It was a fun twist to the typical hard core action movie.

I recced and then unrecced by mistake.

So what this is saying, I should but this movie whe it comes out on DVD. Make my sons and spouse watch it as many times as I have had to endure the movies they buy.

and i am not into violence, fighting and long chase scenes.

but the press is making me want to go.

women running around.

now. qualifiers.

i havent seen it.

he knew nothing about the feminist perspective.

he just got back in town and hit the drive thru, with no idea what he and a 'friend' would watch

he started with ... a stupid movie of too long chase scenes and fights and horrible dialogue.

(he didnt know it was the blockbuster and that he was supposed to be awed)

my concern when i started hearing it advertised to peak interest with feminism/mra battle was that it just might not be.

when i asked son about the feminist perspective, he snorted.

i have to wonder if it is another tattoo girl (men who hate women) that proclaimed to be feminist and was no more than a middle age mans wet dream

so.... anyone that has seen it with a keen eye to feminism, please let me know.

But interested to hear some perspective as well.

and to many women fall for it.

We enjoyed it a lot. I guess it depends how one looks at it whether you think it's feminist or not. I saw it as being female-centric and the feminist theme of agency over one's self/control of one's life is woven in between the chases and fight scenes, so maybe one not looking or paying attention would miss it.

Things I liked: the mutual respect between Max and Furiosa; the wives fight right alongside Furiosa, so they are taking part in their escape; the women are portrayed realistically, whether they're the young sex slaves/wives/brood stock, older and battle-hardened warrior, older still motorcycle riding white-haired and wrinkled Mothers--their ages and roles mesh with the film's message and each woman wanting control of her own life; everyone has something at stake. There are long chase scenes, sure, and violence, and iffy dialogue. It's a Mad Max movie.

like you I thought the women were portrayed realistically - they did what they had to do.

I too enjoyed the interplay between Max and Furiosa; he didn't act like a macho schmuck disregarding her obvious strengths, and she accepted his strength without relinquishing her own.

It was well directed I thought, with just the right amount of character intensity - for a Mad Max movie.

Agreed. Very good directing. And the actors handled their roles quite well. I might go see it again.

Is that finally disabled women and fat women see themselves on screen doing heroic things. Furiosa is disabled, yet from what I understand, she is the toughest fighter in the movie. She isn't heroic for overcoming her disability , which is the most common "hero" disabled people get to be on-screen, she is equal to the others. The fat women apparently has a pivotal job in the rescue. This is not something we see everyday, so even if there are young and pretty girls dressed in what the villain forces them to wear, it doesn't mean that the movie is not feminist.

gratification. It just doesn't play that way. The entire theme is that they refuse to be objects.

As far as the chase scenes, that's what Mad Max movies are.

I'm very excited about it. My understanding is that it's not about sexualizing women--the whole premise is they are sold into sexual slavery, a common dystopian theme, and fight their way out.

Another set of movies I love, the "Resident Evil" series features a woman badass who has a costume designed to be sexy, not as bad as it could be but still impractical, as well as other women through the series, while "strong characters", often are dressed more for display.

Sometimes the lack of musculature in these movies drives me nuts, like Angela Jolie in "Tomb Raider".

Charlize Theron is majorly bad-ass.