Jose, the guy who in his drunken state basically almost sexually attacked Ana in the first movie, is hosting an art exhibition. On the whole male front, Darker really doesn’t give you much choice but to root for Christian over this asshole. Her sleazy boss, Jack, likes to ogle her ass. Not enough to win any girl back, but certainly not trash can worthy.Īna has graduated from hardware store employment to now working as an assistant at a fancy publishing company. Alas, who could they possibly be from? Ana contemplates throwing the bouquet in the bin, but just can’t bring herself to do so which thank god, because those were some nice flowers. Without further ado, allow me to give you a Fifty Shades Darker rundown and save you the £12 cinema ticket in the process.ĭarker begins with the camera zooming into a white rose, which is part of an extravagant bouquet that gets delivered to Ana’s doorstep. What makes my mum the best person to watch Fifty Shades with? Her running commentary, musings and cinematography critiques are hilarious as are the shared moments of mutual giggling and awkwardness as Ana and Christian do the do. She barely even knew what they were about when we watched the first one together other than that it was ~scandalous~. Before you make assumptions, she isn’t one of the filthy housewives that has read the novels. This may seem like a weird choice for a movie date, but allow me to clarify.

I didn’t make it through Darker as a book, finding it eye-roll inducing and far too over-the-top dramatic which is why I was shocked that the movie version was actually passable.Īfter booking my tickets via the internet as to avoid the shame of confronting an employee at the front desk and then being ID’d (Curse these youthful looks!), I dragged my mum along to see Fifty Shades Darker with me. Amazingly, I managed to battle my way through the book’s constant repetition of ‘inner goddess’ and some of the most ridiculous metaphors and while it wasn’t revolutionary literature, it did raise a chuckle or two. However, I didn’t think much of it, finding it quite lacklustre. I must add that I did the see the first movie, opting to watch it online instead. For research of course… but also a little bit for Jamie Dornan. James’ second smutty instalment that my department had published, Fifty Shades Darker, I decided to see what all the fuss was about.

Over on my personal blog, I mentioned that I completed a work placement at Penguin Random House and after filing away press clipping after press clipping for the film adaptation of E.L. Some of you will either deem me insane or an absolute trooper, but I did it.

Watch fifty shades of grey darker