Hey guys!
After a long wait the
fifty shades of grey movie is finally here! Of course it came with a lot of
different opinions and thoughts. I've scrolled down my Facebook page and more
and more articles or posts about this movie are showing up every day. I just
couldn't keep my thoughts to myself anymore haha. I've read the first book(yes
only the first one so the ending is still unclear for me) and saw the movie
couple days ago :)
This ridiculous fuzz
about it romanticizing violent behavior towards women is not true in my
opinion. Here are few of my thoughts why. Please don’t get offended! These are
just my opinions and thoughts.
I read an article about
one lady’s opinion (you can read the article here: http://pres-outlook.org/2015/02/behind-closed-doors-talking-church-50-shades-grey/)
and here is what she says:
“For many teens, “50
Shades of Grey” will be one of their first big screen movies with a sexual
focus. We must acknowledge that the subtle and obvious ways we embrace this
movie either by viewing or by remaining silent, will affect our culture and the
world our children see as normal.”
She does have a good point
in mind. We shouldn’t encourage or let kids to see this movie. Some of the
scenes include material which is obviously directed to older audience. But the
fact is that some kids will watch it. And that’s why I think sex and sexuality
should be talked about more with teenagers in the states. I mean you can kind
of figure that out by checking the statistical numbers of pregnant teens in
America. This movie has created very strong and hateful feelings among people, especially
true Christians. There are real problems behind all this. Teenagers are not
informed about sex. When they watch the movie they have no idea what’s normal. They
don’t see the big picture or message behind it. They don’t understand that Mr.Grey’s
abusive behavior comes from his past and might be an outcome from traumatic
memories. Teenagers don’t have the understanding of what is real and acceptable
especially when no one has talked to them about bees and flowers. Yes someone
might have said. “Don’t have sex until you’re married!!” Dude seriously….I ain’t
calling that mother-daughter talk.
Funny fact about the
movie is that in every scene you can actually see the main character taking a
condom. He also strongly highlights the importance of birth control pills.
There are so many movies out there which include even worse sexual material. Those
who say that fifty shades of grey romanticizes sexual violence haven’t
obviously seen the movie. I can clearly remember the main character Anastasia
say: “Don’t fucking touch me”, “you will never do that to me again” and “that
is not okay”. In my opinion those comments clearly show us how she wasn’t okay
with his weird abusive behavior. I wouldn’t call it romantic either. I don’t
accept violence or abuse in any possible way but I also don’t think this movie
gives a picture of it being okay.
So, my point is that a
lot of people who complain about the movie and share these long ass articles on
Facebook should actually go and watch the movie. Then you can share your
opinion and I might actually listen.