10 Thoughts Every Guy Had While Watching Fifty Shades Freed
3. "Putting A Pop Song Over Every Sex Scene Doesn't Make Them Sexy"
Most people will openly admit that they went to see the first movie purely to check out how the filmmakers handled the sex scenes, and when they proved to be pretty tame and underwhelming, were less enthusiastic about watching the sequels.
The franchise's diminishing box-office returns are an obvious indicator that these movies continue to lose fans the longer they go on, but maybe if the sexy bits were more risque and less choppy, the Fifty Shades trilogy could at least say that it nailed its USP.
But... it didn't. Freed is no exception to the rule, with its surprisingly few moments of "kinky f*ckery" drowned in an endless stream of samey pop-songs, which don't increase the intimacy of the moments so much as they do make the viewer drift off.
It would have been far better for these scenes to be quieter, and therefore more raw and emotional. Instead, they feel like cheesy, low-budget porn scenes shot without a tripod. Ace.