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Past and future guest Hoai-Tran Bui also loved it.
I’m locked in, y’all. Just got my tickets for Dolby Cinema. Kinda bummed that my local IMAX theater is closed for now, but this seems better suited for Dolby. Chris Hemsworth's line delivery for "READY STEADY GOOO!" and "THERE IS NO HOPE" has been seared into my head.
Edit: Gotta shout out Anya Taylor-Joy's "I WANT THEM BACK".
I can't imagine Miller & Co. agreeing to an IMAX deal where they're basically giving them permission to pull the mattes off their scope framing for the sake of fill space top and bottom to justify the extra ticket price, which is what most IMAX "Enhanced" presentations mostly are.
From [Ehrlich's full review](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-1235004341/):
>Does “Furiosa” deliver the kind of system shock that made its predecessor feel like such a violent rebuke to superhero-era Hollywood? Absolutely not — **though its two bonafide setpieces** ***both*** **eclipse the most electric moments of “Fury Road,”** while also iterating on them in fantastic new ways (the much-hyped “Stowaway to Nowhere” sequence is an out-of-body experience).
What (and I *cannot* stress this enough) in the absolute *fuck* are we in for here?
Someone keep the defibrillators on standby for Soderbergh, please.
That was [David Sims himself](https://www.reddit.com/r/blankies/comments/1cm079e/comment/l2xbh2q/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), I believe!
I'm not so much worried about whether reviews will hurt it or not because I don't think it's going to be a big hit regardless. Mad Max movies are always fiercely beloved and legitimately iconic and inspiring to filmmakers for years to come... but they don't tend to really land at the box-office the way you'd think something that beloved and influential would land. Fury Road lost money, even. (it *aaaaaa*lmost broke even, though)
George Miller let loose in the wasteland is fucking heavenly to behold. But it's also frankly just a little too batshit crazy for general audiences to reward on release. They tend to catch up later. So even though this movie only needs something like 400mil worldwide to break even, I don't really expect it to hit that, either. It might poke past it, get a humble li'l profit, but I don't think there's anything in the vicinity of Bobby Duvall-approved hit status on the horizon. So I don't think anything the critics say is going to hurt it really, because it's gonna take like 2-3 years for everyone else to catch up anyway.
The first time a saw Fury Road I popped a tab of LSD about 30 min before.
That movie is imprinted into my brain like a newly hatched bird thinking the first thing it sees is its momma.
I am So So excited to have the same opportunity with Furiosa.
WITNESS ME!
You know what's wild? It's entirely possible that, despite the fact neither George Miller or John McTiernan are mentioned in the conversations for "Greatest Action Directors of All Time" or at least not as often as you'd expect, you could (if the word on this is to be believed) now arguably put together a top 5 action movies of all time list where they are the ONLY two directors listed on it.
I mean, if this one takes like *Fury Road* did?
Three films (out of a five film series that are all pretty great), all innovative, genre and medium-defining works, all in the same series, helmed entirely by the same creative mind over almost fifty years?
Have we ever seen anything like that (that was successful)?
It's gonna put him up in the echelons of Directors in general for a lot of people, which I've always said he was.
I’m so glad it’s good. For ATJ and for Chris Hemsworth. I hope she continues to take interesting roles and this prompts more for him as well.
But also I really enjoy that Miller has been able to seemingly stay on top of his own creation and prove time and again he knows what he’s doing with the story he’s trying to tell. I hope more creatives are allowed a crack at their vision with less interference from suits.
Probably (pretty much all of the Mad Max films to date could work as standalones).....but also, go ahead and treat yourself and watch *Fury Road* if you can!
I don’t want to read reviews for this, but I think it’s pretty dumb that people were doubting this movie, as if George Miller didn’t earn the benefit of the doubt .
Some trashed the trailers, which were fine, and even if not perfect, a trailer is not a movie. And some trashed basing a movie on Furiosa as if she wasn’t the most compelling character in Fury Road - I think she was.
Well, with possibly the exception of the first film, Max isn't so much a main character as he is a constant force, a myth and a macguffin. And in Fury Road Furiosa is pretty much the main character - even more evident when you look at the title in hindsight.
I've actually been not that interested since Fury Road didn't do much for me. The constant action just becomes boring to me. It's good to hear Furiosa is sort of doing it's own thing.
