IMDb Rating of 4.2? That's Ridiculous (!)

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2015)

Okay, so I never read any of the books and I didn't see the movie in the theater at the time of release - I also did not read reviews at the time (!), so when I was perusing the On Demand movie list and came across Fifty Shades of Grey, I thought OK, let's see what this was all about. Before the movie started, I checked out the IMDb rating and could not believe it was a 4.2 (!) Seriously. I mean, this isn't Last Tango in Paris or The Thomas Crown Affair, but it's certainly NOT a 4.2. The acting is just fine - Jamie Dornan is incredibly handsome, very intelligent, very polished; Dakota Johnson is absolutely perfect as a shy, smart, if somewhat naive female "object of attention". This is a 7. Not a 4.2 And the soundtrack throughout is just WONDERFUL. Fifty Shades of Grey is definitely worth watching if only to satisfy one's curiosity as to what all the media frenzy was about, and I can only imagine that the 4.2 rating comes from those who read the books and were seeking a more faithful adaptation or whatever.... Since the director was basically fired from the series, the movie clearly did not meet expectations of the author/fans, but, again, this movie -- just standing alone as a movie for goodness sake (!) -- is a 7, not a 4.2.