Okay, I have a problem with the way Tumblr tries to promote movies or artists. For example, Mad Max: Fury Road. The only thing I’ve seen on Tumblr is that the main characters are female. Like good for them, but the story? Is it good? Anything other than “the girls are leading”.
It’s the same thing for musicians, I’ve seen posts like “[artist] is a biracial bisexual feminist” or whatever, but what about the music? Is it good? Anything other than “she’s a feminist”.
Just…you can’t judge how good a movie or artist is based on those factors.
AGREED.
Fortunately, Fury Road was genuinely fun all around. It was a fantastic chronological/spiritual successor to the previous films, boasted incredible cinematography and effects, with good, tight, writing. It was everything an updated 80s (well, ‘79 and on) dystopian film should be.
But yeah, seriously. I’m all for spreading support for the underdog, but that alone does not a good film/book/music/etc make.
(Conversely, people are allowed to like media that is good regardless of how terrible the creator is/was.)