Looking forward to seeing Furiosa. Someone recently said that The US has Star Wars, the UK has Harry Potter, and Australia has Mad Max. I thought that was pretty cool.
@@ImpressionBlend, although technically, 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy and 'The Hobbit' are a win for South Africa since J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa (where one of my grandfathers was born) even though he was British (so another win for the UK. Haha!), but there's no doubt that New Zealand provided the incredible scenery and a lot of talent, so there is a trifecta of victories. :)
@impressionblend I will see mad max Furiosa and other films I need to watch. I haven’t done reviewing movies in a long time, let’s see how it all goes down. 😂
I saw Furiosa yesterday & watched Fury Road again when I got home. The two films compliment one another really well. Fury Road is definitely superior with the action, but Furiosa has a lot of heart & answers a lot of questions. I absolutely loved seeing it. I saw it in Dolby which is by far my favorite way to see movies. Mad Max has always been one of my favorite franchises & Furiosa is worthy of its title.
Watched Furiosa yesterday (Please watch it in Dolby Cinema if you want to worship the sound of V8) and I’m very glad that all the questions I had after watching Fury Road are now answered. Hats off to George Miller..
Hemsworth was indeed excellent in this movie. So good in fact, that I think he may even get nominated for an Oscar for best co-actor. As for the movie itself…of course not as good as Fury Road. But I felt much darker. Despite the spectacle, I actually came out of the movie rather depressed. I wasn’t expecting it to be that dark on the emotional level that it was…so I went to a bar afterwards, had a Guinness and burger, listened to the classic Rock on the establishment’s sound system and cheered up a bit 😉
I sure hope he gets nominated! He absolutely deserves it! As for it being darker... I will say this: "Fury Road" is exhilarating and makes me want to drive recklessly, "Furiosa" makes me want to have nothing to do with any of this. So I totally get it.
💯 @daviddatura I was alarmed how dark and intense it was. My initial take was Fury Road is better. After a second consideration, I think I like Furiosa better.
Great review Marianna! It's one of the few recent releases where I want to rewatch the entire movie and not specific scenes. It flew by as far as I'm concerned (until the end which I felt could've been trimmed about 10 minutes)
Furiosa surprised me because I went to get out of the heat and relax for a long movie with some soda and popcorn and was like whoa 🤯 It was actually really fun!
It's a sci-fi desert year isn't it? I just saw this yesterday at our iMax theatre. It's worth it just for the sound alone. I pretty much agree with you. Anya T-J nailed it. And Chris Hemsworth definitely needs to stretch out darker. A brilliant performance from him. Yeah a little too much CGI at times, but it's worthy, so worthy. And when rewatching the Mad Max saga in the future I will definitely be watching this before Fury Road, not after. Here's a tantalizing question for George Miller to explore: How did the Green Place get destroyed? Because it doesn't seem to have come from our trio of fortresses. Thanks again Marianna, whenever you drop a video, particularly for something like this I drop everything else and watch it. PS Do you mean to nearly imitate the style of Jack T. Chick mini comic tracts with your covers? It works well. Or have you farmed out your covers?
Honestly, a great year for sand at the movies! I'm not complaining. I do feel like I still have more questions, Green Place among them, and I wouldn't mind seeing a movie set between "Furiosa" and "Mad Max: Fury Road". Looked up Jack T. Chick - I had no idea! Mine definitely look very similar, not intentionally though. I was just trying to find a good way to layer text over the images that looks slightly different from what people normally do on RU-vid.
@@ImpressionBlend Yeah I thought it was pretty ironic. I was fairly certain that a Ukrainian girl your age would have no exposure to the workings of Mr. Chick. But they are somewhat horrific. I'm a Christian but his art gives me the willies. But I do like your 'appropriation' of the style..
I watched Fury Road right after watching Furiosa and I think I liked many things about Furiosa a bit more. It's just a more epic story and seeing more of the world is just as cool as the action.
I saw your post and I just wanted to say that I prefer your 10 something (10 underrated movies, top 10, 10 must watch…). I am less interested in your opinion on only one movie (not just you, all the RU-vidrs I follow obviously). You have a unique RU-vid channel and interesting movies to see
Close to perfect. A 9/10 in comparison to 10/10 Fury Road. My only complaint was why and how Immortan Joe was ok to see her precious Furiosa out of her chamber and suddenly turned into a worker and soldier. I assume didn’t care for her so much.
@@ImpressionBlend Exactly. Nobody asked why suddenly a woman who looks suspiciously like the little girl that escaped from that place appears from nowhere and talking? My theory is that some parts were edited. Still an amazing film though.
