I would first like to start off that if you have not seen the movie, “50 Shades of Grey”, or read the book/s, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT IT.
Secondly, I understand where you’re coming from. Based on the trailer, I can see how you’re getting that she’s being abused, but I have seen the movie and she is not. Nor is it a situation where she thinks she can change him so she goes along with it . She literally knows what she’s doing and the one time, ONE TIME, she says no, he respects that and obeys. Remember when we learned not to judge a book by it’s cover? Don’t judge a movie by it’s trailer. I also understand the fact that abusive relationships tend to ignore the safe word and things get really out of hand. I get that over romanticizing this movie can be an issue for ACTUALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, but the relationship in this movie (at least so far) has not been abusive.
Thirdly, I would like to point out that this is FAN FICTION based off TWILIGHT. Meaning it’s basically a caricature of that story, plus like 3, two minute sex scenes, tops. (There really wasn’t any more sex than an average rated R movie).
The attractive, mysterious, rich, loner guy, Christian/Edward, (who also lives in a giant house that’s mostly windows, and plays piano) has his attention directed to a quiet, shy, awkward, innocent girl, Anna/Bella. Christian/Edward literally tells Anna/Bella that he is not the man for her and she should stay away (since he’s fully aware that he’s a dominant/vampire but hasn’t told her that yet). Yet Anna/Bella is drawn towards Christian’s/Edward’s air of mystery and eventually Christian/Edward is like “screw it” and they end up in a relationship anyway because Anna/Bella is all he ever wanted and he can’t stay away. When Christian/Edward tells Anna/Bella that he is a dominant/vampire, she is of course, concerned for her safety, and knows that he is potentially dangerous, but goes along with him and his danger anyway. Oh, and did I mention that before Anna/Bella really knew Christian/Edward, he kinda stalked her? Like knew-where-she-slept-and-where-she-was-around-town kind of stalked her. Also, Anna/Bella ended up with bruises after sex with Christian/Edward but she was cool with it. IT’S THE SAME EXACT STORY.
Fourth on my list: I am not defending this movie because I like it. I thought it was one of the worst movies ever (although keeping the fact that it’s basically a spoof of twilight in mind made it more bearable and pretty entertaining).
5. Twilight is LITERALLY a predator and prey romance. Yeah, the movie was criticized, but that was because it was kind of a dumb premise, not the fact that it was an extremely unhealthy relationship that put the woman at the mercy of the man. Even though it’s fantasy it still carries the same message as 50 Shades; the dangerous, potentially harmful man really just wants to have you in his arms, despite the danger he knows he presents to you.
6. I just ask you to please educate yourself before you convey your opinion about a topic. It’s like listening to someone who has never been outside in their life say that grass is dangerous because it looks spiky from the windows, and that no one should go outside and risk the danger. Please know what you’re talking about before you talk about it. Thank you.
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