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\"\"<\/a>Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em><\/strong> is one of the more blas\u00e9 \u201ccontroversial\u201d movies, one which doesn\u2019t appeal to anybody, alienating its fans as well as those who have not read the novels. It also doesn\u2019t help that the filmmakers seem to take the material so seriously and have actors read such terrible dialogue. That said, Dakota Johnson is pretty good and the production design and soundtrack are all far better than this material deserves.<\/p>\n

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Fifty Shades of Grey<\/span>
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\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Romance
\nUniversal | R\/Unrated \u2013 126\/129 min. \u2013 $34.98 | May 8, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Sam Taylor-Johnson
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>E.L. James (novel); Kelly Marcel (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Marcia Gay Harden, Eloise Mumford, Luke Grimes, Max Martini<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Gallery, DVD Copy
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (DTS 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Well, the movie of the year is finally upon arrived with much hype and good disappointment. Yep, last week saw the release of The Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em> and while it couldn\u2019t get the opening weekend record, still did pretty damn good at the box office. Yes, I know this is a review for the Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em><\/strong> based on a novel originally written as a Twilight<\/em> fan fiction but talking about anything other than the movie at hand is far more interesting than anything I saw in this film…<\/p>\n

Alright, the story centers on a meek young woman named Anastasia Steele aka Ana (DAKOTA JOHNSON) sent by her sick roommate to interview billionaire Christian Grey (JAMIE DORNAN) for the school newspaper. The interview is awkward but there\u2019s an obvious connection between Ana and Christian, well at least the filmmakers want us to think there is.<\/p>\n

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After half-heartedly pushing Ana away following a coffee date because he\u2019s \u201cdangerous\u201d and in spite of being separated by a hundreds of miles and a state (Ana is in Portland, Christian in Seattle), the pair begin hanging out together with Christian showing her the rich life while Ana brings that certain innocence for him. He eventually shows her his playroom filled with bondage equipment from whips to cuffs and other contraptions for the rich man into BDSM.<\/p>\n

The remainder of Fifty Shades<\/em><\/strong> really is the romance, or non-romance as Grey isn\u2019t into the sort of thing as he makes clear on several occasions, while Ana contemplates signing a Dominant\/Subservient contract with what was supposed to be a humorous business negotiation scene where she removes certain aspects (one involving, ahem, fisting) set against a red background whereupon I asked myself, how in the world could they even read anything?<\/p>\n

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The good: Dakota Johnson is charming as all hell and actually delivers perhaps the only authentic performance in this entire picture; in fairness, someone like Marcia Gary Harden only had two scenes. In the next paragraph I\u2019ll get into the chemistry or lack thereof. Second, this is one slick looking production from the sets to the wardrobe, it all looks sleek to the point I could overlook the obviously fake Seattle skyline in Grey\u2019s apartment. Third, and I might get some guff for this, but I liked the soundtrack and Danny Elfman\u2019s score is low key but well done. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Now for the bad: I\u2019ll be brief. The writing is utter crap. Not sure if I can place that much blame on screenwriter Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks<\/em>) considering the source material, E.L. James \u201cnovel\u201d, probably had some of the worst dialogue ever published and it\u2019s apparent with lines like \u201cBecause I\u2019m fifty shades of f***d up\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re here because I\u2019m incapable of leaving you alone\u201d (in real life that translates to stalker, by the way).<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s awful but made worse with the bland and cardboard performance from Jamie Dornan. Perhaps he would\u2019ve made for the poster boy as an image of Christian Grey (though from what I read, fans weren\u2019t enthralled with the choice either) but Dornan just isn\u2019t very good here but in fairness could be a combination of a crap screenplay\/adaptation\/source material and lack of direction. At the same time, he also had no chemistry with Dakota Johnson which is kind of a problem for a movie built on your two main characters\u2019 romance (and we\u2019ve got two more movies with this loveless couple, yay!).<\/p>\n

Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em><\/strong> was helmed by Sam Taylor-Johnson whose previous experience has been on short films and biographical dramas including Nowhere Boy<\/em> and honestly, her direction was OK but nothing special resulting in a film that is at the end, kind of boring and forgettable.<\/p>\n

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For all of the hype and controversy, Fifty Shades<\/em><\/strong> is a blas\u00e9 flick. Absolutely no substance and even with the kinkier sex scenes, and it is fairly explicit, it\u2019s all very ordinary. The acting from Dornan is bad but the writing is even worse. The few saving graces of this film is the production design, soundtrack\/score and Dakota Johnson.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unrated Version (2:08:29; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 This cut is about 3-minutes longer but considering I never saw this in theaters, and chose to watch the theatrical version anyway, I can\u2019t entirely what is different but I did check out the biggest difference: is the ending adding some additional footage intermixed with a montage of scenes from the movie. ** Blu-ray Exclusive **<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World of Fifty Shades of Grey<\/em><\/u><\/strong> is split into three sections which has sub sections and unfortunately no play option is available:<\/p>\n