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[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 83 points 6 months ago
[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 60 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Furiosa was fine. In a vacuum, it was actually pretty good, but in being a sequel to Fury Road it can't shake comparisons.

I figure that it looking so visually similar to Fury Road in trailers made a lot of people ask themselves why even bother watching it when they'd already seen Fury Road. The title including "A Mad Max Saga" is clunky and throws up big vibes of this being a tack on story (which it is), which really doesn't create the kind of hype wave needed to reach out to people who are already cynical about going to a theater.

The word of mouth all seems to start with "Well it wasn't as good as Fury Road, but..." which isn't going to put a fire under the seats of undecided people.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

sequel

Prequel.

Also Fury Road happens over 48 hours. Furiosa spans like 15 years.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Prequel

You got me. It's still a follow up movie that looks very similar but lesser in the trailers, and has a clunky title.

Also Fury Road happens over 48 hours. Furiosa spans like 15 years.

What does that have to do with people not watching it? I'm talking about marketing and word of mouth impressions. Plot details aren't very important to that.

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[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I enjoyed all the weirdness of it.

[-] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 50 points 6 months ago

I really liked it. Bikes and cars go vroom, guns go bang, flamethrowers go woosh. 10/10. I'm contemplating going again next weekend.

My roommate was bored. Didn't like the writing, didn't like Taylor-Joy's performance. He rated it "not good." I didn't really disagree with any of his specific complaints, I just didn't care about them.

I suspect your mileage really depends on what kind of audience member you are.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 6 months ago

Bikes and cars go vroom, guns go bang, flamethrowers go woosh. 10/10.

That's just it, I went in to see a Mad Max movie and that's what I got. Very satisfied! I think anyone complaining about this movie went in with the wrong expectations. I told my gf before the movie, "I want to see high speed chases, shit flying through the air, explosions, stunts and at last one thing I've never seen before.". I got all that shit and then some! Fuck yeah!

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

If I wanted to see that, and turn my brain off, I'd watch a Fast and Furious movie.

Mad Max Fury Road was not a "turn your brain off" movie. It was extremely well written and acted. It ALSO had cars that go vroom and flamethrowers that go whoosh. It was one of the best movies of the last few decades. That's a high bar to meet.

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[-] Fal@yiffit.net 9 points 6 months ago

This is exactly the experience with me and my wife too. She was not at all impressed with any of the performances. And I don't disagree I just don't really care that much.

Though it's not even close to as good as fury road. I described it as "fine"

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

ADHD moviegoer, here; sounds like my kind of film. Dialog never mattered much to me because I can't follow it half the time. Which really sucks because I can't enjoy shows like The Wire, Sopranos, and Boardwalk Empire. People spend too much time talking and not enough time doing, and I just get confused and annoyed cause I have no idea what's going on.

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[-] ziltoid101@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago

Shame, i thought Furiosa was awesome, although there were only about 5 people in the cinema. The critics seem to be giving pretty favourable reviews too, would definitely recommend going and checking it out. Hope this isnt the nail in the coffin of Mad Max.

[-] Gigan@lemmy.world 45 points 6 months ago

Hope this isnt the nail in the coffin of Mad Max.

Maybe it's a sign that a Mad Max movie should have Mad Max in it.

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 38 points 6 months ago

Or that going the theater sucks ass. Why go when I have a 70 Oled and almos sound system. Dealing with the jack asses that talk, text, or chew loudly isn't worth the hassle.

[-] chknbwl@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Dude, I only have a 36" LED and budget sound bar and I still wouldn't go to the cinema. It's cheaper to rent the movie online, I can ensure my popcorn is perfectly buttered and not burnt (truly a game changer), and I don't have to shush 2.5 teenagers every matinee night.

Theaters are dead, man.

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The annoying children are what stopped me from going to the movies - lights go out and suddenly it's just a just a sea of jackasses with their phones out or talking to the movie. Not worth the annoyance, especially with how much they charge for everything these days.

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[-] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

In addition, theatres advertise a starting time of X:00, but the movie can sometimes start as late as X:30 after 30 fucking minutes of ads and trailers. That was my previous and last experience in a theatre.

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[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 months ago

Mad Max had three movies already. I don't think he needs more. One thing I enjoyed about Fury Road was that he was basically a supporting character for Furiosa.

