Bad at video games and now this. I'm pretty sure he hires a guy to pretend to be him for pictures guys.
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Fifty Shades of Grey
How? How the hell did they manage to make BDSM boring? How did they manage to make Dakota Johnson's boobs boring? Every scene that Christian and Anna have together feels either boring or cringe-worthy (seriously, their first scene together is so cringey I think I gained a few wrinkles). It's not sexy, it's not erotic, it's not intense, and it's not arousing. And I say that as someone who can get turned on by an appropriately shaped gourd.
How? How the hell did they manage to make BDSM boring? How did they manage to make Dakota Johnson's boobs boring? Every scene that Christian and Anna have together feels either boring or cringe-worthy (seriously, their first scene together is so cringey I think I gained a few wrinkles). It's not sexy, it's not erotic, it's not intense, and it's not arousing. And I say that as someone who can get turned on by an appropriately shaped gourd.
If you're looking for a film concerning BDSM that does a better job in presenting the nature of it and in presenting a real, developing relationship, go watch Secretary.
In a proper, healthy bdsm relationship, the submissive has all the power. The power comes from the bottom, it is given to the dominant in a power exchange. Without the relinquishing of that power, the dominant has nothing to dominate. So then it becomes about understanding each other, and trust.
The illusion of one person having all the power and being able to do whatever they want with no recourse is what attracts the crazies that don't understand what's going on.
My girlfriend - well, the woman I sleep with sometimes - and her husband are in a BDSM relationship. I haven't really asked much about it because it's not my thing but apparently consent, permission, and safety are key. Works for them.
50 Shades just looks like an abusive douchebag and an empty.
50 Shades just looks like an abusive douchebag and an empty.
Same reason Twilight was appealing?
Cinema Snob's midnight screening was a packed house mostly consisting of drunk 40-something women.
The book is erotica in the guise of being hardcore for people who've never known anything but vanilla sex. There is a romantic angle to play at the sappy part of a person's heart, but to get there you have to ignore the fucked up shit in the book. Which some people can do.
99% of everything portrayed in even very tame porn isn't healthy sex or part of a healthy relationship, either. Doesn't mean you can't like it. It's a sanitized power relationship. No matter what Grey does, it's all OK, it all turns out OK, there's never any actual pain, there's nothing all too dirty... It's a fantasy. Just like I may fantasize about coming home after work to find my girlfriend naked and willing on the bed, just pulling me down to pounce on me, but I wouldn't actually want that on many specific days because I'm grumpy, tired, and have a headache at that moment in time. It's "oohh, a powerful man to force me to do this/that, to take me hard". If their husband/boyfriend tried half the stuff Grey did, they'd protest, because it hurts/isn't what they're in the mood for at that moment/etc.
It isn't written as an abusive relationship because she enjoys it all the time. Even when he ignores her safe word, even when he does things explicitly not allowed in their contract, she still ends up enjoying it after all. It's not about it being a healthy relationship.
He's a young billionaire that no one has ever seen with a girlfriend, who happens upon a young, innocent, virginal woman (how is any of that true with a name like Anastasia Steel?), becomes infatuated with her, and tells her that he wants her, and only her. He also claims he doesn't do romance, and that he can't love, but Anastasia knows that she's the one that can help this poor, troubled, beautiful billionaire's soul.
I haven't actually read the book, but I've read enough crap writing to be able to make an educated guess.
His only superpower is being a billionaire and having a secret roo..... OH MY GOD HE'S BATMAN
In the original fanfic it was Edward and Bella from Twilight.
Crap writing is the first reason I heard of it:
He laughed a sexy laugh that a handsome seal would make in some sort of sex zoo. “That’s a book on how to make sex breakfasts, and I’m going to make one for you.”
You know, when I tried to think of fiction I've read that depicts an actual, realistic, healthy portrayal of a bdsm relationship, all I could think of was the comic Sunstone. It's basically a lesbian sex comic, but depicts a very realistic developing relationship with characters that are well written, with very real flaws and insecurities.
