As the saying goes, this is an era of fighting fathers. Although the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy has a proud record of "exceeding the sales of the "Harry Potter" series, it is a hard worker who has been criticized for writing in the book review circle itself. It has been lost at the starting line since birth, and it is even more difficult for the film, as its adaptation product, to greatly surpass the original in quality. Although director Sam Taylor-Johnson tried his best, made full use of his solid camera skills, and tried to draw a line between the film and the original book, he was helpless due to the fact that the original book was too "Mary Sue". Ash" was completely reduced to a dud that was both laughing and noisy.
The most admirable part of the whole film is the picture and soundtrack. A love movie with a lot of fashion elements is the most intuitive impression this movie gives the audience. The combination of handsome men and beauties, all kinds of famous brand clothing, a large number of close-ups, and soft and beautiful lighting not only create the texture of the MV's picture, but also exude a strong fashion style, fully demonstrating the director's ultimate skill on the screen. Each episode is just right to render a romantic atmosphere, and the whole film is like enjoying a luxurious concert. Frankly speaking, the performance of "Fifty Shades of Grey" in terms of pictures and music is far more brilliant than its own plot and character creation.
As an adaptation of Mary Sue's novel, it is rooted in a realistic background but has an overhead logic, which is one of its typical criticisms. In such works, the heroine is often mediocre, but she always has a relationship with many suave, handsome and handsome men. The domineering president and the female college student fell in love at first sight, met countless times by coincidence, various close-up nympho shots, and the two sides hit it off. The domineering president not only has a strong sexual desire, but also has a strong desire for control. Very naive and dreamy. The lines and situations of this kind of overhead reality are placed in Mary Sue's novels or are commonplace; but this straightforward process of converting unprocessed words into pictures always has drawbacks, and the characters in the film lack the most basic Motives, behaviors are not even logical at all. Failure to deal with the balance between the play and the novel in a timely manner not only causes the film to lack the most basic sense of reality, but also adds a touch of absurdity, allowing the audience to produce a lot of out-of-time laughs during the viewing process.
The character creation is weak, and the character plane is also the unsatisfactory part of the film, but it can also be regarded as the shackles of the "Mary Sue first-person" description in the original work: the essence of Mary Sue is the author's self in a "dream". As a stand-in, if the "I" with strong subjective feelings and self-awareness is used as the main body to enter the story itself, it is difficult to write the all-round personality of the "I" character, especially the shaping of shortcomings; and such a role is often easy Reduced to the product of complete self-entertainment. The formation of the president's inner dark personality in the original work, as well as this strange relationship of sadomasochism, are topics worthy of in-depth discussion in the movie. It's a pity that most of the time in the whole film seems to be useless and groaning. Although part of the pen and ink is used to explain the entanglement and pain of the president's darkened heart through lines, it is not even as good as the indignation expressed by the virgin protagonist Anastasia's roar symbolizing consciousness at the end. , Helplessness, and sadness are much more direct and powerful.
The SM (sexual abuse) scene that the public is eagerly looking forward to, seems to be the most attractive point of view, but it is actually the weakest part of the whole film. The case of "Fifty Shades of Grey" once again proves that shooting sex scenes also requires a very strong directorial skills. It is impossible to shoot the beauty of "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" that the goddess is eager to see, and it is impossible to promote the deeper level of sex through the development of the characters' mood like "Lust and Caution". The sex scene of "Fifty Shades of Grey" still stays at the cheapest price. MV level. The subtle sex scene is paired with an emotionally provocative song such as Crazy In Love, which is the standard configuration of the whole film. Although this kind of "MV Jinqu mode" is very powerful in rendering the atmosphere, it is slightly boring, which greatly weakens the audience's sense of substitution when watching sex scenes. In fact, the more embarrassing point of the whole film is that the rhythm of the second half is completely out of control because of a large number of SM scenes. Make the audience sleepy.
