Trentonater said:
Mad Max Fury Road was pretty explicitly feminist in the end. It was feminist in the most superficial way imaginable but it was acknowledged by George Miller. It being so superficial is why the pre-release backlash was so overblown. |
No he didn't. His response to it was it was never intended to be feminist, and the themes were never-overt. What happened was it was "all story-driven, and the rest followed" as he put it.
Considering the article he mentions it in is literally titled "Mad Max Director George Miller : The Audience Tells You 'What Your Film Is'" I think it's fair to say he is a director who plays along with what the audience feels. In general interpretations, especially ones seen as progressive, are rarely shot down by directors because they paint a positivie light. So wha he's saying is pretty telling. There are some articles though that make it sound way more intentional on George Miller's part than it ever was, because they want to sell a narrative. Having a "strong female characer" was always a necessity to the plot.
I get why we're discussing feminism, since it's connected in ways to what James Cameron did, but again what I want to get out of this discussion in my posts are not if a movie is feminist or not, merely the claims made in the OP. I feel bad that my original post has turned into politics 101.
