“Mad Max Fury Road” didn’t do so hot because it went feminist. I liked the first movies, especially Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome. Here’s where “Mad Max” failed.
* Heroine who is as tough if not tougher than Max, has more screen time, and WAY more personality; Max’s only distinguishing trait aside from the sheer action is clear mental illness. It reminds me of the modern sitcoms where if Dad isn’t missing, he’s lovable but clueless or inept.
* Max has an idea to save the girls, but their true saviors are the old feminists who come in during the second act and mostly die saving the young breeders.
* The ending is ultra-modern, egalitarian and, while it gives hope for civilization, not quite a fit IMO with the rest of the movies.
* Heavy handed stereotypical characterizations like the fat evil accountant down to swollen feet, a blinded justice who kills randomly to try to get back property as is right with the patriarchal overlord, all the women are sex toys or barefoot and pregnant except for Imperator Furiosa.
* Lots of homage to comic book movies like “The Watchmen” with scenes shaped to look like cool 3D moments lifted from comic books that did little to improve the actual story.
Max was always a nothing character who barely had any lines.