Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) - Movie Review
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Furiosa tells the origins of the character who stole the show in Fury Road. I enjoyed diving back into this world but the story and characters didn't fully deliver for me.
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The movie does end with a time jump. The tree she’s growing obviously took several years.
@brianharper1611
Ай бұрын
It is still played by Anya though, which is distracting because Charlize Theron looks quite a bit different than her.
@v2pictures300
Ай бұрын
Charlize was Furiosa at the very end
@brianharper1611
Ай бұрын
@@v2pictures300 Well there is the second from last scene where Anya as Furiosa goes into the room and Joe's harem is there and then the following scene is them walking to the truck and then the movie ends. The very last scene there only shows Furiosa from behind, but the scene immediately before implies that she is there to help them escape.
@v2pictures300
Ай бұрын
@@brianharper1611 I just got out from watching it an hour ago. It's Charlize and she's the one helping the brides escape
@brianharper1611
Ай бұрын
@@v2pictures300 That is what I thought too actually, but Theron isn't credited anywhere as being in the movie. I also watched that scene today btw. Just making sure. Are you only talking about the very last moment of the movie when they are walking to the truck? That is the scene I just assumed it was Theron, because I actually thought that was just taken directly from Fury Road. I would be happy to find out it is Theron, because that would make more sense. Because the scene right before that is definitely Anya Taylor-Joy. Where she walks into the brightly lit room where the wives are. I literally just watched that scene.
One thing is absolutely for sure, Chris Hemsworth looks like he’s having a blast.
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
He is!
@999dawnfm
Ай бұрын
how every cody review yall can’t keep chris name out yall mouths lmaoooo
@Breadddward
Ай бұрын
@@999dawnfm What on Earth are you talking about?
@JadenApril
Ай бұрын
@@999dawnfm ?
@lawrence09151
Ай бұрын
I thought he was leaving Hollywood
Yes, we do need a look backwards! Especially when you have a director who is concerned about the quality of his product! I will be seeing this soon
Mel Gibson had 16 lines in The Road Warrior.
@joeabernathy5402
Ай бұрын
Came here to say this. The most dialogue Max has is in Max 1
@bratosin1
Ай бұрын
Yep but that is 40 years old action movie , was the norm back in the days for the action dumb movies
@joeabernathy5402
Ай бұрын
@bratosin1 No, it wasn't. Lol
@el_killorcure
Ай бұрын
But he is still the main character, not someone's sidekick...
@ubuu7
Ай бұрын
@joeabernathy5402 no one DESERVED dialogue outside the platinum tongued Immortan Joe. He is the only one worthy to speak. Only from him can we get this class of eloquence: You will ride eternal, shiny and chrome.
The Bullet Farm scene absolutely blew me away
I didn't get the impression that the ending part was supposed to take place days later. I thought it was just jumping to that just to show the connection to Fury Road. The first time jump it uses a plant growing out of the side of the cliff and then it uses a tree to show the time jump at the end.
@XboxPlaya231
Ай бұрын
Facts I don't think he caught that lol
@Cinna316
Ай бұрын
Exactly! that was years later and I'm almost sure it was Charlize Theron at the end
@craigraboteau7024
Ай бұрын
@@Cinna316 It wasn't. It was Anya, but then the mid credits showed scenes from Fury Road and those were, of course, Charlize
@DBZ003
Ай бұрын
I also thought the [MILD SPOILER WARNING]….. tree growth at the end indicated a long passage of time.
@virginiapicker
Ай бұрын
Yeah, that’s a pretty big oversight in this review. Not only was there a tree growing out of the guy - one mature enough to bear fruit - but he was visibly older, hair grayer, etc, by a number of years. Only thing that could’ve communicated the passage of time more clearly would’ve been one of those SpongeBob “eight years later” captions.
I hope George Miller lives long enough to make that next Mad Max movie.
@JeffCirillo
Ай бұрын
Unlike Joe Biden, Miller seems sharp.
@BloodeeJacob
Ай бұрын
@JeffCirillo We’re talking about movies.
@ScruffyWarlord
Ай бұрын
@@BloodeeJacoband he’s talking about politics.
@TwistedReality13
Ай бұрын
He said recently in an interview he had no interest in making another movie about Max.
@shwonsh
Ай бұрын
@@JeffCirilloTrump for the win
Totally agree about how the relationship between Furiosa and Immortan Joe being waaay underexplored. That should’ve been the focus of the film I think, about her growing in his ranks and then questioning her place in it to the point of defecting.
