![]() ![]() Yet when Sam Taylor-Johnson's adaptation hit theaters in 2015, it submitted too much: to studio insistence not to push the film past an R rating to James's limp, insipid plotting (though not, blessedly, to her grotesque ear for dialogue) and, ironically for a movie whose pivotal scene is a contract negotiation, to a stipulation in lead Jamie Dornan's contract that the audience would never see laconic ubermensch Christian Grey's uber-appendage. Lord knows the fanbase wasn't clamoring for the story. ![]() James's massively popular trilogy of BDSM-lite erotica that began life as Twilight fanfiction, gave Universal Pictures a golden ticket to push the boundaries of sex in mainstream cinema. ![]() The Masque of the Bed Death: Christian (Jamie Dornan) and Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) try to keep things interesting in Fifty Shades Darker.įor all the talk of Hollywood smut rotting the moral fabric of society, it's worth noting that, when the public demanded the industry embrace a franchise whose only claim to fame was smut, it chose instead to keep things squeaky-clean.įifty Shades of Grey, the first book in E.L. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |