Mad Max: Fury Road

[tielan]

A tweet passed on to me by a friend:

"At one point there are 12 women on screen, all with speaking roles, none of them talking about a man."
~ here ~

Well, I'm sold. Me and my sippy cup of MRA tears.

(I can't give attribution, because I don't know who said it.) Thanks, kuwdora!

Comments

[jelazakazone]

I am so down for this movie. I have not seen the originals. Do you know if that's necessary?

[tielan]

It's another 'reboot'. By the same director. So no, you don't.

[jelazakazone]

PERFECT! I cannot wait. :D :D

[jenab]

I had no intention of seeing this movie but after a couple of articles of men complaining about it being a feminist action movie I think I'm going to see it.

[tielan]

Yeah, that's me, too. I didn't even give it a second look until I started seeing the articles about the bitching coming from the MRAs.

[rmc28]

I haven't seen the first ones, but am usually up for a but of action movie. The MRAs saying it has better not be successful or there'll never be a sexist action movie again is convincing me I should see it :-)

[alexseanchai]

It's ajaromano: proof.

[alexseanchai]

That said: what is this movie? My Twitter and Dreamwidth are filled with "OMG SO GOOD SO FEMINIST SO GOOD" but I know literally nothing about the franchise except that it's apparently an action movie franchise that now has feminism and women in.

[tielan]

it's apparently an action movie franchise that now has feminism and women in.

So far as I can tell, it's all that, except it's a reboot. By the same director.

(I don't know, I didn't watch the originals - well, only Beyond Thunderdome, and that was only for a) Tina Turner, b) Australia.)

[alexseanchai]

Huh. Okay.

[everbright]

I don't really look like my kind of movie (post-apocalyptic narratives: Phooey!)but I'm so glad that everyone's like!!!! About it.