
Fifty Shades of Grey demands an actor that is genuinely into women. "I am NOT discriminating Matt Bomer because of his sexuality. He's great for other roles but this is too big a game," he argued in one tweet. Matt Bomer isn't right for Christian Grey because he is openly gay. On Wednesday, he followed up his announcement that the film's producers were no longer considering him by provoking fans with a string of tweets that claimed Matt Bomer could never be cast as Christian Grey, the controlling sexual dynamo who opens Anastasia Steele's eyes to kinky pleasures of the flesh in James' novels. And for newbies unfamiliar with the book, there’s a chance the abrupt ending will leave you feeling short-changed, like the film’s rolled over and kicked you out of bed before you’ve quite finished.Now that Bret Easton Ellis has conceded that he wasn't chosen to write the screen adaptation to Fifty Shades of Grey, you may have thought that his hyperactive tweets about E L James' best-seller, the upcoming movie, his casting thoughts, his first choice for director, more of his casting thoughts, would finally subside. The tone can’t be sustained though, and by the time you need to invest in the drama, it’s too late to take it seriously. Hard.” was surely designed for ironic whoops rather than genuine cooing.

It wills you to laugh at some of the dialogue and scenarios the book wants you to take seriously: a line like “I don’t make love – I fuck. What makes Fifty Shades so anticlimactic is that it actually starts promisingly: the light-touch first half is actually pretty funny, to the extent that it feels like a good movie-within-a-movie, a smart parody of the source material. The supporting cast are basically a collection of Gap models scattered around for set dressing. At times it feels more like an interiors magazine than a movie. Here are 44 books that you may like if you liked Fifty Shades of Grey. His car collection and wardrobe get the same treatment. Books like Fifty Shades of GreyEnjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey We’ve scoured the web for book blogs and looked at all of their recommendations for books that are similar to Fifty Shades of Grey.

Like the book, the film is clearly intended as wish-fulfilment fantasy: the camera pervs over Grey’s hotel-like home, shooting it with the same drooling lenswork that adores his sculpted abs.

The playroom interludes aren’t the only thing that’s slick and soulless.