I saw it twice and enjoyed the 2nd viewing in Dolby better. I had my doubts about Anaya in this role, but she was fine, but not great. Hemsworth though, was amazing! It's not Fury Road, but it's fun to watch.
This review really sums up how I felt after watching it. Definitely recommend people go see it in theaters if they can, totally worth the price of admission!
I'm in love with the whole universe and it was a treat to actually get to see the other factions and locations. So cool to see more of the politics and history of the world. Loved it, and honestly the CGI stuff did not bother me at all.
Great review! I really liked the movie but I thought the actor who played Jack was just kind of meh and wish they cast someone with more of a presence.
Thank you! I see a lot of people praising Tom Burke, I even heard someone say he'd be a better Max than Tom Hardy (no way, sir), but honestly his character is so underdeveloped I don't think there's enough time for him to make an impact. I thought he was good, but I needed a lot more, especially since they were implying some kind of romantic connection.
I agree 100% that some of the AI/CGI was distracting and sometimes unnecessary. It seemed to be less of an issue later on in the movie. That said, I loved it and rank it right up there with Fury Road.
Awesome movie, but my question is : What was the point of her arm tattoo if, in the end, it didn't have any impact on the story? Or did I miss something?
I hope in the future the film industry learns to champion the “crazy” aspects of filmmaking! With this and I Saw the TV Glow now is an amazing time for creative thinkers to enter the filmmaking industry and share all their mad mad stories!! Keep up the good work with these videos :)
This! So much! The film industry used to take many risks, but the superhero and cinematic universe craze pushed the film industry towards safe formulas. I hope the pendulum is finally swinging the other way.
Wondering if I might need to give this one a second viewing. Saw it the other night and the cons (noticeable poor effects, not many surprises from a story/character perspective) outweighed the pros for me.
I thought Furiosa was great where it is my second favorite film of the year behind Dune: Part Two. Chris Hemsworth was fantastic and deserves all of the praise he has received.
I like your presentation, thank you. This is a "saga." The definition: "a long, detailed story of connected events" "A saga is the kind of long, drawn-out story that can cause the people who hear it to roll their eyes in boredom." The pace felt slower overall in comparison to Fury Road. And it makes sense. And so much of this movie ties in to the older three films, too. Fury Road is just going to be hard to beat I feel.
Man, I did *not* realize that was Chris Hemsworth until you called him out. Even then I thought for sure there was a mistake until I saw him out-of-character doing that promo interview.
I watched it today and loved every second of it I didn’t feel the runtime at all. In fact, the ending felt a bit rushed when it transitioned to fury road. Which btw I can’t wait to go home tonight at rewatch it.
I don't think they should have ended with "Fury Road" footage, tbh. I feel like that was inviting unnecessary comparisons that were already at the back of my mind.
I believe why the movie is underperforming is that the first trailer that came out months ago.. the stunts and special effects looked like alot of the movie was green screened... this turned off alot of the audience.. thinking they are getting a mad max film that was mostly digital and not practical effects....which is not the case, when you watch the whole movie....
Just saw this and enjoyed it overall. Hemsworth is having so much fun and it carries over on the screen. But would love to see Hardy in another one of these films.
I was so into the story developing that didn't care AT ALL about the "CGI details" in a few scenes... anyway is a movie🤷🏽♀️. And it was all balanced perfectly i.m.o. But this is a matter of perspective, some care, some don't, some value more the story and character development than the practical effects
In many ways, I found Furiosa to be a superior experience compared to Fury Road. The Mad Max universe feels even more expansive and yet more intimate and layered. Furiosa compelled me to revisit Fury Road. An outstanding prequel.
Another fantastic review! I thought Furiosa was such a massive and strange movie, even if I didn’t love it as much as Fury Road, it had so many layers to its storytelling that I think this will be even better on rewatches. Do you think we’ll be getting The Wasteland?
Man, I REALLY hope so! I would love to see Tom Hardy reprise his role as Mad Max, and I'm pretty sure it would be a darker, more mature performance as well.
Best movie of 2024 so far imo and it's a major bummer that it's under-performing at the box office. Hopefully positive word of mouth will bring more viewers in.
I saw Furiosa on Thursday in Imax, and yesterday I ended up rewatching Fury Road, which I've seen a few times, the first time also in Imax. Not for me... who appreciates action and revenge films, I only see Furiosa as a superior film in numerous aspects. The villain has a lot of presence and kills people in a very cruel way, while the good guy doesn't say anything, goes missing, hidden and only resolves things at the end. We've seen this so many times, especially in westerns, and here it works so well again. The revenge is so satisfying and the action scenes are so detailed and planned, everything is understandable. And the 15-minute war machine scene is unbeatable. I have definitely changed my mind in relation to prequels. I just hope that, unlike Fury Road, this makes real money at the box office.
