I've never read these novels, but it felt like the sequences that had the character of Leila stalking Christian was forced into the story to pad out the run time, making it seem like it had a bigger purpose than what was on the surface. It just goes to show that quality does trump all every now and then. Making half a billion dollars at the box office the first time around, Fifty Shades Darker barely cracked half of that.

For that reason alone I felt betrayed as an audience member. It felt like they were forcing kinky aspects into the film when necessary, solely for the purpose of stimulating the audience. That being said, even I can see that neither one of them are giving it their all here. Most critics hate on Johnson and Dornan for having zero chemistry with one another, but that was not an issue I had with the first film, in fact they elevated the lame premise for me. With no inciting incidents and reluctance to have anything bearing happen, I found myself amazed that this film was even made. The plot of this film is that they date, develop some sort of relationship and eventually fall in love. For the next two hours, you will find yourself watching a series of dates, sex scenes, stalkers following them, and stupid injections into the so-called story that made the film laughable to say the very least. Following the conclusion that had Anastasia Steele leaving Christian Grey at the end of the first film, you'd expect that the sequel would be about one of them trying to win the other back, but that happens within the first five minutes of the film. Here is why this film should be seen by every filmmaker as a lesson on how to not make a film.Ī film can take its time revealing what its premise is truly about in order to savour the flavour of its twists, but when a story never reveals itself, it makes its audience feel robbed.

If anything is worse than this film this year I will genuinely be shocked.

Slowly becoming fascinated with how atrociously bad nearly every single second was, I just had to finish it. I felt like I was in a trance during my viewing of this picture, wondering why I even chose to watch it. It was a horrible script with a bad plot that wasn't very exciting, but somehow Fifty Shades Darker makes the original bearable. Let's be clear and say that there really wasn't anything good about the first film. On average, there is a general 50% percent between the good and the bad, but Fifty Shades Darker is on a new level. Throughout the years, cinema has had its high points and its low points.

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