@king_supreme1102
Ай бұрын
Im confused. Her mission was always to get revenge on Dementus, and get back to the green place. Do you think she actually wanted to be with Immortan Joe? She was there out of necessity. They show that she’s really good at her job, then there’s a time jump (to get to adult Furiosa) and she’s still good at her job. What’s the confusion? She was just very competent and was there for years. That’s how she rose up the ranks. Then she got a bigger reputation by working with Praetorian Jack, who they talk about like a hero.
@fabiosilva9637
Ай бұрын
Fury road’s main theme is about redemption not revenge. Her relationship with joe is boss and subordinate. He wanted to kill her because she took his property. She took the wives because she was compassionate. She killed joe because it’s either she kills him or he kills her. That’s it.
I think the movie is awesome and with the Immortan Joe stuff I feel like he had so many wives he didn’t notice her being gone since she was so young, and she didn’t appear as a girl until she was old enough that it would be hard to tell it was the same person
@virginiapicker
Ай бұрын
And by then she had already proven her worth as a driver and a mechanic. A good one. I just got the feeling that even if Immortan Joe had recognized her, he was transactional enough to realize that she was more worth to him as a driver and a hardened fighter than as a wife at that point. And, that ties into something that the history dude told Furiosa when she was young, when they were in the cage together, and he was trying to teach her. He told her she should make herself invaluable in some way. And she did.
Since discovering your channel about 3 months ago, you have turned into my favorite reviewer on KZread. You are consistent , you put out tons of content and you have original thoughts.
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
Thank you
@jeffn4836
Ай бұрын
@@CodyLeachYT You got it, man
Yes! Thank you! That was my biggest gripe was that no one seemed to have any reaction after she spent years purposely concealing her gender. What was the point then?!
I LOVED Fury Road so much. It was my introduction to Mad Max even though I was familiar only in name. So when this was announced I was excited but I’ve tempered my expectations because it’s not Max driven. I’m kind of along for the ride because I like Miller’s style and the movie looks good. So I’m very much looking forward to it. Seeing late tonight in IMAX.
@maskedman5657
Ай бұрын
Update us on the movie
@seanyonthemic
Ай бұрын
@@maskedman5657 Just got out of it about an hour ago, and I really enjoyed it. It was an unexpected slow burn at times, but still very engaging and exciting when the action kicks in and the performances all around were fantastic. Hemsworth was having a ball playing the demented Demuntus. And Anya Taylor Joy did great as Furiosa. She plays the strong silent hero this time around much like Max usually does in this Franchise. Its no Fury Road, but its not trying to be. Many of the shots were awesome even if there was some spotty green screen visuals that are extremely noticeable. I don’t hate prequels and this one feels unnecessary. HOWEVER, the passion behind it clearly has merit.
@maskedman5657
Ай бұрын
@@seanyonthemic thanks for the feedback
4:07 I disagree, like you said. She did what she could with the character. She plays the younger version. Of course she's going to be less captivating. She's literally years behind. Young Furiosa is supposed to be less seasoned. She's still young. That's why she delivered the "Remember me?" Line in a question form in this movie. She's a bad ass as a girl but lethal when she becomes a woman.
During the second attempt to film Fury Road around 2010, Furiosa was actually planned to be filmed at the same time. Fury Road would have been released shortly after Furiosa, making it even MORE like Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2. Unfortunately, the studio said, "Hell no!" Miller than tried to have Furiosa released as an animated movie before Fury Road, and that failed to happen as well due to studio negativity.
He's killing me, he's killing me!! Miller's killing me!!! Furiosa is... MEDIOCRE!! 2 out of 5.
@jasondh4777
Ай бұрын
I agree I did not like it one bit I would want my money back. These fans are riding this movie for what it isn’t
@horriblefridge
Ай бұрын
@jasondh4777 Apparently I am not a fan of mad max for bad mouthing this film/ explaining why I was personally disappointed with my purchased viewing experience and people like me will influence no further sequels from happening. Other than that, I hear the film is a masterpiece or whilst not quite as good as Fury Road, is still amazing.
As a big Mad Max fan, I thought this movie was very well done. It’s a movie that clearly had plenty of the style from Fury Road, but it also had a story that was absolutely worth telling. Unlike Fury Road, the movie spans many years and tells a large scale story, which I thought worked great for this specific movie. And even though George Miller is turning eighty next year, he still delivers great action. Overall, big fan of this film.
@fromtexas2734
Ай бұрын
Yeah, but which one of the _Mad Max_ movies is your #1 favorite, though?
@MichaelTomsyck
Ай бұрын
@@fromtexas2734 Fury Road. It has all of George Miller’s energy and visuals from the first three films but with a $150,000,000+ budget in the twenty-first century. I do love Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior as well though.
