You know how sometimes a movie doesn't live up to the book?

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 2015)

Well, this film is just as good as the book. Good as in Not Very. As in i'm being facetious and it is actually utter trash.
Being I would imagine one of few blokes who have read all 3 books in the trilogy I can hand on heart say that this film is reflective of the book, although it doesn't quite manage to portray on the screen the ridiculous quasi emotions and so called chemistry there is in the book. I cant remember the exact phrase but there is something that Anna thinks in the book almost every time Mr Grey touches her...same phrase over and over that stands out as extra crud amongst a sea of bad text, anyway this isn't conveyed in the film ....so maybe its actually slightly better - dialogue wise, as we don't have suffer their vacuous internal monologues as in the book (although thinking about it the vacuous performances are on par).
Anyway I read a lot of reviews and blokes going on about this film being depraved and glorifying domestic abuse and how women must be twisted to like this sort of crap. This is over the top and naïve imo. The reason the books were so popular and films, bad as they are, will recoup their outlay is simple....
THE BOOKS ARE QUITE SIMPLY A VERY LONG TALE OF A LOT OF WOMENS FANTASY....TURNING / CHANGING A MAN INTO THEIR IDEAL AND PRICE CHARMING. It is not about BDSM or even sex it is about the fantasy of being able to change the cold bad boy into a warm hearted open and emasculated, sorry I mean modern, man. Mr Grey is THE ultimate challenge and Anna succeeds by the end , and even actually by the first few scenes (Grey shares a bed with Anna - a cardinal sin to him). Love will prevail, blah blah blah, he's a lost little boy and needs the love of a good women to show him the light. There is the scene where she says "i'm falling in love with you" and he replies dramatically " no you cant love me"...the subtext is that he is too damaged to love and spoiler alert, as said, guess who fixes him (and by fix I mean turns him into the generic romantic lead and perfect man as stereotyped by modern culture) Its laughable but a common tale synonymous with fairy tales and romances throughout the ages. They just added in some extra sex to sell a few more copies.
Anyway, don't be repulsed by it - pity it and pity those that by into it.