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[-] aleph@lemm.ee 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Furiosa has a few major challenges up against it, really:

  • Its running time is longer than the average Blockbuster
  • it's R rated and violent
  • Mad Max is a fairly niche IP to begin with
  • It's a backstory for a secondary (albeit important) character from Fury Road
  • People are feeling the pinch financially right now

Having Tom Hardy playing Max as the main character might have bumped the opening weekend Box Office a bit, but not hugely IMO.

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[-] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

Watched it over the weekend and was rather underwhelmed. It felt “cheap” compared to Fury Road. The CGI was quite terrible in comparison, especially when they showed some scenes from the last movie during credits. It’s just so obvious they paid less detail to the effects and it seemed like a significant decrease in their use of practical effects. Add to that some of the effects were just plain bad. AND worse of all

Tap for spoilerThey skipped the final fight scene completely!

Also there was just too much talking. Fury Road was great because the world building was done without extra dialog. Furiosa just felt like any other Hollywood film with nothing special at all.

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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 25 points 6 months ago

If it's a good movie more people will go to see it. Opening weekend is a reflection of the hype machine and expectations

Not having mad max in a mad max film probably didn't help the opening weekend.

But a good movie will be good, and people will tell their friends, so let's see what happens next weekend.

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[-] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 months ago

Furiosa is 5 years too late. People who cared about her, stopped caring about the character years ago. They give us enough of her backstory in Fury Road. For viewers to know her history. If the viewer stops to connect the dots. So making this movie pointless.

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[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

I lost interest with Taylor-Joy playing the character to be honest. I'm sure I'll watch it but not in the theater.

This from a guy with an original Road Warrior theater poster in my garage and a hand-built, contest-winning Imortan Joe costume.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

She has like 30 lines in the whole film but she's nailed Theron's voice somehow. And for like first half of the movie, there's even younger Furiosa played by different actress.

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[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

Honestly, she was pretty badass in this movie.

[-] NIB@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Other than the ending dialogue, which i wasnt a big fan of probably because of the writing, her acting is superb. She is almost always silent so that makes it even more challenging. Her eyes do the talking.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 6 months ago

Well the advertising sucks then, because I didn't even realize this was out.

[-] exanime@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

The movie is great IMO and deserves better.. but I had to see it in a filthy theater with non-reclining seats on a screen that was so tinted in green that the reds looks like rust.

Why are we supposed to pay for this experience?... I literally would have been better off watching it at home on my crappy projector

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

That's a shame. Chris Hemsworth is fantastic in this. Felt like he was having time of his life.

[-] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 6 months ago

Chris Hemsworth is in Garfield?

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Would've been better if he was. Then after Barbenheimer we would've had Furifield.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 months ago

Yeah but what about Garfield?

[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago
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The header is, Furiosa barely topped Garfield. So there's that.

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[-] solarvector@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 months ago

Looks more like it mildly underperformed relative to the overall market being very low, and getting lower.

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[-] superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

I plan to go see furiosa soon. Probably my only 2024 movie

[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

It's the same for me too. I went last night and there were maybe 20 other people in the theater with us. I live in a very densely populated area. RIP theaters I guess

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Why do they keep making Garfield movies they keep flopping

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[-] TedZanzibar@feddit.uk 9 points 6 months ago

Other than the weirdly janky CG, which was both excellent in some parts while ruining my suspension of disbelief in others, I enjoyed it. No, it wasn't as good as Fury Road but, let's face it, that bar is so high it's almost stratospheric.

[-] Granite@kbin.social 8 points 6 months ago

I meant to go see this over the weekend, but I forgot…

[-] variants@possumpat.io 8 points 6 months ago

I want to see this movie and didn't even realize it was out already

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

We get it guys, you didn't go to the theater because you haven't left your basement in 4 years. You don't have to keep commenting that.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

My basement has an amazing home theater setup, complete with wet bar, popcorn machine, and a really nice recliner/couch set.

Why would I pay $20 to sit in some ratty, smelly, flop house of a theater when I can queue this movie up in a few months for free and watch it in the lap of luxury?

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

I wonder if it'll do big numbers on home release, I think many people are waiting for that

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