Fifty Shades of Grey, the Film of the Infamous Book

Heck, I'll probably hate the movie - I just want to go see it to see what kind of righteous indignation can be brought to the fore against me. That this might be a "righteous cause" only makes it more exciting.

Indignation? Nope. Not from me. Mildish pity, probably. More at the waste of money than anything else.

Well, you can always use Pirate Bay rent the DVD.

It would be on the "can't be arsed even to pirate it" list next to Twilight, Avatar, Titanic, Battlefield Earth, Salo, any torture porn film you care to mention and most books Stephen King did since the last Dark Tower doorstopper.

I have to wonder if this'll get an Axel Braun parody...

At least, Salo made some good points which still ring true nowadays (besides, it's part of The Criterion Collection). And, while still being very gross, it's well shot and has interesting locations/sets.

I keep hearing that about Salo but everything about the film makes my skin crawl. I tried reading its inspiration, "100 Days of Sodom", but it was too much for me. And I've read Stephen King's "Pet Sematary" for pity's sake.

I read 100 days of Sodom. Entertaining read.

For me Avatar isn't a masterpiece of cinema but its by no means terrible, it offers a lot of significance as a film for its production values, effects, and impact on film much like Titanic.

I won't watch Titanic for personal reasons that I'm not prepared to go into on an open forum. I won't watch Avatar because I have already seen Braveheart and Pocahontas.

You forgot Dances with Wolves.

Also, Salo / The 120 Days Of Sodom is pedo trash.

edited 25th Aug '14 4:32:29 PM by LogoP

Oh yeah, Kevin's Gate. I did forget this one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dances_with_Wolves

One of my favourite movies, funnily enough. It ranks with JFK and Field of Dreams as Costner's best film.

The subject of this thread is hardly likely to do the same.

True. However, the acting is likely to be better than Costner's.

YMMV, of course, but I think his acting style fitted all three of those movies. It's hard to see anyone else as either Dunbar, Garrison or Kinsella (the heroes of all three films in order - my memory is good at times) and I was perfectly happy to watch him do his work.

He isn't as technically good an actor as Daniel Day Lewis, Al Pacino or Christopher Walken are, but he doesn't have to be.

They are teens, not children.

Teens as young as 12. That qualifies as pedo, in my book.

Honestly, I liked him in The Postman. But lost all my faith in him in The Untouchables. Dude can't emote to safe his life./topic.

edited 25th Aug '14 5:05:16 PM by LogoP

I'm honestly shocked the pages for the novel and movie still stand in current TV Tropes. I've seen far tamer material being kicked out.

In spite of all the nasty things, it's actually arty and has a point to make.

Edit. I think we're going a bit off-topic.

edited 25th Aug '14 7:13:27 PM by Quag15

Can you blame us?

A topic like this is like the Titanic. Everyone is dying to get off.

Don't use "get off" when talking about a movie like this.

I use it especially because we are talking about a movie like this

Not blaming anyone. I fed some of this off-topicness, so, I assume my part on it.

Heh Heh, You Said "X"

edited 25th Aug '14 9:11:08 PM by Quag15

This is funny. Especially the one lady who's actually read the book,and all the men.

edited 13th Sep '14 4:46:44 PM by Sisi

So is this gonna be one of those movie that's not quite a porno but should be?

Or is it one of those stupid films like Sex Tape that's based off a, well, a sex tape, but the film's much advertised nudity is a couple seconds of ass, and a nipple that is basically a Freeze-Frame Bonus. Fuck that movie.

edited 28th Oct '14 5:41:15 PM by washington213