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Mad Max 2, I saw it when I was about 8 (at the time I think it was rated 18) but the violence didn't phase me at all ... what changed my life in a memorable way is one scene, where one of the baddies dies and his boyfriend is so overcome by grief and rage that he goes completely off his rocker.
It impressed on me, as a kid growing up in a conservative area at a time when it was illegal for schools to discuss LGBT relationships, that boys could genuinely love other boys and, logically, that meant that girls could really love other girls so I didn't have to spend my life alone and unloved.
I honestly think George Miller would be totally chuffed to hear this.
Possibly, though the original MM2 script painted the baddies as having lots of people in their ranks who were scary because they were gay.
None of the Mad Max films have had a positive LGBT character depiction in them, and only very very scant POC