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In article <v2qik1$2e38c$1@dont-email.me>,
 Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

> Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (theatrical) Latest entry in the Mad Max 
> franchise. This is the 5th movie but it is a prequel to the 4th movie 
> and details the back story of Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy). The movie has 
> been getting rave reviews and absolutely lives up to the hype. I need 
> to watch part 4 again, but at this point this is either the best movie 
> in the franchise or the second best after 4. I suspect I'm going to 
> like 4 a bit more, but they definitely still knocked it out of the park 
> with this one. Visually it's pure eye candy and pretty much nonstop 
> action as the movie details how Furiosa came to live in the wasteland 
> and a war between Immortan Joe (the villain the last movie) and Dementus 
> (Chris Hemsworth) a new villain for this movie. Furiosa is caught in 
> the middle but makes the best of it. Plus she's got her own vengeance 
> quest going on too.

What I liked about the Charlize Theron movie is that the stunts and SFX 
were almost all practical and used very little CGI. From the trailers, 
this one looks like it did the opposite, which is disappointing.