The great apostasy is in full implementation.
A billionaire with handcuffs for his ladies. Who could possibly resist that? 50 shades of $&M.
Another benchmark in the degradation of our culture. I don’t understand why ANYONE would want to watch this!
Not a peep from feminists.
Proves one thing , Movie goers Love Crap ,LOL
Funny. It broke records, but from some of the comments they made, it did not meet expectations.
Always has. Playboy. Hustler. Vegas was built on filth.
Fascinating, in its weird way.....the reviews for this film were pretty much universally sub-tepid. But it caught that vibe “I/we have to see this”.
Girls sure have changed from the 50’s and 60’s. I’m trying to imagine my grandmother going on a date with her beau to see a sadomasochist bondage movie . . . nope . . . just does not compute. Even my mother for that matter.
Not at all surprising it didn’t cost much to make. I read somewhere that a full 20 minutes of the movie was sex scenes. Those are virtually ‘free’. lol
Can’t comment further, because I haven’t seen it, though my wife has read the books.
Pop culture pablum.
It sells!
I keep hearing everyone talk about the S & M aspect of this movie. What I never hear anyone mention is the fact that the main character (Grey) was molested by an older woman when he was a teen. His molester introduced him to the S & M crap and he continued to see her throughout the book (although he swears he is no longer intimate with her).
Every sexual experience in the book was for HIS pleasure. The only “pleasure” his girlfriend got was pleasing him.
I’m happy to spoil it for y’all. She leaves him at the end of the book. Of course there are two additional books after this one I hear. I won’t be reading them.
Well, they didn’t have to spend a lot on the wardrobe!
To me, S&M sex, bondage, “role playing”, etc., have always been weird and exactly the opposite of erotic.
Which means we will see dozens of sequels, prequels and rip offs, and TV plots for the next ten years come out of Hollywood.
The jihadis are probably angry the the character isn’t named mohammed Gray. This film fits right in their world view.
Maybe one will blow up a theater because the woman didn’t burqa-up at the end.
The media is as happy as a pig in $hit because now they don’t have to report on how “American Sniper” is doing.
I wonder who is going to this movie. Last night I was channel surfing and stopped on Conan O’Brien’s monologue.
He mentioned “Fifty Shades” and asked his audience how many had attended.
*Crickets* for 15 seconds, until he broke out in laughter at himself.
I gained a bit of respect for him right there.