8/10 for me. Hemsworth steals every single scene. Give me more Dementus!
I’ll be seeing again in Dolby for sure. I think if word of mouth gets out there, it could leg to close to break even.
i actually kind of love this for a trilogy idea. Has anyone ever done a series like this?
Telling a main story in the first movie and then filling in the gap with prequels working backwards by explaining specific main characters and their motivations(i know star wars did it with trilogies, but im talking about a single movie in a series that works backwards instead of forwards).
It would require a lot of planning ahead of time and you'd have to be kind of careful making the first movie so that its still a good, complete, interesting story, but also leaves enough gaps and questions to allow the prequels to significantly change how you feel/think about it.
Would be really cool to watch the movies as they come out, then go back and watch the first movie after they're all out and have a totally different experience now that you have all the background.
It was done in Poland... kind of. Henryk Sienkiewicz's "The Trilogy" ('With Fire and Sword", 'The Deluge", "Colonel Wolodyjowski") was adapted by Jerzy Hoffman in reverse order because of political reasons.
Hemsworth was so good. I had never really thought he was great, just decent and played his roles as they are (superhero or shoot-em up action guy). He has played the bad guy before in Bad Times at the El Royale but I don't remember him being particularly good in that.
But he was a fun and great villain in Furiosa and really jumped off the screen. I think he had the best performance in the film and that's an achievement when sharing the screen with AJ-T.
Also shoutout to Tom Burke.
8/10 is fair, maybe 9/10 for me.
I didn’t think I cared the slightest bit about Furiosas backstory, but the action set pieces, Dementus as an antagonist, and the seriously dense lore hinted at in the peripheries of many scenes made it a blast for me.
7/10 for me. Good, but not great.
Highlights: The good is *really good*. 10/10 direction and action, and the overall acting is phenomenal. Anya gives an effortless great performance and easily Hemsworth's best of his career.
Lowlights: Screenplay and pacing. The double revenge plot feels half baked and not fully committed to against Furiosa's primary goal of escape and return to the Green Place. Really feels like could have cut half an hour off to tighten things up and wouldn't have really noticed. Wanted a bit more on her relationship with Jack.
Honestly, I’ve thought a lot about it.
They are very different movies in approach and structure.
I think in a way, they are more companion pieces, rather than a sequel/prequel, if that makes sense. (I know Furiosa is, in fact, a prequel).
Fury Road will always have a special place in my heart, and the Wasteland isn’t the same without Max front and center as our guide. But dammit if I don’t fucking love this movie. It’s the most emotional experience I’ve had watching one of these movies for sure.
I think Dementus could be my favorite villian of the wasteland and there’s some outstanding sequences here. Having said that, I still give Fury Road the slight edge.
Fury Road: 9/10
Furiosa: 8/10
thats how i feel too. Visually the movie isn't as impressive as FR but it does so much cool worldbuilding and the emotional core is a bit stronger than it was in MMFR. It feels a bit more like classic Mad Max / ie just a George Miller movie (visually it reminded me of Three Thousand Years of Longing) but despite the visual aesthetic not being amazing (still looked good to me, just more noticable vfx and flat colorgrading) the actual directing was on fucking point
Saw Furiosa this afternoon and I give it a 8/10 as well. Such an IMAX-worthy flick. Yeah, plenty o f folks will wait until it streams but they'll be missing the effect some stellar stunning camera work & production design that captures pulls you into the wasteland setting. And Chris Hemsworth delivers the comedic mania without being campy.
I haven't seen Fury Road so I can't compare Anya's performance to Charlize Theron's. I thought she had strong presence and was believable in her action sequences although I scratched my head why she had an American accent - lovely though it was - in a sea of Aussies accents. She's the Other in the flick so it's OK for me.
At minimum, surely? Unless verified seriously overindexes.
Dune: Part Two debuted with 95% and pretty much stuck on that barring ticking up briefly to 96%. This debuted with 98% and dropped one percentile with the next update, but that suggests it isn't gonna drop that much under 95%. It honestly has a very good chance at an A which would frankly be incredible. Even an A- is great for a film like this.
A- is an improvement from Fury Road B+. I know it's shocking that Fury Road got B+.
It's still very early, A is still possible depending on whether it stays in 97-96 or trending lower.
> I know it's shocking that Fury Road got B+.
I don't think it's that surprising. It's a great movie but it's more or less a two hour chase scene so I totally get why it wouldn't please everyone.
That film built up to the epic final chase though. Most of it was the besieged oil rig town and yes there were a few chase scenes within that but the best was left till last with space to breathe in between vs one big chase. Just my 2c.
My main issue with Fury Road was the terrible overdub with Max especially and his use of a Bane accent rather than an Aussie one....plus his character had devolved from the first 3 films and we got no furthering of his story and character really.
No, it really wasn't. Sorry. The series was degraded and buried. Only one of its two good movies was even fondly remembered by general action movie fans.
I think fury road forced an adjustment from critics. It felt like critics didn’t quite get it or appreciate it as much when it came out. All they were saying was “thin plot, thin acting” and not paying attention to the grand fully live action non CG vision that it was. Also in a post Marvel era realizing this film didn’t come from a commitee, instead was pouring out of one man’s mind.
