Fifty shades of no way! – Mummascribbles

This morning I discovered I am not alone. I felt like I was and have done for a while but there are other people out there like me.

This morning I discovered that I am not the only female on the planet that hasn’t read Fifty Shades of Grey!

I discovered that I’m not the only one that has absolutely no interest in watching the movie.

There are others like me out there and we had a whole Twitter conversation about it this morning! Then we spoke about it in the office and my manager didn’t even know what it was about! Hallelujah!

I read a lot but I haven’t felt the need to pick up this book! I am under the impression that it is very badly written and I don’t like badly written books. I am not a book snob, I read a lot of books that are great and some that are not so great, but I don’t know this until I am reading them. When the word on the street was that this book was badly written, there was no way I was going to waste my time and money on it! I came across a fantastic and funny run down on just how badly written this book is right here. I certainly feel that I’m not missing out on anything!

Apparently, the film script is slightly better than the book but still, I have no interest. People seem to have turned this character into a god and yet clearly, he is abusive. Clearly this is an abusive relationship that the old romantics at heart seem to think is ok. If this wasn’t a book/film that had made Christian Grey to be this mega hot guy (and then recruiting the incredibly good looking Jamie Dornan); if it was real life, with your average looking dude being a creepy stalker, I’m pretty sure you’d be calling the police rather than entertaining his creepy fantasies! A great overview on the abuse element of this is written here.

And then there’s the author. I mean really. There have been lots of reports (and quotes from her and the director) that there were huge spats on set between the two of them because the author was adamant to get her own way. Very unusual in the world of film and you’d think that she’d just be grateful of the fact that her terribly written book had even been picked up by publishers, let alone Hollywood. Then there’s the fact that her writings are based on her own fantasies. Ewwww!

My most favourite thing to come out of this movie’s release is B&Q’s genius fake press release warning staff of a likely rush by customers clamouring for rope, cable ties and duct tape. I’ve never really paid much attention to or looked into the whole BDSM thing, but what the heck is wrong with a good old pair of fluffy pink handcuffs?!

***After publishing this post, I came across a Psychiatrists letter about the story. You can read it here.