Quote Originally Posted by Laila View Post
To be honest... and I know a lot will disagree with me, lol my own Master very much disagrees with me but for me its 'Secretary'.

i didn't focus on her being a cutter, and i don't think it said ALL subs were like her - it was just HER story. Edward wasn't a Dominant because of his previous marriage - he just WAS, and it didn't leave you thinking ALL Dominants are created because of bad circumstances. i took the film at face value - just two people who happened to find each other, and one happened to be a natural-born submissive and the other happened to be a natural-born Dominant. and when they did find each other, it was bliss, which the film more than adequately portrayed. to me, stereotypes are showing people wearing and holding all of the trappings and artifacts of the BDSM lifestyle and painting them in black&white strokes - the Dominant is a hedonistic sadist and the submissive is a simpering glutton for punishment. this film did not portray them that way at all. yes, they each had their personality quirks (his obsession with correct punctuation and typos) and her fascination with cutting herself. but all people, regardless of their walk of life, can exhibit these same characteristics, and the film didn't say, to me, that these people were like this because of their Dominance and submission. i thought it was a great film and it spoke to the submissive in me in a very meaningful and beautiful way.