Fifty Shades Darker

I was actually thinking it a hair better than the first film for the first three quarters of its runtime - I was ready to pull out the big guns and give it a 2 - but then it goes off the deep end in its last bit with helicopter crashes and stalker exes and nonsense and is thus shit again. Slightly better sex scenes than the original, though still hardly masturbation worthy, and Christian's repeated habit of just pulling his pants down a little but otherwise leaving them on to fuck is SO WEIRD.

I sat there like a limp noodle for 99% of this then the ending happened. Did that guy just run off to live in the woods and be evil, Mr Hyde switching personalities what a new thing, what a trailblazer that EL James is. Who decided to put a giant Chronicles of Riddick poster in Christian's room? This movie is all questions with no answers.

I absolutely expected to hate Fifty Shades Darker. It turned out to be bad, but not rage-inducingly bad. Better than the first one. It has a sense of humor, more than one dull plot thread, a little more depth to its characters, and doesn't have its supposed "good" character act like a creepy stalker for most of its running time. It's still impossible to take seriously, indifferently acted, often incredibly stupid, and not emotionally or intellectually engaging, but baby steps, right?

Now, I'm no creationist, and I might sell bibles for a living, but this is nothing more than a smut film. And I know my smut films. Even the smut scenes were boring. Left me wishing it was a snuff film. Then I'd be at least 50% satisfied with the ending.

Fifty Shades Softer !!!

2

The insanely bizarre sequel I hoped for! Psyched for part 3

I definitely didn't like the first one, but it wasn't god-awful. This, however, is. The first movie didn't need a sequel, which shows, because this movie didn't have a story at all. It was so very, very boring. It had all the same problems as the first one - flat characters played by bad actors with no chemistry, some weird, problematic ideas about sex, and the sex scenes themselves are totally dull and not sexy. And that helicopter scene! What the hell was that?! Blah.

Dire follow-up to the (on its own terms) fun original, finds Anastasia and Christian self seriously moping around about the status of their relationship for almost *90 solid minutes*, before a little bit of plot happens to set up a cliffhanger for Part III. Elements are in place for some schlocky fun, especially when the original 9 1/2 weeker Basinger turns up as 'Mrs. Robinson' but Foley's film lacks the bemused edge that made the original, if not great, then a guilty pleasure.

So bad it's so good....

About par with the first. Perhaps a bit more honest about its desire to be mediocre erotica with a veneer of acknowledgement about the deeply troubling moral implications of the abusive relationships at its core. But in the end, like the first film, any possible enjoyment is killed by mediocre acting and pacing and terrible writing and any possible meaningful commentary falls flat due to the film's ultimate desire to romanticize toxicity.

Whatever.

Basically the same as the first. Decently photographed, Johnson does what she can. But it's incredibly dull with a script that shits all over the concept of characterization or exploring their themes with any kind of depth. The sex scenes are boring too mostly because for 3/4 of the movie there's nothing around them. Seriously, where's the plot for most of it? Gets better near the end but it's too little too late. Too long, it's a slog, Dornan is a tree.

Putting aside the fact that the protagonist/antagonist Grey is just an awful person, this movie does better with pacing, suspense, and build. But seriously, I cannot fathom how this plot- whether book or movie- ever gained such popularity. Still not a ride I wanted to go on. Won't bother with the last one.

At least this one bothers less with the plot. The stalker and cougar storylines are nearly unbearable but it makes a greater attempt at being fun than the original.

With Fifty Shades Darker you see the all too familiar way of writing, in which crazy plottwists need to be created in order to make an entire movie that has some chance of succes. It's sad because I think the relationship between the lead characters is interesting enough. Aside from the fact that it is visually, euhm, stimulating, the best actor in here is Johnson. The rest is so-so. 48/100.

soft-porn.

Weak in comparison to the first one.

I'll be damned if they didn't go and do it again - they made a movie that's absolutely watchable if you didn't walk into it wanting to hate it, and again, it should be WAY worse than it is. It does take a bit of a downtick in certain areas, most notably overall performance and the quality of the sex scenes (maybe attributable to the change in director?), while taking an uptick in certain others. If it does one thing spectacularly well, it's the ending. If you hated that ending, you hate movies.

Even worst than the first one, if you can believe it.

I need to rate some garbage in order to make my 70+ ratings not to be "Terrible"...

Tries somewhat to be a psycho thriller and a clishéd romance at once but with a script like this that's based on a novel by E. L. James it's clear that the outcome can only be a failure. Everybody's a psycho here but the psychology of the characters isn't thought out very well. Problems come up and are solved in five minutes or less, often through wealth. And they say money can't buy happiness.

I genuinely don't understand. Calling this a Cinemax movie is an insult to Cinemax movies because at least the sex scenes are a natural progression of the storyline on Cinemax.

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Awful😊

I thought it couldn't get any worse than the first Fifty, but it is. It's too long, the story is, again, uninspiring. The sex scenes aren't hot or 'BDSM' at all. The plot is all over the place and completely forgettable, and the score is just as bad as the first movie. Fuck this.

I was cringing the entire time. Shitty dialogue with the most lame and cliché jokes, weirdest song choices for the sex scenes, like wtf??? And disgustingly abusive relationship of course. At least it had a bit more crappy action, still an absolute piece of trash

What is up with the extreme hatred towards these movies. Sure they are long and boring and the two leads are bland, but I have seen far worse.

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50 zabawek Greya

Same crap. nothing new

Honestly, not as bad as I thought it would be, but sure as hell not good! It's not a complete story. There's not enough in it to get you from point A (the beginning) to point B (the ending). Also it's kind of funny that this millionaire (Christian Grey) with all his security can't keep one suicidal homeless girl out of his house.

Not really sure why I tortured myself by even watching this steaming pile of dung. Christian Grey invites Anastasia Steele to his parents masquerade ball but just before they go he fists her ass and inserts a sexual devise but that is not even the most uncomfortable part of the scene. That comes courtesy of Mr. Dornan explaining that it must be wet first before awkwardly inserting silver balls into Ms. Johnson's mouth. I wish I made up that scene description.... But alas I did not and it exists.

At least in the first they FUCKED! HARD! (or at least they claimed) Here, what they did, would barely qualify as soft lesbian sex.

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Dakota Johnson still delivers a fine piece of acting and though the direction is bland it's never as bad as, say, Suicide Squad. In the end it's like a lousy episode of Melrose Place.

This is not going anywhere good. Ana starts moaning the moment Christian says: Ana. :D this is fucking annoying.

I'm just as confused as I was when watched the first one. The critics (in here) couldn't be using more descending terms to describe this, and yet it is one of the most talked about movies and "people" are running to the theatres. I have seen worse. So if I compare it to just another romance drama it's *Okay.