50 Shades: the struggle with adapting poor source material
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/zipok1/50_shades_the_struggle_with_adapting_poor_source/
From someone who has criticized the 50 shades films quite a bit, it was very eye opening to see some of the issues the cast and production team faced. Obviously an almost complete rewrite would have been better for the story and film, but EL James’/Erika Mitchell’s refusal to make almost any changes make the film team’s job very very hard.share
Here's the first part of a 3 part video essay on the 50 Shades Trilogy by Folding Ideas on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/qzk9N7dJBec