told that the film would be devoid of CGI, or even that it would feature a limited amount. Computers were going to be used as much as needed, hopefully in unobtrusive ways, and that's why the film looks and sounds so great.

https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/heres-what-mad-max-fury-road-looks-like-without-any-cgi/

They used CGI to spruce up the backgrounds (making the canyons look deeper, the deserts look more vast, etc.) but even that was unknown to most viewers until it was revealed in a youtube clip. The big storm was CGI but I'd like to see how that could have been done with practical effects and still look good.

At any rate, this movie was never advertised as "almost no CGI" and it isn't "mostly CGI" now.

Yep. I think the first three Mad Max films are going to age much better than this. The sandstorm here already looked like a pixar film in 2015.

For all it's flaws in plot structure and tone, Beyond Thunderdome, still looks very good and much better than this 33 years later. No CGI enhancing, no orange and teal crap just some stunning visuals.

I also remember how many Fury Road fans tried desperately to downplay Mel Gibson's Max and what he did in the first three to try and counter balance the fact that Max had to share the film with Furiosa in a way that he never had to before.

Idiot.....🙄🙄🙄

not just me

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-so-much-talk-about-Mad-Max-Fury-Road-being-a-movie-made-without-CGI-effects-when-it-is-loaded-with-such-effects

cgi abomination movie