I used to hate missing movie trailers in the theater, but now sitting through 30 minutes of trailers I've already seen online is pure torture. Not to mention all the ads. I saw Furiosa at an independent theater and they only showed three and no ads. A way better experience.

@joeybaseball7352

Ай бұрын

The problem is that movie trailers suck now. Back in the 90s, yes it's true that they weren't online. But the trailers overall were better. Now I don't even bother to watch trailers because they suck.

The elephant in the room is that people are tapped out. It isn't just movies. They aren't spending money on a lot of things.

"I'll wait for it to stream" is a popular phrase right now.

I will see Furiosa next week. I´m in Europe, The global numbers must be better at the end. We need at least one more of these from George Miller, and more unique and powerful films like this that only a handful people like Miller can still do.

@nancykerrigan

Ай бұрын

Yeah I feel like it'll do better in Australia. Hemsworth said in an interview that this is their star wars.

"Furiosa" is one of those unfortunate cases where, had WB actually allowed Miller the opportunity to shoot back-to-back with "Fury Road," or as close as possible, "Furiosa" would probably be fairing better, and the praise it's receiving would be reflected in the numbers. But between its development hell and all hell breaking loose in Hollywood at the dawn of the 2020s, it feels very much like a "strike while the iron's cold" situation. Waiting 9 years for something that should've come out no later than 2 or 3, and leaving broader audiences wondering "where Max tho?" Lol.

I loved Furiosa the audience is nuts for not seeing this epic This is exactly the film Miller wanted to make Perfect Rumbling Pop Munching Box Office Cinema 🎉🎉🎉 I blame the audience on this

@jamesstewart8376

Ай бұрын

Except it’s a ninety pound woman starring in an action movie.

@lovemetinder1873

Ай бұрын

​@@jamesstewart8376 That was a problem in 'Prey'. In this Furiosa and Jack feel like a team, and Furiosa is still vulnerable.

@AverageJoe483

Ай бұрын

Times have changed . People hate theaters .

@DenkyManner

Ай бұрын

The title character of an action movie being a little girl wbo scowls isn't an enticing proposition for a mainstream audience. Imagine Terminator with a miffed child in the lead instead of Schwarzenegger. These things matter, you can't just swap everything on fairness grounds and expect the same result. On top of that, people forget Mad Max was always niche, doing much better on tv and vhs. Fury Road was the anomaly.

@kev30631

Ай бұрын

That's the problem. George Miller is out of touch with why people liked mad max. It's the car porn. Not the story as much.

6:50 love the self awareness lol

Hey James, On a different tangent, perhaps talk about the best femme fatale films. Example would "The Last Seduction".

It's a shame cuz Furiosa was a really great movie. Between C○vid, the strike, and years of lackluster movies alot of normal movie goers have stopped going to the theaters as much. As a person who loves movies and seeing them in the theater it's a sad state of affairs.

@joeybaseball7352

Ай бұрын

Streaming. Going to the movies now has become an _inconvenience._ I remember the days when I could buy 2 movie tickets, large popcorn, drinks, and candy for $15. And a 7pm showing would start at 7:10 max. Now that 7pm movie is staring at 8pm. Watching nonstop insufferable ads, and tedious trailers. And the tickets, popcorn, drinks, and candy is like $60 now.

@Father_Daniel

Ай бұрын

@joeybaseball7352 yeah that's definitely a factor. I go to the theaters alot but I'm fortunate enough to have a Beacon theatre near me only charges $6 during the day and 7 after 5pm. There's only four of them in America but they're really nice and pretty affordable

Three years ago this weekend, with covid still raging, I went to see The Quiet Place sequel in theater was 2/3 full with everybody masked up; yesterday, I went back to that same theater to see Furiosa, and it was even close to 1/4 of the seats full. This is really a crisis for the film industry. I don't think there was real audience for a Furiosa film, a Mad Max film without Mad Max, except for that cameo.

