Rating is 8.5/10
Watched on May 27th, 2024 (first watch)
Format: IMAX theatre
A well made origin story and prequel of one of the best action films ever. Furiosa is a very interesting character that a revisit of her story and past was a must and a need and would have been not fair to not be told.
However, this film is unfortunately missing so many elements that prevented it from being close to Mad Max: Fury Road's (2015) level. Firstly this part missed the dramatic element or the dramatic connections between the story and the audience. For instance, taking a look at the Green Place was such a disappointing scene that had nothing in it as I was really looking forward to the visuals that this place had to present. Moreover, I wish if the film spent more time with Furioso's mother to perhaps increase the sympathetic element towards her character.
Something that surprised me is how this part chose to completely change the vibes, environment, and colors of the world of Mad Max. In this film, everything seems lighter and brighter comparing to the darkness that was presented in Mad Max: Fury Road which I would have preferred to be continued in this part. Moreover, the color pallete and cinematography in this film was a bit disappointing and underwhelming. Nothing special or unique like Fury Road. At times, the very bad visual effects can be seen clearly which made the watching experience very much annoying at times.
On the other side, Anya Taylor Joy as young Furiosa is for sure a perfect casting choice that I would have not been able to see anyone else to relive Charlize Theron's performance better than her. At times i felt like Chris Hemsworth needed a little more push. Except for the last scene of the film in which he was given all the attention and focus into his character's philosophy and way of thinking, which was interesting and very good way to conclude the film.
I really wanted some scenes (especially the action sequences) to be shot using IMAX cameras as it would have made the watching experience 10x better and it would have hit different and a made a big difference as the Mad Max story needs to be told using the biggest aspect ratio.
A well made origin story and prequel of one of the best action films ever. Furiosa is a very interesting character that a revisit of her story and past was a must and a need and would have been not fair to not be told.
However, this film is unfortunately missing so many elements that prevented it from being close to Mad Max: Fury Road's (2015) level. Firstly this part missed the dramatic element or the dramatic connections between the story and the audience. For instance, taking a look at the Green Place was such a disappointing scene that had nothing in it as I was really looking forward to the visuals that this place had to present. Moreover, I wish if the film spent more time with Furioso's mother to perhaps increase the sympathetic element towards her character.
Something that surprised me is how this part chose to completely change the vibes, environment, and colors of the world of Mad Max. In this film, everything seems lighter and brighter comparing to the darkness that was presented in Mad Max: Fury Road which I would have preferred to be continued in this part. Moreover, the color pallete and cinematography in this film was a bit disappointing and underwhelming. Nothing special or unique like Fury Road. At times, the very bad visual effects can be seen clearly which made the watching experience very much annoying at times.
On the other side, Anya Taylor Joy as young Furiosa is for sure a perfect casting choice that I would have not been able to see anyone else to relive Charlize Theron's performance better than her. At times i felt like Chris Hemsworth needed a little more push. Except for the last scene of the film in which he was given all the attention and focus into his character's philosophy and way of thinking, which was interesting and very good way to conclude the film.
I really wanted some scenes (especially the action sequences) to be shot using IMAX cameras as it would have made the watching experience 10x better and it would have hit different and a made a big difference as the Mad Max story needs to be told using the biggest aspect ratio.
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