Not all will be let down

Rating: 4/10 (18 February 2015)

For some of you wonderful film lovers who perhaps know a little bit of life and the language of this art form, it will be hard to recommend Fifty shades of Grey. For the rest of you, if you hang in there for a while, you might see at least a particular body part you so craved, or, who knows, some new yoga move? Lets face it, sex or no sex, you have to admit, Dakota Johnson is a cute, if not interesting beauty to look at. She has the same gift her mother had. A vulnerable adorable charm that wins anyone with a heart over. Jamie Dornan, as Christian, seems to have let her down, aiming for the stilted brooding rich male - save for some, he's pleasing enough to look at.
Director Taylor Johnson and screenwriter Kelly Marcel can both take the hit as a team for the soft stroking and pandering. Whether it was a choice to be conservative for the sake of Hollywood standards, or trying endlessly to tease us and keep us wanting more, they missed miserably and should donate their salaries to a battered women foundation. We have a right to expect more out of the shot list cannon, approaching the intensity of sexual relationships. The screenplay lacks any type of depth or daring beside simply hanging on and playing it safe to the book. (reminder hear to children reading, books work on a different tone and mood level than do films) Expect more! Though I like a little spice in my sauce, even if its just a little, this film is hardly brow raising and little to no breath of new air much less dirty mud in the sexual arena. There is more tantalizing sexual thrill on the local news channels. I can't go on. There is nothing here left to address. The Film cannon is little less than a soft porn. The acting, cinematography, and story is average at best. The directing could have been done by my mother. I think hi of my mother but she is no director. But I still think Dakota was the one bright spot, perhaps not so much in that she worked with very little else help, but because you can see to her shining potential. NOT ALL WILL BE LET DOWN? Of coarse not. People or the youth with less film knowledge or perhaps simple life experience will find it matching the tenors of the Twilight film saga. And then kids will want to know what all the hype is about. So I believe it might be an average film to see on one of the down loading sites. To the director; It is obvious that there is no good message here, If anything it speaks sadly to the state of these empty vessels you call characters. With that said, there is no 'pushing the envelope of seduction.' So Sam Taylor-Johnson why do it? Much less do it in such a boorish manner.