@fromtexas2734
Ай бұрын
@@MichaelTomsyck I've actually never ever seen "Fury Road," but I did buy the Blu-Ray of it just today from a Walmart. And very soon, I will give it a watch. And funny enough, I also went to go see "Furiosa" at my local theater today. Thank you for the reply. 😃👍
@worsethanhitlerpt.2539
Ай бұрын
Fury Road was very light on Plot and Furiosa shows what happens behind that movie. I have mixed feelings about both movies I think Furiosa is a little better
Fury Road doesn’t take place a few days later. It’s implied that she planted that seed and it turned into a tree. She is seen giving the slaves some of the fruit. That doesn’t take days to grow. That’s my takeaway.
@cmmosher8035
Ай бұрын
Earlier on the film they showed the passage of years with the tree growing on the cliff face with her wig when she ages from the younger actress to Taylor Joy. I think the peach tree growing was meant to indicate years as well
I loved it. The action isn’t as mind blowing as Fury Road but I like that it focuses more on fleshing out its characters and world building and I think it enhances Fury Road. I just don’t want to wait 9 years for the next one.
I completely respect and agree with a lot of what you had to say as always! BUT given the fact that the tree was almost fully grown and Damascus was very much malnourished, I would say the ending hinted that it was a good year or more to go onto fury road rather than a week or a day like you said etc. Unless I got confused what you were talking about. (Anya Taylor Joy however does not look Charlize Therons age like you said)
I think this is the best madmax movie. I liked the world building, with all the other factions. This was the right way to fleshing out a movie
Hell yeah! How about "horror movies by generation ranked" video I find myself enjoying 80's horror the most
texas chainsaw the beginning is the ultimate prequel in my eyes
@maskedman5657
Ай бұрын
Didn't love it. It's aight
@user-tk4us4iu4h
Ай бұрын
If that’s the Jessica biel one it was surprisingly good
@andreimcallister1365
Ай бұрын
That’s temple of doom for me
@ajnunez8788
Ай бұрын
Naww that goes to the Friday the 13th remake big dawg
@user-tk4us4iu4h
Ай бұрын
@@ajnunez8788 naw that wasn’t great
Just left the theater, it was a great movie!
Cody, your videos always make my day! I enjoy your fair and detailed analysis of film. Rock On, my Metal brother!!
@Cody. Appreciate you always calling it as you see it
I feel like this could have been a two part special on max. First half covers the Alyala era of Furiosa and the second covering Anya's story.
As a casual fan of Mad Max who ADORES Fury Road and loves The Road Warrior (1981) film, the other two not so much I'll definitely be checking this out, I have to admit I was worried about when this came out how were they going to put Immortan Joe in the story, I originally believed he was going to appear at the end and either kidnap or rescue her but soon as I saw the trailer and we had seen a younger Immortan Joe my worries were put to rest, it's nice to hear that we're getting to explore Gas Town and The Green Place, but the biggest mystery to me is how did furiosa lose her arm?, I also thought from The Trailers that Dementus was a Rival to Immortan Joe, Come on George Miller before u leave this world give us another Tom Hardy Mad Max Film, I'd love to see Kylie Minoque as a Mad Max Villain, maybe she could be this Generation's Tina Turner Character from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, Hugh Jackman would be another great addition to Mad Max Immortan Joe is one my favorite Movie Villains
@maskedman5657
Ай бұрын
MEDIOCRE
Furiosa seems like a Mad Max film without Max and a Furiosa film with a different Furiosa.
I haven't seen Fury Road yet but it was suggested on another review I saw to watch this then Fury Road so going to do that when Furiosa is released on physical in England. Great review as always 😊👍🐾💜
I definitely see what you are saying about the end Anya Taylor Joy not really matching up with Fury Road Furiosa, but I never took it as being "a few days" between the movies...there was time for that tree to grow, and have its first full fruit...to me that said it had been a few years AT LEAST
Would've preferred a Mad Max sequel than a Fury Road prequel & focus on the character of Max. Excellent review 👍
@billjones5741
Ай бұрын
Yup. We all would’ve.
@BloodeeJacob
Ай бұрын
@billjones5741 eh I wouldn’t say “all” lol I remember Theron being more popular than Hardy and we’ve already had a few films focusing on that character. I get Miller branching out a bit.
@markboon2024
Ай бұрын
I'd prefer a sequel but I don't really want a further exploration of Max, himself. What makes him a great character imo, is that all we get is the bare minimum. He's a cynical loner with a tragic past who always ends up being roped into doing the right thing. A classic action hero, nothing deeper is really needed.
