Fifty Shades of Grey
Lynn Belvedere

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

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FIFTY SHADES OF GREY – all tied up – what happened to all the hot sex?

This muted Hollywood adaptation has been created from the pedestrian prose of the kink-themed bestselling sado-masochistic book, that had become a global phenomenon, and is expected to provide box office domination.

Hollywood has finely crafted this tale, concerning psychopath Mr. Grey’s unusual behaviour, covering his singular taste in sexual fantasy, providing seduction to obtain female submission, and of course the mainstay of the erotic book, fetishism.

There are far less sex scenes than in the book, and they do not sizzle and all were in no way titillating, and certainly all are not as explicit as the book.  As for creating erotic atmosphere, the movie is greatly enhanced by the music score composed by Danny Elfman plus at the end of the movie, it completely relies upon Beyonce’s song.

The depictions in the book, and the visual presentations in the movie, of the fetishes of bondage and domination, clearly is indicative of the authors’ childhood traumas, rather than adult fetishes of B&D and S&M. Even though FIFTY SHADES OF GREY has no literary value, why have many women read the book?  When not consensual, these fetishes when done by a man to a women, are  called “domestic violence”.

Of special note in the book and in the movie, that Mr. Grey’s “playroom” of riding crops, whips, floggers, bondage ropes  and the other accoutrements of corporal punishment, is a a strangely confused non-interpretation of precisely what can be found in the “playroom” of a dominatrix.

The kinky billionaire bachelor, the narcissist control freak Mr. Christian Grey, is looking for a new submissive female sex slave, despite the the Emancipation Proclamation in the USA in 1863 preventing slavery of any kind.

At the end of the screening, there were many in the audience who suddenly started laughing, waking up those who yawned themselves to sleep.  All that laughter was an excellent release for the lengthy punishment of having watched the movie whilst tittering, sniggling, gigling, snickering, eyes glazing over, eyes rolling with disbelief, and constant squirming in your seat.

Based on the novel by E. L. James and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson; written by Kelly Marcel, director of photography, Seamus McGarvey; edited by Debra Neil-Fisher, Anne V. Coates and Lisa Gunning; music by Danny Elfman; production design by David Wasco; costumes by Mark Bridges; produced by Ms. James, Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti; released by Universal Pictures.

Starring: Dakota Johnson (Anastasia Steele), Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey), Jennifer Ehle (Carla May Wilks), Marcia Gay Harden (Grace Trevelyan Grey) and Victor Rasuk (José).

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY has been rated MA and runs for 125 minutes.

Published by Lynn Belvedere

Once we were old enough, my parents took the whole family to the Sydney CBD cinemas every week. Thus began a lifetime interest, in going to the cinema every week, and became a passionate cinephile by watching all those very heavily edited ''Australian Film Censorship Board'' true cinéaste versions of brand new release ''Cinematograph Films''. Greater Union always gave my father (who worked in Cinema Distribution Exhibition) guest double movie passes, to every first-night ''red carpet Opening Night'' at The State Theatre Cinema at 49 Market Street. Up until his death, my dad always received ''two house seats'' for every Opening Night performance events at the Theatre Royal SYDNEY and at Her Majesty's Theatre SYDNEY. As a child, when mum choose not to go, I often went with him, to those live performance events. As a young child, I remember being taken for each new show, at both The New Theatre at 60 Sussex Street, and the Phillip Street Theatre when located at 150 Elizabeth Street, and for classical music concerts at Sydney Town Hall. = = = ★★★★★ = = = Being happy is a choice, and I have always viewed my life, as material ready be made into a series of amazing tentpole movies. My New Years Resolution is kept every year: ''Get to see/review five new live theatre shows each week, and get to see/review six new cinema movies each week'', plus is one of the Australian Cinema Pioneers, and apparently have seen far too much already, but always wanting to experience more and more each year. I am also able to do almost everything that I enjoy doing. Yes, I do have a great daytime job in I.T. as ''Software Design Project Manager'', PLUS each evening until quite late - - - Australian Cinematograph Films historical censorship consultant - product-placement consultant - mystery-shopper consultant - playwright, writer, author, director, producer, photographer, cinematographer, color-grader, subtitles proofreader - arts/ drama/ music/ film critic and judge, journalist, member FIPRESCI & FCCA & AFCA, member AACTA accredited film reviewer-critic-writer, accredited IMDB.COM critic-reviewer-author, projectionist, plus an innovative iconoclast - - - ★★★★★ LYNN BELVEDERE ★★★★★ - - - [usr 5] - - -