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Rating: 1/10 (13 March 2016)

First off, I read the books. And enjoyed them. This will probably be why I hated the movie so much. My first criticism would be that Grey is casted very poorly. The guy just doesn't suit the role. But my main disappointment was the screenplay. I really feel that a great romance movie could be made out of the trilogy. Unfortunately, someone smart thought that he could make a story better by rewriting all dialogues and even most scenes. The result is horrifying - you get the same events but with characters that feel completely different from the book, unbelievable, ridiculous even. A lot of people criticize the acting, and I'm not that good to judge, really, but I will make a point that this screenplay could not be acted good. No amount of acting would have made it believable. And why? Because someone read the book, COMPLETELY misunderstood the characters, and then had a VISION about how this story should be filmed as a story about a rich-ass moron pervert with no respect for women, and a horny college student with no self-awareness or self-esteem. And then they have sex, and that is the main and only drive of their relationship. Funny thing is - this movie would be much better if all scenes were simply filmed 100 percent by the book, with all dialogues unchanged. Even with bad acting. I get the impression that both scriptwriter and director read only the 1st part of the trilogy, hated it, deemed Grey a sicko and Ana as some stupid girl without any willpower, then sat together and thought: "Damn, this kinds of characters are depicted so poorly in the book, and dialogues lack insane sex drive in every phrase, which should be a given in a PORN book. But we know how to fix this...". Anyway, I'm rambling. For those who hated this movie - don't give up on the book. The book is about romance, not about perverts, contracts, sex and sadism, as the movie can make you think.a