11/24/2023 0 Comments No more secrets film![]() Which is quite a harmful assumption to make. Given that I work in the field of childhood trauma, I’m trying not to be too overzealous here, but it does seem that the film is drawing a line between Grey’s experiences of extreme adversity in childhood, and his later dominating sexual preferences and need for control over women. Also, we learn a little bit more about Christian Grey’s early childhood, which is characterised by abuse, and exposure to violence and substance misuse. But there’s a lot wrong with yet another film where a romantic relationship is characterised by a pathological imbalance of power, control, and the overstepping of boundaries. Don’t get me wrong – there’s nothing wrong with films with sexual themes. ![]() The problem is, this is still a film (and a series) that takes itself incredibly seriously for being a glorified porn film whose ‘highlights’ are going to be summarised on a few choice websites in no time. Secondly, also like the first film, the cinematography by John Schwartzman can be quite nice. However, let’s face it – people who go to see this film aren’t watching it for the character development. Anastasia’s and Christian’s characters seem more fleshed out and more realistic, although this does mean that all the supporting characters get little development. ![]() Whatever is going on, the performances are certainly better than last time. Perhaps Johnson and Dornan have resigned to their fates and have decided to commit 100% to the series because they’re contractually obliged and may as well do so. It’s difficult to describe, but in the first film, there was this palpable sense of self-loathing emanating from both of them, which seeped through the cinema screen and directly into your mind, making the experience even more awkward than it already was. Firstly, it seems as though Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey respectively, don’t hate themselves for playing these roles anymore. The interesting thing about Fifty Shades Darker is that, although the film is just as cringeworthy, and just as awkwardly directed and scripted as the first one, there are some positives which set it aside from the first film. Even though it’s bad, you want to see if everyone survives at the end. In a sense, this series is almost like driving down a freeway and witnessing a six-car pile-up. That also didn’t stop me from watching this second film in the trilogy. That didn’t stop me from watching the first film twice though, because I made my partner watch it as well to gauge his reaction. But I have always felt that the series has really worrying under/overtones, which I explored in detail in my review of the first film. To some, the series is a fun, sexy adventure with unconventional (yet poorly written) sex scenes that seem to appeal to (how can I put this sensitively) an older female demographic, who were definitely the biggest buyers at the time. I have a bit of a funny past with this dumb series, because I worked at a bookshop when the books were initially released and did read them at the time because I felt obligated to, since they were insanely popular. As they begin to get used to their newfound relationship, Christian’s past begins to haunt Ana as Christian struggles with his innermost thoughts. Beginning at approximately the ending of the previous film, its synopsis is as follows:Ĭhristian and Ana decide to rekindle their relationship, except this time there are no more rules or punishments. James Foley) is the second of a trilogy, focusing on the relationship between two people which is characterised by a mixture of seemingly genuine affection and sexual sadism. James’ trainwreck of an ‘erotic’ novel series, Fifty Shades Darker (2017, dir. ![]()
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