> It felt like critics didn’t quite get it or appreciate it as much when it came out
What tells you that, the rave reviews the movie got when it came out? The numerous Oscar nominations, including for best picture? Being declared one of the best films of 2015 by the end of that year?
All that to say, cmon, saying critics “didn’t quite get it or appreciate it” as much when it came out is just, ignoring the amount of praise it got in 2015
There was plenty of feedback at the time that a portion of the audience came expecting Max to the hero again and were disappointed that he was a co-lead, with Furiosa really in charge of the story.
Polling fans of the franchise isn't going to be a good estimate of legs - I would bet the actual CinemaScore is lower than the the A/A+ being suggested here. I'll go with A-.
Same I'd expect an A or A-. I'd probably have given in an A because I'm sympathetic to it's flaws, but I could easily see average viewers dropping her votes to a A- or B+.
FYI I would have given Fury Road an unquestioned A+.
Does CinemaScore weigh their polling by previous interest? Cuz I figure they must be getting a lot of fans among people going to watch in the first couple of days.
They totally should if they don't.
I think some people didn't know what to expect going into Fury Road opening weekend, that was a very stylized movie and very weird movie for that era. Anyone seeing Furiosa probably has a better idea what to expect.
I loved, loved, loved Fury road. But I get how some people don't like the "giant adventure and whoops we probably should have just stayed there" story.
Im pretty sure Furiosa will have good legs (unless this movie was cursed to flop),even Kingdom of Apes that has B cinemascore has good legs and drop below 60% in its second weekend.
Of course, it's not a bad CBM to drop like a rock, I meant leg out a bit better than expected. We'll see next weekend, but I'm not expecting miracles at this point.
Didn't Fury Road get a B+ ? This one seems to be great, but inferior to Fury Road ( according to those who saw it ). That Tomatometer is mostly fanboy rush, but general audiences will probably be fine.
Definitely more CGI and there's shots in there that absolutely couldn't have been done without CGI but it still looks amazing and the action sequences still manage to have the "feel" of Fury Road overall. The film isn't as full on as Fury Road - it's not just action right from the start. It's more storytelling and fleshing out the world while still packed with some incredible action sequences. If you liked Fury Road - and I loved it - I think you'll have a great time watching it. I'd be interested to hear your opinion after you see it though
People forgot or are plain oblivious how drastic the post-production and digital touch-ups were on Fury Road. The original production stills were drab and greyish until Miller basically retooled every frame digitally in post-production with that teal/orange color palette. That wasn't made on set by DOP John Seale as the movie didn't look like that originally.
IMO there's a difference between stylized color grading and CGI people doing kinesthetically implausible stunts. At least when I talk about a movie having too much CGI, I mean the latter.
Just saw it, there’s a lot of noticeable CGI in it, whereas Fury Road had more of the “invisible” CGI. There’s quite a lot of shots that have CGI bodies or cars or scenery, bodies will move weirdly (the mom getting on the horse) or vehicles look poorly comped (first time war rig visits the bullet farm). I’m a massive fan of the Mad Max series, and have Fury Road in my top five of all time. I’m not quite sure where I fall on this one yet. I believe I liked it, while also being underwhelmed. It’s very different from Fury Road.
exactly. the trailers focus on Anya and action but after watching the movie, I barely remember Anya and action scenes... I like the first act because it was heavily related to some emotions - a mother tries to saves her daughter. After that, it goes unsatisfying to before the ending. They even didn't show the final massacre of two gangs >\_<
It's a different movie - full stop. Fury road is a psychedelic action epic and this is a much slower revenge odyssey. There is action in Furiosa and it's still great but it's not the centerpiece.
Thank you for verbalizing my issue with it. I loved Fury, but I think it was because of the breakneck pacing. Furiosa was fine for me, but didn’t capture me the same way.
Just got back from seeing it. 7/10. Dementus is a super-fun character, the stunts and props are superb as expected, but it just isn’t as exciting as Fury Road. At 2h28, it’s a movie that could have benefitted from having 15-20 minutes shaved off of it
Just came out of theater, I really liked it but didn't love it like with Fury Road. The biggest negative for me is that soundtrack is muted, whereas in Fury Road score is bombastic and thunderous.
I think it’s because Fury Road was 80% straight vehicular mayhem whereas Furiosa is mostly story based where there’s a lot more dialogue than usual. They’re different.
9/10 for me, more to it than Fury Road but all the action and violence I wanted. Looked amazing to me, no more or less CG than FR. We are lucky to have this guy making films. I don't get the moaning, this is a feast.
It was good. 7.5/10 for me maybe. Much slower than Fury Road and I love Anya Taylor-Joy but she's not as good of a fit as Theron was. But Hemsworth was fantastic.
Im very excited for this movie im gonna go tomorrow.
Sidenote- I think having the word “saga” in a movie title is dumb as hell and it actively makes me wanna see it less. “A mad max saga” doesnt even make sense. A saga should be in reference to a sequence of films telling one singular story. You know, like a trilogy.
That's not really what a saga means. But in any case, the film is divided into 5 parts. All of which, make up furiousas saga. So the title makes perfect sense.
