Mad Max Fury Road - Is This A Feminist Movie?

Short Answer - No

Long Answer - In the first act of the film, Max Rockatansky comes across a group of women in the desert. They are dressed in skimpy clothing and pouring water over themselves. None of them appearing to be wearing bras. The women are heading for 'The Green Place' a place which they eventually discover no longer exists. So the women mope. Fortunately, the strong silent masculine knows exactly what to do and manages to save the women. So this is feminism, how???

Of course, the above is a totally skewed description leaving out several key facts and distorted the story in order to make a political point. Exactly the same tact then that the recent blog from the bizarre 'Return of Kings' site does. Except the author hasn't seen the film but believes

1) That giving women speaking parts is TEH BIG BAD
2) That it's really unfair to put lots of explosions in a trailer because it's going to attract men and their poor little brains may not cope with the ideas in the films

Oh, and the author also believes that a film sequence originally written, directed and largely starring Australians is part of 'American Culture'

And yes, I nearly forgot to add that what really raises the ire of this writer seems to be the fact that someone was consulted about the reality of sex slaves. Because the MacGuffin that drives this particular film is that Charlize Theron's character is rescuing women from a life of sex slavery. At this point my eyes start to glaze over, my mouth starts to dribble and my brain wants to escape and find life in another more sane world. I mean, have we really reached the stage in life when sex slavery being described as a Bad Thing is a form of PC Gone Mad rather than one of the actual bottom lines that society should adhere to? Just to clarify, it's not just me is it? Not just me that thinks the fact that kidnapping women and subjecting them to rape is a bad thing is not in any way controversial but in fact one of the basis of an actual functioning civilisation? Are we going to start describing any Magnficent Seven film where poor farmers are saved from exploitation as Marxism by the back door?

Mad Max Fury Road is the sort of film that cannot be described without turning into a Bill and Ted/Wayne's World knock-off. It's the sort of film that begs to be described as 'totally awesome dude'. But feminist? Really??