Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

Director: Sam Taylor- Johnson

It has finally happened - one of the most anticipated and discussed films of 2015 is released. No more teasing with short trailers, no more questions about how this or that toy, scene might look like in the real life. Yes, the unconventional love story between the innocent college student Anastasia and the domineering millionaire Christian is being show on the big screen, and the fact that its premiere was a day before the Valentine's day has already been the source of numerous negative reviews.

It's interesting that according to IMDB statistics, women on average have given higher score than men, though it seemed that the stronger sex should be much more satisfied with quite an amount of erotic scenes. However, the results showed the opposite, and men were the main critics. The main reason for evaluating the newly-released film extremely low was due to the fact that many viewers consider that women degradation is the main idea promoted in "Fifty Shades of Grey", and it also encourages sadomasochistic relationships. I would totally disagree with these claims. Yes, the film does show gender inequality, unhealthy relationships with Christian's predominance and willingness to control everything and everyone, and it does not focus on romance which is the crucial point of any Valentine's day's film. But let's face it, that's all because of the book and E L James's imagination, not because the director or the screen-writer would be out of their minds. If they had made Grey more romantic and less commanding, it wouldn't have been "Fifty Shades of Grey", it would've been a whole different story. Honestly speaking, the film is a much softer version of the novel; the bedroom scenes are dealt with rather delicately and they are not as many as in the book. The cinematographic adaption is likewise much lighter and funnier than the original, and the soundtrack, from my point of you, is superb; the selected songs create the right atmosphere, and I still can't stop listening to some of them. That's about the good things, but now let's turn to the flaws.

The Imitation Game (2014)

Director: Mortem Tyldum

Did you know that the course of our lives was pretty much shaped by one man during the WWII? Yes, don't be surprised, nowadays we can barely imagine ourselves without computers, and the man, the brilliant mathematician whose name was Alan Turing not only was one of the if not the most important figure behind Britain's victory in the war, but he was also the pioneer in computer science.

"The Imitation Game" is a war-time drama that focuses on the little-discussed part of the WWII, namely, the solving of the Nazi Enigma code. As it turns out, the real battles were won at Bletchley Park, but not on the front, since with the help of few bright minds, the war was shortened by two or even four years and its outcome might have been completely different as well. It had not been more than a couple of days after Britain had declared war on Germany than the government formed a cryptography team lead by Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to solve the Enigma and outsmart the rival as soon as possible.