Fifty Shades of Grey - In theaters February 13, 2015
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Book was much more intense, and complex. Sadly they did not take the risks they should have on screen due to crushing pressure and internal strife in production apparently....another story of trying to sell more tickets and demolishing source....what's new, lol.
This is one of those things that I'm kind of curious about. Because its so popular. And yet I also hear how much the books suck and the movie sucks. I get that sex sells, but why this and not he hundreds of other sources of porn/romance/whatever out there. What makes this so popular? I don't foresee reading the book, but I'll probably watch this at some point down the line just to see. Interestingly, my wife doesn't care one bit about this movie.
I couldn't tell you, either.
All i can say, is that i know a few women who seem to be positive about the book, but don't like the "film" at all. It doesn't seem to be due the usual "book rules / movie sucks" reasons, though. From what i know myself -(and i'm not going into detail here...)- the depiction of BDSM in the book is a lot more realistic and accurate than it is in the film. DB seems to be spot on in her comment above, seeing how these people would rather glamorize it for the sake of giving it some Hollywood panache to sell more, as opposed to creating a more accurate and less "exciting" (for the common folks...) atmosphere.
All i can say, is that i know a few women who seem to be positive about the book, but don't like the "film" at all. It doesn't seem to be due the usual "book rules / movie sucks" reasons, though. From what i know myself -(and i'm not going into detail here...)- the depiction of BDSM in the book is a lot more realistic and accurate than it is in the film. DB seems to be spot on in her comment above, seeing how these people would rather glamorize it for the sake of giving it some Hollywood panache to sell more, as opposed to creating a more accurate and less "exciting" (for the common folks...) atmosphere.
It won't effect box office sales so I doubt Universal have any qualms turning this into their latest franchise. (Ahem, Fast & Furious)
I went into the theater expecting not to like it..it kept my attention and was interesting...I didn't read the book though and I've heard from the people that did that it could have been a lot more intense, lacked-some depth and storylines that were in the book but maybe wanted to play safe with a theater-audience. Still it left me wondering...what happens next...and that ending didn't make it any better!
I got curious, so gave it a watch. What a load of crap... I can't understand the hype at all. Dakota Johnson was quite nice to look at though.
My facebook feed has been full of females saying how "bad" this is. Few guy friends said they just giggled throughout. I think I'll give it a shot at some point as well.
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