Set in a not-so-far post-apocalyptic future in which gasoline is as precious as gold and water is among diamonds, Furiosa - driver of the massive gasoline rig for a tyrannical ruler Immortal Joe - takes the risk of smuggling the ruler's five wives to the so-called Green Place. They attract the attention of Immortal Joe, who sends a massive party of war boys after them, across Fury Road, in their homemade war vehicles. Along the way, Furiosa befriends sickly war-boy Nux, and his so called "blood bag": apocalypse-scarred Max.
This movie is magnificent. From the first scene to the last, there is plenty of spectacular action, vehicular and human. Taking into consideration that 75% of it is action, a thrilling story line is also thoroughly maintained. Each of the characters are extremely original to the full definition of the word, and makes The Avengers seem like colourful pansies. Max (Tom Hardy), shows great remorse and emotion even through his limited dialog, and Furiosa (Charlize Theron) depicts one that is eternally hurt and sand-hardened better than anyone possibly could. The vehicles themselves in this movie are magnificent: rusting car remains attached to bigger cars, equipped with scrap metal spikes and accessories, and each with a unique steering wheel. Barreling through a eternally dry, orange dessert, director George Miller has created a masterpiece.
Frozen
Elsa (Idina Menzel), a previously-concealed princess (of course, it's Disney) and secret Ice Queen, runs away from the constrains of society to hides away her unique powers, causing an eternal winter upon Arendelle. Her naive sister Anna (Kristen Bell) and extreme mountaineer Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and reindeer sidekick go on an adventure through the frozen mountains to find Elsa and break her icy spell, later befriending a comical snowman (Idina Menzel). Along the way, Kristoff formulates feelings for Anna, but in the end, it's a warm hug from her sister and not a true love's kiss that saves Anna and Arendelle.
Disney has done it again. This movie sounds all jolly and happy and in the end everyone is saved and the beloved family is reunited. Yaaaaaay. But for someone who isn't Disney tolerant like me, it's was too joyful and lighthearted for the situation. Even though the songs are catchy (actually too catchy to the point of extremely irritating) and the animation is visually appealing and comedy (though very immature) is present, this movie didn't do it for me, and many of my peers. And the ending was far from substantial. As cliche as it is, a Disney movie isn't complete without the guy getting the girl and saving the day, whereas the guy didn't get the girl and the ignorant sister saved the day instead. On the other side, the animation was very visually appealing, but like most Disney movies, all of the characters are too unrealistically flawless to the point of it being mildly annoying. I acknowledge that some people truly adored this movie, but I wasn't sold by it.
Frozen
Elsa (Idina Menzel), a previously-concealed princess (of course, it's Disney) and secret Ice Queen, runs away from the constrains of society to hides away her unique powers, causing an eternal winter upon Arendelle. Her naive sister Anna (Kristen Bell) and extreme mountaineer Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and reindeer sidekick go on an adventure through the frozen mountains to find Elsa and break her icy spell, later befriending a comical snowman (Idina Menzel). Along the way, Kristoff formulates feelings for Anna, but in the end, it's a warm hug from her sister and not a true love's kiss that saves Anna and Arendelle.
Disney has done it again. This movie sounds all jolly and happy and in the end everyone is saved and the beloved family is reunited. Yaaaaaay. But for someone who isn't Disney tolerant like me, it's was too joyful and lighthearted for the situation. Even though the songs are catchy (actually too catchy to the point of extremely irritating) and the animation is visually appealing and comedy (though very immature) is present, this movie didn't do it for me, and many of my peers. And the ending was far from substantial. As cliche as it is, a Disney movie isn't complete without the guy getting the girl and saving the day, whereas the guy didn't get the girl and the ignorant sister saved the day instead. On the other side, the animation was very visually appealing, but like most Disney movies, all of the characters are too unrealistically flawless to the point of it being mildly annoying. I acknowledge that some people truly adored this movie, but I wasn't sold by it.
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