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Gag Me--A Review of 50 Shades of Grey

Get it? Gag me? It's a joke about kinky sex AND how horrible this movie was. Fifty Shades of Grey is the movie adaptation of the 50 Shades trilogy by E.L. James. It follows the whirlwind romance between 27 year old CEO Christian Grey and 21 year old college graduate Anastasia Steele. Steele agrees to interview Grey in place of her flu-ridden roommate, and in a crazy twist of fate, falls for him as hard as he does for her. Ana is repeatedly confused by Grey's non-romantic personality because he prefers to chain her up and whip her rather than lovingly touch her or sleep next to her. Despite her unease and anxieties, she takes him back time and time again until she 'falls in love' with him and 'changes' him. The movie is out Friday, February 13th (I apologize, in past posts, I was mistakenly under the impression it was released on Valentine's Day). I went into this early screening of the movie expecting the bad story line I saw in the books, but I tried...