Too tame but a little more tolerable than the book

Rating: 4/10 (14 February 2015)

I found the hoopla surrounding Fifty Shades of Grey to be annoying and confusing. The book reads like a thirteen year old girl wrote it with added inspiration from watching her parent's assorted collection of adult videos. Therefore, I wasn't expecting much from the movie. I knew that it would at least be tolerable because we wouldn't have to hear the main character, Ana's, inner dialogue first person narrative: Holy cow, holy s***, oh my, my face is flushed, his gazing gray eyes, etc. (really, the first narrative was horrendous). I digress.
The movie was watchable; however, it was very tame. The sex scenes weren't anything out of the ordinary. In fact,I am sure that most movie goers and television watchers have seen the same if not more in other rated R movies and premium cable television shows. There was a little bit of spanking, which didn't come across as even naughty. There is tapping on the rear with a leather riding crop approximately two times, and a flogger is used very gently. Mr. Dornan stays clothed a lot, and Ms. Johnson bares it all in virtually all of the love scenes, which got rather old pretty fast. The true BDSM is nonexistent in the film. Why? The film company may not have been willing to deal with the backlash.
I believe that this story is fascinating because . . . Uh, I don't know why. The true highlight of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie is the soundtrack. That I actually paid money for, and I highly recommend spending your money on the soundtrack and calling it a day with Fifty Shades of Grey the movie unless you like being teased.
*On another note., Mr. Dornan plays the lead role as a serial killer on the show The Fall. His talent shows so much better than this movie. I suggest watching him play that role.