You Deserve Better Than Fifty Shades Darker-We All Do

But with so much melodrama, how can you not?

Directed by veteran director but franchise newcomer James Foley, Fifty Shades Darker features Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan reprising their roles as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. Ever since the first movie, tortured billionaire Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) has forbidden doe-eyed publishing assistant Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), to touch the small scars that cover his chest, let alone inquire about their origins. Which is why I don’t get the need to offer up information about myself to strangers.

The New York Times said the film was “Fifty Shades Darker and only half as watchable” as its predecessor.

One protestor held a sign with the slogan “Christian Grey is a rapist”, while others sported t-shirts saying “50 Shades is domestic abuse”. What’s this? she asks, daintily holding up a restraint, its metal buckles dangling innocently.

“What few yuks there are in Fifty Shades Darker are due mainly to the risible dialogue”. Unlike the first movie, which was entirely void of any real feminism, in my eyes, this one actually has several moments in the film that are surprisingly pro-women, scenes that put Ana’s desires first and give her control. Christian and Ana speak about love and their respective obsession for each other but neither raise their voices above a certain decibel. The books were something of a secret shared between women, a guilty pleasure shared with a knowing smile and a “thank me later”. He can be changed! I’m more in love with her today than I was at the start. Honey, please pass the toast! For right now, however, Fifty Shades Darker has taken a sizable lead in the race. Order the biggest bucket of popcorn and the largest size Coke and get ready for an entertaining movie because we all know a good movie with our best friends beats any cheap chocolate or teddy bear. If it works out that way for anyone, great.

If artfully done sexual tension is what you want, you’re better off watching “Working Girl”. Valentine’s Day moviegoers looking for a little titillation at the multiplex this year must choose between Fifty Shades or staying home. Dornan is just a dud. “It’s incredible walking up the red carpet and on both sides of the carpet you have fans wanting autographs and pictures, we really love spending time with the fans”. Not even Olivier could do it.

However, this darkness is something she’s supposed to have known before, so her character subjecting herself to this emotional blunder makes zero sense.