50 Shades

I admit it - I've never watched the fifty-shades series of movies. Until this weekend...

The house was quiet (well, as quiet as can be with two kittens running around) since C is at H1's house for midwinter break. I had some crafting to do and decided that I would watch something adult. 50 Shades was a rental on Amazon and I thought, why not... for $3.99 even if it is THAT horrible it's not like I broke the bank renting it.

So I watched it - This movie left me with a really, really off feeling. What you want to do with your sex life is what you want to do and I'm totally cool with that - however Christian Gray blasted through so many boundaries. That lifestyle is all about consent, but he consistently broke right through Anastasia's boundaries. Who the heck shows up in a girls apartment with a bottle of wine after she broke up with him or sends her flowers because he's stalking her on her first day of work.

The first one ended so abruptly that I had to watch the second, thankfully this was "free" if I signed up for a 7-day HBO trial so I felt even less guilty about it. I was laying in bed with my glass of wine watching this movie and I just kept shaking my head and wondering why we are producing movies like this. It bothered me not because of the content but because of the absolute mind fuck he was playing on Anastasia. Granted, there were some points where I thought "you go girl..." as she mind fucked him back, but gosh... I wouldn't want anyone, male or female, to think that this is an okay thing to do.

Is there anyone else out there that had these thoughts? I'm wondering if it's because of my recent past with H2, who had some of those weird stalker tendencies, that makes my spine shiver. What are your thoughts on fifty-shades? I'd love to hear them...