So I hate the 50 Shades of Grey cinematic universe. Also the books. Also their existence. To be fair, I've never seen a 50 Shades movie but also to be fair I don't think that's important in this case. Content aside, I cannot stand how abysmally cheesy these awful movies look from the trailers alone and moreover, I am very, VERY tired of seeing said trailers every year. They're everywhere, you guys. EVERYWHERE. Every movie I've gone to in 2018, I have seen this trailer. Just about every YouTube video, it seems, plays this trailer as its ad. I can't even tune into my beloved HGTV to check in what sort of crazy renovation the Scott Brothers are undertaking without seeing this trailer. I hate these movies. Hate, Hate, Hate. While being assaulted by this trailer before yet another movie last month, it hit me that this is the final movie of this trilogy and as such, at least until we inevitably get a reboot or a five-years-later-cash-grab sequel, this is the last time we'll ever have to endure the 50 Shades phenomenon. So I tweeted, "Only 29 days until we never have to see another 50 Shades trailer" with the Shawshank GIF shown below. And the next day I tweeted the same thing with a different GIF and one fewer day. And again the next day. And by that point I had a bit on my hands and I'm nothing if not committed to bits, even those that, like this one, aren't particularly clever. So I've carried the countdown through to today, when this cursed movie finally opens; every day a different gif. And in celebration of the end of our longterm waking nightmare, I present to you a celebration in GIFs, recapping the pictures I used to express my emotions over the last 29 days. You're welcome?

The End of 50 Shades of Grey: A Celebration in GIFs