Holy shit. Everything I’d hoped for and more. Absolutely nothing in this movie, as far as I can tell, could possibly be improved (except tired, 45-year-old me could finally use some subtitles at a couple of junctures).
It absolutely is a feminist film in all the right ways, IMHO. The women kick all kinds of ass. Even the helpless ones being rescued are neither exactly helpless, nor anywhere near meek, nor mindless, and they’re not afraid to speak aloud their well-reasoned opinions, whether or not they’re currently aiming a shotgun at the listener. See this movie, see it THIS WEEKEND, and if you can, see it in loud 3D IMAX. It’s the most entertaining thing I’ve seen in YEARS.
Definitely DO. It’s not like Avatar, where seeing it in big-screen 3D is the only reason to see it. This will have a long and profitable life on the small screen, too. It’s just a perfectly-made movie. But holy shit is it amazing in 3D IMAX. And see it with a full house, and count the spontaneous cheers. They’re well-earned, every one.
Take her to see it. Tell her I said she won’t regret it.
Perfect for 13-year-olds. Remember how the Halo videogames were rated “M for Mature” simply because they had a wee bit of animated blood (but no gore, nudity, or particularly salty language), and effectively were just like the “T for Teen”-rated Destiny? The violence in Fury Road is violent, but almost never gory at all. The stunts are amazing, but you don’t get the camera leering at viscera, entrails, severed limbs, and all that Game of Thrones stuff. There’s a wee bit of nudity, but it’s barely there, never leered at, and almost entirely in service of the story (a brief shot of nursing mothers hooked up to a milking device, and a brief moment toward the end with a naked woman way up on a tower, but you never actually get a view of her “naughty bits”). And at 13, he’s the perfect age to take away an important message from this movie, which is so completely in a 13-year-old’s imaginative wheelhouse: that women are naturally strong-willed, strong-minded, and physically powerful forces to be reckoned with, and that the coolest movie in memory is 100% badass even during the moments where the women are the baddest badasses in the film.
Kids need to absorb this movie’s lessons early. It’s genuinely strange how much we need this movie.
Yes yes yes! Seriously, if Mrs Daneel is even remotely a fan of any action movies whatsoever, talk her into seeing this one if you must. She won’t regret it and neither will you. It’s THAT good.
And no, I could not possibly oversell this thing. Trust me this once, if you ever trusted someone to know anything about Wastelands. 
