George Miller's venture into a fantasy epic is certainly a unique one. It's often visually arresting in the best of ways, and it had a way of making me fall in love with its characters very quickly with the way it weaves its themes of love and yearning into all of the characters' stories.
Ultimately a film about storytelling itself, Miller's film has a lot on its mind. It uses many sprawling subplots to get at the root reason of why humans feel the need to tell stories. Each of the movie's subplots is so compelling in its own right, but sometimes it feels like some of them take needed attention away from other ones.
Given that this film covers the space of three millennia, it's no wonder that it so often glosses over plot points that seem that they should carry more significance. The story just doesn't take the time to dive deeper into every single one of its multitudinous events.
This became frustrating to me toward the end when a hugely important character makes a hugely important decision and I just didn't think it felt earned because we hadn't spent sufficient time with this woman to connect with this side of her.
As with most ambitious pieces of cinema, this is far from perfect; but it does contain so much thought-provoking, visually arresting material and it does tie everything together mostly coherently. It's extremely admirable and it's definitely worth seeing.
Ultimately a film about storytelling itself, Miller's film has a lot on its mind. It uses many sprawling subplots to get at the root reason of why humans feel the need to tell stories. Each of the movie's subplots is so compelling in its own right, but sometimes it feels like some of them take needed attention away from other ones.
Given that this film covers the space of three millennia, it's no wonder that it so often glosses over plot points that seem that they should carry more significance. The story just doesn't take the time to dive deeper into every single one of its multitudinous events.
This became frustrating to me toward the end when a hugely important character makes a hugely important decision and I just didn't think it felt earned because we hadn't spent sufficient time with this woman to connect with this side of her.
As with most ambitious pieces of cinema, this is far from perfect; but it does contain so much thought-provoking, visually arresting material and it does tie everything together mostly coherently. It's extremely admirable and it's definitely worth seeing.