citizens of the reack nation we are in Dark Shadows today cuz it was either that or a crap
ton of noise and we chose to go with slightly better audio for the purposes of this John I
think we just saw Cinema we just saw Cinema what was the title of C cinema this was Cinemax Cinema
Road no this was furiosa a madmax saga and we saw that IMAX M IMAX cuz we love IMAX ladies
and gentlemen I'm just going to tell you a front I love this movie so much I have not talk about
this movie with John for one second I loved it and for reasons that you are probably not
expecting to hear reason why is because when you see the trailer for this you're like okay I get
it Origins and more of the [ __ ] I love it is so much more than that it is so vastly different but
still a perfect companion piece to Mad Max Fury Road I thought this was an excellent film and
I cannot wait to share with you the specifics as to why I loved it so much again probably not what
you're expecting of why but John what' you think I mean I'm still putting my brain back together
TBH I mean it's always a journey when you get to enter the madmax world it's a symphony obviously
of violence and insane quirky characters and whatnot but what I loved about this was that
while certainly had all the ear marks it was a little bit different than I was expecting in a
lot of fun and interesting and uh and juicy ways so I'm excited to get into it with Mad Max Fury
Road that is a very tight film where it is one of the big takeaways the like the biggest character
out of Mad Max Fury Road is not the actual you know characters themselves it's kind of the set
pieces it's kind of the action the infinite Chase that's what everyone talks about with that film is
the Practical effects and the stunts and you get all that here but when those scenes are there in
this one it hits so different on a kind of Darker emotional core level because this one is it feels
like a novel I I feel like a great way to see this movie is through the perspective of how
George Miller said he uh crafted this one if you guys ever see interviews that I once in a while
do with an actor I tend to ask the question of like is there any history with this character that
perhaps we did not see explored in the movie but stuff that you crafted and generated like I love
asking that question I think it's actor's question come to find out George Miller wrote this movie
before Mad Max Fury Road because he wanted to have all the answers to furiosa that he actually
crafted the entire script gave that to Charlie Theon so that way she had the whole history and
that's what we're seeing on screen like for the long time like Anya Taylor Joy pitched front and
center as furiosa I don't know how long it is it's a very long time before you actually
get to furio to to Anya Taylor Joy is furiosa because he is immersing you into the Wasteland
you see things of like bullet Farm talked about in Fury Road um the gas town where furiosa grew
up place you know you hear the story about how she was kidnapped and that's that's what this story is
so focused on is the psychological development of this kidnapped child and then watching as she is
thrusted into servitude and then you get all this exceptional World building it feels more menacing
more Dreadful more unsettling more horrific like I wasn't really there going oh wow this is so
fun and exciting because while there is exciting action scenes it's kind of crazy to be watching a
prequel to something where you know the fate of the character yet you actually don't know where
this movie's going for so much of it CU there's this level of certainty but there's also so much
of this level of uncertainty as you're watching it so it's full of surprises and ways that are so
much rich in narrative and drama that part of me is going I wonder if people will actually accept
this film because it's not this you know Nonstop Action Fiasco the way how the other one was like
this spans a lot it feels like a novel this one yeah absolutely and I mean it does you know
involve a sort of chapter device whereas Fury Road is off described as one long chase scene
broken up by a few dialogue scenes in between this definitely punctuates the action in a different
manner cuz there are those big set pieces there are those gorgeous you know stunning stunts and
things like that but Fury Road definitely feels like it is digging into lensing that with like all
of the up close perspective possible whereas here you are sort of in a slightly different Beast that
is a bit zanier in ways and is a bit more dialed into the maniacal personalities Waring with each
other throughout this landscape and so certainly that does involve violence and action and driving
and stunts but yeah this was way more Twisted in like a personal way that's sort of what makes the
Mad Max universe so special and engrossing to me is that even though like you said you know where
furiosa is bound to end up because we've seen Fury Road there's something about this place this
world and even akin to the prior Mad Max movies it's like wheresoever you stride probably some
crazy demented situation is taking place and it's probably going to pull you into its gravity and
you're probably going to have to deal with that and so much of furiosa's Journey feels like this
spontaneous Twisted thing the way it sells both the emotionality of that and the physicality of
that I thought was really gripping and again in a totally different way in a way that breathes a bit
