Anonymous wrote:Please explain the appeal of this book/movie?
Is it just the sex? Are you intrigued by the bdsm?
I don't get it. I read that the series is loosely based on the Twilight formula, but I don't see it. What's the appeal of a guy wanting to dominate a girl? I feel like a better premise would have been to have Grey be rich, powerful, demanding and emotionally stunted and cold...without the bdsm. But apparently the bdsm is central to the plot. Which brings me back to my question: what's the appeal? Bdsm? They could have had a sexy plot without it.
I dunno. I just don't get it.
It's just trashy romance with a twist. I don't think that anyone really takes it very seriously, it's more a matter of the fact that it has been so widely read and Christian Grey is a hot fantasy guy. I'm personally not that into Jamie Dornan for some reason, maybe if they had picked another actor to play the roll...
I'm going to wait and read more movie reviews but I'll likely wind up renting it, if I do that..