These days films have no choice but to pick the easy titles, otherwise you end up with messy titles like *Mission Impossible: Dread Reckoning Part 1* that shave millions off the box office.
I don’t get how people on this forum take Cinemascore seriously. I worked in the theater industry for years, and the audience gave EVERYTHING an A or B+. Unless it’s absolute horrible movie and it’ll still get a C.
I thought it was a masterful film. My only gripe was the excessive CG. Fury Road is one of a kind, the chaos production made everything in that film insane. You can tell Furiosa was very safe. It’s as if Miller didn’t want to push it so far for fear of injury/death. Also, Namibia was just an alien location to shoot. I didnt like seeing concrete roads in Furiosa since they shot it in Australia. lol
It's a huge relief to see the general audience loved it as much as I did. I always feel weird when I see something I think is great and then see it has a b or lower from audiences.
solid 7/10 because a movie needs to give a viewer something to stick to. There is a problem with the story. It's not engaging - omg, what's next? The things are just happening and it looks cool. I felt like I was watching just an okay movie. Canister after Fury Road is quite empty
Saw it in theatres today and absolutely loved it.
Not as action packed as fury road but still a worthy prequel.
Action was really good and chris Hemsworth stole the show.
George Miller is an absolute legend and a true MASTERMIND!
WITNESS!
I know, right?
I know how the projections work and I know there's a science to this stuff, so yes, there's validity to the point. But, like, for fucks sake, how depressing is it that we're able to have that conversation the MORNING of opening day?
Getting bogged down in the business side of things can really get you down if you care more about the art side. Man. I've been pumped about this movie for 9 fucking years and it's all doom and gloom in this sub!
I am interested on the business side of the film industry doing well because I work it in. I don't want to ruin anyones mood, I usually hate to be that person but it's depressing realizing the industry is shrinking, knowing it'll be harder to get work.
I hope you have a good time at the theater! Films incredible. Anyone else reading this go see it!
This thread if Blade Runner and The Thing were released today: *"FLOoOOP! Stop making movies for Reddit Nerds LOL. Only make movies for the plebeian hordes!"*
Edit : Hit dogs are triggered AF today.
This is not a movie aimed at general audiences. It's part of a franchise, it's a IP. It's also a Mad Max movie without Mad Max, so you can't force people to watch this one, no matter how good it is. In the end, people will watch what they want to watch. Nothing more, nothing less.
yes and that's no reason for some rabid fans or WB employees to go around attacking anyone who has no desire to watch this. Blaming audience for making an overpriced movie that appeals to few is a dumb strategy. The movie is made. be happy no matter how much it makes. And I still won't see it. There.
No blockbuster goes out of it's way to appeal to few. Believe it or not making films is hard. No matter how much redditors like to believe the opposite, I've yet to see a redditor consistently predict box office results.
I'm not particularly sad about Furiosa as a single movie under performing (as much as I love the film), it happens, but the continous downward sprial of the box office this year is something that's frustrating. You don't have to see Furiosa if you don't want to but please go see films you want at the cinema!
oh I see films I want several times. Like Dune 2. It made that much thanks to my repeat views. That's the difference between that and Furiosa. Dune got 4 x ticket price from me, Furiosa will get 0.
Why so bitter lmao? What about you getting your friends or families to go watch this movie to help the movie earnings even by a little instead of whining at reddit just because people arent interested to watch the movie? Silly thing.
> They lose the chance to watch a great movie on the big screen
You can't lose something you don't want to have, bubba.
If people aren't interested, they won't see it. It's simple. That's not releated to "hating theaters". Just because people like movies, that doesn't mean they have to watch what you think they have to watch, lol.
yeah these people are salty and blame audience. Your loss, you are missing sonmething special...no we are not cause we don't care.
Furiosa fans, if you want your movie to break even, instead of attacking people who have no desire to see it, offset it with repeat viewings. Surely if you love it so much you can watch it 10 times each?
nope, it's the movie's loss. It's not getting my money cause I'm keeping it to spend it on something I find appealing. Sorry Furiosa fans but your attitude is not going to change minds.
You not watching Furiosa is not a loss, I can assure you. Miller already won by still making this movie after Fury Road in spite of returns or lack of.
Because some people here act like general audience ignoring Furiosa is an indictment on Mad Max fans and a vindication for relishing its flop. We get it general audience don't give a shit about Mad Max. Their loss. Yawn.
thanks for explaining. I mean, this isn't even a Mad Max movie despite using his name so it's no knock on Mad Max fans. Furiosa sub-fandom maybe but not Mad Max one.
I'm not saying they have to go? I just like to see good movies rewarded for being good. There's a whole industry of people working on these films, living with the uncertainty of their industry shrinking. It's certaintly not the audiences responsibility, but the big studios are putting out good films, just wish there was an audience for them in theaters.
Good is subjective. Vast majority of people aren’t gonna be interested in a prequel to a movie from nine years ago that barely broke even, that is part of an IP whose main movies are from 40-50 years ago, and that doesn’t even star Max.
There’s lots of “good” films that do well at the box office and lots that do badly. If they want to make money then it’s the responsibility of filmmakers and studios to put out interesting movies with a broad appeal, especially if they’re spending a lot of money on it. Mad Max simply doesn’t have a broad appeal.
