Fury road was beloved on sherdog. ESPECIALLY when it was released.Which honestly is I think his main weakness, Nolan can obviously direct actors well but he's often fighting against rather bland expositionary dialog.
For all Sherdog's hate of Fury Road that film to me clearly shows the difference, it doesn't need to constantly be carping on with Max, Furisoa, Nux, etc giving us exposition as the detail of the characters and the world is revealed in a more subtle fashion.