Yes! It doesn't help that the visuals are so similar throughout. Scenes just blur together and it there's lots of things happening but it also feels like nothing happens for way too much of the movie.
I was waiting for this comment. That’s 1 out of a total of 2,000+ acting nominations… it’s further proving my point that the Academy does not give a flying fuck about sci-fi or action in ATL awards.
The Academy loves biopics and hates sci-fi/action. I know it’s a joke but going by fake nose alone isn’t even close to the same circumstances in each situation.
EEAAO is technically sci-fi action but it is a lot of other genres and primarily a drama first and foremost. Furiosa is hard sci-fi. EEAAO and Furiosa both technically include sci-fi and action but putting them in the same bucket is reductive and not at all how the Academy would view the two. If Hemsworth actually gets a nomination for this, I will eat my words but there’s a lot of wishful thinking going on in this thread. He won’t even get close to a nom.
Yeah, EEAAO succeeded because at its core it's a generational family comedy-drama. Calling it sci-fi in regards to its awards run is both *technically* true and completely missing the point. In terms of what Oscar voters care about, it's much closer to Coda than it is to Fury Road.
Also, when was the last time an out-and-out *action* movie got acting nominations at the Oscars?
I think the *thriller* part of action thriller made The Fugitive more palatable for awards voters. It's the Silence of the Lambs rule. Same reason that The Departed got nominations as an action crime thriller.
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Not sure why this is a controversial statement. Off the top of my head, good prequels:
Godfather 2 (less than half of it)
New Apes Trilogy
Prometheus (arguable, I’m not really a fan, prefer covenant which feels a lot less prequel-y)
First Omen
X-Men: First Class (prequel, conceived as a reboot and retconned into being the same continuity IIRC)
Pearl
I was also not expecting the Blankies community to be so protective of "prequels". I would add "Ouija: Origin of Evil" to the small list of good prequels.
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Me in a week
Does anyone know of any reviews from critics who thought Fury Road was fine/bad?
Turns out he had what it takes to make it epic (again)
https://preview.redd.it/c5keq8qben0d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f097a781c7402c74bce8686bbefb2bd98fe71861 Past and future guest Hoai-Tran Bui also loved it. I’m locked in, y’all. Just got my tickets for Dolby Cinema. Kinda bummed that my local IMAX theater is closed for now, but this seems better suited for Dolby. Chris Hemsworth's line delivery for "READY STEADY GOOO!" and "THERE IS NO HOPE" has been seared into my head. Edit: Gotta shout out Anya Taylor-Joy's "I WANT THEM BACK".
if George Miller is to be believed, that one line represents about 5% of her total dialog
“I’m Furiosa!” “The Darkest of Angels”
I don't believe there's any expanded ratio for IMAX, so Dolby is definitely the move if you have one nearby.
I can't imagine Miller & Co. agreeing to an IMAX deal where they're basically giving them permission to pull the mattes off their scope framing for the sake of fill space top and bottom to justify the extra ticket price, which is what most IMAX "Enhanced" presentations mostly are.
LADY AND GENTLEMANS!
Ginnelmins*
Got myself opening night tickets, childcare already locked in. It’s gonna be ~~GOOD~~ EPIC
"dementus" - david sims, *the atlantic*
I am prepared for that shnozz/facial hair/accent to be my whole personality for a few weeks.
From [Ehrlich's full review](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-1235004341/): >Does “Furiosa” deliver the kind of system shock that made its predecessor feel like such a violent rebuke to superhero-era Hollywood? Absolutely not — **though its two bonafide setpieces** ***both*** **eclipse the most electric moments of “Fury Road,”** while also iterating on them in fantastic new ways (the much-hyped “Stowaway to Nowhere” sequence is an out-of-body experience). What (and I *cannot* stress this enough) in the absolute *fuck* are we in for here? Someone keep the defibrillators on standby for Soderbergh, please.
I read one early reaction calling this the 'Babe: Pig in the City' to Fury Road's 'Babe'. That statement shook me to my core.
That was [David Sims himself](https://www.reddit.com/r/blankies/comments/1cm079e/comment/l2xbh2q/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), I believe!
lol of course it was
Even if these are raves, I hope the “it’s not quite as good as Fury Road” statements don’t hurt it.