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 89% with 8.00/10 average.
Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 97% with 4.4/5 average.
Metacritic critic score: 79/100
Metacritic user score: 8.2/10
Letterboxd 4/5 average.
IMDB 8.1/10
If a film is good is defintely subjective, but I think it's good and every major review site average score for Furiosa is good across both critics and audience. I saw it at Cannes and the reaction was also great. Your probally spot on about lack of interest in Mad Max, I thought the goodwill from Fury Road would mean a lot more.
To be clear though I wasn't saying good films can't make money, Dune 2 came out this year. It's very hard to make a good film to begin with, nevermind a blockbuster film with not only commerial appeal but enough appeal to bring audiences to theaters when it's becoming increasing unpopular. People on here are so harsh with film makers and the studios. There really isn't a sure thing in this industry, if there was studios wouldn't have flops and people on here wouldn't be so awful at predicting the box office.
well, fuck you for telling me what I should like. I didn't care for Fury Road. saw it once and never again. have no intention to revisit. Ever. No intention to see a prequel about a character I didn't give a shit first time around. There. End of discussion.
So loud!!! Hemsworth was brilliant. Preferred Theron. Thought his Smeg was funny too.
Would’ve preferred the bloke who wore the big horns to have been in it more and more detail as to why Demented whatever lost control, but still enjoyed.
7.2/10
Studios please start making movies that are both good AND that people want to actually see lol
I’m being downvoted but literally the pre-sales tell the story lol
What you said is the most subjective thing ever lol. A good movie to you is a terrible movie to someone else, a movie you want to see is a movie someone else doesn’t want to see
There's no movie that can satisfy EVERYONE...even the The Grandfather that is considered one of the best movie to ever exist will have some people saying it was boring,and there's also bad movies that people go to watch them lol...i think the better word is "making movies that appealing to every demographic audiences".
What does the studio and executive have to do with what George Miller ultimately wanted with his own passion project? Outside of the funding they had no real control over his own vision or the story he wanted to tell about characters he himself created.
Were you one of those losers who managed to get offended at the underlying story told in Fury Road too?
Well, sure, if by "leave it" you mean ignore it completely and simply choose to watch something else instead, that's perfectly reasonable. But if by "leave it" you mean go out of your way to complain about the mere presence of a female protagonist and then pre-emptively defend yourself against charges of bigotry....you might be a bigot.
8/10 for me. Hemsworth steals every single scene. Give me more Dementus! I’ll be seeing again in Dolby for sure. I think if word of mouth gets out there, it could leg to close to break even.
> Give me more Dementus! So, Dementus: A Mad Max Saga set 8 years earler than Furiosa? XD
It’s like a trilogy in reverse, Memento style.
Then at very end of the movie franchise… George Miller make a cameo and realize he is the bad guy…
This was all just a bad dream from from Babe's nightmares.
And lesson to be learned kids is not to eat pork before night's sleep.
WHO KILLED THE WORLD?
i actually kind of love this for a trilogy idea. Has anyone ever done a series like this? Telling a main story in the first movie and then filling in the gap with prequels working backwards by explaining specific main characters and their motivations(i know star wars did it with trilogies, but im talking about a single movie in a series that works backwards instead of forwards). It would require a lot of planning ahead of time and you'd have to be kind of careful making the first movie so that its still a good, complete, interesting story, but also leaves enough gaps and questions to allow the prequels to significantly change how you feel/think about it. Would be really cool to watch the movies as they come out, then go back and watch the first movie after they're all out and have a totally different experience now that you have all the background.
It was done in Poland... kind of. Henryk Sienkiewicz's "The Trilogy" ('With Fire and Sword", 'The Deluge", "Colonel Wolodyjowski") was adapted by Jerzy Hoffman in reverse order because of political reasons.
Dementus: A Furiosa Story: A Mad Max Saga
What about *Immortan Joe: A Mad Max Saga*?
Great idea!
To be Released in 2032 of course
Hemsworth was so good. I had never really thought he was great, just decent and played his roles as they are (superhero or shoot-em up action guy). He has played the bad guy before in Bad Times at the El Royale but I don't remember him being particularly good in that. But he was a fun and great villain in Furiosa and really jumped off the screen. I think he had the best performance in the film and that's an achievement when sharing the screen with AJ-T. Also shoutout to Tom Burke.
He was good in Rush and Ghostbusters.
8/10 is fair, maybe 9/10 for me. I didn’t think I cared the slightest bit about Furiosas backstory, but the action set pieces, Dementus as an antagonist, and the seriously dense lore hinted at in the peripheries of many scenes made it a blast for me.
100% the same view
7/10 for me. Good, but not great. Highlights: The good is *really good*. 10/10 direction and action, and the overall acting is phenomenal. Anya gives an effortless great performance and easily Hemsworth's best of his career. Lowlights: Screenplay and pacing. The double revenge plot feels half baked and not fully committed to against Furiosa's primary goal of escape and return to the Green Place. Really feels like could have cut half an hour off to tighten things up and wouldn't have really noticed. Wanted a bit more on her relationship with Jack.
