{"id":29846,"date":"2018-02-22T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T14:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=29846"},"modified":"2018-02-22T14:24:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T14:24:28","slug":"fifty-shades-freed-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/fifty-shades-freed-review","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Shades Freed- review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr Grey lets Mrs Grey drive a nice car, have some borderline consensual sex and takes her shopping. <\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29851\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-29851 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/FiftyShadesFreed-mod-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"fifty-shades-freed-anastasia-christian\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29851 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/FiftyShadesFreed-mod-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"fifty-shades-freed-anastasia-christian\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Pop culture\u2019s favourite kinky couple are back for yet another consumerist abusive orgy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How does the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiftyshades-movie.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">final instalment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the modern day S&amp;M princess fairy tale begin? With a wedding of course. Yes, multimillionaire Dom Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) finally put a ring on it. And not just on Anastasia Grey\u2019s (Dakota Johnson) finger but round her ankles, wrists and personal autonomy too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the uninitiated (congratulations), Mr Grey is a Seattle born, ex-orphan multimillionaire, with a penchant for naughty sex who managed to lead Mrs Grey down the path from quiet, virginal journalism graduate, to Sub in three books <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eljamesauthor.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(E L James)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The couple have so far survived non disclosure agreements and helicopter crashes, but are now confronted by (spoiler alert) a vengeful ex-boss and pregnancy announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This time, director <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001226\/?ref_=ttfc_fc_dr1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James Foley <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tells us, Mrs Grey is in charge as the film drags us through a porridge-like narrative punctuated by Anastasia Grey\u2019s acts of defiance. Mrs Grey does it all: goes topless, drives a car and goes out for a drink with a friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what happens to naughty wives in 2018? They get punished. And so as in films one and two the audience is treated to disappointingly few scenes of slightly pedestrian kinky sex framed by some frankly gorgeous silk lingerie. Not even the script- \u201cI should misbehave more often\u201d- manages to hot things up. But to be fair, James didn\u2019t give script writer Niall Leonard much to work with in the first place. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29906\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29906\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/Underwear-mod-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"fifty-shades-freed-red-room\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29906\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/Underwear-mod-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"fifty-shades-freed-red-room\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Luxurious lingerie takes centre-stage in an attempt to redeem Fifty Shades (not so) Freed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These cringe worthy moments pale in comparison to how problematic the film is for a supposedly #woke generation. Most concerning of all is Christian\u2019s reaction to Ana\u2019s illicit drink with her best friend which results in what can only be described as sexual abuse in the red room: \u201cYou promise something and then do the complete opposite. So now you know how I feel,\u201d he growls. This abusive relationship is justified through a #capitalistluxe filter- a little test for the teenage audience- will they spot the transgressions beyond the Audi product placement?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interwoven with private jets, chauffeurs and shopping is the action plotline (one for the lads) when Jack Hyde (Eric Johnson), Ana\u2019s rapist former boss seeks revenge for the ruin of his career in \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fifty_Shades_Darker_(film)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fifty Shades Darker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d. It\u2019s incredible that despite many specialist security staff Hyde successfully breaks into Mr Grey\u2019s office and home, threatening Mrs Grey with a knife. But maybe you can\u2019t get the staff these days. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Hyde\u2019s defence it\u2019s laughable how Anastasia Grey has gone from journalism grad to publishing executive in three years thanks to her relationship with the \u201cboss\u2019s boss\u2019s boss\u201d. Most of the audience\u2019s careers will begin with months if not years of unpaid internships and a starting salary of 18K. But kidnapping Christian\u2019s sister Mia, (oh yes gurrrll Rita Ora is back!) is perhaps an overreaction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The kidnapping however does give Christian the opportunity to apologise to Ana for a disturbing reaction to her pregnancy announcement- \u201cYou\u2019ll choose him over me!\u201d- after a showdown with Hyde in an industrial estate leaves her hospitalised (private glass room, $500 worth of flowers).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But who can blame Grey? Perhaps his reaction was in fact a rare moment of maturity. He finally realised that he and his wife are two children in an abusive, opulent playground who aren\u2019t ready for another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fifty Shades Freed is out now.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 2 stars<\/p>\n<p>Final verdict: A #capitalistluxe 101 of abusive relationships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29854\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29854\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/fifty-shades-fr_28099131-1-625x1444.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"1444\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29854\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/fifty-shades-fr_28099131-1-625x1444.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"1444\" \/><\/noscript> Drink your way through Fifty Shades Freed with this handy infographic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drinkaware.co.uk\/\">Drinkaware <\/a>for the facts about alcohol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final instalment of the Grey trilogy is just as problematic as the first two but there is some nice underwear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":29896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[676],"class_list":["post-29846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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