Fifty shades of Grey - film review

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan are good-looking and they act well. The dialogue is a bit clunky and in  places unintentionally comic and the pace sometimes slow. The bits where he inflicts pain on her; I shut my eyes 'cos I'm squeamish, I sometimes watch Casualty on TV and shut my peepers when the blood spurts. Mr Grey is not only a man who likes sexually dominant role-play he is a control freak. Whenever Anastasia wants to end the relationship he pursues her with text and e-mail; and he knocks an old buddy of hers to the ground when the lad is making a sightly inept drunken pass at her in a nightclub and she is handling the situation OK before he KO's him. When she visits her mum in Georgia he shows up unininvited and is terribly charming to Mum while creeping her out. I'm no expert here but I would guess that this is true to character for a lot of dominant bondage practitioners; that their sexual predilections are part of a wider picture. In the end she leaves but only because a sequel is planned for 2016.

My own verdict; the film is better than the book which was absolute drivel. Worth a view? I'd say 'yes' by the seat of its pants; probably not the best metaphor.

Comments

Still no idea why the book got  world following and a film. It's beyond me. Perhaps it's a modern fad. I didn't get past the third chapter because of the scene where mum showed up. I love your blogs Elsie.

 

I love elsie's blogs too. 

Sex sells.  Even if there's no sex and nothing to sell.

 

Vera, Scratch, I'm glad you both enjoy my blogs. smiley

not really my thing, book or film. But I guess you've got a free pass. Even then it sounds snooty I still wouldn't waste my time. 

 

Getting a free ticket probably swayed the balance in favour of my viewing itwink. Next week due to leaving this job and doing other work, no more freebies. Ah well my old workplace has Special Offer Mondays, all films £4.25 so I shall keep up my 1 a week habit.