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I'll give it 2/10

posted 9 years ago by Abused_Peanut
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So I finally watched it and I can honestly say that the only good thing about this movie is the soundtrack!

Jamie Dornan's acting is awful!! So wooden, robotic and lifeless. Even the way he was walking was bad. Now I haven't read the books so I don't know if Christian is supposed to be cold and emotionless but even if he is supposed to be this way, Jamie's acting was just horrific. He couldn't make it more obvious that he was reading from a script. Why on earth was he cast?

Dakota Johnson's acting wasn't much to cheer for but compared to Jamie, it was Oscar material. At least there was some charm and charisma to her acting.

I didn't think there was any chemistry between the two actors but I blame Jamie for that. How can you possibly have chemistry with a piece of wood??

I know it is a "sex movie" but I got bored with all the sex scenes. I only liked one of the Red Room scenes (can't remember which one though...) the rest were a snore fest. I expected to see rauncher sex scenes. What we saw was very tame. I also wanted to see more storytelling and character development but I guess that's too much to ask for.

The dialog was cringe, cringe, cringe! Ugh!! They spend half of the movie banging on about the contract and then they just ignore it and go ahead anyway without her signing it. Why make such a fuss about the flaming contract then??! And the "show me your worst = 6 belt lashes" was just laughable.

As a 25 year old female I can't for the love of God understand the attraction with Christian. The man is a creep, stalker and an absolute control freak. I personally would be running for the hills if I ever met someone like him. Why women all over the world are losing their sh*t over him is beyond me.

[–] isundling 9 years ago

The contract was an important part of their getting together...because ultimately, it never matters...a first for Christian,he only has sex with submissives, and they always sign contracts..he has never had a girlfriend..and he goes against everything he believes with Ana..sorry you didn't enjoy the story.

[–] joycbeyda 9 years ago

From what I've heard from people who have read the book- the movie does it no justice.

As the OP stated, there was really just no chemistry between the two main characters to make it realistic that this uber rich, uber handsome 'playboy' type of guy who was used to model type women- would fall for this plain Jane good girl.

I understand that in the beginning he saw her as a challenge because she was different and unimpressed with his looks and wealth, but after he 'won' or 'completed' the challenge it seems unrealistic that he would fall in love and give up his playboy life for Anastasia because they had pretty much no chemistry.

[–] isundling 9 years ago

joycbeyda... He really wasn't a playboy at all...he was never photographed with a woman..even for just charity events...he had his submissives on the weekends,no public attention at all..never visited them at work..never at their homes....and that was it..his family thought he might be gay, as he never had a woman with him.. but had the good manners to never bring it up..he had never been in love and was not looking for love..his life was just the way he wanted it...and then Ana..and that's the story...unrealistic?...of course it is...it's a fantasy..

[–] joycbeyda 9 years ago

I don't think only doing things with women on the weekend and not visiting them at their homes or having his business With them in the public means he's not a playboy.
You can be a playboy in private.

[–] joycbeyda 9 years ago

most movies are fantasies. That doesn't mean the the acting and chemistry are not realistic and believable.

Nothing about their personalities or lives or relationship with each other seemed believable to me.

[–] isundling 9 years ago

joy...okay...

but I will add, who is ever a Playboy in private?...I mean what would be the point?..and as his subs have to sign a NDA..no one would know anyway..

[–] joycbeyda 9 years ago

Ummmmm it's not at all uncommon for a male or female to be playboys or play girls in private for multiple reasons. Whether it be to keep up a good girl/good boy image or simply because they don't want people around them to know anything about their personal sex life, etc.

For this to be difficult to comprehend makes you seem very young and inexperienced as far as the ways of the world - which is probably why such a silly movie appeals to you. I have heard that the books are excellent, but that's no reason to defend the movie.
Most people I know who loved the book felt the movie did it no justice.

As I originally stated- most movies have some element of fantasy which is fine, but when you add bad acting and two people with no chemistry it kills it, which is a huge reason why this movie got such bad reviews.

[–] digitaldiva 9 years ago

Hi joycbeyda,

The books are badly written, but allowed the readers to imagine the characters. The movie, however, revealed the Ana and Christian for what they were, two empty people without much going for them other than their sex play and celebrity lifestyle.

[–] isundling 9 years ago

Joycbeyda...I'll just finish by saying...I am far from being very young or inexperienced...and I still say if you are a playboy/playgirl, you want the world to know it...a narcissist at heart..Christian is a Dominant..he has consensual sex with submissives...really...his being a playboy might have been an interesting role...if it hadn't been done to death in every erotic romance ever written.

[–] MyaRose 9 years ago

a first for Christian,he only has sex with submissives

And prostitutes, You always seem to gloss over that part!

[–] JBSftf288 8 years ago

2/10????! That's too high!

[–] movie80 8 years ago

JB in JBSftf288 is Justin Bieber?

[–] JBSftf288 8 years ago

F@ck no