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Makes a mockery of abused women and domestic violence

posted 19 years ago by LatinaLibra
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This movie really was just terrible. Now, I have fortunately never had to deal with domestic abuse, but it my opinion this movie did not help in the fight against it. Jen Lopez gets smacked around twice and goes into hiding to learn self defense???? I think it's safe to say that does not happen. I can not believe that the "moral" of the story was "kill the guy before he kills you." Yes, all abused women, especially if you have children involved, please beat the crap out of your husbands. It's not murder if its self-defense. What bullcrap. It's not murder if you defend yourself, yes, but if you go into trainign and DELIBERATELY start the fight then I think thats a little different. Hahahah what crap. THank you Jennifer Lopez for slowing down the fight against domestic violence.

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[–] different_Son_of_God 13 years ago

That's a very good point. well it's a movie made for entertainment purposes should suffice.

[–] anna-calvin1 11 years ago

The movie definitely has its flaws. However, I disagree with you that it makes a mockery of domestic violence.

With all due respect, the movie was trying to point out that abused women don't always make 'logical' choices. For example, Slim had opportunities to document the abuse but chose not to. That's why the lawyer guy was unwilling to help her.

I'm NOT saying that the abuse that Slim endured was her fault. I'm just simply saying that the legal system isn't really on her side.

Furthermore, I do think this movie does spur important dialogue about women's self defense. Even if you don't like the movie, it doesn't mean that Slim was wrong in looking to train in hand to hand combat.

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