@ALOISC1

Ай бұрын

Furiosa is Rated R, the other movie is PG-13.

@FCSchaefer

Ай бұрын

@@ALOISC1 The theater where I saw Fury Road, which was rated R, had few empty seats when I saw it at a matinee.

The movie theatre experience is terrible. Tickets are overpriced, with WAY too many trailers and adverts, and that ticket price does not guarantee a good experience. Other patrons talk, send & reply to messages on their phones etc etc. In New Zealand it's $33.50 for an adult to watch Furiosa. About the same price as a main meal at a mid-budget restaurant. For that, can't they employ an usher to keep people behaving all through the movie? But no, they do nothing, and people are so addicted to their phones that they have to check them every 5-10 mins. It's too distracting. So I stay home and wait til the rental window. Fix the theatre experience, and I'll come back.

@ALOISC1

Ай бұрын

You can own the movie on Blu-ray for less than $33.50.

@hallowedground4101

Ай бұрын

@@ALOISC1 Slightly more in New Zealand. About $37 for new releases, $50ish for 4k. Our money is worthless!

Enjoyed Furiosa a lot. Will probably watch it again soon !

Furosia deserves a higher box office as the movie was very well done!! Hope it’s a grower!

Dude, If I could smoke weed and eat pizza in a theatre, Id get the unlimited membership.

It's upsetting the young generation determines movie success these days. Had Dune: Part 2 not had Chalamet and Zendaya, it wouldn't have made as much money. Same goes for the new Deadpool. Furiosa is a really good action movie. Some of it was breathtaking. Furiosa isn't a girlboss. She goes through hell in this movie. Tom Hardy phoned in the last one. If only we could have Mel back.

The worst Memorial Day box office in nearly 30 years (the movie that went to #1 was a little known Steven Spielberg produced movie I grew up watching, 1995’s Casper, and a film that was way ahead of its time came out on Memorial Day, Johnny Mnemonic starring Keanu Reeves).

It’s over for cinema.

@vernontk

Ай бұрын

Movies will be made on lower budgets. Not a bad thing.

Women: There’s not a lot of strong and powerful female leads in movies these days! Me: Well, did you go see Furiosa? Women: Eww no. What even is that movie? Me: 🙄

I personally loved Furiosa and thought the storytelling and action was fantastic. However, when it comes to box office numbers, I think a lot of it has to do with how inflation is killing everyone right now and the last thing on people's minds is going to see a movie at a theater.

@thefilmeffect6089

Ай бұрын

Also, movies don’t take six months or more to come to home video. Dune Part 2 is already on Max. It’s been available on VOD for over a month. People will just wait to watch Furiosa at home because it only takes a few weeks now. Theaters were always going to become a novelty and the pandemic just sped up the timeline.

@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control

Ай бұрын

@@thefilmeffect6089 Yeah. A LITTLE bit of patience goes a long way. We have relatively large screens to watch on at home now on average, if it's not an earth-shattering thing that's directly tailored for me then I tend not to see it in the theater anymore.

@everythingisawesome76

Ай бұрын

I saw it last night and thought it was good but way too long. There are definitely alot of mistakes and readjustments happening in Hollywood. Not sure it will ever fully recover.

@haydengarinduchesne9269

Ай бұрын

Of course box office matters , it’s not an indication of quality this is true but people will often use it to bolster their feelings about a particular movie wether their feelings are positive or negative or negative and it’s beyond annoying. Really liked the movie by the way , the three summer movies I’ve actually seen Furiosa , the fall guy , and the kingdom of the planet of the apes I’ve actually rather enjoyed but apes aside people just haven’t shown up

@linger4605

Ай бұрын

Nope. Everyone I've talked to (liberals, conservative, young and old) all say the exact same thing; "There's no good movies." No one goes into depth, but it's not money preventing people

My current Top Ten Movies of 2024 (subject to change): 👑#1. Dune: Part Two 🥈#2. Hit Man (Richard Linklater) #3. Love Lies Bleeding #4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga #5. Challengers #6. Late Night with the Devil #7. Abigail #8. Civil War #9. ??? #10. ???

