Furiosa is 5 years too late. People who cared about her, stopped caring about the character years ago. They give us enough of her backstory in Fury Road. For viewers to know her history. If the viewer stops to connect the dots. So making this movie pointless.
Your right, the new fans who were attracted to the franchise grew up and forgot about in that time. Why the Hell did it take 10 years to get another mad max(ish) movie out… its insane that it took that long.
Why the Hell did it take 10 years to get another mad max(ish) movie out…
I mean, COVID set a bunch of films back, just for starters. After that, Idk. WB has been making some disastrous executive decisions since they merged with Discovery. I’m a bit amazed Barbie was released, rather than getting torched for the tax credit. Could be they sacked their marketing department and told an AI to do the job, and now its just gone underpromoted.
Well the advertising sucks then, because I didn’t even realize this was out.
Worried about rent tbh, would love to see this but…
Other than the weirdly janky CG, which was both excellent in some parts while ruining my suspension of disbelief in others, I enjoyed it. No, it wasn’t as good as Fury Road but, let’s face it, that bar is so high it’s almost stratospheric.
I saw it in 4dx and thought it was fun. The dialogue was pretty bad, but the seats shaking made up for it.
Shame, i thought Furiosa was awesome, although there were only about 5 people in the cinema. The critics seem to be giving pretty favourable reviews too, would definitely recommend going and checking it out. Hope this isnt the nail in the coffin of Mad Max.
Hope this isnt the nail in the coffin of Mad Max.
Maybe it’s a sign that a Mad Max movie should have Mad Max in it.
Mad Max had three movies already. I don’t think he needs more. One thing I enjoyed about Fury Road was that he was basically a supporting character for Furiosa.
Or that going the theater sucks ass. Why go when I have a 70 Oled and almos sound system. Dealing with the jack asses that talk, text, or chew loudly isn’t worth the hassle.
Dude, I only have a 36" LED and budget sound bar and I still wouldn’t go to the cinema. It’s cheaper to rent the movie online, I can ensure my popcorn is perfectly buttered and not burnt (truly a game changer), and I don’t have to shush 2.5 teenagers every matinee night.
Theaters are dead, man.
70 Oled
A TV needs to have more than 70 LEDs to look acceptable to me.
almos sound system
And it had to actually have sound, not almost have sound.
In addition, theatres advertise a starting time of X:00, but the movie can sometimes start as late as X:30 after 30 fucking minutes of ads and trailers. That was my previous and last experience in a theatre.
Furiosa has a few major challenges up against it, really:
- Its running time is longer than the average Blockbuster
- it’s R rated and violent
- Mad Max is a fairly niche IP to begin with
- It’s a backstory for a secondary (albeit important) character from Fury Road
- People are feeling the pinch financially right now
Having Tom Hardy playing Max as the main character might have bumped the opening weekend Box Office a bit, but not hugely IMO.
I don’t get the part about the economy not doing well, stock market is at all time high and houses are selling for insane prices
Good joke mate. I laughed.
Sure, but how many theatergoers benefit from either of those?
The movie is great IMO and deserves better… but I had to see it in a filthy theater with non-reclining seats on a screen that was so tinted in green that the reds looks like rust.
Why are we supposed to pay for this experience?.. I literally would have been better off watching it at home on my crappy projector
We get it guys, you didn’t go to the theater because you haven’t left your basement in 4 years. You don’t have to keep commenting that.
My basement has an amazing home theater setup, complete with wet bar, popcorn machine, and a really nice recliner/couch set.
Why would I pay $20 to sit in some ratty, smelly, flop house of a theater when I can queue this movie up in a few months for free and watch it in the lap of luxury?
If it’s a good movie more people will go to see it. Opening weekend is a reflection of the hype machine and expectations
Not having mad max in a mad max film probably didn’t help the opening weekend.
But a good movie will be good, and people will tell their friends, so let’s see what happens next weekend.
Opening weekend is a reflection of the hype machine and expectations
Well, maybe they should have advertised it more. I didn’t hear anything about it until after it was released.
Not having mad max in a mad max film probably didn’t help the opening weekend.
Was there Mad Max in Fury Road?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Max:_Fury_Road
Yes, Tom Hardy played Mad Max
I guess I’m so used to having Mel Gibson as Mad Max that I didn’t really register that it was the same character.