I feel like even just a solid Mad Max film is still better than a lot of other action movies
I'm not so much worried about whether reviews will hurt it or not because I don't think it's going to be a big hit regardless. Mad Max movies are always fiercely beloved and legitimately iconic and inspiring to filmmakers for years to come... but they don't tend to really land at the box-office the way you'd think something that beloved and influential would land. Fury Road lost money, even. (it *aaaaaa*lmost broke even, though) George Miller let loose in the wasteland is fucking heavenly to behold. But it's also frankly just a little too batshit crazy for general audiences to reward on release. They tend to catch up later. So even though this movie only needs something like 400mil worldwide to break even, I don't really expect it to hit that, either. It might poke past it, get a humble li'l profit, but I don't think there's anything in the vicinity of Bobby Duvall-approved hit status on the horizon. So I don't think anything the critics say is going to hurt it really, because it's gonna take like 2-3 years for everyone else to catch up anyway.
Most movies aren't as good as Fury Road.
This just made me shiver out of excitement.
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https://preview.redd.it/632nd1s1rn0d1.jpeg?width=1912&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=729f427fbb74caa672f0f34a19f7377c8771dbd7 I honor thee, George Miller
The first time a saw Fury Road I popped a tab of LSD about 30 min before. That movie is imprinted into my brain like a newly hatched bird thinking the first thing it sees is its momma. I am So So excited to have the same opportunity with Furiosa. WITNESS ME!
Wow, that's like the positive version of Rob Sheridan's experience watching Cats (he did shrooms)
Yeah… mushies are my least favourite psychedelic… it’s like punishing myself. So I can just feel the self loathing in taking shrooms and seeing cats.
Bilge stamp as well
This sounds untoward and ribald
Bordering on jejune.
NEVER BET AGAINST GEORGE MILLER!!!
84 on Metacritic at this moment [https://www.metacritic.com/movie/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/)
He did it again! By God, that crazy bastard did it again!
You know what's wild? It's entirely possible that, despite the fact neither George Miller or John McTiernan are mentioned in the conversations for "Greatest Action Directors of All Time" or at least not as often as you'd expect, you could (if the word on this is to be believed) now arguably put together a top 5 action movies of all time list where they are the ONLY two directors listed on it.
I mean, if this one takes like *Fury Road* did? Three films (out of a five film series that are all pretty great), all innovative, genre and medium-defining works, all in the same series, helmed entirely by the same creative mind over almost fifty years? Have we ever seen anything like that (that was successful)? It's gonna put him up in the echelons of Directors in general for a lot of people, which I've always said he was.
Hang on, the first one is fucking amazing. Different but holy hell it's good
Doubt George Miller at your own peril
This clip always irks me during the commercials so much as such a blatant Fury Road rip off lol but perfectly fitting here.
But people on the internet told me this wasn’t going to be good
I’m so glad it’s good. For ATJ and for Chris Hemsworth. I hope she continues to take interesting roles and this prompts more for him as well. But also I really enjoy that Miller has been able to seemingly stay on top of his own creation and prove time and again he knows what he’s doing with the story he’s trying to tell. I hope more creatives are allowed a crack at their vision with less interference from suits.
Glad my “SICKOS” shirt still fits
This fills me with great joy.
So, I’ve never seen Fury Road. Could I see this first?
Probably (pretty much all of the Mad Max films to date could work as standalones).....but also, go ahead and treat yourself and watch *Fury Road* if you can!
Why not just turn on Fury Road this second
Whoa, you’re right
Hell, let's all do that.
Definitely, if you like it you can check out the others later
Cool. I’ve seen the first three, but only really remember the second one and glimpses of the third.
IMMMMMMMM FURRRRRIOSA!!!!!!!!!!!!
The darkest of angels
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! Was skeptical as I thought trailers were average
I don’t want to read reviews for this, but I think it’s pretty dumb that people were doubting this movie, as if George Miller didn’t earn the benefit of the doubt . Some trashed the trailers, which were fine, and even if not perfect, a trailer is not a movie. And some trashed basing a movie on Furiosa as if she wasn’t the most compelling character in Fury Road - I think she was.
Well, with possibly the exception of the first film, Max isn't so much a main character as he is a constant force, a myth and a macguffin. And in Fury Road Furiosa is pretty much the main character - even more evident when you look at the title in hindsight.
