Keep in mind that I've read the book. The writing is laughable and sophomoric. It's the literary version of redtube. If you pay close attention, you'll realize that it's Twilight fan fiction. As for the movie, this is ndoubtedly the most hyped film of the year so far with much anticipation from the millions who've already read the book, and those with 'singular' interests. There are so many poor qualities in the film, it has little or no redeeming features.
The cinematography looks fine, but the film lacks substance. Many other reviews will point out the flaws, but the main problem is I wasn't able to engage with the story or the characters. The exercise seems to have been just to fling parts of the book on the screen and see if it sticks. The film is always choppy, with many unanswered points left dangling - but the sex scenes are introduced to distract the audience from these discrepancies.
The story is really just the old claiming-of-a-young-girl bit. We meet a young college student named Anastasia Steele (played by Dakota Johnson, the product of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith) who meets-cutes a billionaire (who doesn't?) named Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) after conducting an awkward interview with him that peaks his curiosity. They fumble around with pleasantries and end up on a date that ends up at his home wherein he offers a deal that she will become his submissive. He, you see, is into S&M and has had a series of girls through his home that he convinces to sign a contract that, for a time, make them his submissive. He can have sex with her (of which he has plenty) and he can dominate her, but he can't love her (awww!) She falls in love with him and the complications over his stone heart become the fulcrum of their problems.
This is the film that will make - or possibly break - the careers of its two lead actors, both relative unknowns who are now, for better or worse, enormous movie stars. Johnson acquits herself very ... kindaaa well: she lends Ana a tremulous charm but also a feisty spirit that suggests she won't give in except when she really wants to. Dornan doesn't fare as well. Perhaps he was never really comfortable with what he's called "heinous" sex scenes, but he's an almost magnificently blank presence here - both in and out of the bedroom. The chemistry between the leads MEHHHHH
Then there is the problem of the two main characters, one is a Psychopath and the other is a naive young girl. This results in a relationship that is not what a real BDSM relationship is about. A BDSM relationship like the one portrayed here would take years for the adequate amounts of trust to form and that's what REAL BDSM is founded on, Trust and exploring peoples desires. Not a psychopath who wants to emotionally and physically dominate a young girl, and he is a psychopath before any of you start saying he isn't.
All in all, it's a movie with no plot, with no true build to it with horribly written characters and nothing more. So why spend nearly good money seeing this sad mistake when you can spend that money on getting something to eat and staying inside? Complete and total thumbs down to the movie, the book, the series, and to the author. The only positive thing to say that highlighted the aspect of the film was the soundtracks that were played throughout the movie; it at least made the film more appealing and sexy.
And there's worse to come: rumors talk of a trilogy, to keep things up to speed with the 'books'. What's that sound?
And anyway I don't get people around me really want to watch this movie. and as a feminist I'm not proud of this movie, they say it's a movie by woman, written by woman, from abook by woman, and it's a bout woman, and it's for women. NOPE I'm not proud at all. like seriouslyyyyy....
4.2/10·IMDb
24%·Rotten Tomatoes
46% - Metacritics
3/10 - verdict
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