Jut saw Mad Max: Furiosa. I wasn't expecting it to be great but still had fun.

The film breaks from the mad max formula in many ways, What little character Furiosa has is different from Max, Max is a survivor while Furiosa is out for vengeance, Max has a bit of humor to his character while Furiosa is always stern. Mad Max movies all take place in a short period of time while Furiosa jumps years ahead at points.

But some of the best elements of Mad Max are still there. The new locations and vehicles are cool, there are plenty of the interesting and visually satisfying vehicle chases that Miller is so good at.

I would say the weakest aspect of the movie is a perplexing lack of tension. Aside from a few scenes all the conflict takes place between Furiosa, whos fate is sealed by the fact this is a prequel, and various outlaws that you have no investment in. Also contributing to the lack of tension is the soundtrack, which is fairly low key even during action.

I found this a real shame because Fury Road's greatest attribute was the tension, and this movie doesn't have enough else to take its place.

But still the overall quality of writing/performances/direction and especially action made it worth seeing.

OP

What the heck happened?

It has two huge stars attached to it, the reviews were excellent (I know the CinemaScore was kinda low but it's the same Mad Max got in 2015), it had huge hype at Cannes (which trended in social media) and the marketing has been on fire lately (mostly great trailers and interviews with Hemsworth and Taylor Joy)

Is this the state of movies moving on? How the heck did this collapse the way it did? Not even 30M for a 3 day is insane. It was tracking for almost 50M+ 2 days ago

Opening lower than MORBIUS is so sad for a movie of this caliber.

Edit; removed the “action” from action stars. I meant Chris Hemsworth not both of them

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https://old.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1d0qfex/looks_like_825m_sat_for_furiosa_2days_185m_3_days/?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1d0e7rm/furiosa_up_in_smoke_with_102m_friday_31m33m_4day/?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1d0dozw/warner_bross_furiosa_a_mad_max_saga_grossed_an/?sort=controversial

!kino

Basically a movie about photography, specifically shooting on film which is hard enough to find in 2k24 thanks to hipster millennial cute twinks but in a fictional world where $300 buys you a ham and cheese sandwich? Idk also there's also no such thing as a “press pass” other than the 1st amendment which guarantees the right to free press. Also that meme guy president is obviously Brandon. Movie prolly woulda made an amazing tv miniseries if it had room to breath at each location the journos stopped at

And why is that fricking ugly fat mulatto in every movie nowadays

Sponsored by Novo Nordisk corporation.

Order your "totally safe" drugs online! Frick the FDA and it's "safety measures"

sexy Asterix bonus

Looks like your typical soulless memberberries slop. The entire trailer is just things from the first movie.

And they even get a happy ending

Talk about french kino in this thread

2 eps in, enjoying it so far. I like John Turturro and budget Tom Cruise, the fat black dude is pretty funny.

Thinking of seeing it. Fury Road was one of the best movies I've ever seen. I think directing/editing has reach a peak in recent years, movies like Fury Road and Dune 2 are able to fill hours while never feeling boring or overwhelming.

Edit: wingcucks in thread proving ideology makes you a humorless b-word

Not nearly enough boy kissing

Also, I hated it.

i don't know anything about the movie but between this review and what the director looks like i think i can figure it out