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‘Furiosa’ fires up Cannes with six-minute standing ovation for Anya Taylor-Joy and teary Chris Hemsworth
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- Ramin Setoodeh,Ellise Shafer
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- May 15 2024
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- 522 words
Just a comment that the '6 minute ovation' in the title is not really an indication of the quality of a Cannes film. Ive read more than one article that says that long ovations are now pretty much standard and expected at most big flicks at Cannes and whether its 4 minutes or 6 or 8 is more an indication of a crowd that desperately hopes for its own self aggrandizement and recognition when their turn comes, than an indication of a superb film.
Having said that, I dont care. I'll go because its got fantastic special effects and I could stare at Anya Taylor-Joy for two hours just because she's intriguingly beautiful.
The deadline article said it was 8 minutes, so someone’s clock is wrong. It’s currently 83 on MC. Which is more than I expected since I thought it’d get the same reception as Three Thousand Years of Longing which I liked more than most.
I saw the first of these movies.
It was interesting as it's own thing about from the Mad Max movies. In my opinion, it was not a Mad Max movie.
Can you share why? I grew up having watched the first two Mad Max movies, and Fury Road seemed to fit right in to me?
I dont see how Fury Road is much different than Road Warrior or Thunderdome. He’s a guy that stumbles into other people’s stories and helps them out. He does the same with Furiosa.
Lacks the vitality of the old Mad Max movies, IMHO
I just gotta disagree there, Fury Road is in a constant state of motion. It’s essentially one continual chase scene.
No point in arguing over subjective tastes. Fury Road just sort of felt flat to me.
I agree, there isn't much point in arguing over subjective tastes, but you did open up your subjective taste to critique and cloud_loud seems to be right, your reasons for thinking less of it seem baseless. Other than there being no Max.
A casual thread on the Internet inviting people to shoot the shit about a movie franchise -- not a PhD defense. :-)
I don't have a horse in this race, but might as well throw my opinion in the ring. I haven't seen any of the originals. Only Fury Road. I had to turn it off about 75% of the way through. Was not a huge fan of the dialogue, but was able to get past it.
It was the pacing that really started to bother me, particularly because of the constant motion you describe, but also it was a very rhythmic plot. This happens. Then this happens. Then this happens.
Couple that with the bad chroma key and I just really had no interest in finishing it. It was pretty obvious which shots were done in studio and which were on location, and that just takes me out of it.
The trailers for Furiosa give me the same vibe. I'm fine with green screen, but at least try to add some immersion. In the trailers it seems like they just slap some gaussian blur on the LED volume and call it good. Its just not for me, and I can't really understand the universal praise whatsoever. I only ever hear good things, but I can't agree.
So, can you elaborate or put it another way, because I felt like I needed a shower and a nap after Fury Road - in the best way - and I’m trying to see what you mean.
In which order? :-)
Agree to disagree. I’ve been actually afraid to go back and rewatch 1-3 because FR was a frigging masterpiece IMO. I’m sure they probably don’t hold up as well as my teen-self remembers.
It’s a pretty unique series with each film barely being connected to the others, but yeah they don’t exactly age well.
I think FR will always be an action classic. The rest have appeal for being different and campy
Hot Damn. I was super skeptical about this movie. Following up a masterpiece like FR is so often disappointing, and for whatever reason the trailer didn’t do it for me.
Hope it’s great.
For me, the trailer didn't do it because it just looked like a ton of green screen and stage lighting. But I'll check it out, regardless, I love Mad Max.