Fifty Shades of Grey

Rating: 3/10 (14 February 2015)

Fifty Shades of Grey, the story that stole the attention of many readers. You read the book and obsess over how great and hot it is, so to hear a movie is released, hell yeah! Well, unfortunately, the movie is a big disappointment to all the book readers.
To start it off, you can basically tell that the characters weren't fit for the role. In the novel, Anastasia and Kat are meant to be young, but look a bit older than described in film. Christian Grey is described as a dominant and Anastasia innocent looking and clumsy. However, in this film, it seemed as neither actor were particularly engaged in their supposed character. Dornan did not look like a dominant in the film as he wasn't engaged in his character. You know, clench your jaw, growl, be aggressive. However, he sports a baby face naturally and his actions seemed awkward and scripted, it did not convince the viewers in any way whatsoever. Johnson spoke as if she was reciting her script lines, with her actions planned and unnatural, as if she wasn't acting on instinct. Like her pencil scenes, she looks like she suddenly remembers 'Oh bite the pencil!' and it just carries on through the whole film like so. There is also a scene in the film where Grey takes Anastasia for a walk and opens up about Mrs Robinson. He didn't really radiate any feelings and it felt like he wasn't engaging himself with the character. When the two characters are together, you do not feel the chemistry between them. Both act as if they are awkward with each other and although it was widely rumoured that the Johnson and Dornan actively disliked each other off set, they should be able to put that behind them when on set and do their jobs to the best of their ability.
The movie also skips crucial scenes from the book that actually makes up both characters and would help viewers understand the characters more. Although there is a mention of dildos and vibrators in the film, it is never used; therefore it doesn't truly express how dominant Grey is. Also, there is a bit in the book where he shaves for her, expressing how he owns her and dominates her. However these scenes are overlooked, affecting the storyline.
Speaking about the storyline, in the book the majority of the book is based on Christian Grey and his past, although in the film, it feels like the whole movie is based about sex, which is a disappointment, because it was rumoured that the author of the novel E.L James was on set and helped direct some scenes, and it still turned out this way. The camera was also bad quality, with the scenes blurry at some points, and the camera angles were making viewers not engage themselves in the film, which is also disappointing.
When reading the book, it reaches out to the readers and they engage themselves with the book, but in the movie, it seems like a comedy with their dry humour and their awkward scenes, causing laughter at unintentionally funny scenes. It's pretty obvious that this novel had a huge impact of their readers, causing people to obsess over this book, so you would think the director would at least take their opinions into consideration for characters and the movie, but it seemed as if the director ignored fans requests and were rushed to get this movie completed and released, despite being satisfied with the outcome or not.
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.