Fifty Shades Of Grey: 10 Ways It Tricks People Into Liking It

2. The Ending Is Sequel Bait

Bizarrely, the worst part of Fifty Shades Of Grey isn't actually in the movie itself. It comes as the credits flash by, a sickening realisation that rises from the pit of your stomach before coalescing into one single, horrible thought. There's going to be two more of these. In the aftermath of the first book, E. L. James wrote two sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, that (spoilers) deal with the continuation of Ana and Christian' relationship, with the pair getting married and having to deal with her new boss, who is somehow even more inexplicably vindictive than Grey. And although the producers were at first non-committal about their big-screen viability, as it became more and more certain Fifty Shades Of Grey would be a hit they began to drop hints at a cinematic trilogy, with Darker all-but confirmed to be arriving next year. By its very nature Fifty Shades appears to be sowing the seeds for these follow-ups, ending on what is little more than an end-of-second-act divergence, trumpeting it as the big finale. To James it's no doubt a great cliffhanger that speaks about her vague grasp on relationships, but it's really just a cynical WTF stop to an already irritating movie. Sadly, it's delivered with such sincerity that it makes more adventures feel almost narratively necessary. It seems ridiculous to get wound up about the plot of Fifty Shades Of Grey, but it treats itself so emotionally profound it€™s impossible not to.