Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
A completely unnecessary retreat over well worn desert roads of Fury Road, but still provides crazy visuals that make pretty much all Marvel crap looks like toddler-level drawings, when compared to this J.M.W. Turner painting.
There’s a lot more plot and unnecessary story arcs, there are more than just a bunch of chase sequences now. But the non-action sequences still dominate, it doesn’t feel like a slog even though it’s very very long.
The villain is also a lot more talkative than ever, even though he is still some low-level raider with delusions of sedentarism. He’s just a boastful idiot, Immortan Joe has much more gravitas and strategic thought. He’s played by Thor just like that Kenneth Branagh film, like a Shakespeare play, milking the giant cow and all. He also has some gigantic crooked nose, is that a jab at Bradley Cooper? It would be hilarious if it is.
Anya Taylor-Joy is fine at Charlize Theron cosplay, they just have to look badass and barely talk. If I had a time machine, Marcel Marceau should play Mad Max, it’s absolutely a non-vocal role. Mostly on the eyes.
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