Hiya everyone! I've had some people ask when I will be reacting to Furiosa. Like I did with Dune: Part Two, I really wanted to treat myself to seeing Furiosa on the big screen since I didn't for Fury Road, so I already went and did that! I didn't enjoy it as much as Fury Road, however they are two wonderful back-to-back movies to watch, not unlike how I will always enjoy watching Rogue One and A New Hope in one sitting. If you are interested in my short and sweet review on Furiosa, click here: letterboxd.com/kaiielle/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/ WITNESS ME!!
The Fallout vibes are 100% because Fallout is inspired by the original Mad Max trilogy. If you've played Fallout 1 & 2, Max's outfit in Road Warrior will be very familiar.
I've only played New Vegas fully and I've played some of Fallout 3. I own the first two though and really want to get to them someday!! That's so cool to hear.
George Miller had the film planned so precisely in advance that it was actually annoying for the actors. He would set up an entire shot in the war rig cabin, tell Max and Furiosa 'look tense, then glance right' or whatever, and roll camera for two seconds, because he simply didn't need coverage shots for protection. The fact that their performances are as coherent as they are given that kind of thing is a bit of a miracle
@@kaiielle Yeah with the way the movie is cut, it almost looks like Tom and Charlize are almost never in the same shot at the same time. Wonder if that was intentional, or as a result of the feud.
The "Mad" in "Mad Max" is much more significant than many people realise (a result of the events of the first film in the series). By the time of Fury Road, he is unchanging, his madness will never heal and he can never move on from the past that haunts him. This is why Max is the only character that has no growth in his story. He survives, and the world happens around him. This film truly is a story about Furiosa, but we get to experience it because our supposed "Protagonist", Max, happens to cross paths with her. At the end of the film Furiosa has had a whole arc play out but Max is exactly the same as he was at the beginning.
The blind guy saying "Sing Brother Heckler. Sing Brother Koch" is him referring to his two H&K guns. H&K or "HKs" a German arms company. Great little detail.
My assumption is that the "salt" that they initially were going to cross was what had once been the ocean. And I don't think they would have made it across that, so Max probably saved their lives with his suggestion to go back to the Citadel.
When lakes evaporate, rather than being drained, all the dissolved minerals stay behind, forming a layer of salts. They exist in many deserts, including Australia, where the movies are set.
If you haven't seen the original trilogy of Mad Max movies starring Mel Gibson, I suggest you go back for an "origin story" of the character. It helps you understand how Max became "mad" and how the world devolved into the state you see in this fourth "reboot" movie.
@@tonyporenshenko425 Tom Hardy's portrayal of Max is certainly different. In the original trilogy, it was clear that Max (Mel Gibson) was the main character, but in this one Furiosa is clearly taking the spotlight relegating Max to second billing in his own namesake franchise.
@@tonyporenshenko425 Things can be different without instantly being "woke", I hate that word being tossed around like that. If another male character had taken the spotlight instead of Furiosa I'm guessing you wouldn't call it woke?
This is actually the fourth movie of a series, and the older films (Mel Gibson as Max, it's the role that made him noteworthy) give context to both the downfall of the world, and some of the flashback sequences that this Max sees. The actual apocalypse happens between the first and second films - in the first society is on the verge of collapse, but it's still hanging on by the slenderest of threads.
This movie is a tour de force in practical effects. And even with one arm missing, grease on her forehead and her outfir, Charlize still looks amazing!
Not sure if anyone mentioned this already, but this was not traditionally scripted first like most live action movies; it was storyboarded first not unlike an animated movie, or a comic book. One of the interesting side effects of this is that no matter how much chaos is onscreen, the focus is always squarely in the middle of the frame, so your eyes never get lost trying to pick out the most important part of each shot. It also works surprisingly well in black and white, for the same reason.
In terms of the acting and writing, George Miller hired Eve Ensler, feminist playwright, activist and author of The Vagina Monologues, to work with actresses playing the Wives and workshop their performances, to bring authenticity to their roles. The actors playing War Boys, meanwhile, were trained and drilled by a military advisor, and instructed to conduct themselves in a soldierly fashion; Hugh Keays-Byrne, who plays Immortan Joe, would conduct himself onset like their general.
Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for: Best Makeup Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing Best Film Editing Best Production Design Best Costume Design. A prequel, MAD MAX FURIOSA aka FURIOSA: A Mad Max Saga is being released this summer.
