Mad Max Furiosa

[Jamesfett]

Basically, the film with Max would have detailed the events a year prior to Fury Road, and considering what I’ve heard about the comic and how there is overlap with the Mad Max video game, it might have covered Max rebuilding the Interceptor and a woman named Hope and her daughter Glory.

Yep, does all that. Explains a lot about why he is the way he is in Fury Road, the flashes of the girl, etc., so yeah. All covered. Let us move on to new stories. Ya know, ones where we don't know what happens already as the end was shown a decade or two earlier.

 

[CB2001]

Yep, does all that. Explains a lot about why he is the way he is in Fury Road, the flashes of the girl, etc., so yeah. All covered. Let us move on to new stories. Ya know, ones where we don't know what happens already as the end was shown a decade or two earlier.

I know there's two characters from the game that turns up in Furiosa, considering that originally Miller was involved with the game before it got taken from him. In case anyone asks, it's Scrotus and Chumbucket (or so I've read).

 

[gizmo]

Finally caught this. I loved it. Thought the underlying narratives were pretty good also.

Ben

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Saw it for the 5th time - last showing in my town - and then Fury Road right after, again, when I got back home. Still good as heck.

 

[Tan Djarka]

Figured I'd see it again before it rolls out of the theaters. It stands up to repeated viewings.

Is it a movie we needed? Probably not. As Mad Max movies go, it's still pretty good though.

 

[blewis17]

Figured I'd see it again before it rolls out of the theaters. It stands up to repeated viewings.

Is it a movie we needed? Probably not. As Mad Max movies go, it's still pretty good though.

It's amazing that in general, both fans and critics really enjoyed this film, yet it STILL failed to do well at the box office:

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has hit a major speed bump at the box office, producing an estimated $5.3 million this weekend from 15,285 screens in 78 overseas markets. The film’s offshore total now stands at $97.0 million, bringing its worldwide gross to a disappointing $160.1 million through Sunday. Despite its positive reception from critics, audiences appear uninterested in this prequel focusing on the warrior Furiosa, a character originally brought to life by Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road.

On a production like this, $160 million global take (so consider that the production company get 50% of that, ~ $80 million in "profit") and they have lost LOTS of $$$ so far. Perhaps DVD/Blu-ray sales and streaming will help, but not $100-$200 million in help.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

So did Dredd 3D

Box office during the theatre run is not always an indication of whether a movie is good. Just look at the Transformers movies.

 

[Tan Djarka]

Even if everyone who saw it liked it, it doesn't always guarantee that'll be enough to turn a profit. Look at Serenity. Based on the audience Firefly found on DVD, they green lit the movie. Though everyone that bought the DVD may well have seen it, it wasn't enough.

Studios have to face the facts: Even good and popular movies may not turn a profit nowadays. Heck, Marvels was the number one movie in the world at one point, but still losing money.

Between bloated production costs and the short time between theatrical releases and streaming, alot of people just aren't going out to see it. Either streaming revenue is going to be considered part of the box office returns, costs significantly curtailed, or the whole thing is going off the rails.

 

[batguy]

There have always been good movies that tanked at the box office but eventually soared on video & TV. It's not a new thing.

It's worse now because the studios have stopped accepting reality when it comes to release dates. Everybody knows it hurts the theater sales if they release the show on streaming/video half an hour later. But the studios keep trying to get rid of that problem by ignoring it.

There was a time when home video releases didn't happen for another 6-12 months after opening weekend.

 

[Astyanax]

Agreed, but it's not just the studios; the theater chains have a big part of the blame here. People are awful and uncontrolled at the theater anymore, and I now have about 1 in 3 chance of there being technical issues with the projection or audio or lighting.

So for my part, I love the fact that streaming comes out so soon, and can't wait for more same-day streaming releases! It means I'll never have to endure the theater experience again!

 

[ssdesigner]

Agreed, but it's not just the studios; the theater chains have a big part of the blame here. People are awful and uncontrolled at the theater anymore, and I now have about 1 in 3 chance of there being technical issues with the projection or audio or lighting.

So for my part, I love the fact that streaming comes out so soon, and can't wait for more same-day streaming releases! It means I'll never have to endure the theater experience again!

I'm with you. I built a dedicated theater in the house so that we could avoid that experience. Every night is movie night (mostly streaming series, but yeah ) now and after 2 years, it's still a ton of fun!

 

[Tan Djarka]

I've apparently been very lucky, in that I haven't had any genuinely bad movie going experiences in the past two decades? When I saw Jurassic Park and Dolby Digital was still a new thing, there was problems with the center channel. More recently, a movie cut off half way through, and it took a few minutes to get started again, but they did give us coupons for free admission to any other movie.

Apart from Star Wars, I tend not to see movies on their opening weekend or during peak hours, so that's part of it. But based on the constant reports of poor theatrical experiences, I seem to be the exception. It can't be that bad, can it?

Btw, I do go to the movies fairly frequently. It used to be an average of once a month. Post pandemic, it's been two or three a month. Though last week I saw three.

 

[Astyanax]

I'm not exaggerating. Sometimes the projection is out of focus, sometimes the audio is far too loud, sometimes we just sit there waiting for the 16-year-old staff to start the movie after the commercial roll. Once during a packed-house day-one screening of Avengers Endgame, the entire roll (including trailers) was restarted after the movie was 10 minutes in!

Theaters are only one step up from flipping burgers as a first job for teenagers.

People are constantly using their phones, kids talk and laugh through it, and staff never "patrol" for bad behavior. I can't complain directly to people in the auditorium, because they wait outside after the screening to go entitled-Karen on me: "It's a free country!!!"

So I just don't go.

One of my teenage kids still goes regularly, but I will go maybe once a year for the blockbuster I cant wait for. Deadpool 3 is on my list, for example, but nothing else all year. Not even Dune 2.

I'm sure location and quality of management have a lot to do with it, so I'm glad you've had better experiences! In my area (north San Diego county), the 4-5 theaters within 30-45 minutes have all left me with bad experiences.

On a positive note: Thank god for short-wait streaming!

 

[dascoyne]

My concern now is Miller is getting up there in age, I suspect he will want to make something other than another Max film next,

Babe 3? I honestly wouldn't mind it.

 

[CessnaDriver]

Babe 3? I honestly wouldn't mind it.

I'm one of the few that saw Three Thousand Years of Longing. LOL I'm sure he needs a break from this Mad Max stuff.

 

[batguy]

There is probably a closing window of time for ANY big Mad Max movie to be done with practical stunts. I'm talking about A.I.-generated imagery.

If Miller doesn't pull the funding together for his remaining Max movie in the next few years, then it may be game over just for that reason.

 

[jkno]

I watched Furiosa and it is a good movie. But not comparable to Fury Road, that was in an entirely different league.