Movie rec - Mad Max - the reimagining
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sarrenJust in case anyone’s somehow missed the uproar over Mad Max: Fury Road, oh hey, go see this awesome feminist film.
I’d seen the trailer and dismissed it as a two hour car chase/fight scene and to be fair, it really, really is. Neither car chases nor shit blowing up are things that particularly appeal to me nowadays.
But the rave reviews about what an awesome feminist film this is and the bitter wailing and gnashing of teeth by MRAs piqued my interest, so off I went. I dragged Dfly along, she likes action films a whole lot more than I do. Afterwards she said plainitively, 'I know you said it was a two hour car chase, but I didn't believe you'. Full disclosure, Dfly thought the film could have done with more world building, and I know afterwards I was full of questions about how that society worked.
BUT. The characters are fantastic, the minimal dialogue just works beautifully and the story is epic. The main character in Mad Max isn’t Max, it’s Imperitor Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron. Max is just a dude with PSTD who accidentally gets caught up with Furiosa's mission.
Here are some links to interesting reviews, they're pretty spoilery, normally I don't like to know anything but I needed a bit of incentive to go see a car chase movie (I fast forwarded through all the car chases in Fast and Furious and never saw the rest of the franchise)
7 Ways Mad Max Fury Road Sublimely Subverts Movie Sexism
Feminist review (super spoilery) Beyond Furiosa: The Unsung Heroines of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road
Featurette on The Wives
Review from an amputee about seeing representation in an awesome main character
I loved, loved, loved there NOT being a Furiosa/Max romance (but happy to read fic, of course). My FAVE scene was Angharad using her body as a shield, my next fave was the shoulder/gun scene and how so much of their interaction was wordless. Loved Max’s little grunts :-). Also loved Furiosa's moments of despair in the desert when it became crystal clear that this was her story more than Max's. Loved Cheero the Fragile stepping up at the end. And Furiosa not having her prosthetic at the big dramatic climax, YES.
I have SO many questions about the world though, I need fic!!! What was the many mothers' story when their green place disappeared and why was it safe for so long. How were they surviving? How were the milk suppliers so plump and soft looking - were they wives that had got too old and are now still pampered? HOW are they plump with such limited resources? HOW are there enough resources to feed all those people??? Do you only get to be a War Boy if you're sick? Is that the criteria? Are all the wives just Joe's? Did his sons get a look in? GUESS I’LL BE BUYING THE COMICS.
AMUSING - Amazon reviews for this edible silver spray (for cake decorating etc)
I’d seen the trailer and dismissed it as a two hour car chase/fight scene and to be fair, it really, really is. Neither car chases nor shit blowing up are things that particularly appeal to me nowadays.
But the rave reviews about what an awesome feminist film this is and the bitter wailing and gnashing of teeth by MRAs piqued my interest, so off I went. I dragged Dfly along, she likes action films a whole lot more than I do. Afterwards she said plainitively, 'I know you said it was a two hour car chase, but I didn't believe you'. Full disclosure, Dfly thought the film could have done with more world building, and I know afterwards I was full of questions about how that society worked.
BUT. The characters are fantastic, the minimal dialogue just works beautifully and the story is epic. The main character in Mad Max isn’t Max, it’s Imperitor Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron. Max is just a dude with PSTD who accidentally gets caught up with Furiosa's mission.
Here are some links to interesting reviews, they're pretty spoilery, normally I don't like to know anything but I needed a bit of incentive to go see a car chase movie (I fast forwarded through all the car chases in Fast and Furious and never saw the rest of the franchise)
7 Ways Mad Max Fury Road Sublimely Subverts Movie Sexism
Feminist review (super spoilery) Beyond Furiosa: The Unsung Heroines of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road
Featurette on The Wives
Review from an amputee about seeing representation in an awesome main character
I loved, loved, loved there NOT being a Furiosa/Max romance (but happy to read fic, of course). My FAVE scene was Angharad using her body as a shield, my next fave was the shoulder/gun scene and how so much of their interaction was wordless. Loved Max’s little grunts :-). Also loved Furiosa's moments of despair in the desert when it became crystal clear that this was her story more than Max's. Loved Cheero the Fragile stepping up at the end. And Furiosa not having her prosthetic at the big dramatic climax, YES.
I have SO many questions about the world though, I need fic!!! What was the many mothers' story when their green place disappeared and why was it safe for so long. How were they surviving? How were the milk suppliers so plump and soft looking - were they wives that had got too old and are now still pampered? HOW are they plump with such limited resources? HOW are there enough resources to feed all those people??? Do you only get to be a War Boy if you're sick? Is that the criteria? Are all the wives just Joe's? Did his sons get a look in? GUESS I’LL BE BUYING THE COMICS.
AMUSING - Amazon reviews for this edible silver spray (for cake decorating etc)
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Date: 2015-06-30 11:44 pm (UTC)