Mad Max enrages Men's Rights Activists who claim they are being duped into watching 'feminist
But Clarey (who hasn't actually seen the film yet) describes being mortified when discovering from critics, who hailed Theron’s performance and the well-rounded nature of her role in the film, that Fury Road was not your average action movie.
“Charlize Theron kept showing up a lot in the trailers, while Tom Hardy (Mad Max) seemed to have cameo appearances. Theron sure talked a lot during the trailers while I don’t think I’ve heard one line from Hardy. And finally, Theron’s character barked orders to Mad Max. Nobody barks orders to Mad Max,” an obviously distressed Clarey wrote.
He claims that he and other men are being “duped by explosions, fire tornadoes and desert raiders into seeing what is guaranteed to be nothing more than feminist propaganda, while at the same time being insulted and tricked into viewing a piece of American culture ruined and rewritten right in front of their very eyes.”
Upside: now my wife wants us to go see Mad Max.
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Are there really men that insecure?
all of your rights need defending. 
Better get down to those barricades!
In their view, any advance in women's rights is taken from men. 
Everyone on Earth who rudely insists on not being male is rudely insisting on being treated with simple human dignity.
THIS IS AN UNPROVOKED ASSAULT ON YOUR FREEDOMS!!!
We wimmin are out to emasculate you.
and take pics of your toe cheese and people will throw money at you!
This type of activity accounts for probably more than half of the energy
expended on the internets.
I needed a good laugh and this is hilarious!
Nice DU flashback, lol! 
We have a winner. 
You can run, but you can't hide!
Just walk away, Renee... 
Poor baby!
Granted... that's not a tall order in the Mad Max franchise, and she chewed the scenery like a pit bull with a cardboard deficiency.
But if you're watching Mad Max for the acting, you're doing it wrong.
And I had the weirdest crush on Savannah Nix, too. Like... literally, it was weird, and I have no idea why.
like someone shaved a Teddy Ruxpin doll, innit?
(*[font size="1"]and I'm in charge![/font])
is their masculinity threatened by a movie really? taking out my violin....
MRA Manchildren are Duppers from now on in my book!
What a bunch of freaking tools.
No one is talking about the rampant violence against women in the film, because they made it well known they hired a feminist consultant (when in reality they hired her, because she had worked with sex slaves in Africa and wanted those actors to portray their part well). They intentionally antagonized a group that was going to see the movie anyways, while giving them cover from the twitter brigade that will attack anything that even has a hint of violence against women (there actually is a shocking amount of this, way more than any major release to date and really perverted things like human milking machines), even when it is portrayed negatively like it is in this film.
It is just standard action film with the standard strong female character, reminded me of T2, I didn't think there was anything really groundbreaking about it. Anyone shocked that Mad Max has strong female characters didn't watch the last two movies. Now it is getting a ton of good press. It is getting haled as a feminist magnum opus, when in reality it just a ultra-violent action movie.
At least that is the cynic in me speaking following actually seeing the movie. I just have a feeling someone in the marketing department is popping champagne right now.
I did like the movie though, this is just all side 
to me.
just a remake of The Road Warrior which had many strong females already in it.
only thing I get enraged about is idiots calling things reboots. 
it's not. it's a remake. what a reboot eh maybe James Bond. since it invented the thing.
I used to like Charlize Theron just she's been in some odd movies over the years and this one takes the cake.
...that there will be several sequels. And you know when a movie makes this kind of a splash, every studio in Hollywood jumps on the bandwagon. (i.e. if Hollywood thinks feminist propaganda--as these idiots see it--helped make all this $$ then there will be more and more such in action films). And it's getting accolades from everyone in the action-film-comic-book world that these idiots think is theirs (including serious artists). Fandom is swooning over this film; their praise is rapturous not only for it's style and energy but for Theron. So we're going to see more of it in those genres as well. Comic book companies will also jump on that bandwagon.
It's going to be the end of the world for the "men's rights" groups who are sure their exclusive man caves (action films and comic books and games) are being invaded by uppity wimmen.
As for the unvarnished reality of the film (i.e. not blinded by explosions or male insecurities)...my husband saw it and his opinion is that's it's artfully, visually splendid and quite a spectacle, but also absurd (meaning, you can't bring logic to it or you'll be sitting through the whole movie saying, "Huh? Why?" But then most viewers will likely check their logic at the door, so win-win).
Guess now it'll make even more money as this complaint will, as said, have women wanting to see it.
I had no intention of seeing it until I read this. An action movie with a female lead? Just 
Now's a good time to watch the original 1979 Mad Max again. Mel Gibson, back in the day...
If you loved Vanishing Point, you'll love this one as well.
I could spend a week watching 70s road movies!