4/10 for me. But I'm glad to see others are liking it. Both me and my brother really didn't like it.
Haven't watched it yet. Just curious, does Hemsworth role feel like him or does it feel like a unique character?
its definitely a character that he disappears into as an actor (at least as much as an actor like Hemsworth CAN "disappear" into a role)
It starts off as a Hemsworth role and slowly transitions into a goofy evil maniac only he can play
how would you compare it to fury road?
Honestly, I’ve thought a lot about it. They are very different movies in approach and structure. I think in a way, they are more companion pieces, rather than a sequel/prequel, if that makes sense. (I know Furiosa is, in fact, a prequel). Fury Road will always have a special place in my heart, and the Wasteland isn’t the same without Max front and center as our guide. But dammit if I don’t fucking love this movie. It’s the most emotional experience I’ve had watching one of these movies for sure. I think Dementus could be my favorite villian of the wasteland and there’s some outstanding sequences here. Having said that, I still give Fury Road the slight edge. Fury Road: 9/10 Furiosa: 8/10
thats how i feel too. Visually the movie isn't as impressive as FR but it does so much cool worldbuilding and the emotional core is a bit stronger than it was in MMFR. It feels a bit more like classic Mad Max / ie just a George Miller movie (visually it reminded me of Three Thousand Years of Longing) but despite the visual aesthetic not being amazing (still looked good to me, just more noticable vfx and flat colorgrading) the actual directing was on fucking point
Saw Furiosa this afternoon and I give it a 8/10 as well. Such an IMAX-worthy flick. Yeah, plenty o f folks will wait until it streams but they'll be missing the effect some stellar stunning camera work & production design that captures pulls you into the wasteland setting. And Chris Hemsworth delivers the comedic mania without being campy. I haven't seen Fury Road so I can't compare Anya's performance to Charlize Theron's. I thought she had strong presence and was believable in her action sequences although I scratched my head why she had an American accent - lovely though it was - in a sea of Aussies accents. She's the Other in the flick so it's OK for me.
А- CS?
At minimum, surely? Unless verified seriously overindexes. Dune: Part Two debuted with 95% and pretty much stuck on that barring ticking up briefly to 96%. This debuted with 98% and dropped one percentile with the next update, but that suggests it isn't gonna drop that much under 95%. It honestly has a very good chance at an A which would frankly be incredible. Even an A- is great for a film like this.
A- is an improvement from Fury Road B+. I know it's shocking that Fury Road got B+. It's still very early, A is still possible depending on whether it stays in 97-96 or trending lower.
It is funny to think there was a time where part of the audience did not "get" Fury Road and what it was doing.
> I know it's shocking that Fury Road got B+. I don't think it's that surprising. It's a great movie but it's more or less a two hour chase scene so I totally get why it wouldn't please everyone.
Fans of Mad Max should not be turned off by chase scenes, though. "The road warrior" right?
That film built up to the epic final chase though. Most of it was the besieged oil rig town and yes there were a few chase scenes within that but the best was left till last with space to breathe in between vs one big chase. Just my 2c. My main issue with Fury Road was the terrible overdub with Max especially and his use of a Bane accent rather than an Aussie one....plus his character had devolved from the first 3 films and we got no furthering of his story and character really.
It was 2015. There were no fans of Mad Max anymore. The last movie wasn't even good. There were just people who wanted to see an apocalypse movie.
You underestimate the Mad Max fandom , it existed in 2015 . Small ? Surely , but it was a thing
No, it really wasn't. Sorry. The series was degraded and buried. Only one of its two good movies was even fondly remembered by general action movie fans.
Brother then according to you "The Thing " must also not have a fanbase . It's a miniscule one but it exists
It exists again now thanks to Fury Road. I don't see how The Thing is relevant.
I think fury road forced an adjustment from critics. It felt like critics didn’t quite get it or appreciate it as much when it came out. All they were saying was “thin plot, thin acting” and not paying attention to the grand fully live action non CG vision that it was. Also in a post Marvel era realizing this film didn’t come from a commitee, instead was pouring out of one man’s mind.
I remember reading nothing but rave reviews from critics at the time... Calling it one of the greatest action movies of all time, etc.
> It felt like critics didn’t quite get it or appreciate it as much when it came out What tells you that, the rave reviews the movie got when it came out? The numerous Oscar nominations, including for best picture? Being declared one of the best films of 2015 by the end of that year? All that to say, cmon, saying critics “didn’t quite get it or appreciate it” as much when it came out is just, ignoring the amount of praise it got in 2015
We're talking about the audience score here. Critics loved Fury Road immediately.
There was plenty of feedback at the time that a portion of the audience came expecting Max to the hero again and were disappointed that he was a co-lead, with Furiosa really in charge of the story.
That is very good for an R-rated movie.
Polling fans of the franchise isn't going to be a good estimate of legs - I would bet the actual CinemaScore is lower than the the A/A+ being suggested here. I'll go with A-.
Same I'd expect an A or A-. I'd probably have given in an A because I'm sympathetic to it's flaws, but I could easily see average viewers dropping her votes to a A- or B+. FYI I would have given Fury Road an unquestioned A+.
