50 Shades of I Ain't Mad at it

Rating: 6/10 (15 February 2015)

He're the deal. If you read the books and hated them or it you refused to read the books on principle, then I have no idea why you would see the movie. You are clearly going to hate it. For those I described who saw it? The joke is on you because they have your money now and you have contributed to the monetary success of the film. Congrats, Sparky.
Clearly, this was not a great literary achievement as a trilogy. The writing is poor, Christian has a serious creep factor and Ana was whiny and spineless. However, I think the movie is an improvement on the books.
I didn't hate the books... and while I am not am not turned on by BDSM (and skimmed some of the rougher scenes in the books) the sex wasn't what gave me the ick-factor. It was their relationship outside of the bedroom that seemed borderline abusive to me. However, as I said before, it seems like the movie may have improved upon that a bit as Ana seemed to have some spine, some spunk here.
I was excited for Jamie Dornan as I enjoyed him in Once Upon a Time and I do not find Charlie Hunnam to be attractive in the least. But I found Jamie's performance to be really stiff and awkward...he never felt comfortable in the role. Christian Grey is needs to embody the confident billionaire. Jamie didn't pull that off and it was disappointing. Hopefully he'll loosen up a bit for the next two films. Dakota Johnson, on the other hand, I thought was great. I do think it odd though, considering mostly women will see this, how much nudity there was of Dakota and very little of Jamie. Maybe this was an attempt to bring in the male crowd?
So I give the movie a 6. I thought it did well with the material it had to work with and quite honestly, I thought it kind of hot. As long as you don't take it too seriously as a statement on relationships (I worked at a domestic violence shelter, the books did bother me at times) or care about the accuracy or lack-thereof of the BDSM lifestyle (it is fiction after all), it can be an...interesting...ahem...way to spend a couple of hours.