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Watched The Interview. I thought it was pretty funny.
I love these. One was the ball pit from DashCon. Another was filled with statues of Link from Zelda.
Y'know, while the abusiveness of the relationship depicted in 50 Shades is indeed a topic worthy of examination and thought, I found that my primary gripe with the movie is that it's really freaking boring. I almost never check my watch when I'm in a movie theater, but for this one I was checking the time every 5 minutes or so. "Okay, 125 minute movie... 50 minutes to go. Now 45. Now 40. Wait, I forgot to count the trailers... damn, 50 minutes to go."
That's also the sense I'm getting, apparently the blame lying partly on the male lead for having zero personality in his acting. It sounded like the female lead at least had some fun with her role--which apparently the book author hated.
Every site I go to seems to want to weigh in on the badness of this movie, but this seems to be the only universal positive note about it. From what I heard, there are a few moments where Dakota Johnson tries to make Ana not such a spineless, milquetoast wimp. Not shocked that the author would hate her doing so.
EDIT: Oops, wrong Dakota. Sorry!
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I believe you mean Dakota Johnson.
Also, the author apparently got into fights with the director over tone of the film. Some reviews have described as having a more ironic approach to the book, trying to play off some of the bad dialogue with some fun as if it were a joke and also trying to downplay the rougher edges of the story.
She quips, she's sarcastic with him at times, where the book character cries at some stuff, the movie character laughs it off. The book character is supposedly an idiot too immature to be having sex, while the movie character is more "oh, you and your whips and butts". Pretty much the opposite of the book character.
Plus, the author is a douchebag.
So, exactly as written.
Had a movie night with Alix on Friday. Double bill of Casablanca followed by The Usual Suspects. Damn good movies, both I hadn't seen in quite a while. This should come as no surprise, but they're both still great.
Today, while stuck home due to a cold and the weather, I watched Edge of Tomrrow. I wanted to see this in theatres because I'd heard it was pretty good. And it was. Good action, cool concept, you get to see Tom Cruise mercilessly killed over and over. No complaints.
Today, while stuck home due to a cold and the weather, I watched Edge of Tomrrow. I wanted to see this in theatres because I'd heard it was pretty good. And it was. Good action, cool concept, you get to see Tom Cruise mercilessly killed over and over. No complaints.
And on that note ... Fifty Shades author to publish writing guide
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Now, you too can pad out your book with meaningless imaginary characters, cloud your prose with an overuse of pronouns, and create hilarious similes that fill your characters' mouths and actions with those of various animals, both domestic and exotic.
Hits (2015)
David Cross's directorial debut is a pretty solid first outing. I'm not exactly blown away by the quality, but he gets really good performances out of everyone, and everything ties together with a really great twist. It's also, pretty much the most David Cross thing ever. No one comes out of this movie smelling like roses. Everyone gets the piss taken out of them, and rightly so. It delivers more than a few laughs, although Cross himself forewarns it's not what you call a "gutbuster". And the cast is a great ensemble of some great character actors and comedians. Well worth seeing, especially given its cost and the bonus of supporting a forward thinking distribution method. It's available through BitTorrent on a pay what you will (minimum $1) system which also nets you a bundle of special features. I paid $5 if that matters.
David Cross's directorial debut is a pretty solid first outing. I'm not exactly blown away by the quality, but he gets really good performances out of everyone, and everything ties together with a really great twist. It's also, pretty much the most David Cross thing ever. No one comes out of this movie smelling like roses. Everyone gets the piss taken out of them, and rightly so. It delivers more than a few laughs, although Cross himself forewarns it's not what you call a "gutbuster". And the cast is a great ensemble of some great character actors and comedians. Well worth seeing, especially given its cost and the bonus of supporting a forward thinking distribution method. It's available through BitTorrent on a pay what you will (minimum $1) system which also nets you a bundle of special features. I paid $5 if that matters.