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Magnus
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30 Nov 2009, 5:22 pm

Why do you think it took so long for this guy to figure out that he loved her?
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Their profound connection first emerges when Mr. Grey helps Lee turn her back forever on self-mutilation. Mr. Grey forces her to discuss it, demonstrating that he understands exactly why she cuts herself in the brief monologue that tumbles out of him. Is it that sometimes the pain inside has to come to the surface? Yes. And when you see evidence of the pain inside, you finally know you are really here? Yes. Then when you watch the wound heal, it's comforting, isn't it? Yes, it is. Mr. Grey corrects Lee HollowayMr. Grey announces gently but firmly that Lee is not going to do it anymore. It is in the past. Walking home after their exchange, Lee observes in the voiceover narration that she feels nurtured and held by Mr. Grey.


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30 Nov 2009, 5:37 pm

They were both turned on by the same thing, Dominance/submission. They simply liked different sides of it. He liked to be the dominator, she liked to be the submissive. He treated her like that because something told him that she'd like it, and he was right. But at the end, he felt like he couldn't do it anymore, that he couldn't have a real relationship and still act like that, so he let her go. When he told her (SPOILERS) to keep her hands on the desk, he wanted her to give up, to leave him alone. But she stayed, to prove she loved him AND the lifestyle he lived. So, a happy ending.


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30 Nov 2009, 5:57 pm

It was a very interesting movie. I like movies that keep me thinking about the characters afterward.

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Secretary embraces its characters instead of condemning them or fixing them. Rather, Lee's "problem" leads to something beautiful, two people communing in body and soul--a miracle under any circumstances.


I found a nice article that offers a psychological analysis of the movie.

http://www.aboutfilm.com/movies/s/secretary.htm


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