What Everyone Missed About Furiosa
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the latest film from George Miller - a man with a surprising philosophical bent for an action-movie extraordinaire. Furiosa, much like Fury Road, is much more than a post-apocalyptic romp; it's a rather stark depiction of the dangerous evolution of modern women, and a valuable reminder of what it truly means to be feminine. Like Fury Road, Furiosa loves women for who they are; not who society makes them to be. And it's only with that love that maybe, just maybe, the dysfunctions can heal.
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I am Kind of surprised that it was a flop. It’s such a good movie and as a creative and aspiring storyteller, it’s a little disheartening to hear
@@Bluemoon-wo4ei Good art will never appeal to everyone. Only to those willing to give it a try. But one earnest viewer of heartfelt art is worth a thousand viewers of garbage slop.
You me and everyone else who saw this count for multiple people I’d say. We gave good art our eyes and ears when many others looked away. That means a lot.
why is merci a feminine trait?
You’re right - it doesn’t have to be. But it does seem more feminine than masculine in my opinion, although that’s just subjective. I have the idea that a woman is more likely to display mercy (maybe?). On the other hand, I don’t think a man is any less masculine for being merciful.
@@oriontrips Thank you for the reply. I like your channel :)
Thanks brother! Always appreciate the commenters like you :)
The ending of Furiosa kind of fell flat for me. Here's how I would have ended it:
Furiosa has has Dementus helpless in the desert, about to die as before, trying to reason with her why he should be spared. However, before she kills him, she looks him in the eye and points in the direction of The Green Place. At first he's confused, but just as his expression changes to show that he's just realizing what she's pointing to, she shoots him in the head, letting his failure be the last thing that courses through his brain.
This ties into the earlier scene where they tried to get her to point in the direction of The Green Place, but she relented. This also reinforces her ultimate mission to return.
If it had been too focused on revenge though, then the whole message would have been deflated. Furiosa is not a woman who finds power in her violent streaks; she is not meant to have a classic satisfying Hollywood vengeance. The last chapter is called "Beyond Vengeance" after all. Furiosa's ending was meant to fall flat, in my opinion, because her lifelong plan for revenge is supposed to be supplanted by her realization that motherhood is her one and only shot at real redemption. Mothers not killers.
yeeah sadly fell for that anti femmenist rhetoric that preceded this movie, it s a shame cos it was bloody good
I know right? It’s incredible how easily people can prejudge art now. I almost didn’t see it myself, but I am so very glad that I did.
I liked your video, but I disagree with your conclusion. People didnt go to see Furiosa, not just men. That said, the past 5 to 10 years of girl boss movies has colored peoples first impressions of movies. Furiosa was a victim of that, basically judging a book by its cover.
That said, the cost to go to the movies is outrageous now. Why would you take a chance on a film that you might think is just another in a long line of propaganda? The simple answer is you dont. If that means some decent movies get missed, so be it. They will be on a streaming service in a few months.
And that kinda is a big issue here with movies in general, not just Furiosa.
@@worndown8280 True. People have been let down pretty consistently in Hollywood, so Furiosa was definitely going to have a hard time getting much traction.
That being said, my realizations with Furiosa have led me to believe that audiences are too on-edge these days. Yes, the film industry has little to no respect for you anymore: but the crimes of some have pushed people towards vigilance against every film to ever come out. The guard is logical, but perhaps it’s time moviegoers let their guards down here and there, let something new into their sphere. Pleasant surprises happen that way, as Furiosa was for me.
Also, not that I disagree with you, but are there any specific examples of girl-boss movies you had in mind? I know it’s been a trend but frankly I always blank when I try to recall an example. Borderlands was the most recent so it sticks out in my brain, but aside from that I draw a blank.
@@oriontrips Salt. To me Salt is the original "girlboss" movie. Its utterly ridiculous. And yes I know they basically repurposed a script written for Tom Cruise, which I think really plays to the points you brought up in your video. Which is why I liked it and why I agree with almost everything you said.
Also all of the last two phases of the MCU. And honestly, I dont think it would be much of an issue, but rather than Hollywood take feed back from the audience, they go on the attack, like Lucasflim has done with the dumpster fire that is the Acolyte, which I know isnt a film, but it suffers from the same disease.
Ultimately though, its the cost. The cost of production and the cost of sitting in a movie seat. That doesnt even talk about a soda and a box of popcorn. Risking seeing a movie in the past might have cost you 5 bucks and two hours. Now its north of $50 for two people for a matinee and two sodas and a popcorn. Thats an intolerable risk to reward ratio. Only certain movies are going to be able to carry that kind of math.
@@worndown8280 It’s RIDICULOUS how pricey it’s become. I’m in a fortunate spot so I don’t bat an eye to buy some tickets for a movie, but my lord has it gotten crazy. You’re right on that front. Probably why remakes are all the rage: no consumers want to risk their money on unfamiliar IP’s anymore - whether that’s good or bad, it makes sense given the economy. But there’s just not much worth seeing anyways.
You mentioned LucasFilm, and I just remembered that Star Wars became an insufferable mess after episode 7. I can’t begin to tell you how obnoxious Rey was to me when they put her in the front seat. Maybe that was when this feminist stuff seriously started to take off.
Did you actually see Furiosa by the way? I don’t think you mentioned it and I’m curious to know if you took that risk at the movies.
@@oriontrips I watched it halfway and then stopped. I wasnt really a fan of Fury Road either, but I know I am in the minority in that opinion. I like Mad Max. He seemed like a side character in his own movie. Which is fine. I have the original 3. But how the movies looked, Fury Road and Furiosa, in my opinion was beautiful.
I think the Rey problem is a problem of push back. I didnt think anything was wrong with the character in 7, per se. But with the following two it seems politics pushed back against the issues that some had with them and it just built up on them. I went and saw 8, but never bothered to see episode 9. It wasnt really Star Wars to me after that.
Thats one of my issues with other channels, I wont name their names, everyone knows who they are. Their complaints are valid but I feel this problem would have died if it had just been ignored, but instead its been given a steady stream of oxygen to grow larger. All press is good press right?
And I dont really think feminist narratives are bad in films, but your point on modern feminism basically thinking that anything feminine is bad and woman must be card board cutouts for men is the larger issue. It puts men off and most women cant relate to it. So those types of movies failed. I mean Barbie was a feminist movie and it succeeded.
@@worndown8280 Feminism in media has definitely become a kind of boogeyman for online commentators. Everything with a woman is “feminist.” It does get tiring and it’s frankly intellectually boring.
I’m glad to hear you agree with my takes on modern feminism though, and I would really recommend giving Furiosa another go. I think it and Fury Road do women a great service in the long run, and I pain for more filmmaking with that bent. Something which celebrates the unique value of women which has been all but forgotten.