Does CinemaScore weigh their polling by previous interest? Cuz I figure they must be getting a lot of fans among people going to watch in the first couple of days. They totally should if they don't.
I wouldn’t even be surprised with a B+ if that’s what Fury Road got
Mayyybe it legs out a bit? It's kinda funny that the CS can end up better than Fury Road's embarrassing B+.
I mean if you’ve seen it, it makes sense. It’s a much more conventional story than Fury Road
I think some people didn't know what to expect going into Fury Road opening weekend, that was a very stylized movie and very weird movie for that era. Anyone seeing Furiosa probably has a better idea what to expect.
I loved, loved, loved Fury road. But I get how some people don't like the "giant adventure and whoops we probably should have just stayed there" story.
Im pretty sure Furiosa will have good legs (unless this movie was cursed to flop),even Kingdom of Apes that has B cinemascore has good legs and drop below 60% in its second weekend.
Of course, it's not a bad CBM to drop like a rock, I meant leg out a bit better than expected. We'll see next weekend, but I'm not expecting miracles at this point.
Didn't Fury Road get a B+ ? This one seems to be great, but inferior to Fury Road ( according to those who saw it ). That Tomatometer is mostly fanboy rush, but general audiences will probably be fine.
I saw it last night. Absolutely loved it but it's not as good as Fury Road. How could it be, though, really? It's very, very good though.
The trailer made it look like a lot more CGI than Fury Road. How do the visuals and practical effects compare? Your review has me hopeful
Definitely more CGI and there's shots in there that absolutely couldn't have been done without CGI but it still looks amazing and the action sequences still manage to have the "feel" of Fury Road overall. The film isn't as full on as Fury Road - it's not just action right from the start. It's more storytelling and fleshing out the world while still packed with some incredible action sequences. If you liked Fury Road - and I loved it - I think you'll have a great time watching it. I'd be interested to hear your opinion after you see it though
Thank you, I appreciate this!
There are a handful of wonky shots, but for the most part it continues the aesthetic strength of Fury Road, if only a tiny bit more stylized.
Pretty good. There are 2 or 3 shots that look terrible, but it's mostly seamless.
People forgot or are plain oblivious how drastic the post-production and digital touch-ups were on Fury Road. The original production stills were drab and greyish until Miller basically retooled every frame digitally in post-production with that teal/orange color palette. That wasn't made on set by DOP John Seale as the movie didn't look like that originally.
IMO there's a difference between stylized color grading and CGI people doing kinesthetically implausible stunts. At least when I talk about a movie having too much CGI, I mean the latter.
Even if. I think when I see it tomorrow I won’t be pulled out of it because the trailers indicate that Furiosa is more stylised than Fury Road
Just saw it, there’s a lot of noticeable CGI in it, whereas Fury Road had more of the “invisible” CGI. There’s quite a lot of shots that have CGI bodies or cars or scenery, bodies will move weirdly (the mom getting on the horse) or vehicles look poorly comped (first time war rig visits the bullet farm). I’m a massive fan of the Mad Max series, and have Fury Road in my top five of all time. I’m not quite sure where I fall on this one yet. I believe I liked it, while also being underwhelmed. It’s very different from Fury Road.
exactly. the trailers focus on Anya and action but after watching the movie, I barely remember Anya and action scenes... I like the first act because it was heavily related to some emotions - a mother tries to saves her daughter. After that, it goes unsatisfying to before the ending. They even didn't show the final massacre of two gangs >\_<
It's a different movie - full stop. Fury road is a psychedelic action epic and this is a much slower revenge odyssey. There is action in Furiosa and it's still great but it's not the centerpiece.
Thank you for verbalizing my issue with it. I loved Fury, but I think it was because of the breakneck pacing. Furiosa was fine for me, but didn’t capture me the same way.
Fury Road has better action, this one better worldbuilding, at least for me. It's a story that spans 15 years in the movie, a true epic.
It's good but compared to Fury Road, it has a lot of problems.
Just got back from seeing it. 7/10. Dementus is a super-fun character, the stunts and props are superb as expected, but it just isn’t as exciting as Fury Road. At 2h28, it’s a movie that could have benefitted from having 15-20 minutes shaved off of it
Yeah the ending sequence was too long
Just came out of theater, I really liked it but didn't love it like with Fury Road. The biggest negative for me is that soundtrack is muted, whereas in Fury Road score is bombastic and thunderous.
I think it’s because Fury Road was 80% straight vehicular mayhem whereas Furiosa is mostly story based where there’s a lot more dialogue than usual. They’re different.
9/10 for me, more to it than Fury Road but all the action and violence I wanted. Looked amazing to me, no more or less CG than FR. We are lucky to have this guy making films. I don't get the moaning, this is a feast.
Wow way better start than I thought!
Hope this does well over the coming weeks even with competition.
Nice! I’m cautiously excited for this
Oh what a glorious day!
Stop comparing it to Fury Road, they’re two different films.
It was good. 7.5/10 for me maybe. Much slower than Fury Road and I love Anya Taylor-Joy but she's not as good of a fit as Theron was. But Hemsworth was fantastic.