@Infamous1892
Ай бұрын
@@BloodeeJacobIf Theron's Furiosa is so popular, then why aren't people watching this movie like Fury Road? The real issue is we're stuck in the past trying to flush out more unnecessary back story instead of looking forward to the future and what happens after Fury Road. People don't like Prequels because they have little to no stakes. This movie is like Rogue One. We're depending on another movie to make me care about this movie. This movie has to stand on its own and it can't.
@BloodeeJacob
Ай бұрын
@Infamous1892 lol Fury Road weirdly didn’t blow up the box office either. It should’ve been a blockbuster but it wasn’t.
Im SUPER excited for this movie. Probably gonna watch it this weekend. This and Alien Romulus are the only movies I might go to the movies to see in theaters.
@bratosin1
Ай бұрын
Deadpool 3 ? Joker 2 ?
@jasonchilado
Ай бұрын
This is just me, but it’s good to support original movies too
Totally agree about the last segment of the movie, that had me completely baffled and confused. I didn't know if they were just trying to render scenes from fury road all over again with ATJ stuck in there, I didn't know what was going on or why we were seeing it, because I agree there would have had to have been years between the end of the story in furiosa and the beginning of the story in fury road.
you should do a mad max ranking
I want to know if the clan where Furiosa came from build that oasis by turning people into plants
@TheNetflixNook
Ай бұрын
probably. or at the very least it was their version of corporal punishment
Hey great movie review as always Cody😎🤝🏽and was wonder if you ever thought about doing a Top 10 Horror movie Theme song list
THE FAST & THE FURIOSA!!!!!!
@polreamonn
Ай бұрын
Crossover - Is there any word more exciting in the English language?
Charlize Theron should’ve gotten an Oscar nomination for Fury Road.
Another great review and video! Thanks Cody, I recently discovered you and you’ve quickly become one of my top movie KZreadrs 👍🙏 But though I’m with you on the “more sequels and less prequels” line of thought, I’m still glad creators do what the want to do instead of just doing what the audience wants them to do 😊 George Miller is a true artist, and I’m glad he does what he wants and not what we want. Like all creators should 👍 Have a great day 🌞
Great review as always! Sounds like they needed to pick a storyline & just flush out one of them oppose to trying to do both.
@asharber9397
Ай бұрын
the movie is awesome and I think they did want he wanted to do to a T
Is ranking coming?
Their making another prequel but will focus on Max from Fury Road and will explain the Illusions he kept having about the little girl he kept seeing.
Agree with most of your points for sure. I really loved the movie but had issues. It's sort of the Rogue One of the Mad Max series. Neither film was needed, we know the outcome of both, but they were both great movies and added world building and some new characters and set pieces. I have to say Furiosa stuck with me and is still in my head. I woke up the next morning still thinking about it. A lot of allegory there and plenty to think about. I appreciated Furiosa's mother. She never hesitated. She reminded me of Darth Maul in that way. Haha. Imagine if Darth Maul was someone's mom, that's Mary Jabassa. Just went to straight to work and relentless to the death. Good review.
As a HUGE movie lover/fanatic and aspiring actress I throughly enjoyed Furiosa. It’s in my top five favorite movies of 2024 thus far. This was another good movie review Cody. ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for another great vid Cody!
It leads up to it does have a time jump of years if you remember the tree growing at the end out of (spoiler). Trees take time to grow so that informs the viewer on the time jump.
Judging by that puppy interview, I assume Hemsworth will be doing a horror film very soon and can't wait to see what he decides to do. I've still to watch Fury Road so this movie isn't a must watch at the moment😊 Great review Cody! Just checked out Boy Kills world and its shot right up in my ranking😁
A Mad Max movie without vehicles is like a slasher movie without a body count, so glad the first positive insured that. 😉 I didn't know about this movie until reviews started dropping on KZread, which is slightly better than Fury Road which I didn't know about until the Blu Ray came out, but does sound interesting, so I'll probably check it out at some point. Thank you, Cody.
I definitely prefer the quiet protagonist that speaks more through their actions than not in my Mad Max world. Because of the way the world is vastly moving and nothing relied on heavy explanations and you can just vibe with it really. So idk if i agree with you.
