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50 Shades of Grey - at a Target near you.
By Wordspoken 2015-02-13 12:22:17
Apparently some hardware stores are stocking up for the 50 Shades frenzy. Capitalism, Ho!
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By Cerberus.Avalon 2015-02-13 12:22:25
So far Rotten Tomatoes has the movie at 29% by critics and just over 50% by consumers.
I wonder how many couples are going to go see this for date night this evening.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2015-02-13 12:23:24
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2015-02-13 12:24:25
Apparently some hardware stores are stocking up for the 50 Shades frenzy. Capitalism, Ho!
"Large garbage bags, duct tape, moth balls, nail gun, paint thinner, hacksaw and floor liners please."
By Bloodrose 2015-02-13 12:25:22
By fonewear 2015-02-13 12:49:26
What I know about this film is that Lucy Hale was turned down for the role of female protagonist, which is too bad I would've watched her in erotic action!
Under the 3 pounds of makeup there is a woman under there !
Plus she has too many clothes on.
2/10 would not bang !
By fonewear 2015-02-13 12:51:54
By Ramyrez 2015-02-13 12:54:40
Apparently some hardware stores are stocking up for the 50 Shades frenzy.
I know first responders in our area have been put on notice that they may be busier than usual and encounter some awkward situations.
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By Carbuncle.Lynxblade 2015-02-13 12:58:17
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only good thing about this over glorified porno, is the fact that some people read this in funny voices..
at 1:00 they start
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By fonewear 2015-02-13 13:26:32
So far Rotten Tomatoes has the movie at 29% by critics and just over 50% by consumers.
I wonder how many couples are going to go see this for date night this evening.
That would be a deal breaker for me bad taste in movies !
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By Carbuncle.Lynxblade 2015-02-13 13:28:25
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was just watching some random clip, and the ending is actually relevant to this forum, at 4:50ish
yeah, 60mil in fourdays....
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By Lakshmi.Flavin 2015-02-13 14:04:21
So far Rotten Tomatoes has the movie at 29% by critics and just over 50% by consumers.
I wonder how many couples are going to go see this for date night this evening. They said there was around $60 million in presales so quite a few people.
By fonewear 2015-02-13 14:05:26
This sums it up quite nicely:
I guess what I found to be so surprising is how a movie about weird, erotic, passionate sex could wind up being so dull.
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By Bismarck.Misao 2015-02-13 14:37:18
this hasnt been posted here yet?
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By Bismarck.Dracondria 2015-02-14 10:43:02
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By Shiva.Onorgul 2015-02-14 11:11:14
Bismarck.Dracondria said: »I hate to defend this drivel, but I could pick up a piece of genuinely good literature and tally the number of times a certain word is repeated.
Come to that, I did. One of the earlier novels written in English, Evelina, is considered a classic for a variety of reasons. Whether because it's epistolary (a story told through people's correspondence mail) or simply fairly early in the form, it uses certain words with regular frequency. I actually found a digital copy in order to notate every use of the word "artless" (and the one or two instances of "artful") exactly to analyze the purpose that repetition served in the author's intent. Hurrah for post-modern analysis and all that.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-02-14 11:15:06
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By Shiva.Onorgul 2015-02-14 12:49:43
If the point was to try to knock bad writing by pointing out that she uses words over and over again, the point was stupid. Which was my point.
Her writing is awful. Her use of really common words, especially to convey body language, is not a good example thereof. It's like criticizing Piss Christ because the bottle was just a bottle instead of something hand-blown.
By Ramyrez 2015-02-14 12:54:23
If the point was to try to knock bad writing by pointing out that she uses words over and over again, the point was stupid. Which was my point.
Her writing is awful. Her use of really common words, especially to convey body language, is not a good example thereof. It's like criticizing Piss Christ because the bottle was just a bottle instead of something hand-blown.
I can say, at least for me, it isn't just word repetition. It's the theme and meaning of those words and what they imply.
As I saw one commentator in another forum point out, after he's shoved like six different things up her rear, the idea of innocent blushing every time he touches her in a slightly sexual fashion gets harder and harder to buy. It's the cumulative effect of bad writing, bad concepts, and just flagrant terrible characterization.
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By Wordspoken 2015-02-14 12:56:07
Reminds me of the question: "how many times, does the word "thud" is used in the novel Thud"?
Google wouldn't tell me. I could re-read and keep track.
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By Bloodrose 2015-02-14 13:55:22
Ha! I came across an add on Kijiji.com about a guy willing to pay money to see the 50 shades of Grey books burn.
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By Shiva.Onorgul 2015-02-14 14:38:59
Reminds me of the question: "how many times, does the word "thud" is used in the novel Thud"?
Google wouldn't tell me. I could re-read and keep track. Surely you don't mean Terry Pratchett's Thud!? To my recollection, the word never appears in the text of the novel.
By Jetackuu 2015-02-14 14:43:18
If the point was to try to knock bad writing by pointing out that she uses words over and over again, the point was stupid. Which was my point.
Her writing is awful. Her use of really common words, especially to convey body language, is not a good example thereof. It's like criticizing Piss Christ because the bottle was just a bottle instead of something hand-blown.
I can say, at least for me, it isn't just word repetition. It's the theme and meaning of those words and what they imply.
As I saw one commentator in another forum point out, after he's shoved like six different things up her rear, the idea of innocent blushing every time he touches her in a slightly sexual fashion gets harder and harder to buy. It's the cumulative effect of bad writing, bad concepts, and just flagrant terrible characterization. OK, hadn't read the book, and honestly know little about it, and now I'm glad that I haven't. WTF?
By Wordspoken 2015-02-14 14:55:23
Reminds me of the question: "how many times, does the word "thud" is used in the novel Thud"?
Google wouldn't tell me. I could re-read and keep track. Surely you don't mean Terry Pratchett's Thud!? To my recollection, the word never appears in the text of the novel. ...
You haven't read the said book, haven't you? Word "thud" is said many many times in it, I lost count.
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2015-02-14 15:01:20
It's an erotic novel, did you expect no anal?!
By Jetackuu 2015-02-14 15:20:30
It's an erotic novel, did you expect no anal?!
Not 6 different object anal!
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By Bismarck.Misao 2015-02-14 18:02:59
It's an erotic novel, did you expect no anal?! sorry, made me lol, especially with that avi.
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By Valefor.Sehachan 2015-02-14 18:22:57
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By Bismarck.Misao 2015-02-14 18:34:53
yes, exactly why
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By Bloodrose 2015-02-14 18:39:40
Seha loves me booty and shivers me timbers.
For those who don't know or haven't heard of the new movie releasing today based off the graphic (pun intended) novel, Fifty Shades of Grey seems to push the controversial line on what is or isn't acceptable. Or has it?
Just another day at your local theater or has visual cinematic entertainment gone too far?
Well, aside from controversial buzz surrounding the movie, it seems Target is now selling memorabilia from the movie - right next to Angry Birds toothbrushes.
What kind of marketing is this that we force children to see this kind of not age-appropriate material?
Thoughts?
Fifty Shades of Grey at Target
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