Fifty shades doesn’t live up to the book

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Abril Chuvac in Entertainment

Maria Montiel

Abril Chuvac

Chronicle Reporters

The most talked about buzz of the week goes to Fifty Shades of Grey. This adaptation of the book written by E. L. James, was directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

Fifty Shades of Grey is an erotic romance novel that was published in 2011. It follows Anastasia Steele (a college graduate), that falls for a business magnate, Christian Grey. Wrongly mistaken as a normal romance novel ( in which the woman slowly falls for a man who might not be in the same league as her) turns out to be anything but. Anastasia falls for Christian fast and she gets involved in a fairly more complicated relationship than most movies depict.

Christian has only been in relationships in which he is the one in control, the one who has the power during erotic relationships. The women is supposed to give up her freedom and follow his orders. Anastasia, on the other hand, has never been in any type of normal relationship much less erotic. She is stuck in choosing between a “vanilla” relationship with any other person or an erotic one with Christian.

Many people went to watch this film expecting to see an racy film (considering it was rated R), though it was more of a romance film than anything else. There were only very few scenes, about 16% of the film, that were too intimate but, 84% of the film was decent enough to be a PG – 13 rated movie.

Although compared to the book, the film did not live up to the full expectations, there were many scenes, in which Christian gave information about his life and the reason as to why he lives the life he does, that were taken out. The most information that was given about him was that he had a rough beginning that led to his adoption into the Grey family.

The book brought a better imagination and understanding of the plot than the film. The actors did an okay job in portraying Anastasia and Mr. Grey. Dakota Johnson, who played the role of Anastasia Steele, portrayed her very accurately as described in the novel, she was shy, trustworthy, independent, and curious. Jamie Dornan, who played Christian Grey, did not portray Mr. Grey accurately at all. He came off as dull and distant Mr. Grey, rather than being a control freak who is distant and intimidating with a dark side.

Having read the book may  helped out with the plot line, but any fan of romance and light “catchphrase” comedy will enjoy it. As a film it is entertaining enough that you would definitely stay to watch. It is no surprise that this movie had currently brought in $237.7 million worldwide since it came to theaters.

As the movie went on, the audience progressively gets captivated, so much so, that there was a female voice in the distance who said “WHAAAAAT?!” towards the final seconds of the movie.

We recommend that the books be read if you would like to get a much better understanding of Mr. Grey and his past. Though if you wish to just see a the film, it was pretty good as an adaptation of the book, and finished it with an unexpected cliffhanger for the new fans.