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Fifty shades of terrible
Film falls short with incompatible characters and useless scenes
JackRiewe
L ife and A rts wri ter
£ U 1 ifty Shades of Grey” is like a
pH romantic comedy that believes it’s
the “Mona Lisa” of films.
Entering the movie theater, I didn’t
know what to expect and I kept thinking
to myself, “This could be good, you never
know.” However, within 10 minutes I
knew I didn’t like the movie.
Actors Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey)
and Dakota Johnson (Anastasia Steele) are
the least compatible couple that can pos
sibly be in a movie together. Christian has
the blandest personality held next to An
astasia’s — Ana for short — who provides
comic relief throughout the entire movie.
The story is mainly about transition,
the loss of innocence and the parallel
transformation that happens between the
two main characters. Ana is introduced to
a sexual world, embracing it quickly and
soon becoming Christian’s willing submis
sive. Christian starts off cold as a statue,
but soon finds himself doing things for her
that he’s never done, making it seem like
he’s falling in love, which is something he
admits he doesn’t do.
Christian states multiple times that he
does not go on dates, yet by the next scene
the two go out on one. Then he says he
doesn’t sleep in the same bed with anyone.
Sure enough, in the next scene he is
PROVIDED
shown sleeping in the same bed as Ana.
The movie is plagued with useless
scenes like this, with no character develop
ment, ending with the two main characters
kissing then saying something really corny,
wanting the audience to perceive it as re
ally profound and romantic.
Christian Grey should be locked up in
prison. It’s completely illogical to fall in
love with him. Although he might have
looks and money, the bad vibes radiating
from this guy are insane. He is terrifyingly
creepy and gives off every imaginable sign
that he’s a serial killer. Ana is never able
to be alone because Christian shows up
wherever she is — in a very Spiderman-
esque way, albeit much creepier — adding
to his perpetually disturbing personality.
For example, he shows up at her work
after meeting her the day before and buys
some rope, masking tape and of course,
cable ties.
I don’t know if it was the fault of direc
tor Sam Taylor-Johnson or of the actors,
but the movie just didn’t put me in the
characters’ shoes. The characters in the
movie are sub-par and merely stay on
screen rather than connecting to the audi
ence. Throughout! the movie, during the
most intense scenes, people could be heard
laughing in the theater, myself included.
Naked scenes were abundant, unsurpris
ingly, so watching this movie with anyone
other than your closest friends or by your
self could make for an awkward occasion.
The soundtrack was all over the place,
playing everything from Frank Sinatra to
a horrible attempt at a classical version of
Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love.”
“50 Shades of Grey,” was so mediocre
that by next Valentines Day it will have
faded into obscurity and be nothing more
than an unpleasant memory. That is, until
the next movie in the series comes out.
Jack R iewe is an English junior and life
and arts writer for The Battalion.
W. GOLF
A&M golfer Fabrizio claims individual title
By Cole Stenholm
The Texas A&M women’s
golf team posted its lowest
score of the Seminole Matchup
in Tallahassee, Fla., in its final
round Sunday, but that’s not
why it’s celebrating.
A&M sophomore Bianca
Fabrizio claimed the individual
title of the event in dramatic
fashion by knocking off Fur
man University’s No. 33 Taylor
Totland on the second hole of a
sudden death playoff.
Fabrizio held the top spot of
the leaderboard following the
first and second rounds of the
event, which fielded 66 play
ers from 12 different universi
ties, with a three-under 69 and
an even-par 72. However, she
needed birdies on the 53rd and
54th holes of the competition
at the Southwood Golf Course
to card a one-over 73 and force
the sudden-death playoff with
Totland, whose final-round 71
"placed her in the same position.
The first playoffhole failed to
yield a winner, but the competi
tive stalemate would not last.
On the second hole of playoff
action, Fabrizio sank a lengthy
30-foot birdie putt to knock off
the nationally ranked Totland
and clinch her first career col
legiate victory at Texas A&M,
marking the first individual vic
tory for A&M in nearly a year.
Fabrizio did not stand as the
lone Aggie on the leaderboard,
however. Sophomore team
mate Marijosse Navarro nearly
secured a spot in the playoff
after posting a final-round 70.
However, hef"score proved to
be one stroke shy of the two-
under mark set by Fabrizio and
Totland, leaving her in sole pos
session of third place.
As a team, Texas A&M fin
ished in a tie for fifth with Ken-
nesaw State University at 21
over par, nine strokes behind
first place Furman, which, in
addition to Totland, had three
other players compile 54-hole
top-20 finishes.
The Aggies take the week off
before heading to Santa Ana,
California, for the UC Irvine
Invitation that runs Feb. 23-24.
SPACE CONTINUED
David Kanipe, aerospace professor of engineer
ing practice, worked at NASA for 38 years be
fore coming to A&M. He said the test showcased
SpaceX’s ability to innovate and react quickly as
a company despite failure — two important traits
in the space industry.
“Beyond the accident, what struck me about
it was that commercial companies are really able
to be pretty nimble when it comes to things like
this,” David Kanipe said. “They can recover and
turn things around a lot faster than the govern
ment can. I worked at NASA for 38 years so
I have seen a lot of this kind of thing. It is re
freshing to know that they can come back pretty
quickly.”
Dianne Kanipe, engineering student enhance
ment specialist, considers January’s test to be a
success in its own right.
“I do not see it as a failure,” Dianne Kanipe
said. “The fact that they came from orbit and
hit that spot, the litde bitty spot in the ocean,
and almost had it oriented right, is something.
The success of what [SpaceX] accomplished was
phenomenal. That is why you test these things.
You find out what doesn’t work right and what
does. What worked right was tremendous and
now they just tweak it a little bit. “
Last Wednesday’s planned test was cancelled
because storm weather in the ocean barge’s area
made it difficult to handle. The next full landing
attempt will not likely come until April, accord
ing to spaceflightnow.com.
If the technology is proven, it could result in
cheaper and greater access to space, said Charles
Hermann, professor of international affairs.
“Putting any kind of payload in space, includ
ing human beings and everything else, it takes,
normally, a multistage rocket,” Hermann said.
“Only the top section usually actually goes into
space, and the rest falls back to earth. So the idea
is to try and recover the giant early stages of rock
ets and to be able to make repairs on them and
refit them and use them repeatedly. Which could
reduce significantly the cost of putting things into
space.”
This is why SpaceX hopes to change the way
the space industry thinks about a rocket’s life
span, Hermann said.
“The idea is the United States is trying to prod
and encourage more private sector companies,
like SpaceX, to get involved in getting our ma
terial into space,” Hermann said. “And for them
to be economically successful, they are going to
need to be able to reuse the bottom stages of the
rockets, and that is what all of this effort is about.”
SpaceX is owned and operated by Elon Musk.
SpaceX has been involved in a number of space
experiments in order to cut the cost of space
travel, Kanipe said.
“What Elon Musk does really well is inno
vate, and that encourages competition because
the other companies don’t want to be left be
hind,” David Kanipe said. “You get a cycle of
improvement and other companies have to pick
it up. They can’t be left behind.”
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