Sunday, November 25, 2007

Mona Lisa Smile.

One of the most fabulous movies in this decade created was Mona Lisa Smile. It stars Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst and Julia Stiles. It takes place in the 1950's in an art history class of a well known finishing school for girls.

The girls and instructors their have one main thing in common, their purpose in life is to get engaged, marry and have children. They go to finishing school to 'waste time' before they are married and learn how to keep the proper household. One teacher in particular takes a stand by showing her class that women have more potential than is expected.

Ms. Watson teaches art history to a gorup of girls and teaches them to view art as not just a curriculum or requirement, to really see it what it was made for. What is the arts purpose and who justified it as art? The best part of this movie is the compare and contrasting of women's role in the world to art. She made a significant difference and would not change her standards to please anyone. I hope to become a Ms. Watson someday when I am a teacher.

I would recommend this movie to anyone, it is inspiring and parts of it can not be put into words.

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