Some constructive criticism for you Cody. Some of your mixed and negatives can be explained when you connect the dots. Things are inferred. 1. There is a sizable time jump at the end. For starters, we know that tree had to grow. Idk how much you pay attention to trees, but they take forever to grow. It easily could’ve taken years for it to grow to the size that it did. That’s not to mention the terrible conditions it’s growing in. Secondly, we know the war rig in this movie was destroyed, and that they’ll now have to build the war rig we see in Fury Road. The War Rig in fury road is real grimy looking, compared to the one in Furiosa that looks brand new (because it is). So we can infer that the one in Fury Road took years of wear and tear between the movies. That’s not even taking into account how long it took to build the new war rig. Lastly, Furiosa is not imperator by the end of her movie. And she is by the start of Fury Road. Another indication of a sizable time jump. Also, you’re just thinking too deeply about her relationship with Immortan Joe. She was never invested in that relationship. She worked with him out of necessity, and to gain the recourses to get to the green place. We know this. There was never any fallout between them. She was just biding her time with him. We did not need to see any bonding or falling out. We know why she was there, and why she left. There was never anything else that we needed to know there. And to my knowledge, she never told anyone there her name when she first got there. So we don’t even know that any of them are aware that adult Furiosa is the same person as that little girl. And Dementus didn’t recognize her as an adult until she told him either. Not to mention, Joe’s son (the one she escaped from as a child) started to recognize her as an adult but it then gets brushed off. And then he never says anything else about it, even when he can see her full face. So if he never fully recognizes her, then why would Joe?
I know one of the characters in the Second Mad Max movie had Virginia Hey who played a great characters in both the movies and in Science Fiction as Zhaan’s in Farscape.
I love Anya. But I felt like she stuck out a bit, kinda took me out of the movie in a weird way. I think she was slightly miscast. Just my personal opinion.
@ScruffyWarlord
Ай бұрын
Yes I could totally understand your point of view. I personally think it needed to be someone unknown to Hollywood.
Hey Cody you going to do a ranking of the franchise now?
I dont think people on the interwebz have watched the movie and are simply judgmental just for the heck of it. Furiosa is a cinematic masterpiece that has left me speechless! The time and patience one has to dedicate their life, in making a lifetime work, coupled with an unquenchable thirst to provide sheer awe and cinematic brilliance technically and emotionally, stands out at every single minute throughout the movie. Apocalyptic genres are quite easy to enact, since they require an astute understanding of how humans operate on baseline consciousness. George Miller did a fantastic job at delivering this exact sentiment. I am overall pleased with the aesthetic cinematic treatment compared to its predecessor for continuity and not overdoing with CG. Dramatic pacing and character introduction is given justice with sufficient screen time to develop their story arcs and finale plot. The wasteland is merciless and spares nobody. Flawless execution 10/10.
Idk..... The trailer looks like an old spice commercial.
@kanielabarcai6182
Ай бұрын
Ok
Cody coming in with the coolest shirts yet again.
Complains movie is more of the same, wears a Friday the 13th part 4 shirt. In all seriousness though, how long do you think it takes a tree to grow from a seed? This didn't go straight into Fury Road. There's a significant time jump and Charlize was Furiosa during the tree scene.
If it looks fake and you can see it (CGI) then it's not "seemless"!! Dirrrrrrrr
Going to see this Saturday with my brothers. Hearing good things and can't wait to see it. Love George Miller action.
Thanks to your review I’m watching the first four right now and enjoying 1&2 and starting 3 then fury road so far I’m enjoying this franchise love the practical stuff in this❤ definitely gonna watch Furiosa
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
The Road Warrior and Fury Road are by far the best imo
I’m worried about the visuals in this movie. Fury Road is in my top 15 movies of all time and my favourite thing in it was the beautiful practical effects. There was only a little CGI when needed. It reminded me of the great action movies of the 80’s and 90’s. The trailers for Furiosa look promising in parts, but the heavy use of CGI looks bad in my opinion. I’m not sure about everyone else but it really affects my opinion of a movie and my immersion when i can see blatant green screen backgrounds. Hopefully it’s not as egregious as it looks.
I don't mind a prequel if it helped to understand more the characters that we see in the first film, but this is not the case with this prequel and the only thing we learned was how she lost an arm. The rest - including the revenge - did not actually affect the original film with Dementus and Jack long dead. Furiosa's history was dragged out too long. We learned that she suffered as a child, but we don't need one-third of the film devoted to that and with a different actress playing her. The film was slow at times and even the revenge was a bit disappointing. Furiosa played no part in the fighting and after the battle was won, took forever to hunt Dementus down. As a prequel, what was notably missing - but in my opinion crucial - was the relationship that developed between Furiosa and Immortan Joe and how that changed over time. Furiosa helped him in his victory, and they should be the best of friends. What led Furiosa to become disgruntled later and help the women to escape was not explained, except we know that was what started off the original film. Yes, I also feel the film needs a better story.
How did you get that the ending of this film sets up only a few days between the start of Fury Road?? I just watched both and I totally think there can be years until Fury Road. Maybe I missed something?
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
She’s loading the wives into the war rig. That’s the inciting incident of Fury Road.
