I’m curious, just found the blog courtesy of a Labyrinth pic (Good job btw), and was curious-what’re the reasons you enjoyed Mad Max? Just isn’t my thing, so I’m curious to hear from someone.
Ok where do I start…well first, I was completely taken by surprised at how much I enjoyed this movie. I don’t go to the movies often and I rarely see theatre movies twice but I left the first time pumped up and starry-eyed.
Apart from being an extremely visually-appealing adrenaline rush with an amazing soundtrack and stunts:
Appreciation and utilisation of weapons and supplies, rather than taking them for granted.
The movie requires you to think about the logic of the world; rather than spoon-feed you explanation for why things are as they are, it gives you just enough to get the gist of it and then leaves you to come up with theories.
The most moving scene in the movie was an act of compassion and healing, not one of violence.
“Strength” wasn’t measured by how masculine a character was. Furiosa wasn’t gruff and emotionless and didn’t use any gender slurs against the Sisters (I don’t like calling them Wives) or try to distance herself from femininity.
5 of the main characters were escaped sex slaves and there wasn’t a single rapey flashback to “prove” how shitty their lives had been. They weren’t defined by their past experiences. (this is why I hate the comics with all my heart, it goes against all of this).
The women’s pain wasn’t used to fuel a male character’s pain/story arc. They were all unique and utilised what skills or resources they have, despite some of them being unused to surviving in such a world.
No forced hetero relationships in your face (I argue that Capable and Nux share a platonic bond but not a romantic one, because she’s the first person to treat him with softness and care and forgiveness like that, and he’s the first guy apart from Max to treat her as a person and not as an object. That mutual respect is really important especially in a world with such a strong gender divide).
Death mattered and it could happen to anybody. Everyone was equally mortal but therefore treated equally. Women weren’t kept alive just to show ‘look we have a girl in the cast’ or as a rare/precious commodity, nor were they killed for the sake of it. As for the violence in general, yeah there was fighting but very little blood shown onscreen (for which I was grateful). And those who did die? It was sad but what they did mattered, and they didn’t die in vain.
It was really visually appealing and there was always SO MUCH to look at, and so little time to do it because it was so fast paced. Which made me appreciate what I got to see.
Max isn’t rewarded for his help, and he leaves without expecting one.
Also, Furiosa *swoons*
Even like this I don’t feel like I can do this movie justice in words.
