Last week, I decided to watch Fifty Shades of Grey to see what all the hype was about.
And…it wasn’t so bad.
Was it Oscar-worthy? Definitely not.
But it wasn’t the worst movie I had seen all year either. Or even thisĀ month. (But then, again, I’m known to purposely watch crappy movies from time to time just to get in a good laugh. š )
What I found interesting aboutĀ Fifty Shades of GreyĀ was not its infamous sex scenes ā did you hear about the woman who was arrested for masturbating to the movie in the theater? ā nor its foray into the world of BDSM. Rather,Ā I found it fascinatingĀ why so many women went gaga over the book and the subsequent movie adaption.
The answer was so very clear.
Escapism.
Into a completely unrealistic world where sexy billionaireĀ falls for a plain jane and whisks her away to a life of luxuries and pleasure (and pleasurable pain).Ā
“It seriously feels like 2 teenage girls got together and decided to create their ‘dream man’ and came up with Christian Grey.” (Read the rest of that Amazon review for a good laugh!)
Moreover,Ā a world whereĀ someone else makes the choices for us. And in a day and age where women are faced with more choices than ever, and are often criticized or plagued with self-doubt about the choices we make, it can feel good to have those decisions taken away from us.
In other words, I understand.
I get it.
I still refuse to read the book, though. I remember wanting to gauge my eyes out while struggling to get through the firstĀ Twilight book (I wanted to read it and finish it so that I can at least say that I gave it a try) because the writing was THAT BAD. In fact, did you knowĀ Fifty Shades started asĀ Twilight fanfiction? And everyone I’ve spoken to who have read both series ā even the fans! ā tell me that I would hate theĀ Fifty Shades books if I hatedĀ Twilight.
What didĀ you think of the movie?
