I think she caved too much. She took the good dominant traits out of Christian for the movie. I know for me, I like a dominant man. I may get flacked for this, but I think a lot of women do too, many just won't admit it. Now, we all have a personal definition of what a dominant man can mean. I'm not talking about a dominant as in S & M, but more of an alpha male.
I think what many women liked in the books is that Christian took charge. He got $hit done. If he picked up the phone to close a deal, planned a trip, or pleasured his woman, he definitely got his $hit done. These men today who get manicures and worry about their feelings getting hurt over a shaded look need a mom, not a girlfriend. I make so many decisions in a day, I'd sell my neighbor's wife for a man to make a few for me. It'd be a relief, really, which is why we women get lost in our books and romance movies where these men reside.
~Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable~
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Didi2013
8 years ago
Stacy, you've made many good points. Agreed that E.L. caved yet again (or maybe she faught and lost). I think they of course we're not going to film many of the more controversial things from the books. Understandable, but there were some that should've stayed, example was Dr Flynn, for my part, that was a mistake to cut him out. He is a key part to understanding Christian and why he is the way he is (screwed up childhood, etc).
As we all know, the movie(s) would be more than a couple hours long if they were to film every detail in the book.
I guess we can't have everything. I'm sure they did the best they could with what they had to work with (time constraints, budgets, etc).
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stacy0912
8 years ago
Not everything can be in the movie, for sure. But the parts that support the character's arc, their growth throughout the story, should've been fleshed out better. There's Dr. Flynn, Jack Hyde, Christian's submissive scene which led to Ana being able to touch his no-go zones, and Elena's bitch slap.
These parts are integral to the arc as a whole, but were seriously under explained and rushed through, leaving the audience less satiated than expected. Again, this is just my opinion and others may have gotten a different experience. Hopefully for Freed, they can have someone point these things out, since clearly EL and team either aren't seeing them or care enough to fix it for her fans (not me).
~Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable~
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ThorTime
8 years ago
Doesn't she safe word at the end of the first book and he ignores her and continues to beat her regardless? That leads to her leaving him, because of his betrayal of trust?
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stacy0912
8 years ago
Ana forgets to use the safe word. She has a 4.0 gpa but a single word that could save her hours of pain eludes her. Ana is single handedly the worst written heroine in known written literature and in cave drawings. Seriously terrible.
~Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable~
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ThorTime
8 years ago
Oh ok, I could have sworn she safe worded and he didn't stop.
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movie80
8 years ago
From stacy0912
For the movie, she rounded out Christian's negative traits, and sharp edges, and also gave Ana a personality.
and also from stacy0912
She took the good dominant traits out of Christian for the movie.
These.
Watching Darker I am seeing the story of a different Christian and a different Ana.
Ana is the focus and is leading now, James does not want to give any hints Christian is a rich man.
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