Teeth

There's nothing men find scarier than a vagina.

I watched Teeth this evening and I really liked it. I really didn't know what the expect from this film about a vagina with teeth but it turned out to be a comedy/horror about female empowerment. Awesome!

Its quirkiness and self-unaware main character reminded me a lot of But I'm a Cheerleader and Saved! Dawn is a girl raised with Christian morals to be afraid of her own body and her budding sexuality. A lot of the film touched on anti-religion and pro-knowledge. But without getting into the themes and such, this girl was afraid of her own vagina before she knew it had teeth! And I'd say a lot of girls are. Girls are taught they they are the modest gender. Knowledge is unfeminine.

Ok, I'm getting a bit rant-y. So Dawn of course is taken advantage of and her body fights back for her. This is the gross/scary part. I do not recommend this for guys because it will soon scare them off from sex. It was definitely ewwwww. But, on the subject of male viewers some may say that this movie depicts all guys as skeezy dirtbags. To this I say "meh" and suck it up. You guys have almost all the movies in the world to be represented in. This girl was weak to begin with so of course her character is not going to attract the best guys.

Another thing I loved with subtle vagina-like imagery found in nature in the film. I thought that was some really good planning.

So in the end she learns (what I hope) many girls learn: Sex isn't scary and she's in control of her own body/sexuality. She ends up a girl with some confidence and power.