Mad Max 2015

[lauand]

Let's face it, I went to the cinema to watch Mad Max: Fury Road for three reasons:

a) I had free tickets.
b) I'm obsessed with Tom Hardy.
c) There was this strange uproar about it being a feminist movie and I was intrigued.

I'll hide my opinion under the cut because I guess it's the polite thing to do when you write things of a certain length.

Comments

[lauand]

I'm actually very hopeful about the future. I think women in movies and TV series are getting more and more importance and more and more power. But it's still not completely normal to put women as the main characters in action flicks because it's supposed to be made for men and we all like it when we can identify with the badass lead and that's easier for most people if they have the same gender as them. It happens, and it's not new, but neither is it the norm. However, I'm pretty sure that this is changing. Because the market is realizing that women actually like comic books and action movies when they are included in them as important, realistic figures. So, unless something big happens that takes down society as we know it, I'm very positive about this.

Oh, yes, definitely. Also, this is not new as a resource either, to have the main character as a vehicle of the POV but let the story be about someone else, especially if the author feels that the character's story has already been written and wants to explore the universe a little bit further.

Nooooo, not yet!!! But I want to!!!! ♥♥♥

I have seen Locke, though. Very strange film. I didn't know what to feel after it finished. Because he's an extraordinary man who makes a mistake and he loses everything because of that, and it's horrifying for me, but you don't get the impression that it's such a tragedy, there's like a positive feeling at the end and my brain just can't compute. I loved how the phone conversations shaped perfectly his character and his relationships, though. Much better than other films that actually show the scenes.

Ha, ha, o fangirling, how I've missed you!