Fifty Shades Of Gray Film Analysis

Good or Bad? Since the 1960s sex in both television and cinema has been ever evolving. Audiences started to be more accepting and supportive of movies with sex scenes as long as they were rated accordingly. Society became more accepting but seems to favorite certain kind of sex scenes which is made clear through the movies that have been recently produced by Hollywood. The hits all seem to feature hetero sexual couples consenting to sex who are already in some kind of relationship or by the end of the film are in a relationship. Fifty Shades of Grey both upholds and challenges this argument, portraying a heterosexual agreement (not a couple) in which Mr. Grey and Anastasia participate in a light version of bdsm (not your average sex scene).

The “bad” sex scene is when he introduces Anastasia to the red room of pain and his toys. He starts by whipping her which leads to strapping her arms to the bed to the bed so she is unable to move and with her tied to the bed bent over. Although, Anastasia does consent and reads the paperwork he has previously given her she does not know what she is getting herself into. There is a negative connotation to this sex scene because it is not the normal way must couples seek pleasure. Christian is no longer gentle he becomes the dominant getting off on pleasuring her but pleasuring her through the use of his whip and other accessories. He teasers her and tests her reactions because it turns him on. These aspects make the scene uncommon and shine it in a negative light, because although they both enjoy the sex she is being pleasured with items that are known to inflict pain. This uncommon territory then becomes negative because its not something audiences understand or are comfortable with considering less than 50 years ago spouses couldn’t even sleep in the same bed on screen. The camera again focuses on her reactions including how her body reacts to him whipping her and exposes her facial expressions to the new sensations which reveal both pain and pleasure. Even though Christian is the dominant, Anastasia has all the power in the red room of pain because she can use the safe words when ever she feels

Both sex scenes previously analyzed, have similar aspects; they include the same two consenting adults having sex, and the the technical ways that they are filmed and edited are similar, also her reactions and climax are the same, and they both gain pleasure from both encounters. These similarities go unnoticed at first but when taking a closer look “good” and “bad” sex scenes are harder to determine when the sex is consenting between two adults because you can’t determine something is bad just because you don’t understand or partake in it. Which is what I believe most audiences do whether they realize it or not, and have been doing since the beginning of cinema. Both “good” and “bad” sex scenes are important in film and help audiences learn and become more