@ScruffyWarlord
Ай бұрын
@@CodyLeachYTyes but when she loads the wives into the war rig, they’re insinuating that she’s already “the Charlie Theron older” version of furiousa. We know this becuase the actress in that scene is no longer Anya Taylor Joy , it’s a taller stand in actress for Charlize Theron. I just watch the movie last night and I can assert this to be true. No where does it imply that it takes place “a few days after”. In fact it implies that it’s years after. I think you should edit your review on this. It creates a false perception about the film for those who haven’t seen it.
@patricksmith2629
Ай бұрын
@@CodyLeachYT hmm got it! Maybe my memory of the last minute of the movie is fuzzy.
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
Possibly. I’d have to watch it again. It was definitely Anya when she walked into the room with the brides. Then it immediately cuts to the war rig.
I appreciate your view on the matter but I do always wonder why some people don't feel the desire to explore the past I feel like it's a very human need and desire to help us understand ourselves and the world around us. I love prequels they just aren't always done well it's a hard thing to get right. Anyways, good luck with your channel!
I could see Anya growing into Charolize’s version of the character.
You need to do a ranking of the franchise
Going to watch this film this weekend, but something about the trailers make it feel cheap compared to Fury Road. Your review seems about what I was expecting. Anyone who says Max was always a side character is kidding themselves including the Red Letter Media guys. He's like Daryl Dixon of WD. Hardy is Dixon in the Walking Dead main show, but Gibson is Dixon in his own series. I liked Fury Road a lot, but the way the movie is shot and told almost makes it seems like a fantasy movie. I do like that, but I still prefer the aesthetic of the Road Warrior. It might be that the film didn't have a large budget and that Fury Road was always Miller's vision of the story, but I like that dirty, gritty style of the character and world compared to the fantasy style of the Fury Road. I guess it kind of makes sense since these stories are like folk tales of the character and now Furiosa.
Love the shirt!
I think a scene with immortan joe taking another kid wife at the end would’ve perfectly bookend the transition from furiosa to fury road
i watched this yesterday, and i believe that the last scene (the one that leads directly into fury road) is supposed to be several years later.
thank you for being purposefully obtuse bro gotta love your kind
Pumped to watch this movie. WITNESS!!!!!
After all the hype about it being better than Fury Road. As I suspected, people have gone overboard. Great review Codey. I will go & see it at the weekend. It's always better to have lower expectations.
Cody but doesn’t Furiosa offers the peach to the wives indicating that time in deed has passed? Unless I misread that scene 😊
This is a smoke in the parking lot beforehand and watch in theaters movie for me.
Best review of the movie, I agree 100%. Nice job.
FYI the Mad Max video game from 2015 connects the dots between Furiosa and Mad Max: Fury Road.
Felt like I was on a island with this one. It was my most anticipated movie of the year and I left so disappointed and it was cause of everything you said…wish it would’ve been amazing🤷🏻♂️
@Fzane-mn8fh
Ай бұрын
95% of the people beg to differ. It was amazing!!!
@mindofanerdreviews8872
Ай бұрын
@@Fzane-mn8fhI’m happy for you
@SeanKennyYT
Ай бұрын
You're not alone. Has crazy hype at the moment but once it dies down it will come back down to earth. Meh Max, Fury Road was far superior
@dazz9881
Ай бұрын
@@Fzane-mn8fh Did the "island with this one" not clue you that the poster didn't think they had the majority opinion?
@randomanton
Ай бұрын
im with you i was completely disappointed. it was fine , but the more i look back its like 6/10 , bad pacing, characters making decisions they would never make, plot holes, cgi, too long, voiceovers to rush the ending. probably more i cant remember at the moment.
I thought the film was good, but “Fury Road” is an action masterpiece and this no matter having its own tone etc will be compared to it. Sadly the film just doesn’t offer enough for me, it’s nice to return to the world, but not much is really added. I would say it’s worth checking out but I was definitely expecting more. 6 out of 10
Love the shirt. Jason 8s my favorite slasher killer. ❤
I thought this movie was darn near perfect. Epic, best dialogue of any of them, IMO, and it’s the perfect prequel to Fury Road. It’s 2 hours and 44 minutes long, but I was almost sorry when it was over.
