♪ (ragtime music) ♪
♪ (soft pop music) ♪
- ♪ Oh-oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- Oh god!
- Yes, I'm looking forward to this.
- Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness.
- This is the sequel to the, you know, Shades of Grey.
- (Christian) Have dinner with me.
- (Ana) Okay, fine. - I'm supposed to know this show, huh?
- (Ana) Because I'm hungry.
- (chuckles)
- (Ana) Because I'm hungry.
- Oh, I bet you are.
- I've seen this.
- (Ana) ...quicker than that, Grey.
Are you happy?
- How idealic. Something's really gonna go wrong here.
- I know he's supposed to be sexy,
but there's something about him that's more creepy than sexy.
- ♪ But you gave me nothing ♪
♪ What is happening ♪ - Oh.
- ♪ To me? ♪ - Ooh.
- (Ana) This time... - I think I know what this is.
- (Ana) ...no rules. - Is this Fifty Shades?
Just taking a guess.
- Fifty Shades of Grey.
- ♪ ...don't wanna fit ♪ - (Ana) And...
- ♪ Wherever ♪ - (Ana) ...no more secrets.
- Oh, you have to have some secrets. That makes it interesting.
- ♪ ...until you come back home ♪
♪ (chorus vocalizing) ♪
- ♪ I just wanna keep calling your name ♪
- Oh my gosh. This is so romantic.
- ♪ ...until you come back home ♪ - Oh. That's pretty sexy.
- ♪ ...until you come back home ♪ - Pretty racy.
- That's good. I'm glad I'm not on that elevator.
- "This Valentine's Day," what movie are we coming out with?
- (Ana) You know that girl, Christian?
♪ (somber interlude) ♪
- (woman) Do you think you're the first woman
that's tried to save him? - Yeah.
She's not the first woman that tried to save him.
- (Ana) It's not what he wants anymore.
- ♪ Baby, baby ♪
- Uh-oh.
- I want to see this movie.
♪ (foreboding music) ♪
- "Every fairy tale."
- (man) Your boyfriend has a reputation.
- I'm liking what I'm seeing. I'm interested.
- (man) ...be kept...
- Oh, oh, oh, oh. - (man) ...or have respect?
♪ (music intensifying) ♪
- Ooh, a dark side.
- (Christian) ...to you, I could never forgive myself.
- (woman) Tell me what you have that I don't.
♪ (climatic music) ♪
(gunshot) - Oh. "Fifty Shades Darker."
- Oh. (laughs) Yes, of course I should know.
Fifty Shades Darker.
I read the books. But I did not see the movie.
- Ooooh! Got to see that one.
- I have to see it as soon as it comes out,
'cause that's the type of guy I am.
- I don't find it particularly sexy.
I can't help but laugh half the time.
- A lot of sex. Little too much for me to maybe go watch that.
(movie reel clicks)
- (FBE) So that was the trailer for the film Fifty Shades Darker.
- It sure was, and I've seen it a few times.
- (FBE) The sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey that you reacted to,
the original, when it came out in 2014. - Oh, my, my.
I think this trailer is "cleaner."
- (FBE) So first things first, did you see the first movie?
- Yes, I did.
- I enjoyed it. It was very entertaining.
Kinda off-centered but good.
- I saw it, yeah. Once it was on, um, you know, pay TV.
It reminds me of when I was her age and the fun I was having,
'cause it does change when you get older.
- I tolerated the first film.
I wanted to see what all the huffing and puffing was all about,
all the shenanigans about the book.
- No, I didn't see that. I missed that one.
If I want to go to a movie, I want to learn something,
be moved by something.
- I don't think I would enjoy it.
They're kinda legitimizing, uh, sexual encounters out of wedlock.
I'm a little old-fashioned.
- I did not.
I'm a very big reader, and I really visualize what I read.
And sometimes I don't want to see movies
about the books I read, 'cause it spoils it all for me.
- (FBE) This book series is known infamously for being raunchy
and overly sexual, but it's still super popular.
- Right.
- Well, yeah. Well, people like sex. Big deal.
- This whole thing is just leading up and promoting, you know,
wild, abandoned sexual encounters.
