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 Thursday
June 13, 2024
spacer I regretted missing Fury Road on the big screen, so I screamed "witness me!" and swore a blood oath to see the prequel Furiosa in a theater because bigger and louder is better when it's all vroom and boom. And it was! Sweeping immersive desert vistas and seat-shaking rumble of motors and explosions made for an epic spectacle both seen and felt. So why were there only five other people in the audience? I dunno, maybe the much bemoaned "death of movie theaters" has something to do with the 30 minutes of ads and trailers that pushed the listed start time of 8:20 pm to 8:50, with about half the ads having nothing to do with cinema, just straight up commercials for cars, soda pop, and insurance. Why should anyone pay to be subjected to this bombardment of demented consumerist claptrap? Theaters are in a death spiral where shrinking revenue from ticket sales and concessions is compensated by ad placements which diminish the experience and further alienate moviegoers, who increasingly opt to become moviestayers at home. You hate to see it. As for the film itself...