100% agree with your final negative! Mind-blowing how big of a plot hole that seemed to be. 🤦🏻♂️
My review Background - Furiosa tells the origin story of Furiosa. How she was kidnapped as young kid by a group of deadly desert warriors led by Dementus. And how she grows up and seeks revenge on them to become Furiosa. Dislikes - Plenty. I fundamentally agree with Cody. I too do not like prequels because I never like the idea of taking a story backwards. Its inherently difficult to take a plot backwards because its our natural instinct to know what happens next in a story rather than what happened before. Unless there is a solid connection of the plot to the past. Which is why prequels never work. I mean barring the Hobbit Trilogy I cannot think of any trilogy that has really done well. And that did well mainly because of the grand spectacle and world building of Peter Jackson. I mean look at the Amazon Lord of the Ring's series. Never found its feet. Because they could never really generate any interest in the back story. Jeff Bezos must be still tearing his leftover hair over the 200 million Amazon spent on it. Furiosa suffers from the same fate. The plot never generates any interest. I mean it does not help that this is a plot of very limited ideas. You definitely feel the 2 hrs runtime. And by the end you feel the makers were completely out of ideas and just forced a connection between the 2 movies. Final Thoughts - Furiosa never really gets going after a interesting start. There is just no story to hold the main plot or link it to the source movie. And the screenplay is very ordinary lacking any emotional depth or thrills and even logic. It clearly appears that the writers could not integrate or connect the main plot of the story i.e. the revenge drama with the origins of the Mad Max Fury Road. Hence the entire plot feels cluttered and just lacks any substance. I give Furiosa a 5. This is an ill-conceived Prequel.
If u don't wanna see this you could always go see "in a violent nature" and walk around the woods for two hours
13:06 I think that what's happened in the ending. It's the older version of her. Not the last 30 minutes but only the very last scene
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
Well it’s awkwardly edited if that’s the case. You see Anya walk into the wives room and then right into the war rig.
@Smile-hk7vd
Ай бұрын
@@CodyLeachYT The fact that they kept Anya in that scene is definitely confusing but then i notice one specific character that stuck in the tree looks so old compare to the previous scene. So i guess that's supposed to be a time jump. But yeah, i agree with you it's awkwardly edited
@BloodeeJacob
Ай бұрын
@CodyLeachYT I get what you mean but the glimpse we see of her face in the shadows going onto the rig ironically looked a little like Charlize to me. Maybe it was on purpose in that sense.
First time I saw this trailer for this I thought “Why is Thor in a Furiosa Movie” lol
I loved fury road, but I found furiosa to be disappointing. I love slow burn movies (recently really enjoyed “I saw the TV Glow”), but for a mad max movie with very little dialogue, it needs to have a faster pace. Similar to you, I found Furiosa to be too slow, and I found myself bored. Ironically, I decided to do a double feature, and I watched Furiosa right after I watched “Challengers,” and I was surprised with how much more thrilling Challengers was when compared to Furiosa. I was shocked with how much of a high/rush “Challengers” gave me. I was expecting Furiosa, as the second half of a double feature, to continue that adrenaline rush, but it just felt like a slog. I would never have predicted Challengers to be more of a shot in the arm than Furiosa, but it most definitely was. If you take anything from this comment, please see challengers before it leaves theaters. We need more movies like it
Have you seen Bad Times at the El Royale? Hemsworth was fantastic as the cult leader and 100% I could see how someone would've been enamoured enough to fall into that space. I'm so glad that he's not being pigeonholed as Thor type characters because there's a lot of talent there. I just hope Tom Holland can do the same. I watched The Crowded Room with him (its so heavy) but he was fantastic in that and it should've gotten more attention.
You have the same veiw on prequals as me, If you know the outcome then whats the point? It takes away the stakes...you know they are gonna survive. I think Rogue one did it well by inserting a different set of characters and actually adding to star wars but apart from that I can't think of another example.
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
There are times that they can do something compelling even though we know where things are heading. More often than not it doesn’t hit completely for me.
@maskedman5657
Ай бұрын
It depends on how good the Prequel Is. Have you never seen Godfather 2?
@shannonbayley3684
Ай бұрын
2 good examples (for horror) are Ouija: Origins Of Evil (the first was terrible, this prequel was actually fantastic) and Orphan: First Kill - right up there with the original.
@MVPMVE
Ай бұрын
The Thing 2011 was okay
Enjoyed the movie, felt it was long enough. Glad they didn’t have long expositions. Don’t need have everything spelled out verbally. If anything, too many modern movies suffer from that.
Great entertainment ,really enjoyed it.
This movie was so much bonkers fun! Loved it. I thought the ending was the weakest part, but really didn’t bring the movie too far down for me.
Awesome flick. Loved it
Was anyone else the only one at their theater? I was and I feel they really dropped the ball by not continuing on with the Mad Max character. Like you said good action, but weak on plot and characters.
