Posted on 02/14/2015 5:35:59 AM PST by Perdogg
My reaction as well. The review in the paper nevertheless had praise for Tango but disdained 50. I guess we can see this phenomenon has happened before and is not all that new.
I would have chosen divorce court before giving this movie one cent!
Thankfully, my marriage is stronger than that.
God Bless ya.....I hope you survived. What a great husband. Thank God my Wife has not demanded such a thing.......yet.
Just returned from the theater.
It was terrible.
I tried to have an open mind. I knew there'd be a lot of sex. I'm no prude, by any stretch, but the film was just awful.
The sex scenes didn't push the envelope. Except for some boobs, butts and careful lighting, they were about as erotic as a Madonna video. Nothing we didn't see in an 'R'-rated film 30 years ago.
It did remind me of a porn --the acting and script of a porn. The dialogue was terrible. The actors weren't believable in their roles. You never understood how or why this dude was a tech billionaire or why he had any interest whatsoever in Dakota Johnson's virginal, somewhat homely English major. Knowing it was 2:04 in length, I was looking at my watch the whole time.
Back in the 1990s, a director by the name of Zalman King used to crank out a series of softcore sex flicks by the name of "Red Shoe Diaries" that would go to Showtime and then straight to video. They were boring and entirely forgettable. That's what this film was.
I went to the 3:45pm showing at a local cineplex with 14 screens. FSG was playing on four of them. The parking lot was full, people were parking in the grass and lines were snaking out the door. The place was packed, yet the auditorium for FSG was only half full. I think people were seeing Spongebob or Sniper.
The absolute highlight of the film was the trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine 2.
And that sums up my fair and unbiased review.
Oh so sorry you had to go through that, BUT thank you so much for giving us your experience. If the wife asks me to go to the movie, I will suggest see American Sniper again. Although she has sniffed a bit about Ask Alice.....I can’t stand Julianne Moore and it has nothing to do with politics......I just can’t see her in a film. Anyway thank you again.
The film is going to make a bunch of money this weekend but I predict it will drop off quickly when word of mouth gets out about just how truly awful it is. Come Tuesday, when we all go back to work, the buzz is going to be terrible. This won't bode well for the two planned sequels.
I know a lot of people on this forum hate the film already without even seeing it which is why I really tried to have an open mind. Americans aren't offended by strong sexual content. The film is doing very well in Red State America, as did the books, and everyone who bought a ticket knew what they were in for before they took their seats. What we don't like are lousy, boring films and that's what this was.
If I want to see a movie with horrible acting, awful dialogue and no plot, I'll go see Expendables IV. At least it has stuff blowing up. This movie had nothing.
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