On the other hand, in fact, such works are very nutritious. Because the meaning of its existence is only to meet the needs of specific consumer groups, the quality cannot determine its commercial prospects. Therefore, the film does not need overly refined plays, gripping stories to explore deep themes, or even strong actors. The male and female lead actors in the whole film are just "decoration": as long as the actors pass the test, they can show their bodies and sell nympho, and whoever plays it is the same. This account is obviously more savvy than anyone else: the production cost of about 40 million, while ensuring the stability of the audience, the whole film, including the male and female protagonists, will use little-known actors: the male protagonist is the former CK male model Jamie Dornan, Acting as a "convenience professional" in the TV circle; the heroine is Dakota Johnson, who has been in Hollywood for many years; director Sam Taylor-Johnson's resume has only one feature film "Nowhere Boy" . You don’t need a big celebrity, you just need to be affordable, have the potential for appreciation, and meet the needs of fans. “Fifty Shades of Grey” can be called another typical successful business operation case.
The quality of "Fifty Shades of Grey" itself is not necessarily excellent. If judged according to the standard of a movie script, the performance of this movie is disastrous; but as a Mary Sue movie that fully satisfies women's fantasy, it cannot be denied that It is the targeted significance of such topics to contemporary female audiences. In an era when a large number of superhero movies are born to satisfy male hormones, female audiences are also shouting for products that meet their own needs-the dream of "the overbearing president falls in love with me" is just one of its needs. The emergence of "Twilight" and "Little Times", both of which belong to the same genre, and their accompanying box-office sensations have all but proved an obvious fact: the worldwide female audience is on the rise, and the film production chain is still in a certain There are still gaps in the block field. Like its predecessor "Twilight" and similar works that will inevitably appear in the future, "Fifty Shades of Grey" is just a passer-by in this era of "female audiences starting to dominate", and fans don't need to show a "strong resistance". "Position" shows his noble taste in film.
Although it has been a great commercial success (as of now, the global box office has reached more than 300 million US dollars), it is this time that "Fifty Shades of Grey" has exhausted its super-popular sex gimmicks with poor quality. Worrying. Well, the plot holes of this "Fifty Shades of Grey" can still be filled with a lot of strong songs, and the ending that ends abruptly is even more unclear, so it is even impossible to imagine how bad the follow-up plot of the trilogy will be. development. And next year's "Fifty Degrees of Bound" and "Fifty Degrees of Freedom" in the year after, how can the market response be obtained under the premise that the previous gimmicks and word-of-mouth consumption are exhausted? Let us look forward to it.
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↑ One of the most beautiful moments in the film takes place when Anastasia and Christian have their first date in a helicopter. The close-up shot of the night scene of the big schedule complements the Love Me Like You Do performed by Ellie Goulding's ethereal voice. The hormones are fermented and spread over Seattle in an instant, which is so dreamy.
↑ The sex scenes in the second half are suspected of being flooded, and the plot is pale and weak, and it is accused of "thunder and rain".
↑The overbearing president is performed by Jamie Dornan, a former CK male model who is full of looks. Female audiences can just look at the big screen nympho. As for acting skills and character depth, don't be demanding.
↑ College girl Anastasia starring actress Dakota Johnson. Criticized by her role, she felt more like an "ignorant girl who was meticulously seduced by a black-bellied president" to the audience.
Biggest question:
1) Is this movie so unpopular?
The foreign authoritative film review website Rotten Tomatoes has a freshness of 25%, and it has only a pitiful 4.1 points on IMDB.
The author said that this TMD is not a new generation of "Lust and Caution" at all, but a new generation of "Twilight" and "Little Times"!
2) Is the plot of this movie XXOO cool?
For a non-SM fan, of course it's not good, because you can't feel a sense of substitution. The sex scenes in the film basically stay at the standard of just tasting it. Every time a sex scene is used, the "MV Jinqu Mode" is turned on. Although the atmosphere is very powerful, it has no choice but to greatly weaken the audience's sense of substitution.
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