@aly4920

Ай бұрын

Solid list. Fingers crossed that Longlegs and Maxxxine will complete the list, when they come out on July.

I watched Fury Road in the cinema back then but without Hardy and Theron, I can wait for streaming. I would've went maybe for a proper Mad Max driven sequel story.

@ALOISC1

Ай бұрын

Chris Hemsworth's Dementus riding a motor cycle chariot, lol. Now that was clever.

@OriginalMasters

Ай бұрын

I felt that way, too, but am very glad I went to go see it.

It’s so expensive to go to the theater.

I wish Godzilla Minus One would get another theatrical run. My biggest regret is that I only saw it once in theaters

@KerioFive

Ай бұрын

I only caught it once as well, been itching to see it again ever since 😩

@bigdreams5554

Ай бұрын

Saw it twice in color, one in B&W. Black amd white definitely hit much harder. Waiting for a 4K release

The economy, the convenience of staying home and waiting for digital or streaming release are definite factors. But there's another element crippling the movie going experience/business that's being waged on two fronts that I know you don't get into on your channel (with good reason) and that is the so-called culture war being fought thru what used to just be entertainment. The reviews for Furiosa are either, "It's woke garbage", from those of a particular political bend, who, because it has a woman in it, automatically gets cast as being "anti-male"... if you're oblivious to those channels and "reviewers", you must be living under a rock... or they're honest reviews from people who've actually seen it without seeing everything thru political filters, all of which LOVE the film. Hollywood has damaged their brand by producing films which do actually push "the message", which is akin to a religious-themed film, that's only going to appeal to the "believers". That has driven a lot of people not only out of the theaters, but out of giving Hollywood any of their money and now they only seek out "review" channels that reinforce their own cult mentality that everything is "woke". They're the Right's version of "Woke", and they apparently can't see it. The rest of us are caught in the wasteland between and OUR enjoyment of films is being/will be affected going forward due to this war. Because, as you pointed out and have said many times before... if people don't get their butts out of their chairs and off their couches and go see films like Furiosa in the theater, there won't be any more Furiosas for the people not in either (political) cult to see in the future. Which, frankly, makes me despise both "sides" even more than I already do. Hopefully, Furiosa has legs and people will go see it after hearing how good it is, like Godzilla: Minus One and Dune Part 1.

@toddblankenship7164

Ай бұрын

I avoid virtue signal "WOKE" movies like the plague. Furiosa wasn't woke it was just a female lead prequel no one asked for. I would have much preferred a sequel.

@k2sworld

Ай бұрын

@@toddblankenship7164 It might surprise you to know that artists don't create things "you asked for". That's called, "product" (see also: Disney). They create what they're passionate about inside of them, something that moves them enough to want to exhaust themselves bringing it to life. You knew it was a prequel, and had the choice to stay home, but you chose to go see it anyway. Why if it wasn't a sequel and something "you asked for"? Maybe to feed the disappointment that so many people thrive on, nowadays, instead of just enjoying life as it comes at you?

It’s a spinoff. Spinoff doesn’t make money much.

I guess Garfiosa wasn't a thing then.....

Furiosa is excellent. If you have any love for the franchise, or love action/adventure films, try to catch it in theaters.

the box office being poop is very much impacted by people waiting for movies to come out on streaming services because no one has money anymore. Only the really good hype movies will get box office, Deadpool will go big at the box office.

tbh the majority of fans couldnt give 2 shits about Furiosa, didnt even know that was her name in the first movie. This character cannot stand on her own without Max, same as Miles Morales without Peter Parker

I root for LASAGNA!