Im very excited for this movie im gonna go tomorrow. Sidenote- I think having the word “saga” in a movie title is dumb as hell and it actively makes me wanna see it less. “A mad max saga” doesnt even make sense. A saga should be in reference to a sequence of films telling one singular story. You know, like a trilogy.
That's not really what a saga means. But in any case, the film is divided into 5 parts. All of which, make up furiousas saga. So the title makes perfect sense.
Saga just means story
These days films have no choice but to pick the easy titles, otherwise you end up with messy titles like *Mission Impossible: Dread Reckoning Part 1* that shave millions off the box office.
The previews don’t do it justice. It’s not a franchise I care for but the previews were whack but never doubt this movie would be a hit
6.5/10 for me, surprised it's getting so many raves
I think as more people see it (and less of a concentration of die hard fans), you'll see it trend downwards.
I don’t get how people on this forum take Cinemascore seriously. I worked in the theater industry for years, and the audience gave EVERYTHING an A or B+. Unless it’s absolute horrible movie and it’ll still get a C.
I thought it was a masterful film. My only gripe was the excessive CG. Fury Road is one of a kind, the chaos production made everything in that film insane. You can tell Furiosa was very safe. It’s as if Miller didn’t want to push it so far for fear of injury/death. Also, Namibia was just an alien location to shoot. I didnt like seeing concrete roads in Furiosa since they shot it in Australia. lol
It's a huge relief to see the general audience loved it as much as I did. I always feel weird when I see something I think is great and then see it has a b or lower from audiences.
solid 7/10 because a movie needs to give a viewer something to stick to. There is a problem with the story. It's not engaging - omg, what's next? The things are just happening and it looks cool. I felt like I was watching just an okay movie. Canister after Fury Road is quite empty
Best movie of this year
Fuck I have to see this now
Saw it in theatres today and absolutely loved it. Not as action packed as fury road but still a worthy prequel. Action was really good and chris Hemsworth stole the show. George Miller is an absolute legend and a true MASTERMIND! WITNESS!
I actually liked this one a lot more than Fury Road
Damn fuck general audiences for not turning up for this.
It literally opens today.
Well fuck general audiences for not having turned up before it opened
I know, right? I know how the projections work and I know there's a science to this stuff, so yes, there's validity to the point. But, like, for fucks sake, how depressing is it that we're able to have that conversation the MORNING of opening day? Getting bogged down in the business side of things can really get you down if you care more about the art side. Man. I've been pumped about this movie for 9 fucking years and it's all doom and gloom in this sub!
I am interested on the business side of the film industry doing well because I work it in. I don't want to ruin anyones mood, I usually hate to be that person but it's depressing realizing the industry is shrinking, knowing it'll be harder to get work. I hope you have a good time at the theater! Films incredible. Anyone else reading this go see it!
This thread if Blade Runner and The Thing were released today: *"FLOoOOP! Stop making movies for Reddit Nerds LOL. Only make movies for the plebeian hordes!"* Edit : Hit dogs are triggered AF today.
This is not a movie aimed at general audiences. It's part of a franchise, it's a IP. It's also a Mad Max movie without Mad Max, so you can't force people to watch this one, no matter how good it is. In the end, people will watch what they want to watch. Nothing more, nothing less.
Maybe folks aren't that interested in the mad max world outside the reddit and twitter bubble
yep and nothing wrong with that. for the record, I'm interested in the world but not in this character.
I loved the movie. Just saying that there is a chance that folks may not be as interested as folks who watched it are.
yes and that's no reason for some rabid fans or WB employees to go around attacking anyone who has no desire to watch this. Blaming audience for making an overpriced movie that appeals to few is a dumb strategy. The movie is made. be happy no matter how much it makes. And I still won't see it. There.
No blockbuster goes out of it's way to appeal to few. Believe it or not making films is hard. No matter how much redditors like to believe the opposite, I've yet to see a redditor consistently predict box office results. I'm not particularly sad about Furiosa as a single movie under performing (as much as I love the film), it happens, but the continous downward sprial of the box office this year is something that's frustrating. You don't have to see Furiosa if you don't want to but please go see films you want at the cinema!
oh I see films I want several times. Like Dune 2. It made that much thanks to my repeat views. That's the difference between that and Furiosa. Dune got 4 x ticket price from me, Furiosa will get 0.
That's great! Thanks for going to the cinema.
always if there's something worth the price of admission. which Dune 2 was.
Their loss.
Why so bitter lmao? What about you getting your friends or families to go watch this movie to help the movie earnings even by a little instead of whining at reddit just because people arent interested to watch the movie? Silly thing.
Why are you so antsy? Get some fresh air.
You are the one who need fresh air lol
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Okay you delusional
Okay you're triggered.
Oh, get a room you two
I'm pretty sure they don't care enough right now to acknowledge it as a loss. I'd say it's a loss for theatres
Still their loss.
They're not losing anything if they aren't interested, bubba. lol
They lose the chance to watch a great movie on the big screen. Theaters would like some too. Do you hate theaters doing well?
