One film and so many questions

Rating: 6/10 (26 February 2015)

What am I gonna do with it? How am I to judge it? This is my first question that I asked myself after watching Fifty Shades of Grey. After leaving a cinema, I could only say: "chapeau bas" for those who promoted the film effectively, anyway currently the film brings the financial success, but when it comes to reviews of critics and audiences the situation is much worse.
I am one of the people who have read the Fifity Shades Trilogy, despite its simplicity of language and the use of such obvious ways that cause many women are reaching for the book. Can say that I read the book in one breath, but this is not the type of reading that changes your outlook on life, just something to read for simple entertainment.
I went to the cinema with the hope that the filmmakers would squeeze the best flavors of the whole story. What have we received from the combination of all components?
Initially, I was sitting excited by the fact that just I was watching the most awaited film adaptation of the book in 2015. After 10 minutes the emotions subsided and I had the impression that Anastasia came to do an interview with a young man who accidentally was dressed in a smart suit and seated at a desk in a luxurious office, not with authoritative self-confident and proud of his success in business president of the holding company. In the first minutes of the film the actors seemed "wooden", almost like they read their roles, although in my opinion Dakota Johnson coped with the role much better than Jamie Dornan.
Every minute was better but still the number of good scenes could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Personally, I would prefer that the filmmakers focused on the psychological side of the story and in particular showed internal dilemmas of Anastasia - follow heart, break the desire and pick the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, or think rationally and withdraw from this strange agreement.
Only in the last scene of the film I saw this what I was waiting for - true emotions which became too late. Maybe it was intended effect of the makers so that the audience was hungry and wanted to see more.
Strong advantages of the film are nice shots, good directing, scenography - visually the film feasted my eyes on but unfortunately it lacked that spark. I understand that the story of Anastasia and Christian was shortened on the need to create the script, but the people who did not read the book, may in certain moments of the film wonder what's going on?
Another great advantage of the film is the music which drew my attention, it is well integrated into the image.
I have the feeling that the filmmakers treated us as if we were Anastasia because we want more – the true feelings, hearts and flowers. The filmmakers remind me of Christian, who offers us a pleasure on his own terms. And the question is "What would we get out of all this?", Christian answers: "me", and filmmakers: "a film just a film".
Have you lost control?