It’s not the run time ((Dune was almost 3 hours and a huge hit) or even the “prequel” syndrome. You hit it when you said, there’s NO MAD MAX, which is the entire foundation of the franchise.

I actually wasn’t too excited for a furiosa movie, yes I loved her character in fury road but I didn’t think she was interesting enough for a whole prequel

Fury Road also struggled at the box office considering the budget and franchise history so what is going on with the American movie audience, are they all brainwashed to only want to see the useless Marvel garbage.

Well, that sucks. I love Furiosa. Saw it at Regal in Orlando in IMAX Friday. In my opinion, the second best Mad Max movie behind Fury Road. As for the box office, I know it had a disappointing opening, but people need to stop being skeptical if a film bombs at the box office. They have to wait until the end of their box office runs and see if they made its budget back (via worldwide numbers) and become a success. I don’t trust Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, and all those phony Penske Media sites. People need to be patient. If they want to see it again, see it again.

The 2020 Memorial Day weekends biggest movie made $236,334, so it's not true that this is the worst Memorial Day weekend in decades. Also Furiosa is rated R.

Do not discount the power of the Lasagna eating machine that is Garfield. As a kid I collected those comic strips in volume editions. As for Furiosa, I thought the weekend box office was fair. There’s no way this movie is deserving of Lord Humungous’ jock strap but the world of Mad Max is a compelling post apocalyptic Aussie Western where there is no “good” vs “bad” and Chris Hemsworth is allowed to be Australian! It certainly beats the 4th Planet of the Apes 🦍 re-telling which hasn’t told us anything new: Humans can’t be trusted. No, duh! 🤷‍♂️

Maybe the trailers for Furiousa isnt doing it any favors

Furiosa was a bit disappointing. It wasn’t as good as Fury Road. I definitely felt the run time especially towards the end. It was a solid movie though but not one I would tell people to go rush out and see.

@kev30631

Ай бұрын

I had the same reaction. That's fair

@OriginalMasters

Ай бұрын

I disagree-I think anyone who likes the franchise should go and see it!

That Nicole Kidman commercial is exactly 60 seconds last I checked.

Yeah Furiosa's budget is just insanely bloated and Good too see IF has a decent hold. Movie has it's flaws but it has heart and the marketing ( or lack thereof) was awful

1. Girl boss 2.9 years too late 3. No mad max 4. Choosing to make furiosa spinoff first, rather than a new mad max sequel. 5. Niche franchise. Over estimated its popularity

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Film studios that belong to major conglomerations need to just accept the Disney model that all movies aren't really going to make a profit but the larger point is positive brand recognition. Amazon does that I think - they spend their shipping war chest and serve up art at a loss because they know it helps grow their brand as a whole. The interconnectivity of their business can have the film department be the 'loss leader'. Incidentally the same phenomena they started is what drove the price of filmmaking up so high by them offering up such generous bounties for production.

The Furiosa trailer did a very poor job of selling the film, too.

@ALOISC1

Ай бұрын

The Force Awakens had Luke Skywalker in the trailer. A big bate and switch cash grab since Luke only has a short cameo at end of film.

@noahheninger

Ай бұрын

@@ALOISC1 The only bait and switch I observed was that the marketing was directed at women, but this film, aside from its female protagonist, would definitely appeal more to men.

crappy cgi....and no max = failure

I haven't seen the film yet but I always thought it was conceptually a bad idea. So we're going to make a prequel (red-flag) to a Mad Max film but not have Max be in it (red flag), and we're going to use the prequel to tell the origin story of a supporting character (red flag) from the last film, but with another actress (red flag). And it's going to be the longest film in the franchise, at nearly 2.5 hours (red flag). And then to sell all this - to overcome all these hurdles - they show all these terrible trailers that for some reason really emphasize the cartoonish CGI. I for one am not surprised that it's bombing.

A mad Max movie without mad Max in it lol

@ALOISC1

Ай бұрын

A Mad Max movie without Mel Gibson.