The cgi in the movie was way higher quality than it is in the trailer, from the trailer it looks totally fake
A fair and balanced review. One thing I would like to pick up on though is the "didn't ask for this" talking point. Now, to clarify, this is not just with Cody here, it's a general thing I've seen for years and years in relation to many movies, games, books, TV shows, etc. Just because no-one asked for something doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. I mean, no-one asked for John Carpenter's The Thing or Halloween, no-one asked for Die Hard, no-one asked for Michael Mann to remake L.A. Takedown, no-one asked for The Terminator, etc, etc, etc, but we were thankful we got them anyway. I understand where the viewpoint is coming from, but "no-one asked for this" should not be considered as a reason for marking a movie down a rating point or two.
@MVPMVE
Ай бұрын
You completely missed his point. He said "nobody asked for this" in relation to remakes/prequels specifically. All the examples you listed were original IPs with a contained story, and if you'll notice, Terminator Dark Fate, The Thing 2011, and Halloween 2018 are all soft reboots or prequels that fall way short of the _original contained IP._ Taking away the mystique by making a movie that is essentially a long exposition dump because we know how it must end (prequel) or know the major beats coming in (remake/reboot) is what nobody is asking for, especially when the result is inferior, and should be dinged for that demerit to the IP.
@TheThird1977
Ай бұрын
@@MVPMVE You completely missed my point as I was talking about the concept in general and made a specific point of stating it wasn't just in reference to this video here.
@MVPMVE
Ай бұрын
@@TheThird1977 Ah. Then I guess I just disagree, as Cody and most others disagree as well. Nothing exists in a vaccuum, and if you're expanding an original concept into a prequel or remake, then it will be measured as how it _adds to the original._ Otherwise you'd make _an original concept._ If it is good, it will stand out, like a Days of Future Past. And if it is found lacking or otherwise then the result will be critiqued as whether it was even worth the cost of production and consumer spending. I don't think that's an unfair metric. Movies are expensive to make and expensive to see, and entirely elective on both counts, so remakes/prequels when the original IPs exist and were good will have to "justify" their existence. It is what it is.
@TheThird1977
Ай бұрын
@@MVPMVE That's cool; the world would be a dull place if we all agreed. Again, to be clear though, I'm talking about the "nobody asked for this" statement, which, TO ME, is a strange complaint because "no-one asked" for a lot of fantastically-received movies and in reviews it is never mentioned that "nobody asked for this", so, TO ME, saying "nobody asked for this" isn't something that should be brought up only to be a negative in a review.
@MVPMVE
Ай бұрын
@@TheThird1977 I think you might be misunderstanding where I'm coming from. I am not talking about "nobody asked for this" _original movies._ I'm talking about "nobody asked for this" _remakes and prequels._ There's a huge difference. A remake or prequel does not and cannot be unique because it is based on someone else's creation, and a _bad_ remake or sequel means that not only is it riding the coattails of an original concept, but it was worse and detracts from its inspiration by betraying characterization or lore or whatnot. Have you never noticed that the "nobody asked for this" complaint is almost exclusively for the remakes and prequels? Imaginary is a terrible horror movie from earlier this year, but the complaint is not "who asked for this?" because it was an original story. Nobody "asks" for stories, you toss it out there and hope it's good, and if it's not, hey, it was always gonna be a toss up _because_ it is untethered to anything prior. But once you establish a character, a setting, a world, an IP, there will come expectations, and when you fail those with stuff _nobody asked for_ it will be called out. Because nobody asks for their existing IPs to be devalued! I hope I was clearer explaining.
If only Fury road wasn't so good this would be amazing
“Did we need to go backwards?” pretty much implies that it is the audience and not the author who dictates the direction of the film, and that this movie is a mass product and not a work of art.
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
No im not implying that. Was simply my way of phrasing that a 9 year wait for a Furiosa prequel isn’t the most appealing thing we could’ve done for my own taste.
@carl_anderson9315
Ай бұрын
@@CodyLeachYT I see. I get it then 👍🏼
Another piggy back movie I bet the next Mad Max we’ll see Max take a back seat get ready for it
Cody youre mistaken there was a time jump at the end. That was definitely an older and more Charlize Theron looking Furiosa. Plus it took years for that seed to grow into a tree u have to take that into account. They used a tree grow for time jumping twice in the film
@CodyLeachYT
Ай бұрын
Yeah you’re right about the tree growth. I think it was just jarring going from the end of this story immediately cut to the beginning of Fury Road.
@jeffcunningham0389
Ай бұрын
@@CodyLeachYT it was. I wasn’t expecting them to go into Fury Road. But i think knowing that there was some passage of time makes it a little better. Also if you watch again that was very much a charlize theron looking Furiosa and not Anya Taylor or maybe they cgi’ed charlize on Anyas body. Moving forward this is gonna be an awesome 1-2 punch watching this and then jumping into Fury Road