The Church has taken a stand for marriage, love and the spiritual life.
"Fifty Shades Of Grey" runs counter to it. Christians should take note of it.
Sounds like “Last Tango”.
The usual suspects will cry, “Censorship!” However, the Archbishop’s statement is no different in nature from any other movie review. He’s saying that people shouldn’t see the movie because the content is evil. Almost every other reviewer is saying people shouldn’t see it because it’s a terrible movie.
Where is the outrage from the Feminizes? Guess those old gals are enjoying the movie. since it’s as close to sex as they are likely to get.
Our St. Bernard wags her tail when my wife and I hug and likes to cuddle with both of us on the couch. If I tied up my wife and started whipping her, I’m sure the Saint would object and try to protect her Mom. I trust my dog’s natural sense of love and pack solidarity much more the life negating message of this movie.
There was a time when films were rated by the Legion of Decency. A “C” Condemned movie was off-limits to Catholics, under pain of mortal sin.
Worthwhile:
Dave Barry Learns Everything You Need to Know About Being a Husband From Reading 50 Shades of Grey
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3257417/posts
It seems like a good review/synopsis for those of us curious about the phenomenon, but with no intention of reading the book or seeing the movie.
He is right. I stand with the Bishop.
And I am not even a Roman Catholic.
I definitely have.
From the reviews that I have seen about the film and the book, they are evil. They have no redeeming qualities to them.
None.
(and I have not seen or read them).
This is just grooming women for what radical Islam has in store for them.
Ping!
Somewhere on this site there is a column by Dave Barry I think in the WaPo. It’s hysterical. Totally worth reading. He claims to be the only man in the country who has read it. My dad always said that the culture was going to be led by the women. I’m embarrassed for my sex. I remember having a case about ten years ago where the mom accused my client of going to porn sites and she showed up with print outs of them. We were ready and showed up with two or three of her romance books. When I was in my twenties I read a couple of these books. They are bad but actually not that bad. Ten years ago, they were what I would call soft porn. Evidently 50 shades is hard core porn and gets by because there are no photos. Sad. Anyway, I’m headed to Mass so someone find that thread on Dave Barry.
The film will make a bunch of money this weekend, enough to finance the two planned sequels but I can't imagine many people leaving the theaters thinking they saw a great film. Come Tuesday when everyone is back to work, the buzz on this isn't going to be good. I predict a huge drop-off next weekend.
For me, the absolute highlight of the movie was seeing the trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2.
The Bishop isn’t the only one warning against the movie.
Clyde Lewis got pretty upset over it the other night. He went into a fairly lengthy discussion on how it is a psy-op movie desensitizing people to BDSM. He even went so far out on a limb as to get into the explanation how BDSM has it’s roots in Satanic Sabbath ritual. The movie is trying to ‘normalize’ this type of ‘worship.’
http://www.groundzeromedia.org/50-states-of-prey/
Even to the point that the main character’s name is CHRISTIAN?
Spooky times we are living in.
50SOG: Boring.
Thank you, Archbishop Schnurr.
We need more clergymen to call this out.