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While arguably just as good, I don't think it has quite the "never seen this before" factor that Fury Road had which gave it such strong staying power after its initial release and really got people talking about it, this movie needed to come out several years ago to capitalize on Fury Road's popularity.
So basically, it's like what happened with the Sin City sequel; that it was good but should've happened sooner.
The Sin City sequel wasn't good. I still don't hate it but it wasn't anywhere near the level of the first film and felt like an outdated cheap imitation. Reviews and word of mouth were pretty bad too. Furiosa might not have been Fury Road either but it's still a fantastic piece of action film and is still not far off of that quality.
Then why did nobody go see it?The Sin City sequel wasn't good. I still don't hate it but it wasn't anywhere near the level of the first film and felt like an outdated cheap imitation. Reviews and word of mouth were pretty bad too. Furiosa might not have been Fury Road either but it's still a fantastic piece of action film and is still not far off of that quality.
No matter how long it took for it to get made and even taking into consideration all the factors at play, making around half of what the previous entry did is still not justified for me. It feels like a big movie that needs to be seen in cinemas and that people should want to see again and again. And yet even the legs are not that good. I understand all the arguments but it's still way too low, damn it.
Dune is still no Star Wars though. Unlike Godzilla it's a movie that gained that appeal, as the franchise wasn't that popular to the general audience before the Villeneuve films. And even though as blockbusters they're unconventional in many ways, they still managed to attract audience by the masses. Furiosa should have gained some more traction due to it having great reviews and word of mouth and feeling a lot like a movie that needs to be seen in the big screen.
It's not, but being a PG-13 movie with more in-demand cast members gave it an advantage. Plus the time of release helped it out too. I'd also say that as far as the source material, as out there as Dune gets Villeneuve made it more digestible for a wide audience. I can see the world of Furiosa being a little too much for casual viewers. Personally I thought it felt more like a movie to appeal to fans of Fury Road who wanted to see more from that corner of the Mad Max universe than anything, which I have no complaints about but I can also see why a casual viewer might not be as enthusiastic about seeing it in theaters. Realistically, I'm nowhere near as shocked about Furiosa bombing as I was about The Marvels bombing.
Certainly that was a big shocker even just for the fact the previous entry had made 1.16 billion. But reviews were lukewarm at best, word of mouth wasn't good and it felt like textbook run of the mill MCU movie that people don't care for much anymore, so in the world of streaming and cinema struggling it kind of makes more sense to me deep down. I see Furiosa and it's the definition of a film that needs to be watched at cinema, and the fact that it has great reviews and audience scores should have pushed it into making at least more than 200 million. I don't know hat else do people need to go to a movie theater.
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No, but it's where it makes most of its money. At least the goal is to break even so other forms of income are profit. This movie is going to be in the red still, which isn't an optimal result
Movies should have lower budgets, but I cannot agree with the blanket statement that all you need is 10 mil to do it. It depends on the movie and the vision. But these shouldn't cost 300-400 million dollars and such.
You can tell any story with ten million. From mad Max to the Justice league. Even avatar
You CAN, but that doesn't mean you SHOULD. I am not saying we need to spend 300 mil on every movie, but you make Avatar at 10 mil, that isn't making 2 billion. The core appeal in some movies is the immersion factor and the grand epic scope, and the lower the budget, the lower the scope. Movies need to not just reign in the spending, they need to spend responsibly. Meaning don't CG every shot and force VFX artists to make crunch factor last minute changes and everything looks fake, etc. You can manage budgets better than Hollywood is doing, but not every project should be 10 mil and call it a day. You don't get a Dune Part 2 or Fury Road on 10 mil
That’s all you need. Then if it makes 300 million that’s a win. Why a studio would have a budget like that for furiousa is so silly if you’re goal was to make money.
