I actually thought it was an O.K movie. I read the book and it was really bad, so I was not expecting much from this going in. I thought the acting was pretty decent. Jamie Dornan was good as Grey, since the character is actually a pretty stiff character most of the time. I also liked that they actually added a little bit more depth to Grey with what happened during his early childhood. Dakota Johnson was actually great as Anastasia, and is actually realistic and not just a horny girl like in the book. There is very little chemistry between the two, but that´s the point. They´re complete opposites. They are not supposed to fit together. I also liked that the film does not focus on the sex. It tries to focus on the relationship between the characters with Anastasia wanting a regular relationship without the BDSM and Grey trying to please her while trying to keep his lifestyle the same.
Visually I thought the film was very well shot. Each shot looked really slick and had really great lighting. The aerial scenes were the visual highlight though. Very nicely done in that department.
The music was another highlight. I really enjoyed the soundtrack, and I personally thought that the songs fit the scenes pretty well. They really fit the respective tone of each scene.
The much awaited sex scenes are basically going to disappoint everyone. Instead of being really graphic, they decided to approach them on a more intimate level. I think this was the best way to go because otherwise it would have been ridiculous and hilarious just like in the book.
The script is where I had a ton of problems. They thought it was a good idea to take a lot of the lines from the book and just put them into the movie. Most of these lines were just cringe worthy. It was awful whenever one of these lines was spoken. A positive note is that at least they try to play these cringe worthy scenes for laughs. You can tell that everyone involved knows how ridiculous the whole story is, so they poke fun at it a lot.
The film also has some pretty weird editing. For example there is one scene where Anastasia tells Christian that it was nice knowing him. You would think that she is finally over with him for a while at least. 1 minute later (literally) they´re having sex in her room. You can tell that there´s stuff missing there. It´s also a much longer movie than I expected it to be, and there are a lot of scenes that could have been cut. There are also characters that don´t really seem to do much in the film. They show up just because they´re in the book but are not utilized enough in the movie to justify their appearance.
All in all the movie was just O.K. It has good acting, good music, it looks really good visually, and takes all the ridiculous elements from the books and has some fun with them. On the other hand the editing seems really off, and the script can be really cringe worthy at times. I do think that even if you end up liking it or hating it... it is an interesting watch. 3/5
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