more in a way that is propulsive in a different sense Fury Road's always kind of chugging forward
whereas this is uh uh kind of giving you a greater array of the weird political landscape of the
Wasteland and and yeah expounding on characters that we meet in Fury Road and I feel like it's
Unique to the Mad Max films in that way as well because so many of them are episodic whereas
this is a direct kind of expansion on a story line within that world yeah some of my favorite
scenes in this movie like there's this fantastic scene with Chris Hemsworth and morn Joe that is
not action at all but man is it gripping like there's a lot of scenes in here what you often
don't hear that about Fury row you mainly just hear about the action being gripping and like but
of course complimentary towards the characters but mainly it's the action set pieces there's so many
scenes in here where it's just performance-based primarily while still giving you like really
cool visuals in there the way I liking it is like Fury Road is capturing the energy of the paranoia
frenzy that Max is going through in that movie but with furiosa being the main character here
it's kind of like the descent into more despairing consequences and situations as the film is going
so that's why the action hits differently on a on a different emotional level where I found myself
worried for other characters that they introduced here oh yeah but we got to talk about like Chris
Hemsworth man uh this guy's either good at playing bumbling buff guys or uh sadistic Psychopaths
he can fluctuate between the two so well and I loved his portrayal here uh his his scene workor
and just how much fun he's having it is madcap he fancies himself to be more sophisticated than he
actually is uh but it's really powerful and scary and fun and a wonderful addition uh to I thought
I thought it was wonderful I thought it was absolutely wonderful yeah yeah and it's gratifying
especially having heard him talk recently about his experiences with the different Thor movies
and stuff like that and his career at large I was very Overjoyed for him because you know there are
a lot of movies that he is great in as a character performer I was thinking of like bad times at the
L Royale and another psychopath another psychopath and here again like Mad Max is populated through
every movie with bigger than Life characters but I love that this gave him a chance to yes
embody all the physicality we know him for but to completely make a role his own and to leave
an impression based off of his you know acting chops and Beyond just the intensity but the humor
like there's a lot of like unexpected humor that happens throughout this movie Just because it is
a ridiculous world that we're in and it is you know sadistic but also like everyone's kind of
normalized to that and so that creates different mundanities and things and I thought the way that
he embodied again this guy who fancies himself one thing and is clearly another thing but not
in a cartoony way or in a way that's you know too broad I thought was really nicely pitched
and again it seemed like he had free reain to make this character his own but it fully fits
within the world and it makes great contrast to like an Orton Joe or somebody who you do get the
sense like can back up what they're talking you know yeah won't spoil too much because there are
other characters from Fury Road with this being a prequel and exploring more of the Citadel and
characters that were in Fury Road you get to hang out with them a little bit more and a couple of
new ones as well and they it even expands upon the Citadel to get you a deeper understanding of
the intricacies of how the Citadel works I'll say though like when it comes to the action I I don't
want to sound like I'm sliding it like there are set pieces in here that are just beautiful and I
feel like what he really captured George Miller that was beyond just great Exquisite you know
um touchstones that we kind of come to expect with here is it using it with dramatic tension
like there's this early on in the movie there's this bike Chase sequence that's maybe not that's
like not super fancy it's more like a hunt bike chase scene oh yeah and I was so gripped in it I
was like oh my God I'm going to love this movie because it's not it's not even like crazily done
but it's so grippy it's the spontaneity of the action because yeah this one doesn't have quite
as many of those like oh my God screenshot that put it on a wall as big as you can like there are
slightly less of those super picturesque beats but the intensity and the spontaneity like one
action leads to another action and everyone's kind of figuring it out on the Fly that stuff generates
the intensity and that stuff is absolutely here yeah it's beautiful yeah and there are scenes
and moments where you find yourself like you know in Blockbuster brain mode predicting what might
happen and it never quite goes that way and it always feels a little bit more real and so while
this is a vibi and a more tonal movie in terms of character exploration more character driven yeah
this still has that action punch and there is always a sense that we're going to need to move
and we're going to need to strike throughout I I guess the the movie I would compare it the most to
is if you've seen the raid and The Raid 2 because like the raid is like a tight action movie that
takes place in this one little time frame and is like this expansive character driven dark unsettle
drama you're looking across land but they still got the action you totally and the action hits
