4. The Dialogue
Beyond the ridiculously two dimensional characters and the simply absurd situations they find themselves in, if one thing shows up Fifty Shades as a completely nonsensical romp through BDSM-for-beginners, it's the dialogue. Right from the iconic "laters baby" that Christian utters throughout both the book and the film, to his cringeworthy descriptions of his business motives, his lines are one cliche and nothing-statement after another. Culminating perfectly in the film's big payoff moment, when he exclaims that he is, in fact, "fifty shades of f*****d up!". A line that's genuinely up there with The Room's "you are tearing me apart Lisa!" Worse than Christian though is Ana, and the inner monologue she's afforded as the chief protagonist of the story. Some highlights from both the book and the film include use of the terms "double crap" and "holy cow" as well as referring to her lady-parts as "my sex" and "inner goddess".
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