To be seen with open mind

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2015)

IMO this movie is actually made for the fans of the books since i find some of the dialogs were choppy. A lot of crucial scenes (not even referring to the sex scenes) were left out, and this made the movie less "understandable" for non-readers. I went with a friend who didn't read the book and she had lots of questions and issues. She read the books after, and only then she said its actually quite good. But movies are rarely good as the books they were adapted from, mostly due to time constraint. Other than that, I was surprised how good Dakota is as naive Ana. And Jamie isn't bad either; being the impassive Christian who we can see certainly enjoyed Ana's company even though he tried to stay away at first. Could see the mercurial moods he's in esp at the end scene, displaying Christian struggling with his inner demons but certainly getting his cathartic release when belting Ana. The musics were great, sex scenes tastefully done which is why i really don't understand people calling it porn.
I'm giving it a 10 because it definitely doesn't deserves the 1 that people are giving it. I truly hope you actually judge it AFTER watching it yourself and not just jumping on bandwagons of haters and those trying to take advantage of this film's huge popularity (good and bad) to voice out their opinions on whatever causes they are fighting for from feminism, abuse, BDSM etc.
Strongly suggesting you go in the cinema with an open mind, without any expectation, and leave all the negative comments you've read outside the cinema. U'll find that its quite a good modern twisted love story with a frustrating cliff hanger ending. But that's how the book is...