JHC's In depth review of Fifty Shades of Grey

[emilynghiem]

I suppose I should have clarified, my review was for the movie, not the book. Didn't read it. Ain't gonna after seeing the movie.

My GF and I wanted to see it on Valentines Day (Ok, she wanted to see it, but I was game), so we did. Went to a nice theater where you can order drinks and food. The audience was mostly uncomfortably silent, other than the occasional outburst of laughter at not funny parts. Yeah, good stuff.

The movie's biggest sin was, as others have said: it was not hot and it was boring. No chemistry between the actors and extremely dumb dialogue.

But, all that being said, my GF and I are still getting mileage out of making fun of the movie, so, it was money sorta well-spent-ish in that sense. I tease her now about my deserving punishments and so on. And "I want you in the play room! 15 minutes!". We work with what we gots.

It's not the worst movie of all time - there is Plan 9 from Outer Space, Santa Claus vs. the Martians and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes to contend with - but it's a right up there for a big budget feature. I'd probably still give the nod to Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. That was a true stinker. Stinky, stinky britches!

You are a real sport to see this with your GF. What kind of favors
did you get for that? ;-)

The closest me or my bf will get to this movie is critique of other people's reviews and reactions as a cultural benchmark.

Of the two political discussion threads I've been on about this, they both went off on complete tangents on what people "think is the problem" is with this group or that group unrelated to the story. It was never about the movie or book, but an excuse to opine on popular culture, media marketing (even consent in relations that brought up issues with consent in govt, whether people fully consent or have no choice but submit to keep the relationship going).