Fifty shades of grey movie theater6/16/2023 ![]() ![]() English literature student Anastasia is gifted several luxuries by her billionaire love interest.While others may be taken by the over-the-top sex scenes, I cannot forgive the film for its three most deplorable sins. This was not the most absurd moment of my “Fifty Shades” experience however. I was not disappointed.ĭuring the first steamy encounter between Christian and Anastasia, a young woman leaned towards the screen with her phone in hand to take a picture of the shirtless couple, with the flash on. ![]() I settled into my seat expecting constant giggles and whispers to fill the theater. The room gave off a nervous, yet excited energy long before the film began. The near-sold out audience at Saturday night’s screening was a welcome change of pace. Naturally, the news that a studio film, “Fifty Shades of Grey” no less, would be opening at the art house came as a surprise.Ī new film at the Downer will often times attract a humble crowd of fifty-somethings. It prides itself as being the first stop for challenging and engaging independent films in Milwaukee. The Downer Theatre has become a safe haven of sorts for me. Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey in “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Credit: Īs the giggly twenty-something in our audience might say, it isn’t “my thing.” I identify as a queer young man who spends far too much time talking about film.
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