50 Shades of Fantasy

[AceP]

The movies got made because of the books. I haven't seen the movies. I did read the first book. After that, I decided not to give it any more of my time or money.

I never read a story with two more unlikable characters. Grey is a pathetic loser who tries to impress a woman by throwing money around. Ana is just a gold-digger, but doesn't want to admit. Sadly, I think this might be the reason for its popularity. It apologizes for gold-digging and for being fake about it.

Lol if you judge stories that frankly I wonder what would you say is an actual good realistic-modern Love Story

I think all women / men are like this to some extent.

 

[Akwesi]

I have actually tried a few times to read the books or watch the movies in order to understand their appeal, but it's hopeless. it is just so boring and stupid, so poorly written, acted, and directed that it's just mind-boggling that anyone can get through whole books/movies like this, much less that they become enthusiastic fans and obsess about the shallow characters and the ludicrous plots. It may be that understanding this stuff is the key to the pearly gates of poosy paradise, but if so they will never open for me. On the other hand it has made me reflect on what things we men like that are like 50 shades in reverse, i. e., shit that we obsess about but girls find absurd and idiotic. It certainly demonstrates, once again, that men and women are virtually separate species.

 

[Papaya]

I have actually tried a few times to read the books or watch the movies in order to understand their appeal, but it's hopeless. it is just so boring and stupid, so poorly written, acted, and directed that it's just mind-boggling that anyone can get through whole books/movies like this, much less that they become enthusiastic fans and obsess about the shallow characters and the ludicrous plots. It may be that understanding this stuff is the key to the pearly gates of poosy paradise, but if so they will never open for me. On the other hand it has made me reflect on what things we men like that are like 50 shades in reverse, i. e., shit that we obsess about but girls find absurd and idiotic. It certainly demonstrates, once again, that men and women are virtually separate species.

^ Youre thinking like a man. That the value of a work lies in the com-positional "quality"said work.

Women dont care about the prose: only about the emotions it induces.

By extension

-They dont care about (nor remember) what you say...only how you made her feel

Moreover

-They dont care how you got rich...only that you are

-They dont care how you got fit / jacked...only that you are

Example: How much of the 50 Shades story is about how the young Mr Grey became a billionaire ?

Little to none...because it doesn't matter

 

[CynicalContrarian]

^
Not to mention the fantasy chicks will revel in when reading or watching such tripe.

They're not thinking of "Anna Steele" or what ever the retard character's name is.
They're fantasizing that it is in fact them being swept off their feet by the slick, suave, stranger.