This film is incredible and full of references to the entire Mad Max saga, including old films, comics and everything else. Many people think it's strange that the furious woman asked about Greenplace, but they have to remember that she spent 7,000 days or 19 years away from where she was born
Forgive me for muffling so much of the movie audio in this one. I do this in all my reactions, but it's extra noticeable here because of how little dialogue there is in this film. I did try and include most of it originally, but I was unable to get it past copyright after five attempts, so I just went fuck it and reduced nearly every moment that didn't have dialogue. I appreciate your understanding with this and thank you for watching! I'm currently watching Agents of SHIELD (Season 1) and Better Call Saul (Season 3) over on Patreon, which is where you can also get access to all watchalongs, Patreon-only polls, and more: patreon.com/kaiielle and make sure to browse the Shop: patreon.com/kaiielle/shop. You can also Join for Free to get notified of my weekly schedules. Join our Discord community: discord.gg/4KQXhXJQVU and subscribe to my gaming channel youtube.com/@kaleplays or follow me on Twitch twitch.tv/kaiielle as I return to first playthroughs this month! Up first is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. ✌
Worldbuilding detail that is not stated explicitly, but hinted and highlighted: most people have severe mutations, most probably from radiation poisoning over generations. The warboys were nicknamed half-lives, a radiation term. Because of mutation, they lived very short lives and to Immortan Joe expendable. Angharad's baby was perfect and viable, meaning free of mutations. That is why Immortan Joe was so upset that he lost his prized breeders. They were mutation free women with which he tried to sire a mutation free offspring. The milked women were his other breeders, of which the warboys originated (which is an educated guess)
The movie was visually stunning and has one of the most amazing surround sound effects… the practical stunts made it next level too. Great reaction and I appreciate your commentary on this!
"I want to go look at how this was filmed..." Mostly, by the studio giving George Miller an ungodly amount of money, which he used to actually build all this things, and crash them / blow them up / etc. Anything they could possibly do practically, they did. And for the things everyone told Miller that NEEDED to be CGI, he said "fuck it" and did it practically anyway.
One of my favorite movies from the recent era. It's visually entertaining all the way through. The colors, the detail and lived in feel of the world, the cars, as much practical effects as they could get away with, great sound, etc. It's just great.
As you and others have said, a lot of the stuff they did for film was real. Sure, there was plenty of CGI as well, but mostly all of the vehicles were real, plenty of explosions were as well.The flaming🎸really worked as well. Heck, even Charlize Theron voluntarily had her left arm amputated and replaced with a prosthetic. Okay, maybe not that last bit. But, still, I really appreciate watching movies that do their best to blend practical and computer aided effects so well that my brain doesn't know.
One of my favorite parts of this movie is the subtle world building; the distinguishing the health and social rank of war boys based on their body paint, the religious iconography and it’s themes of strength despite condition, even down to the funny joke that the myth of mad max persisted after him so the main character may not actually even be the original max.
Also all of immorton joes children have funny names; the bald one is Rictus Erectus, the periscope one is Corpus Colossus and he has another kid in an adaptation video game named Severus Scrotus, he likes his dick jokes apparently
nobody cared who he was until he put on a mask. The blue tint reminds me of the first two terminator movies, they also had that filter but more light 🎸. I pictured the guitar guy as someone they allowed to play to feel useful and that they're contributing despite his limitations of being blind. I like to think he enjoys it too
The way you said you first watched this was similar to my first time. Went over to hang out with some friends, was drinking not paying attention to the movie and then it was over. Trried numerous times to watch this film but just kept getting distracted. Finally watched it in full over a year ago and I was thoroughly impressed. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that they were coming out with a Furiosa prequel this summer 🎸
I spoke to my family. I'm having a funeral procession like the war wagon in this movie. Anyone who sees the gates of Valhalla should be ushered in by the sounds of the Doof Warrior, and the flames of battle. Let the war drums ring loud! Witness me!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! This was a lot of fun. I grew up watching the Mad Max movies and when Fury Road came out, it was awesome to not only have a soft reboot(ish) that was actually good for once but to hear the series being talked about. The series was mostly well liked before, iirc, but it was older so it rarely came up. In the same year Fury Road released there was also an unconnected Mad Max game released. It's a bit like Arkham Asylum mixed with Fallout. Anyway between the two, the Mad Max brand was revitalized and suddenly everywhere again and most(*) of us original fans were thrilled. *Obviously there are always detractors, both for real and douche-y reasons, but as a whole fan reception was very positive.
The spiked Buzzard vehicles - including the growling excavator truck - were an homage to an insane Australian classic called 'The Cars That Ate Paris' AKA 'Cars That Ate People,' which featured a VW Beetle with spikes all over it.
If you're planning on doing a rewatch of this eventually look into the Black And Chrome edition of this movie. It was re graded specifically for a grayscale version of this movie. Similarly and to a better effect there's also a cut like that of the movie Logan
Personally, while I think the Black and Chrome and Logan Noir versions of the movies are interesting, I find the most effective black-and-white revisionism toward movies is when the switch is used to bring it in line with an existing movie. For example, there is Frank Darabont's The Mist (2007), which has a black-and-white version, and that one I find effective because the themes of the movie and the look of it in black-and-white suggest George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968). There is a black-and-white version of Bong Joon Ho's Parasite (2019), which is likely a homage to the landmark Korean film The Housemaid (1960). Another recent one I really enjoyed -- I've actually *only* seen the movie in black-and-white -- is the new B&W Johnny Mnemonic (1995), which the director said was intentionally to evoke Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville (1965). It seems weird to me to turn Logan black-and-white because Mangold is doing a riff on Shane (1953), and even shows Shane in the movie...but Shane is in color!
