I cannot say one way or the other because I still haven’t seen the movie. I saw the first two way back when, and I thought that they were more than “action” movies, IMHO. The director called in Leftie/Feminist Eve Ensler (all-things vagina expert) to consult on the movie. (btw, I thought ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ was just a war story)
“The director called in Leftie/Feminist Eve Ensler (all-things vagina expert) to consult on the movie.”
I heard that too, and it was troubling, but after the tsunami of five star reviews from the public after the first day of release, I went to see it anyway.
Yes, there are a few “girl power” moments in the movie, but it wasn’t over-the-top and I didn’t find it really detracted from anything. I heard some girl in the audience clapping when the lead female got to “one up” Max in one scene, and you know what? Good for her. Us boys always had guys like Max as role models, so I can’t begrudge a girl being happy to have a role model like that for herself.
They were action movies. Especially Road Warrior which had less dialog than an average half hour sitcom. Basically 4 admits that the best 20 minutes in Mad Max history was the semi chase at the end of 2 so heck let’s do that for 2 hours. From all appearances what he really brought in Eve for was to have the women talk like women not like guys with boobs as usually happens in action movies with non-damsel female characters.