different because of what's surrounding it it's less cheering like you want to applaud because
of craftsmanship but not cheer in the same way you would in the in the prior movie you know Ana
Taylor Joy like while you I I appreciate that the movie really takes his time before you actually
get to Ana Taylor joy and I did understand the choice as experiencing the movie with why you
would cast someone who looks significantly younger for furiosa because to demonstrate the Journey of
her as as youth because this movie literally starts off where she's like a little girl
and it takes it spends a lot of time like I don't know who that actress is that played really young
furiosa yeah movie spends a lot of time with her the first M Fury not the first one but Fury Road
is like three days or something and then this is yeah way more swats of time yeah and I think Anya
Taylor Joy I think she does have great presence her voice I feel like she was channeling Charlie
Saron totally her specific accent that like soft but seething delivery that very calculated
delivery yeah and I feel like in in Fury Road you get a little bit more of like you you actually can
see the tethering like the a lot of actors they they'll call it like prior moments the history
that led to this moment and you you see how this is all the the history and lineage that led to
when you see Charlie th without being gimmicky about it like oh you're alone you're Han Solo you
know it doesn't do that kind of thing yeah like you get a more sympathetic softer side for reasons
explored in this movie that uh I thought was really strong and I really liked Anya Taylor Joyce
performance a lot there is some linkage parts that this movie does that you would expect in leading
into Fury Road that kind of did make me go well if you're going to go that far I mean why didn't
you get sh there was that part but I'm not going to was emotionally invested in furiosa I didn't
expect to be concerned for a character that I was like well I know where're and like even some of
the beats that you expect you know like you know about her arm eventually she's going to lose that
because you've seen Fury Road and the way they they go into it I'm like oh what a surprise like
I I could say that I'd be like you might not even see when it comes you know cuz I didn't yeah yeah
yeah that's that's a great example of something where they take an origin moment but they really
earn the moment moment that explains how that came to be and it's striking it's something you're not
going to forget you know and the editing is is amazing as always again because of the kind of
different movie it is it's paced differently you explore a lot more in this film Tom hulkenberg
scorer I would say in the last movie is a little bit more resemblant of you know the kind of like
the heavy metal a little more cool whereas this one it's a bit more textural zimmery you know
percolating dread as John would say there's a lot more that like drum of like something bad's going
to happen this movie red tone CU this movie is like not slow it's slower compared to the last
movie it's just less non-stop action so it feels like it's moving more gradually but there's always
something and they're always taking time between whatever expository thing or whatever action thing
to also just have these weird little poetic moments that completely complement the world
and the tone of the story yeah it's icky mob um a nerving beautifully shot I loved it it might be
it's like a tossup between this and doom part two I feel like it's this one for me I want to see it
again I saw a dune two three times so it's easy for me to say that but I want to see it again
and I want to see this again absolutely because I think this is like the first Mad Max this is
a movie I think that or the Fury Road this is a movie that will I would say this feels a little
more akin to kind of the earlier madmax movies in tone sure yeah yeah and and in fitting with
both of the implications of that the harshness the grittiness but also some of the quirkiness
much time talking about F was like oh yeah this feels more like the the actual original
Mad Max and now that we've had a couple people play Max like it seems actually less hard to
adjust to that a couple people have played furiosa now even though we aren't as removed
three people now in time but yeah it's like as compared to the previous movie like yeah
there there's the initial impact because of all the action I think is a little bit more
defined but that makes me more excited to go back and watch this again to see what themes
and other things come up in the rewatching um but yeah guys uh I I thought this was
this might be my favorite movie of the year um I can't wait to watch it everyone stay through
the credits patiently out of respect you rarely see that because it's like this is film this is
Cinema and it's doing it's giving you a bunch of fun exploitable elements while also being
thoughtful and lyrical and and you know about more than just that please I encourage you to
go watch this in the theaters watch I'm actually a beautiful picture and that's
it is uh definitely uh probably the most Prime way you can watch this film uh yeah like a 10
out of a 10 for me I was say 10 out of 100 for a compliment and then I was like wait that is insult
and that is downgrading the experience no this is like 10 out of five this is this is seriously
an amazing film and I I cannot wait to go watch it again I really can likewise Witness [Music]