Review: Florence Foster Jenkins

Warning: this post is full of spoilers. If you have any interest at all in seeing Florence Foster Jenkins, don't read this post.


So, I was excited to go see the movie Florence Foster Jenkins. It looked fun, interesting, and like one of those "feel good movies."


On the surface, and what I understood from the trailers, is that the movie is about a woman who wants to sing, but can't. Her attempts to sing, however, are inspiring.


The movie itself was visually beautiful. It was also very well made. No expenses spared.


What I didn't realize before I went to see it, is that the whole movie is about her husband's affair. Yes, the WHOLE movie. If it was purely a show about her singing, they could have had it over in 20 minutes. Instead you were either watching her husbands affair, watching other people find out about his affair, seeing the affects of his affair, or wondering about his affair.


Even while she was singing I was thinking, "But what about his affair?!!"


The worst part is that there was no resolution. There was no "I shouldn't have had an affair" or "Wasn't she an amazing woman for working this out with me" or even a "look at all the things I missed out on because I was wrapped up in my affair."


I felt like the whole point in the husband's character was that he felt like he could be completely devoted and in relationships with both his wife and his girlfriend.


If there was any real resolution, I missed it.


The movie was based on real people. However, not all real couples should be broadcast on the big screen.


The movie was not poorly made. The costumes were great, the characters were interesting. Visually, it was a beautiful movie. I also love Hugh Grant and Meryl Streep. There were many times I laughed out loud, there were many times I enjoyed watching the musical parts.


But the overlying message was awful. Even watching Florence's success at living her dream was dampened by also watching her husband's affair.




So... well made, poor message.

Out with 2014, In with 2015.

Out with 2014 and In with 2015! Updates and reviews on the harmful pornography industry.

Morality in Media just came out with their 2015 "Dirty Dozen" list of 12 top contributores and enabelors of Pornography and sexual exploitation. See it Here: http://pornharms.com/dirty-dozen-list-top-sexual-exploiters-announced/ . One of the most eye-raising, but oh-so-true additions this year is that of "CKE" restaurants (Carl's Junior and Hardees) for their adds. Yeah, we've all seen them and know that to be true.

Check out this link at Fight the New Drug where they list the most popular pornographic search terms of 2014. It is so crazy. Seriously, our world is in dire trouble. http://fightthenewdrug.org/this-years-most-popular-genre-of-porn-is-pretty-messed-up/#sthash.vT516jCr.dpbs


For more 2014 stats from the pornography industry, go back to Fight the New Drug Here :http://fightthenewdrug.org/oh-the-irony-this-is-the-most-used-word-in-porn-comments/#sthash.PFiBu18z.dpbs . This just blows my mind. And the top ten countries with per capita page views? The USA tops the chart with Canada and the UK close behind.

Anti-Porn Clothing (and other Merchandise)

I am sure there are more stores than this that sell anti-porn clothing, but these are the ones I know about. Please comment or message me if you know of any others.

1. This week, Morality in Media is giving 10% off of all of their orders.

Go check out their store here:

http://pornharms.com/save-store-help-save-world/


When you get there, click on the "Save At Our Store" button and it will take you to their catalog. Looking through, my personal favorite is the "She is Worth More" shirt.


2. Fight the New Drug has a store at the following link:

 http://store.fightthenewdrug.org/

Remember that they are just coming off of "NoPorNovember," so they have released some new styles. Looking through here, I think that my favorite shirt is the basic "Porn Kills Love."

Morality In Media

A couple months ago I wrote an article for ksl.com about the organization Morality in Media (Porn Harms). It was so interesting to talk to them and research their site. All I can say is this: The world is nuts! The world is nuts and thank goodness there are people and organizations like Morality in Media out there trying to fight the sexual exploitation.

One of the most interesting things on their site is their Dirty Dozen List. It lists 12 leading contributors of sexual exploitation. (Read the description on their site, they describe it better). 50 shades of Gray, Facebook and Eric Holder are a few examples of things on the list. 

Have I peaked your interest? Go check out my article here:
 Morality in Media: waging war against pornography since 1962

Or you could check out the article here on their website before you go check out the rest of what they are doing: http://pornharms.com/morality-media-waging-war-pornography-since-1962-ksl/