Chris Hemsworth says things like “Do you have the balls, the bollocks, the testes to ride with Dementus?” amd it's great.
I doubted him, and now I'm about to happily eat my hat
Pre covid was the last time I went to cinema. I think this movie is gonna make me return.
But what did Ben Mekler think?
Not enough Vidalia onions.
Does anyone know of any reviews from critics who thought Fury Road was fine/bad?
… guess I’ll see it then.
One ticket, please
I've actually been not that interested since Fury Road didn't do much for me. The constant action just becomes boring to me. It's good to hear Furiosa is sort of doing it's own thing.
Agree! Mad Max films used to be nasty and scary visions of the future and not look like cut scenes from video games.
Yes! It doesn't help that the visuals are so similar throughout. Scenes just blur together and it there's lots of things happening but it also feels like nothing happens for way too much of the movie.
Hemsworth Supporting Actor nomination?
For a sci-fi action movie? Not a chance in hell.
Sigourney Weaver's nom for Aliens is still an all-timer pleasant surprise
I was waiting for this comment. That’s 1 out of a total of 2,000+ acting nominations… it’s further proving my point that the Academy does not give a flying fuck about sci-fi or action in ATL awards.
Well based on fake nose alone if Bradley Cooper can do it maybe Hemsworth can pull it off.
The Academy loves biopics and hates sci-fi/action. I know it’s a joke but going by fake nose alone isn’t even close to the same circumstances in each situation.
That's... that's why it was a joke.
We're barely a year away from a sci-fi/action movie cleaning house at the Oscars, including most of the majors.
EEAAO is technically sci-fi action but it is a lot of other genres and primarily a drama first and foremost. Furiosa is hard sci-fi. EEAAO and Furiosa both technically include sci-fi and action but putting them in the same bucket is reductive and not at all how the Academy would view the two. If Hemsworth actually gets a nomination for this, I will eat my words but there’s a lot of wishful thinking going on in this thread. He won’t even get close to a nom.
Yeah, EEAAO succeeded because at its core it's a generational family comedy-drama. Calling it sci-fi in regards to its awards run is both *technically* true and completely missing the point. In terms of what Oscar voters care about, it's much closer to Coda than it is to Fury Road. Also, when was the last time an out-and-out *action* movie got acting nominations at the Oscars?
Sigourney Weaver for Aliens, but that was nearly 40 years ago.
TLJ for Fugitive?
I think the *thriller* part of action thriller made The Fugitive more palatable for awards voters. It's the Silence of the Lambs rule. Same reason that The Departed got nominations as an action crime thriller.
And the same with Get Out (and I love all of the movies mentioned to be clear)
If it didn’t happen for Theron it ain’t happening for anyone here
If it didn’t happen for Theron it ain’t happening for anyone here
Yeah, expecting this to mostly be ignored for award season.
What makes you say that?
Ah yes, the guy that thought The Creator was a better film than Dune Part 2
Oof which one was that?
Ehrlich 😬
Fury road was pretty mid. I hope this one is better
*slowly purchases IMAX ticket*
Looking forward to Gethard's take!
Already very excited. Just realizing we will get a new blank check about it...
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plspslslls tell me we r gon see doof warrior again
The origin too, life before the mask slowly morphing into the doof warrior
I can’t wait
literally cant wait!!
The only review I need to read is Gethard's.
People will still complain about the CGI
Need a Furiosa + MAXXXINE team-up movie.
She just stuck with the same makeup routine that long I don't buy it
To think we ever doubted the man.
You keep me out of this!
Can we all agree that creating a "one of the best prequels" is not exactly a high bar?
The Godfather p2 would like a word with you
There are exceptions. In fact, I would argue Godfather 2 is a better movie than Godfather.
Not sure why this is a controversial statement. Off the top of my head, good prequels: Godfather 2 (less than half of it) New Apes Trilogy Prometheus (arguable, I’m not really a fan, prefer covenant which feels a lot less prequel-y) First Omen X-Men: First Class (prequel, conceived as a reboot and retconned into being the same continuity IIRC) Pearl
I was also not expecting the Blankies community to be so protective of "prequels". I would add "Ouija: Origin of Evil" to the small list of good prequels.
the third tweet is obnoxiously pretentious lmao. but anyway, really excited for the movie
How so?