Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 4K UHD (2024)

[mpls1981]

Originally Posted by mad_max2000

Can't remember what the onscreen title was yesterday but I definitely liked the movie.

I will say I was disappointed to find out

[Show spoiler]that Furiosa lost her arm because of Dementus. I always assumed, as I'm sure most people did, that she lost it because of Immortan Joe (either because of his direct actions or during a supply run). It made Furiosa fit in with the rest of the group escaping in the war rig that she has literally given a piece of herself to Joe; Max's blood is taken from him, the wives egg-cells/children are taken from them, and Nux & Furiosa give their muscle (literally in Furiosa's case if you assumed as I have that she lost her arm in a battle fought in Joe's name).

My overall complaint is that Fury Road leaves you with the impression that Joe is the author of all of Furiosa's pain, but the movie Furiosa tells it that Joe is more or less not a major factor in her life. Granted Joe is still a maniac who has created a god-like culture around himself and hordes women captive so that he can rape them so as to produce a healthy heir. But his direct transgressions against Furiosa are much less benign than what is implied in Fury Road.

Aside from that one part that sort of dulls the storytelling of Fury Road for me, I really liked Furiosa!

The part that didn't make any sense to me was

[Show spoiler]how she was even allowed to stay 'free' once she grew her hair out again. At first she hid as a boy to avoid being caught but then stopped hiding and was seen by them all as a beautiful woman and should have been re-taken as a wife or milk mother but they all just ignored it and accepted her for her new role.