Although I do think the first three Mad Max movies are worth watching (I love Mad Max, The Road Warrior is an all-time action masterpiece, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is fun), I would be a little reluctant to say with full confidence that they provide backstory on Max. Max is sort of like the James Bond films made before the Daniel Craig era, in that while we know we are technically watching the same character in each movie, the series is not really coherent story-wise; what happened to Max in a previous movie is not necessarily relevant or informing him in the next one. To be fair, there is SOME backstory, but it's all in the original Mad Max, and even then, I don't think it's important whether or not the Max of Mad Max (1979) is "the same," even if the character has recognizable physical and ideological characteristics. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was made in 1985. It was a tough shoot for creator/writer/director George Miller because his close friend and producing partner Byron Kennedy was killed in a helicopter crash. Miller handed co-directing duties to George Oglivie on that one and took a reduced role in the production. (Kennedy is still credited on Fury Road, decades after his death, as a tribute.) In 1994, someone at Warner Bros. pitched a "Mad Max" TV show to Miller. He didn't want to do it, but started thinking about making a fourth Mad Max movie. It came close to being made in 2001 with Heath Ledger starring as Max, but production fell apart two weeks before filming started. The same thing happened again in 2011, when their filming location in Australia, once a barren desert, got unexpected rainfall for the first time in 200 years, and it turned into a lush, grassy paradise. By the time they started actually making the movie in 2012, there was a sense the production was cursed. Filming took a long time in the Namib desert and tensions between some of the actors were high (Hardy and Theron admitted they did not get along during production, although they have since apologized to each other). The studio also got very nervous because they would get a day's worth of filming back and it's just these little snippets of things that make sense when the movie is edited together but looks like nothing when it's all in bits and pieces. Miller invited Eve Ensler, author of The V*gina Monologues (I censored in case of RU-vid algorithms), to advise on the story of the Wives and talk to the actors playing them. In the end, the movie came out and scored 10 Academy Award nominations, which was unheard of for a sci-fi action movie. Among the winners: editor Margaret Sixel, George Miller's wife. Shockingly, they gave Best Director to someone else. When creating Fury Road, Miller and his co-writers developed a whole backstory for Furiosa about her journey to where she is in the film. Although none of it appears in Fury Road, it was useful for Theron when playing the role, and Miller claimed he would make it into a movie. It took longer than expected, but this year's prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will be the first Mad Max movie that directly and unambiguously connects to another. Also, if you don't recognize the name George Miller, in addition to creating Mad Max, he also produced 1995's Babe and directed the sequel Babe: Pig in the City, as well as the two Happy Feet movies.
That was a fun reaction. My only problem with this movie is that Max is not so present here, unlike in the original trilogy. Hope you´re gonna react to it in the near future :)
If you can find the “making of” feature, it’s so worth it. I know it’s on the Blu-ray set. It still boggles my mind on how they made it. I saw this on an IMAX screen and the cinematography was continuously jaw dropping.
Despite following you AND having the bell clicked I don't see this video on my subscription feed. It only shows up on my recommended and clicking on your channel videos specifically
Yes, RU-vid did a weird thing and that box was unticked for this video (first time ever) and once the video is public, they grey out that option. 😭 I did make a Community post about this though to try to help it.
this is what a remake of a classic movie should look like and be like it is a great homage to the mad max trilogy with mel gibson .. and as you said the visuals are just stunning.
Hope you see the older films, but don't expect too much more information from them. All of the Max movies, despite all coming from the same writer/director, play pretty loose with the continuity between them - and that's actually one of the things I like best about them. To me, it gives the characters and the story the feeling of mythology, as though these are stories passed down through generations, always with the same essential themes but the details vary depending on who is telling the story and how they remember it.These days I think many people put too much weight on what is or isn't official "canon" within the various franchises, and Mad Max is a nice reminder to chill out a bit and let each story be what it needs to be in that moment.
🚘🚗🎸💀🍼 This movie is FRANTIC -- there is so much going on it's so very worth many rewatchings because there are 1000 details on the fringes of every scene. Just my opinion, but the Citadel was reminiscent of like, castles & kings from ye olde days? And the 'peasants' that lived 'outside' the gates? And we're wholly dependent on the king? Anyway... Mad Max, to me, is the traveller thru the story, where *we* experience the story of others thru his eyes... The drummers and guitarists are just extreme "Bards" from D & D 😂
Good reaction! I'm hoping you'll do the original trilogy, its well worth a look. I wouldn't worry too much about connecting the events and story of the trilogy to the modern films, it cant be done properly. Probably best to think of them as folklore, some details change in the telling, but the essence of what Max represents remains the same.
