Well I watched this the other night purley because I'm a fan of films of this nature and I like secretary and shame etc and a friend of mine said I might like it because I haven't read the book, and I have to say I didn't mind it (this is coming from someone who was clueless about the story apart from knowing it's about Sex and had the odd sentence read out to me). It could of been a lot better and much more risqué but it wasn't as bad as some people made it out to be. Fair dos I understand people who are a fan of the book might not like it because the same person told me what was missing and I agreed that adding the stuff that was missing might of made it a bit better. Both the leads were ok (Dakota being slightly better) but I didn't like their chemistry.
Now I didnt know about his "play room" which I quite liked and that really interested me aswell as his "contract" and I also liked his obsession if you like but I don't think it's worthy of a steelbook but like others have mentioned who am I to say what does deserve it. I would actually purchase this for under a £10er but I also think this will be popular with customers who don't usually by steelbooks but also at the same time unless the artwork is risqué itself and descent then I can't see why those fans would go for this over the standard Blu Ray once it's released.
I also don't understand why there was protesters in London at the premier or why some people (mostly on here) get so touchy about this. At the end of the day she agrees to all the stuff in the film and also making her own demands and although I felt sorry for her character at times with the neglect it was her choice and could of left at anytime. I also don't think the younger generation will look at this and think this is how a relationship should be, there are many more films with more harsh relationships and abuse that can also pave that lifestyle.
Not saying that a few people might watch this and think "oh I want to do that" because people are inspired my loads of films and TV shows etc.
anyway I didn't mind it but won't be rushing to get it when it's released
4.2 on IMDB? Ouch. Is it
that bad? Though at the same time it's #1 on the MovieMeter
The book is very poorly written from what I heard and also comes across that way in the film and we all know how up tight the majority of critics can be and that probably made critics hate it more. But how many times have you liked a film that critics hate? I can imagine quite a lot
Even a turd of a film can make a lot of money with enough hype though and there was a lot of advertising around going to see it on Valentine's Day too, so I'm sure that helped the figure.
Plus the subject is considered risqué enough by some that I think it'll get viewings simply because they're curious about it.
That was their trick, Valentine's day and also three quarters of the felmale population loving the book
Box office success doesn't determine the quality though. Is it a good movie? Is it worth an impulse buy?
Completely agree, many films have been slammed but made huge money at the box office that usually spawns an awful sequel
It seriously sounds like I'm massively defending this film (and I am a little bit) but I'm actually more defending the nature of this film because it annoys me that some people act weird or freak out when it's a film about sex or s&m which in this day and age is normal and obvioulsy sex is natural. It's like people forget about all those micheal Douglas films back in the day or like
@mllNY mentioned porn horror.
I'm just open minded I think and like a bit of kinky