And isn’t that kind of the point, really? There was nothing in that movie that reflected Mad Max as a unique character, other than the “badass dude” heroic action-packed stereotype that we’ve seen represented in a hundred other movies. Hell, he talks so little in all of the movies that he might as well be one of those silent protags in an video game.
I have no interest in seeing the movie. There’s just nothing there for me. I’m burned out on this type of stuff, and ready for more creative plotlines.
Burned out on apocalypse wasteland movies?
Burned out on movies that are mostly chase scenes, explosions, and lots of gun shooting by people who can’t aim.
Furiosa was fine. In a vacuum, it was actually pretty good, but in being a sequel to Fury Road it can’t shake comparisons.
I figure that it looking so visually similar to Fury Road in trailers made a lot of people ask themselves why even bother watching it when they’d already seen Fury Road. The title including “A Mad Max Saga” is clunky and throws up big vibes of this being a tack on story (which it is), which really doesn’t create the kind of hype wave needed to reach out to people who are already cynical about going to a theater.
The word of mouth all seems to start with “Well it wasn’t as good as Fury Road, but…” which isn’t going to put a fire under the seats of undecided people.
sequel
Prequel.
Also Fury Road happens over 48 hours. Furiosa spans like 15 years.
Prequel
You got me. It’s still a follow up movie that looks very similar but lesser in the trailers, and has a clunky title.
Also Fury Road happens over 48 hours. Furiosa spans like 15 years.
What does that have to do with people not watching it? I’m talking about marketing and word of mouth impressions. Plot details aren’t very important to that.
What does that have to do with people not watching it? I’m talking about marketing and word of mouth impressions. Plot details aren’t very important to that.
I just think it’s unfair to compare the two when one movie is essentially one long chase sequence and another is a character focused story.
I was speculating on why the movie is underperforming by looking at the trailers, thinking about how people might form opinions based on those trailers, and by using what the word of mouth I hear and snap reactions I read online. In this analysis, the deep plot details are somewhat unimportant. While it might be subjectively “unfair” to compare the movie to Fury Road, that’s what is happening.
I’ve seen the movie, but I’m not factoring that into thinking about why a potential audience isn’t watching it. Because of course, the people who aren’t watching the movie, aren’t watching the movie.
Honestly I had seen almost zero marketing. Had I not already been in a theater when the trailer came out I wouldn’t have known this movie existed until seeing this lemmy post, at which point I would have shat my pants at the excitement of knowing there’s a new mad max movie. So hopefully more people come out to see it now that word is getting around.
I really liked it. Bikes and cars go vroom, guns go bang, flamethrowers go woosh. 10/10. I’m contemplating going again next weekend.
My roommate was bored. Didn’t like the writing, didn’t like Taylor-Joy’s performance. He rated it “not good.” I didn’t really disagree with any of his specific complaints, I just didn’t care about them.
I suspect your mileage really depends on what kind of audience member you are.
ADHD moviegoer, here; sounds like my kind of film. Dialog never mattered much to me because I can’t follow it half the time. Which really sucks because I can’t enjoy shows like The Wire, Sopranos, and Boardwalk Empire. People spend too much time talking and not enough time doing, and I just get confused and annoyed cause I have no idea what’s going on.
As someone with ADHD I now want a website tailored to ADHD moviegoers for recommendations, as I have exactly the same problems.
I was thinking the same thing when I was typing up that comment; I’m sure someone’s already done it. Unfortunately I can’t find anything of the sort because search engines are useless now.
Bikes and cars go vroom, guns go bang, flamethrowers go woosh. 10/10.
That’s just it, I went in to see a Mad Max movie and that’s what I got. Very satisfied! I think anyone complaining about this movie went in with the wrong expectations. I told my gf before the movie, “I want to see high speed chases, shit flying through the air, explosions, stunts and at last one thing I’ve never seen before.”. I got all that shit and then some! Fuck yeah!
If I wanted to see that, and turn my brain off, I’d watch a Fast and Furious movie.
Mad Max Fury Road was not a “turn your brain off” movie. It was extremely well written and acted. It ALSO had cars that go vroom and flamethrowers that go whoosh. It was one of the best movies of the last few decades. That’s a high bar to meet.
Apparently a lot of people aren’t very thrilled about mad max movies, though. Most of the analysis seems to just be saying “it’s a R movie with niche appeal”.