Halloween '15 i was the Doof Warrior cuz his flaming guitar is cool unfortunately I don't think I have any pictures saved but it was one of my first homemade costumes so it probably wasn't that good unless there's a cooler character in Furiosa I might be him again in a future Halloween.
Thank you for letting me know! I just checke and for some reason, that option got disabled on my video and I can't tick it? Going to have to reach out to RU-vid Support.
@@MagicMarmalade-kv5hr I really appreciate you letting me know. Unfortunately once a video is public, the option becomes grayed out. Still, I was not able to get an answer on WHY the option was unticked to begin with when it's never happened on a video before. I'm going to have to really check this on every new video now before making it public. Sucks that it had to happen on this one, but it is what it is. Again, THANK YOU!
🎸This was one of the movies made when 3d was having a resurgence. So a few things gotta fly at the audience like that guitar. And at the end there... by check us out... you meant witness us, yes?
🎸🎸If you're interested in the setup to this movie, there is a graphic novel/ comic book series... And it explains how Imortan Joe came to power. In the video game is awesome as well and apparently is actually Canon.
Mad Max Fury had numerous cancelations since the 90s , in whichever gave Kennedy/ Miller productions time to produce 4 scripts giving Fury Road tons of mythology, in which everyone and everything including the vehicles had a backstory. Director George Miller purposely intended Fury Road to be a mythological , allegory story that makes each Mad Max film a story of their own. George Lucas referred Campbell's books to Miller in a meeting along with Steven Spielberg circa prior to Mad Max 2, which is considered the superior of the series by many fans. Many critics consider MM 2 to be the best action sequel of all time. MM2 influenced James Cameron for th e original Terminator . Director Dr. George Miller is a storytelling genius when it comes to making sequels. He's definitely not MEDIOCRE 👏👋🙃🎬
My favorite bit of trivia about this film leads to my favorite theory. The actor playing the main Bad Guy here played the main Bad Guy in the first Mad Max movie. Which lead to the theory that they are the same character.
Just as a spoiler free heads up the previous Mad Max movies explain context but are not necessarily in any kind of chronological order story wise. It has a very loose cannon... I explained it to people as Mad Max movies are more like Legends..
There's not really much to say that I already said in the live chat. I guess I'll ask if you are curious about playing the game? It's a bit like the Arkham series in an open world. And it serves as an unofficial prequel. I know you love a good soundtrack. Have you added it to your playlist yet? And have you seen the trailer to the next one, or are you leaving it to go in blind? 🎸
I haven't played the Arkham series, but I've owned them for a LONG time and they're on my list to get to eventually. I am def interested in playing the game! I avoid trailers for all movies I haven't seen. I love going in blind!
@@kaiielle sounds great! Looking forward to those reactions. A little non-spoiler tip here is that I think all of The Mad Max movies don't really have a continuity. They're more like Legends of the wastelands.. passed down from generation to generation so if the movies don't really make sense in context with fury road, don't be too confused.
Great movie but I have always liked the Mel Gibson mad max movies. Just an opinion but to me this movie as far as timeline would be after mad max road warrior and mad max beyond thunderdome
I didn't know this was a fourth going in and I was told I didn't *have* to watch the others first. Which I can tell after seeing this. But I'll be watching the first three soon!
Great reaction! And your audio wasn't bad at all on my end. Also, while the other MM films are of varying quality, A) This movie stands totally on its own, B) Mel Gibson is a human shit stain and we're all better off with less of him. So...YMMV.
I gotta be honest, i really don't like this movie - it's probably the one i like least from the series because of the story, like everything else about the movie is 10/10, its phenomenally directed, beautifully shot, the sound track is wonderful.... but the story itself is just NOT a mad max story lol, he's just *there* he doesn't actually contribute too much when you really think about it, like the basic outcome probably would have been exactly the same whether he'd been there or not. And the outcome at the end of the film isn't actually a happy one when you see what the very first act of Furiosa and her friends is, to let the water run free, not just free though, she *literally* dumps it all out onto the bloody ground, wasting it. Joe was a monster but he at least understood that Water was a precious resource and you don't just dump everything on the people at once, it has to be rationed lol Furiosa basically doomed that little colony of civilization at the end of the movie and it's treated like a heroic thing for her to piss all that water away, i hate it. It would have been enough for her to save the girls and usher in a new reign of leadership that hints at a more fair and honest system for rationing water and supplies, but she does so much more and so much worse with one stupid decision and throws open the valves to just let water run free into the dirt and yeah, it's treated like a noble and heroic thing......