- (FBE) So now, we have a few passages
from the Fifty Shades Darker book that we want you to read.
- (chuckling) Okay.
I think I've done that before.
- If they're pornographic, I'm not gonna read 'em.
- Oh boy. All right.
- Okay. I-- I-- (chuckles)
You know what? For posterity, no thank you.
- "Rather clumsily and with shaking fingers,
I undo his waistband and fly."
- "Then yank down his jeans and boxers. He..."
(snickering) "He springs free. Wow."
- "And he springs free. Wow."
So this is a Johnson comment, right?
- I guess he must be pretty big.
And he must already be ready to go.
- "Without taking his eyes off mine,
he sinks into..."
I'm too busy thinking about it.
- "...he sinks into me at a deliciously slow pace."
I hope he lubed up.
- It's well described. I read it.
- (high-pitched) Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's good.
- "He strokes my face with the backs of his knuckles."
- "And his touch resonates..." uh-oh "in..." elsewhere.
(chuckles)
- "And his touch resonates in the depths of my groin."
- Some people like rough sex.
I'm not into that. I'm into passionate stuff.
- They're trying to be salacious.
But they come off silly salacious.
- "My fingers skate down to his navel then southward..."
- "...then southward along his happy, happy trail."
- "His lips part as his breathing changes.
His eyes darken, and..." blah, blah.
- "And his erection stirs and twitches beneath me.
Holy cow! Round two!"
- "Holy cow." (chuckles) "Round two."
- "Holy cow. Round two."
(befuddled) Okay.
- They getting busy. It's all good.
- (amused) And he can get it up for a second round.
And enjoy it while you can.
'Cause as life goes on, you don't get second rounds.
- It's just so remedial and so unsexy.
- Well, this series has strong sexual content
and has been popular even though those who read it
will admit it's not that great, but they enjoy it anyway.
- Yes, you get just involved in it.
- (FBE) Why do you think in a world where access
to pornographic material is so easy
on a platform like the internet
that a book with this kind of subject matter
could still be so popular?
- 'Cause reading is always exciting,
because reading any book, you make the movie in your head
so you can see whatever you want to see.
- If you got kids around, you gotta be careful
what you pull up on the internet.
So you can sit and read your book or your e-book
and just have your own private little fantasy.
- You need to have a story. Stories are good.
Men and women like stories. There's a buildup here.
It has a little class to it.
It's not just a "slam, bam, thank you, ma'am."
- Usually when I watch pornographic material on the internet,
it's very graphic, but it doesn't have feeling and emotion.
This is not that graphic, but it grabs you,
because it makes you feel things.
- Some people are really ashamed to admit
that they've even looked at porn.
So when you have this real sanitized version of the same thing,
where everything's pretty,
they feel like it's okay, you know.
It's okay to see it in this genre.
- (FBE) And finally, it was reported when the first film came out
that many people bought tickets to see other films,
and then they snuck in to this movie. - (laughs)
- 'Cause they were embarrassed to admit
that's the movie they were going to.
- (FBE) While others who saw the movie
won't even admit to seeing the movie.
With Fifty Shades Darker coming out, if you see it,
will you actually admit to seeing it? - Of course.
- I'd admit it. But I'm not gonna see it, so who cares?
- I guarantee I won't see it.
(chuckles) I wouldn't admit to it if I did.
- I'm quite open, and I've gotten to the point in my life,
who cares?
- I have no problem with it.
That's somebody else's problem if they don't like it.
- Depends to whom. (chuckling)
I admitted that I read the book, but I have admitted
to very few people that I've read all three of them.
- (FBE) Well, now you've admitted it to everyone.
- So the whole world knows now, right?
- Thanks for watching this episode of Elders React.
- To watch Elders React to the first Fifty Shades movie,
click the box below.
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- Thanks for watching. I'm gonna rush out,
wear some dark glasses, and go see Fifty Shades Darker, is it?
Can hardly wait to get there.
- Hey, what's up, everybody? It's Dallen here from FBE.
Thanks so much for watching this very intriguing episode
of Elders React. Now, if you're ready for round two,
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'cause we've got new content every week. Bye, guys.
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