What do you think of the movie Monalisa Smile?
By mkozaraga
@mkozaraga (175)
Philippines
November 10, 2006 11:55pm CST
this is my favorite movie. when i saw it, i was deeply moved especially when i saw the oppression women received during the fifties. the oppression was not physical or evident but it was seen in their restraint of freedom. i hated the idea of the time that the only purpose of women was the become wives to their future husbands. what do you think of the movie?
7 responses
@casper20 (1463)
• India
12 Nov 06
i saw the movie .i actually cryed watching that movie .it was such a moving story line.they actually showed the movie on HBO(india)today.i have watched it before i watched the movie for the second time today.unbelievable but true.these things are happening in our country still today.so i can relate to the story.my favourite scenes are when she show the clips and the end i cryed so much both of the time.there is one more movie which i liked so much. the name of the movie is 'The Iron Jawed Angels'.have you seen this movie?
@mkozaraga (175)
• Philippines
13 Nov 06
no i haven't seen this movie "the iron jawed angels". what is it about?
@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
11 Nov 06
I have not seen it, but I wanted to. I love Julia Roberts. I heard it was very good, and what you have said makes me want to see it even more. Thank you.
@jaimee (97)
• Philippines
11 Nov 06
I think the word "oppression" can or can not be true. Part of me believes that those ideas are just something made up by angry feminists. women can enjoy being housewives, or submissive to their husbands as pointed out by the movie. It's a personal choice. It also bears asking if the "freedom" that we enjoy today, the freedom for women to be highly successful at the workplace comes at the social cost of neglected kids, latchkey kids, rebellious teenagers, once the central figure of the household becomes taken away from them. The movie Stepford wives also makes another point on society. I think though, that the movie was successful in pointing out that we should look beyond the image and what is apparent.
