Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

Ok, I know this is so long overdue. I only watched the movie recently because I never had the time when it hit the theatres last year since I was too caught up with work and all. 

My sister rented the movie in iTunes and it cost roughly P240. The one rented from iTunes by the way blurred Anastasia and Christian’s genitals but all the rest of their body parts were exposed whilst the UNCUT/UNRATED version (downloaded from peer to peer sites) did not. 

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

(Romance/Drama)

Casts:

• Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) - dorky college girl, fell in love with Christian; become Christian’s Submissive
• Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) - young Billionaire who owns Grey House
• Kate ( Eloise Mumford) - Anastasia’s room mate, closest friend
• Jose Rodriguez (Victor Rasuk) - one of Anastasia’s friends

I read couple of E.L. James’ Fifty Shades book but I still prefer his first book Fifty Shades of Grey because it  was unique from other erotic books published that time. If J.k Rowling became really famous because of Harry Potter, Stephanie Meyer for her Twilight Sequels, then E.L. James for his erotic book Fifty Shades of Grey. 

Anastasia Steele, a college girl who lives in her friend’s apartment Kate, was asked by the later to proxy her for an interview with one of the youngest billionaires around, Christian Grey. Kate is sick so she asked Anastasia to do the interview on her behalf, it’s for the University paper. 

During the interview, Christian seemed to have fascination with Anastasia simply because she’s smart and he might’ve seen something in her that’s worth following I guess no matter how Anastasia felt she’s no way near Christian’s league. Anastasia seemed intrigued and sexually attracted to Christian as well. Christian kind of stalked Anastasia at her workplace, the hardware store after he just surprisingly turned up. 

Christian after his photoshoot with Jose (Anastasia’s guy friend) for the University Paper, invited Anastasia for coffee. Afterwards Christian left her and told her she’s not for him. Ana was puzzled. During her night out with Jose and Kate, drunk Ana called Christian, Christian picked her up from the club. Ana  passed out so Christian took her to The Heathman Hotel where he’s checked in. Christian then started talking about a contract offer to Ana, that he won’t touch her until she agrees to the contract. 

Christian took Ana to his pad and formally gave the contract to her. He introduced her to terminologies such as Dominant and Submissive. Christian walked her to his Red Room of Pain where he keeps his ‘toys.’ Christian learned that Ana was a virgin and then one thing led to another. Ana eventually agreed and signed the contract later on. Christian is eventually a sadist, he felt pleasure in hurting women, the only difference is he sets his rules and make sure his Submissive is healthy and agrees to pain within their threshold, and, he’s an effin generous Dominant, he gave Ana her very own Macbook, her own apartment and of course, a sports car. In the book Christian gave Ana a sports car because he loves speed and finds Ana’s car which is a beetle so slow. 

Ana found their ‘relationship’ complicated because she seeks for an ideal one then asked Christian to show her how ‘extreme’ could he get when it comes to hitting women. Ana reached her final straw and left Christian. 

I know the ending is quite hanging but that’s just the way it is because the second book concludes what happens next. The next book by the way is Fifty Shades Darker, it has turned a little normal than the first and I heard a sequel is underway and will be shown on 2017. 

What's my take on the movie? Well, it was done with class of course. They did not overdo the nude scenes to the point of pornographic. I love the official soundtrack, they were carefully picked and very apt for the movie. The OST can make or break a movie, it is very vital, especially in scenes without any spoken word. I recommend this movie to the curious readers of Fifty Shades. I think they’ve done the book some justice and the scriptwriter did not miss out on the book’s  substantial parts.