My review on the Fifty Shades trilogy in Metacritic · 5:59am Apr 22nd, 2020
Fifty Shades of Grey
I would never recommend this porno to anyone I know. Christian Grey is a manipulative and possessive stalker who throws a tantrum towards Ana if he doesn't get what he wants. Please don't be like Christian! This is glorification of abusive relationships disguised as a love story and it's psychologically disgusting. It's really sad to know that its box office earns more than 500 million dollars.
Fifty Shades Darker
After watching Fifty Shades Darker, I’m still not convinced of it being a love story. Sure the abusive relationship is over, but Christian still has that manipulative and possessive personality that affects Ana’s personal space. Buying Ana’s company unexpectedly and unnecessarily transferring money to her bank account, as well as knowing her account number is downright creepy as hell. After all that, he proposes her to marry him and she said yes. My primary reaction to that is “WTAF?!” She’s going to marry some dude who stalks her a lot and just uses her to fulfill his own desires.
Plus, the disappointing parts of the film is the gender-biased sex positions. No woman on top?! Not even once??!! CTFO!!! This is why I’m appalled of watching films that deal with this kind of shit. After knowing more of his former submissives and childhood trauma, my opinion on Christian Grey and the book series remain the same. He is nothing but a deep-seated sadistic and goddamn conniving asshole and the books deliver a misconstrued concept of romance. I won’t be surprised if it's nominated for the Golden Raspberry Awards.
Fifty Shades Freed
I'm relieved that this awful trilogy is over. Fifty Shades is, was, and will never ever be considered a love story. It's basically a Mary Sue and Gary Stu living an idealistic perfect life and getting involved in a masqueraded connection that is so unrealistic and unrelatable, as well as conforming to stereotypical gender norms. Those gifts are so darn expensive that majority of the people on this Earth can't afford it. Even more disappointing is that the sex positions are highly biased. smh
The negative feedback of this trilogy is absolutely justified because it's boring and apathetic as hell. EL James is a sick and twisted bitch. I would never spend my money on her poorly written books.
Lol, you basically roasted the entire series. Good job
These books are not a depiction of a healthy BDSM relationship.
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They deserve to be.
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Exactly! It's something that people just don't get.