Maybe doing a Mad Max movie without Mad Max was not the most smart idea.

@Ktmfan450

Ай бұрын

Dumbest statement ever

@Phillipgraves869

Ай бұрын

@@Ktmfan450your offended by the truth. And that’s ok

@Ktmfan450

Ай бұрын

@@Phillipgraves869 You can have your own opinions My opinion is that the "lOl iTs a MaD mAx FiLm BuT nO mAd MaX"

@Phillipgraves869

Ай бұрын

@@Ktmfan450 it’s a pretty fair statement. It’s not dumb at all. It’s a franchise character and most would of preferred to see that character return in a movie with his name on the cover lol

@Ktmfan450

Ай бұрын

@@Phillipgraves869 The Mad Max films are less about the Max character and more about the world it's set in

Everyone is saving their money for Deadpool it’s gonna make over 100m opening

I would rather watch Garfield

If you ask me, people are being asked to be in a movie theater for way too long-like three to four hours. That’s like being on a short flight. They need to trim the fat. Make the experience shorter, and maybe more people will go to the movies.

@diamonddoggspuppy7755

Ай бұрын

The movie is no where near 3 or 4 hours tho.

@ziggy8253

Ай бұрын

@@diamonddoggspuppy7755 I’m saying with the stupid commercials and the trailers, you’re in that theater for about 3-4 hours (depending on the movie)…or it’ll feel like you’re in there that long. It’s too damn long!

I personally think that the large majority of Americans are just too broke for going out for entertainment anymore....

@ALOISC1

Ай бұрын

Also everyone has internet and they could watch it for free online.

#1 Reality, DEI and ESG and BIG CORPO are producing shit. KZread existed in the 2000's and cinema's where packed.

Soon furiosa and Garfield will be at Walmart on clearance racks for 4.99 . The movie sucked from the get Go.

The audience is wrong, they failed the product. Give them more Scargivers, that's what they deserve.

@jamesstewart8376

Ай бұрын

Scar giver is the same movie at home no babysitter, parking, snacks cost.

@amcaesar

Ай бұрын

@@jamesstewart8376 I haven't seen it, I'll take you at your word on the quality.

Furiosa is a bad movie with no target audience (Mad Max fans are out). The box office reflects that.

@kev30631

Ай бұрын

Thunderdome had more conventional storytelling than this. Furiosa was an odyssey . Bloated and full of itself . George Miller trying to force another Oscar nomination. Its a property that fans want to just see car porn and that's it. I don't want the English patient or chariot's of fire from a mad max movie.

A MAD MAX film without Max Rockatansky ? Whats next, a James Bond flim with Miss Moneypenny ?

@kev30631

Ай бұрын

I found kingdom of the planet of the apes a better experience. I can't believe I am saying that

@ALOISC1

Ай бұрын

If the movie title says "Miss Moneypenny", then it's a Miss Moneypenny movie.

Why do you keep contradicting yourself? You want the movie to perform well, so hollywood will make more original ideas. And if it doesn't, then hollywood will keep making sequels and reboots. But because this movie performed poorly, George Miller wont make yet another mad max sequel. Do you see how that makes zero sense?

@ALOISC1

Ай бұрын

Actually IMDb says George Miller's "Mad Max: The Wasteland" is in production.

Prequel about a side character

@Ktmfan450

Ай бұрын

Negative Nancy

People are sick of EVERY movie being another girlboss movie. It's like the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Even when you actually make a good girlboss movie, people are just going to ignore it, because the last 20 movies they've seen have been shitty girlboss movies.

@jamesstewart8376

Ай бұрын

A bad male led movie would do better, hmmmm, like Fury Road. We want variety. They keep making the same movie.

I Loved Furiosa. You're A Hater.

I loved Garfield. You're a hater.

Another sign of the economy #FUBidenandDems 😢🙏🏻🇺🇸🌎

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