They couldn't stay at the oasis, because that wasn't where they were supposed to be. Sure they had an idyllic little existence there, but the whole culture and mythology they'd built was based around the idea that they were waiting for a messianic cult hero to come back and take them away to a promised land.
This also ties into the bigger theme of the movie, which is about planting the seeds of a new civilization. The tribe were happy and reasonably safe where they were, but they had no real future. Max's "stay here and be thankful" plan was basically a cynical cop-out - the outside world's a mess and there's no saving it, so let's just stick our heads in the sand. To fulfill their potential (or destiny, if you like that sort of thing) they needed to go out into the world and found a new, better society. Savannah sums it up in her speech at the end:
"Finding the trick of what's been and lost ain't no easy ride. But that's our track, and we gotta travel it."
Rebuilding the world is going to be tough, but somebody has to do it.
"And we lights the city, not just for him, but for all of 'em that are still out there. 'Cause we knows there'll come a night when they sees the distant light, and they'll be comin' home."
By founding a new civilization in the ruins of the old, they're setting an example for others to follow.
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8 years ago
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MrRazorz
8 years ago
Nah... you are thinking in "pure fantasy" and not in terms of "actual reality."
But it
is fantasy (even beyond the context of being fictional films). The Mad Max franchise (or at least the second and third films, and the fourth to a lesser degree) are set up almost like a form of mythology. The second film begins and ends with the aged Feral Kid recalling his fading memories of "the Road Warrior", and the third ends with Savannah Nix updating the oral traditions of the tribe and replacing Captain Walker with "him that came the salvage". And Fury Road doesn't even fit into the chronology of the original trilogy, because these films are more like folk stories than literal events.
That's why everything that happens in these movies is so gloriously over the top. That's why everyone wears ridiculous outfits with mohawks and feathers and giant shoulder pads and cowls made out of bullets. You can't view them through the lens of "actual reality", because they're not.
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