In Good Times or In Bad Times
Written on Jul 29, 2008 // Entertainment, Insights, Love, Movies, People.
After being married to Irma (Jessica Lange) for 25 years, Roy (Tom Wilkinson) decides the stress of being a woman in a man’s body has grown intolerable. He unburdens himself to Irma and their pastor, shocking them both. Roy’s decision to pursue a sex-change operation is greeted with intolerance and disgust by some of his co-workers and members of his church. Irma eventually comes to some understanding, and supports Roy through his journey to becoming “Ruth.”
Huh? That was my first reaction as I got to hear that he wanted to have his sexual organ to female. Isn’t it very disgusting? For my own opinion, it’s okay to be gay for as long as they do have respect to themselves especially the vital parts of the body. This may seem to violate our Christian morality since our body is the church or the temple of our soul. Basically the movie is somehow interesting especially for Roy who happens to be a good father of 2 children, and also a good provider. I was then surprised with the reaction of his wife, Irma, understand in spite of his husbands’ decision but at first wasn’t happy but later to realize that he is still her husband no matter what. This could really prove the commitment they’ve promised in front of the altar, in good times and in bad times, during their matrimonial celebration. Roy was a bit so wrong and brave. Wrong to fact that after 25 years, he just made a decision that would not be acceptable (in the first place) with his family, but in spite of this incident he happens to be brave since he really project and apply of what he wants to be regardless of the reaction of the environment (people) to him.
In general, this movie could somehow be categorized as funny and inspirational. Funny because of the incident, since Roy after 25 years together with his wife, of sacrifice and hard ship he boomed up and later one day announce to the world that he was born to be a woman regardless of his physical look. Inspirational since the movie expounded support and sacrifices of Roy’s family regardless of his personal decision of transforming to become a woman. It really tested the patience of each member of the family. And yet normal is a material or a film that could somehow inspire and relate to these concerned citizens and could help them understand of what they are doing and what would be its effects (psychologically) to their colleagues, friends, and especially to their own family.
