'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' (2024) directed by George Miller
It appears I am not a fan of prequels. This one is kind of a heartbreaker. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' was a reinvigorating foundational movie for the series and the Wasteland Warrior genre. The crazy vehicular stunts and sets and the world it returned us to after decades since the last adventure with Mel Gibson's Mad Max films from the 80s all came together and created a framework for a feminist morality play of sorts, which basically worked for me in that movie. And I understand the appeal of the Mad Max world and the impulse to flesh out Characters and the background of the world of that movie. And the Mad Max vehicles, who doesn't want more of that? They are very evocative elements, I get that. But just like star wars when fleshing out the backgrounds and spending time with the evocative background characters that were just there to dress up the story, and hint at the world it turns out if there is not as inspired or compelling a story the second time around its just bori