What to Expect If I Didn't Read Fifty Shades of Grey
If You Didn't Read Fifty Shades of Grey, You're in For a Very Strange Journey
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OK, I'm going to start with a little bit of intense honesty: I couldn't bring myself to read Fifty Shades of Grey. That does not, however, mean I wasn't excited to see the movie adaptation. There was plenty out there to drum up excitement; the sultry motion picture soundtrack was surprisingly good, and I did my research on all the questions I had going in. But then I saw it, and I have to say, I was kind of underwhelmed. Even after figuring out what they changed from the book, I found myself asking, "Is that it?" Keep reading to find out why Fifty Shades of Grey just wasn't everything I thought it would be. Spoiler alert, obviously.
1 The Movie Doesn't Actually Have That Much Sex
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2 There Are a Lot of Things That Are Never Really Explained
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3 There's Not Much Insight Into the BDSM World
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4 There's No Male Full-Frontal Nudity
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5 There Are Many Attempts at Backstory, and None of Them Stick
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6 The Sex Actually Isn't All That Hardcore or Scandalizing
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7 The Ending Is Really Abrupt and Confusing
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