I loved the original 9 1/2 Weeks. Period. It was and remains my favorite movie.
I have not read the book but, plan to.
First, why I was disappointed in Another 9 1/2 Weeks.
It's disjointed and darker than it should be. Not a good kind of dark. There's a difference. There's dark sexually and dark depression based.
It begins dark and doesn't move far up the scale from there. Granted, John feels intense regret in how he drove Elizabeth away but, he's taken it to a very dark low
SPOILER!
Once he finds out Elizabeth has died, he drops even lower.
Regarding Bad writing, etcetera
When John notices the scarf Angie's character is wearing, commenting on it, Angie (Lea) affirming that it was indeed Elizabeth's and that she had given it to Lea.
But! It was not "the" scarf from the street fair! That scarf was handmade and colourful. The one in Another 9 1/2 Weeks, was gray and black!
We should all remember the final scene in the first 9 1/2 Weeks. John quietly says, after Elizabeth has left his place, "If you don't come back by the time I count to 50"
Angie's character pokes fun at John by repeating that line while she's playfully running ahead of him in Paris. She's downright mocking him. She claims she read all about Liz and John's relationship in her journal.
Nope!
Why? Because Elizabeth was already out the door, the door absolutely shut, when John said softly, quietly after taking a deep breath, "If you don't come back by the time I count to 50"!
Elizabeth couldn't possibly have beard John say it! So, how come it magically appears in her journal?
Because it didn't. They added this to the sequel I suppose, so Lea could repeat it at the end, where this time John left, as a connection to the first movie.
Sloppy.
John's unwillingness to engage with Lea in the way she wants, was a turn off for John. She was trying to top him from below (that's a good book, by the way) and no dominant will allow that. He won't relinquish control unless it's his idea. I know this first hand. I won't unless it's my idea.
But as she pushed and pushed him, I was waiting for the real John to show up. I said a couple times during the movie, " you're going to get it! If he steps out if his depression, you are going to get more than you bargained for"
It was a good scene but, too short. John showed up and she finally got what she was asking for.
My last thought is, Lea never gave John time to grieve Liz's death - at all. She barely had any empathy or sympathy for him let alone the respect of just backing the hell off of him. I think if whomever wrote the sequel had wrote that into the plot, then quite possibly, the movie could have ended differently. But, they had such a b*ner for working in the, "If you don't come back....", it was impossible for it to end any other way.
Kind of an interesting note. I think the writer of 50 Shades ripped off 9 1/2.
John Grey, Christian Grey 50 Shades, "by the time I count to 50" Both men wealthy businessmen
I've heard that the 50 Shades trilogy is abominable writing but, because it was self publisehed first, selling unreal numbers, the publisher and Amazon overlooked the bad writing.
I'll review the trilogy sometime. I have a lot to write about that!
I have not read the book but, plan to.
First, why I was disappointed in Another 9 1/2 Weeks.
It's disjointed and darker than it should be. Not a good kind of dark. There's a difference. There's dark sexually and dark depression based.
It begins dark and doesn't move far up the scale from there. Granted, John feels intense regret in how he drove Elizabeth away but, he's taken it to a very dark low
SPOILER!
Once he finds out Elizabeth has died, he drops even lower.
Regarding Bad writing, etcetera
When John notices the scarf Angie's character is wearing, commenting on it, Angie (Lea) affirming that it was indeed Elizabeth's and that she had given it to Lea.
But! It was not "the" scarf from the street fair! That scarf was handmade and colourful. The one in Another 9 1/2 Weeks, was gray and black!
We should all remember the final scene in the first 9 1/2 Weeks. John quietly says, after Elizabeth has left his place, "If you don't come back by the time I count to 50"
Angie's character pokes fun at John by repeating that line while she's playfully running ahead of him in Paris. She's downright mocking him. She claims she read all about Liz and John's relationship in her journal.
Nope!
Why? Because Elizabeth was already out the door, the door absolutely shut, when John said softly, quietly after taking a deep breath, "If you don't come back by the time I count to 50"!
Elizabeth couldn't possibly have beard John say it! So, how come it magically appears in her journal?
Because it didn't. They added this to the sequel I suppose, so Lea could repeat it at the end, where this time John left, as a connection to the first movie.
Sloppy.
John's unwillingness to engage with Lea in the way she wants, was a turn off for John. She was trying to top him from below (that's a good book, by the way) and no dominant will allow that. He won't relinquish control unless it's his idea. I know this first hand. I won't unless it's my idea.
But as she pushed and pushed him, I was waiting for the real John to show up. I said a couple times during the movie, " you're going to get it! If he steps out if his depression, you are going to get more than you bargained for"
It was a good scene but, too short. John showed up and she finally got what she was asking for.
My last thought is, Lea never gave John time to grieve Liz's death - at all. She barely had any empathy or sympathy for him let alone the respect of just backing the hell off of him. I think if whomever wrote the sequel had wrote that into the plot, then quite possibly, the movie could have ended differently. But, they had such a b*ner for working in the, "If you don't come back....", it was impossible for it to end any other way.
Kind of an interesting note. I think the writer of 50 Shades ripped off 9 1/2.
John Grey, Christian Grey 50 Shades, "by the time I count to 50" Both men wealthy businessmen
I've heard that the 50 Shades trilogy is abominable writing but, because it was self publisehed first, selling unreal numbers, the publisher and Amazon overlooked the bad writing.
I'll review the trilogy sometime. I have a lot to write about that!