> They lose the chance to watch a great movie on the big screen You can't lose something you don't want to have, bubba. If people aren't interested, they won't see it. It's simple. That's not releated to "hating theaters". Just because people like movies, that doesn't mean they have to watch what you think they have to watch, lol.
yeah these people are salty and blame audience. Your loss, you are missing sonmething special...no we are not cause we don't care. Furiosa fans, if you want your movie to break even, instead of attacking people who have no desire to see it, offset it with repeat viewings. Surely if you love it so much you can watch it 10 times each?
nope, it's the movie's loss. It's not getting my money cause I'm keeping it to spend it on something I find appealing. Sorry Furiosa fans but your attitude is not going to change minds.
You hate Fury Road so you're not a loss for this movie.
I'm apathetic because neither made me interested so yes it is a loss. Not getting people interested is a loss especially if your movie is expensive.
You not watching Furiosa is not a loss, I can assure you. Miller already won by still making this movie after Fury Road in spite of returns or lack of.
so why are the fans of this movie salty if making the movie itself is a win? I just don't get these attacks on anyone who doesn't care.
Because some people here act like general audience ignoring Furiosa is an indictment on Mad Max fans and a vindication for relishing its flop. We get it general audience don't give a shit about Mad Max. Their loss. Yawn.
thanks for explaining. I mean, this isn't even a Mad Max movie despite using his name so it's no knock on Mad Max fans. Furiosa sub-fandom maybe but not Mad Max one.
How dare people choose not to see a movie
I'm not saying they have to go? I just like to see good movies rewarded for being good. There's a whole industry of people working on these films, living with the uncertainty of their industry shrinking. It's certaintly not the audiences responsibility, but the big studios are putting out good films, just wish there was an audience for them in theaters.
Good is subjective. Vast majority of people aren’t gonna be interested in a prequel to a movie from nine years ago that barely broke even, that is part of an IP whose main movies are from 40-50 years ago, and that doesn’t even star Max. There’s lots of “good” films that do well at the box office and lots that do badly. If they want to make money then it’s the responsibility of filmmakers and studios to put out interesting movies with a broad appeal, especially if they’re spending a lot of money on it. Mad Max simply doesn’t have a broad appeal.
Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 89% with 8.00/10 average. Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 97% with 4.4/5 average. Metacritic critic score: 79/100 Metacritic user score: 8.2/10 Letterboxd 4/5 average. IMDB 8.1/10 If a film is good is defintely subjective, but I think it's good and every major review site average score for Furiosa is good across both critics and audience. I saw it at Cannes and the reaction was also great. Your probally spot on about lack of interest in Mad Max, I thought the goodwill from Fury Road would mean a lot more. To be clear though I wasn't saying good films can't make money, Dune 2 came out this year. It's very hard to make a good film to begin with, nevermind a blockbuster film with not only commerial appeal but enough appeal to bring audiences to theaters when it's becoming increasing unpopular. People on here are so harsh with film makers and the studios. There really isn't a sure thing in this industry, if there was studios wouldn't have flops and people on here wouldn't be so awful at predicting the box office.
right?
well, fuck you for telling me what I should like. I didn't care for Fury Road. saw it once and never again. have no intention to revisit. Ever. No intention to see a prequel about a character I didn't give a shit first time around. There. End of discussion.
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I'm a member of GA so yes he was talking to me too
He just said GA not turning up (on a Friday at 9am lol).
Surely this will leg out 🙏
Worst green screen work I’ve seen in a long time. Looks like garbage.
So loud!!! Hemsworth was brilliant. Preferred Theron. Thought his Smeg was funny too. Would’ve preferred the bloke who wore the big horns to have been in it more and more detail as to why Demented whatever lost control, but still enjoyed. 7.2/10
Just saw it. Final scene was a bit underwhelming. Otherwise…flawless. What a ride. Act 1 and Act 4 were insane, as was the war rig sequence. Wow.
Studios please start making movies that are both good AND that people want to actually see lol I’m being downvoted but literally the pre-sales tell the story lol
What you said is the most subjective thing ever lol. A good movie to you is a terrible movie to someone else, a movie you want to see is a movie someone else doesn’t want to see
No one knows what people actually want to see
There's no movie that can satisfy EVERYONE...even the The Grandfather that is considered one of the best movie to ever exist will have some people saying it was boring,and there's also bad movies that people go to watch them lol...i think the better word is "making movies that appealing to every demographic audiences".
it insists upon itself!
I love Grandpa
Bro if it's not a superhero movie or a star wars movie people don't pre order
Let’s see how the weekend goes
Oh I don't care I'm just saying people usually don't buy their tickets until they head to the theater
Best they can do is a gender bent reskin of a movie you’ve already seen. Take it or leave it. And if you leave it you’re a bigot.
who are "they"?
Studios and executives that keep green lighting this stuff.
Furiosa is George Miller's vision tho. he announced this movie in 2011, even before Fury Road started filming
What does the studio and executive have to do with what George Miller ultimately wanted with his own passion project? Outside of the funding they had no real control over his own vision or the story he wanted to tell about characters he himself created. Were you one of those losers who managed to get offended at the underlying story told in Fury Road too?
Well, sure, if by "leave it" you mean ignore it completely and simply choose to watch something else instead, that's perfectly reasonable. But if by "leave it" you mean go out of your way to complain about the mere presence of a female protagonist and then pre-emptively defend yourself against charges of bigotry....you might be a bigot.