I love this movie! George Miller clearly has so much more to show us from The Wasteland. The Mad Max universe is so vast and incredibly creative that I hope Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga does well enough on DVD and streaming so that we can get another trip to The Wasteland with The Wasteland: A Mad Max Saga.
@@ImpressionBlend Maybe Warner Brothers could re release some of the previous Mad Max films for a limited time in theaters to try to make up for the money Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is losing in theaters currently.
Dementus is just a rip off version of Humungus, Praetor Jack is just a discount version of Mel Gibson's Mad Max, Immortan Joe was in his own right until this film made him a desert version of Darth Vader, and the fans are cucked out of their money yet again. There is a Fury Road comic that stated The People Eater was in charge of Gas Town, go figure they retconned that for this train wreck - Furiosa will not age as well as its predecessor. This film left me with more questions than answers and ultimately they should have just bitten the bullet and hired Mel Gibson one last time instead of Tom "Hardly there" Hardy for Fury Road. This unasked for prequel "girl-bossed too close to the sun" and is paying for it, I'm not a fan of how Furiosa never even once mourned her mother and on another note, this takes place in Australia but as per usual there are no Aboriginal Peoples - not even one! Like where'd they all go?! Seriously, the film needed a cameo from Charlize Theron at the end to fully transition from the younger version of her character... instead they just rushed past all that and expected people to suspend disbelief. 4/10, watch it once and be done with it as the CGI usage was the last straw. The ending was too on the nose with the messaging, so much so the whole thing may as well have never happened just like Dementus himself.
Just saw it today in IMAX and i loved it! It was a lot more different than Fury Road than i expected, (in a good way), and if anything it just makes me want to watch Fury Road immediately once i was done!
I think I need to watch Fury Road again to confirm. I like Furiosa better. Hemsworth is both funny and detestable. The world building with The Green Place, Bullet Town and Gas Town are well realized. Anya Taylor-Joy and Alyla Brown are fanstatic as Furiosa and mini-Furiosa. Don't come at me. I know everything I need to know. All that remains is pleasure. Click. WHIIIIRRRRR.... 😈
I loved thr first one but this one didnt really work for me. Part of it did but it felt so disconnected narratively. I thought the first scenes with the bike chase sniper scene was setting up a totlaly different movie. The movie should of been about the 40 day war with furiosa playing max's part in the first, in shocked they skipped over it with just a voice over. For such big groups in an apocalypse with limited gas its also shocking they dont know each other. Chris role didnt work he almost came off comedic. This feels like sin city 2 or something. Same art style and feel almost but misses the mark.
As epic and visually entertaining 🤩 Furiosa is to you, me, and others it unfortunately falls short for the Memorial Day weekend box office numbers in sales $$$ which is pretty grim unless something miraculous happens. But, we’ll see in the coming days and see how profitable it will be or not be 😬🤞🏻
This is a multifaceted problem...I can't find a theatre nice enough to warrant ticket prices...my 85" bedroom tv has a better image and full blown atmos trumps dolby digital ...so instead of going to see the movie I have to wait for it to come out on 4kblu🤷♂️
This is a problem movie theaters are facing for sure - at home setups have gotten SO good, and considering how expensive tickets are when you're also risking to be sitting next to someone annoying and on their phone... It's hard to justify spending the money.
@@ImpressionBlend I loved when Anya's Furiosa was using her sniper rifle to escape Bullet Town. Furiosa's mother with the rifle was sick too. My jaw dropped during the assault on the War Rig when the attackers opened their parachutes, it just kept going. I adored Furiosa's roaring black buggy jumping across the sand dunes to get to Lord Dementus, just like Lord Dementus speeding up his monster truck to catch Furiosa & Jack.
It was good. Not great but good. It's hard to top Fury Road. You can tell the haters who haven't even seen it. Yeah, the "girl boss" trope has been overdone in a lot of movies but Furiosa is NOT that sort of character. She gets beaten several times and she relies on a strong male character to mentor her and help her survive. It is NOT a woke movie. Unfortunately, the movie bombed this weekend. A holiday weekend no less. It only did in the $30M range which is catastrophic.
Oh yea, people who are complaining about girl bossing or whatever woke even means these days either haven’t seen the movie or had their mind made up before they watched it. Thankfully, I haven’t seen many people with that take. As for the box office - sad times, but if you remember “Fury Road” didn’t blow away the box office either, though still better numbers than “Furiosa”.
