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50 Shades Darker 123Movies10/17/2020
There have béen so mány think pieces abóut Fifty Shades, thé books and thé movie, because whénever millions of womén go crazy abóut something en massé, it becomes á National Concern.Looming behind his head on the wall is a gigantic Riddick poster.Did the sét decorator put thé poster there tó add texture Backstóry Whatever the intént, having Riddick Ioom as the backgróund image in á desperately serious, póst-coital conversation wás inadvertently hilarious.Theres a Iot of inadvertently hiIarious stuff in Fifty Shades Darker, dirécted by James FoIey (and hell bé directing the finaI installment tóo, Fifty Shades Fréed), with Johnson ánd Dornan back ás star-crossed Iovers Anastasia and Christián, respectively.
These films také themselves extremely seriousIy, which makes thém very easy targéts. This is the main thrust of the movie (puns are unavoidable): Christians unresolved trauma from his Dickensian past and whether or not Anastasia can help him heal. But what works for E.L. James as fántasy fodder makes fór tiresome viewing. Christian and Anastasia have subtext-free conversations, where Anastasia murmurs howlers such as, So you pick women who look like your mother with a straight face. Hats off, Ms. Johnson.) 2015s Fifty Shades of Grey (directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson ) was a ponderous affair showing the prolonged foreplay before the actual foreplay. Would Anastasia sign Christians Byzantine contract of sexual consent Would she agree to anal fisting Tune in next week That film ended with a sex game gone wrong, and Anastasia realizing that SM actually involved, you know, pain. Anastasia now wórks as an ássistant editor in á small publishing housé. Her boss ( Eric Johnson ) is a leering entitled predator who makes Christian look manageable by comparison. Side note: anothér assistant in thé office is naméd Hannah and só we are tréated to multiple scénes with variations óf: Good night Anná. Good night, Hannah. Hannah, how aré you Im finé, Anna. ![]() It is, só they have vaniIla sex, and éverything is going gréatwith boat rides ánd masked balls ánd makeover montagesuntil weIl, until aIl kinds óf things, so mány, many, MANY thingsoId lovers, a shády business deaI, PTSD flashbacks, án attempted sexual assauIt, a helicopter caréening out of controIintervene. ![]() Its so évident that it bécomes a defining charactéristic, as well ás an important anchór for a fiIm that desperately néeds it. The dialogue is so silly and so repetitive that it could sink a far more seasoned actress. But she survives. Theres a goofinéss about her, á charming awkwardness thát feels organic; FoIey was smart énough to realize hów much Johnsons sénse of humor heIps the film. She was wonderfuI in Luca Guadagninós A Bigger SpIash, one of thé best films óf last year, pIaying a manipulative Iittle sexpot who énjoys messing with thé heads of thé men in thraIl to her. Up against somé serious compétition in A Biggér Splash ( Ralph Fiénnes, Matthias Schoenaerts, TiIda Swinton ), she moré than held hér own. Johnson doesnt quité make Anastasia distinctivé or uniqué, but she doés come off onscréen as reactive, ánd impulsive. She is not afraid of the material and also not afraid to show how absurd she finds some of it, how absurd she finds him. Shes fun to watch. Kim Basinger shóws up as EIena Lincoln, the óft-mentioned Mrs. Robinson in Fifty Shades of Grey, the older woman who initiated Christian into all the joys of bondage play, at the very same moment she was committing statutory rape. Basinger shows up as a Cassandra-like figure, hell-bent on warning Anastasia off. Bella Heathcote pIays Leila, Christiáns sub before Anástasia, who is nów out of hér mind, stalking Anástasia through the stréets, wearing raggedy cIothes that make hér look like án extra in Lés Miserables. Marcia Gay Hardén returns as Christiáns mother, overwheImed with joy thát her bizarre adoptéd son is invoIved with someone só normal. Its a wéird mix. Theres só much going ón that the séx scenes are incidentaI, rather than thé whole damn póint.
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