Seriously, the robot arm is the most advanced piece of tech in the setting... and you gave it to a woman who, for some reason, you uniquely don't treat like property? I think the audience deserves to know why.
We know Furiosa was taken from the Green Place as a child 19-odd years ago. Did someone say "hey, this one can fight, let's not put her in the rape room?" How did this happen? (Vagina dentata? This is a joke.) Even assuming that it would happen, why then would a society like Joe's replace her lost arm rather than treat that as an excuse to throw her back into the rape rooms?
"Who killed the world?" Hey, it wasn't Immortan Joe who squandered his resources, Biker Crones. In fact, the way they give up water rationing at the end, I'd be surprised if the Citadel lasts a year. (Okay, that's somewhat of a joke.)
When you think about it, "who killed the world," "going to the green place," and "we are not things" are, like all that Valhalla mumbo-jumbo, vapid nonthink slogans.
It's a man (Max) who comes up with a plan beyond "run," and it's a man (Nux) whose heroic sacrifice wins the day for the heroes. Oh, and Nux is the only character who actually has an arc. I'm pretty sure he's the protagonist.
And what is the age difference between Max and Furiosa supposed to be? He was a cop before the apocalypse and she seems to have been born after it. But in real life, there's a two-year age gap between the actors, and Charlize Theron's older. (I would have assumed she was 10-15 years younger, based both on her appearance and my assumption that her character's supposed to be in her mid-20s in order for that "7000 days" line to make sense, but I'm clearly a sexist jerk; see the above screed.)
How come the War Boys are cool with the other tribal leaders mocking their "god"?
Still, awesome stunts.
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