When Schwack cinema in Hulhumale opened online bookings for tickets to “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”, a relative managed to get us two tickets for the Friday Maldives premier show just before bookings sold out within minutes.
And when I say that I went to that cinema’s hall in Maldives’ capital Male’s suburb, to watch “Furiosa” twice within a week, that’s obviously saying something.
But let’s not get confused into thinking that I am judging that the prequel “Furiosa” to be better than its decade-ago released sequel “Fury Road”. The latter is that one of a kind film which has no predecessor and therefore, a novelty that could be enjoyed several times. And “Fury Road” been an action movie to grab the best film award at San Sebastian film festival speaks volumes about its greatness.
Some critics say that “Furiosa” is unlike any movie delivered by director George Miller even when there are those who claim that this prequel could not outdo the sequel which came first.
As for me, I have lost count of watching “Fury Road” but if there is one thing I can say about these two movies, I have to say that one cannot survive without the other: “Furiosa” is the buildup to “Fury Road” even if the egg came before the chicken.
For me, the mesmerizing factor is the awesome cinematic experience that is “Furiosa”. No amount of JBL earbuds or THX headphones can beat Schwack’s 7.1 Dolby Surround sound system when it comes to experiencing an action movie such as “Furiosa”.
Oh how much I envy all my Maldivian and foreign friends who managed to watch it at IMAX cinemas. I can never forget my own IMAX experience in Sydney, Australia, way back in 2001. I managed to watch in 3D James Cameron’s documentary about the sunken Titanic titled “Ghosts of the Abyss” and the 3D animated feature “The Polar Express” voice overed by Tom Hanks. I regret not watching “Nascar” there in 3D. Imagine a screen that is as tall as a 10-storey building and I had to take an elevator to get to the floor where my seating row was located.
Anyway, in conclusion, I have to say that “Furiosa” and “Fury Road” cannot survive apart: one completes the other. And whatever reviews critics write, “Furiosa” is one hell of a movie that demands to be seen on a big wide screen with surround sound effects. It’s one of those ultimate cinematic experiences that does deliver. And the violence? Both movies are clever in implied violence rather than there been explicit expressions of it but then again what is not shown makes our imagination go wild but I can assure you that there will be no lingering bad aftertastes even at the madness of Chris Hemsworth’s Dementus character unleashing unspeakable violence against everything that is sacred to Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa character.
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