Furiosa (May 24, 2024)

[davejames]

I'd say Furiosa was better than all of Dune 1 and 2 combined myself.

 

[Khev]

Absolutely and because of that spectacular climax it definitely helped me forgive most of my problems and proves how important sticking a landing is to a movie, cough..Dune 2..cough.

Yep you've gotta stick the landing which is why despite 80% of The Abyss being Cameron's best written and directed film nobody cares about it.

I'd have a much easier time forgiving Dune's shortcomings if it had the climax to end all climaxes. But now that I know it's lackluster, the G-rated "violence" and a lot of other things just get even more annoying.

 

[Khev]

I'd say Furiosa was better than all of Dune 1 and 2 combined myself.

I give this post a score of three angry Chanis and one angry ZaCHw117.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Zoe Kravitz should have been Chani.

I would watch again then.

 

[Prime Clone]

I can't believe that her love interest was:

A. A white guy

B. A total badass in his own right

Not to mention kinda old. Maybe it was just the desert sun. But Miller doesn't play by the rules (aside from having a female lead).

 

[Wor-Gar]

I can't believe that her love interest was:

A. A white guy

B. A total badass in his own right

Not to mention kinda old.

I fit that criteria!

Furiosa -- love me!!!!

 

[ZaCHw117]

I give this post a score of three angry Chanis and one angry ZaCHw117.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Zoe doing "Chani face" --

 

[Khev]

Not to mention kinda old. Maybe it was just the desert sun. But Miller doesn't play by the rules (aside from having a female lead).

Tom Burke: Age 42
Anya Taylor-Joy: Age 28

George Miller bringing back the male/female age gap of the 80's and 90's.

 

[ZaCHw117]

I haven’t seen Furiosa yet, so I don’t have much of a dog in the fight for comparisons. I’m also a much bigger Dune fan than MM fan. Though, I really liked FR.

Everything I’ve heard about Furiosa has been positive, the CGI and runtime is the only thing holding me back from seeing it in theaters, but I may go this weekend just to see what the fuss is about.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Well, when you were 42, how old were you dating...?

 

[ZaCHw117]

Zoe doing "Chani face" --

I think if she really got to know me she’d fall in love.

 

[Khev]

Well, when you were 42, how old were you dating...?

9 years was the biggest gap for me, never double digits so I'm fine living vicariously through action heroes in that regard, lol.

 

[jye4ever]

9 years was the biggest gap for me, never double digits so I'm fine living vicariously through action heroes in that regard, lol.

My wife is 12 years younger.

I’m tired lol

 

[Khev]

Everything I’ve heard about Furiosa has been positive, the CGI and runtime is the only thing holding me back from seeing it in theaters, but I may go this weekend just to see what the fuss is about.

It's broken up into four chapters Quentin Tarantino-style which makes the run time more digestible. And then if you're able to disconnect this film from the Gibson flicks and let it be more of a sci-fi desert story like Dune or Fallout then the CGI becomes much more acceptable. It still has tons of awesome action and stunts though.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I already separate Fury Road from Road Warrior/Gibson Max trilogy -- so I should be good.

I accept Hardy as Max -- its like Connery and Moore for me.

 

[ZaCHw117]

It's broken up into four chapters Quentin Tarantino-style which makes the run time more digestible. And then if you're able to disconnect this film from the Gibson flicks and let it be more of a sci-fi desert story like Dune or Fallout then the CGI becomes much more acceptable. It still has tons of awesome action and stunts though.

Disconnecting it from the older flicks is easy for me as I’ve never seen them.

(I have played the game though, it’s great)

I do like the “chapters” idea. That’s cool.

 

[Khev]

Disconnecting it from the older flicks is easy for me as I’ve never seen them.

 

[ZaCHw117]

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[Khev]