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lirazel ([personal profile] lirazel) wrote2012-05-10 08:25 am

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There's going to be a 50 Shades of Suck movie????? How can this be anything but straight-up porn with lots of messed-up character dynamics to pad around the edges? WHAT KIND OF RATING WILL IT GET???? I am trying to imagine what the end result is going to look like...and my imagination fails me. Thankfully.

[identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com 2012-05-10 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, to play devil's advocate, they did manage to film American Psycho and Secretary without turning them into hardcore porn. So that much I think they'll manage. As for making it an actual good movie, though...

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2012-05-10 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but I feel like both of those had some actual substance, you know? Something to say and actual characters, etc. I feel like the entire point of 50SoG is the porn, right?

As for making it an actual good movie, though...

Never happen. Obviously.

[identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com 2012-05-10 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but I feel like both of those had some actual substance, you know?

Oh, absolutely. Maybe with a good scriptwriter (I haven't read 50SOG) they could invent more of a story for this one as well, but given the current fad that all movie adaptations must be 100% faithful to the book, it looks pretty trainwreckbound.

Also, I meant to use this icon.

[identity profile] penny-lane-42.livejournal.com 2012-05-10 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
they could invent more of a story for this one as well, but given the current fad that all movie adaptations must be 100% faithful to the book, it looks pretty trainwreckbound

Yeah. I don't really understand that trend. There's an art to adaptation, balancing what needs to be changed with what's essential. *sigh*

HA! re: your icon.