This is not a sexy story about BDSM, this is a terrible story about abuse

Rating: 1/10 (24 May 2015)

I was wary of watching this film when it first came out, I heard a lot of negative things about the book and decided it wasn't my cup of tea. However, a lot of my friends who were my own age couldn't stop talking about how much they loved it, and a lot of them assured me that the biggest problem I had with the book, (misinformation of BDSM, romanisation of abuse) wasn't as bad as sounded it. I read a few extracts from the book and found the writing style cringe worthy, so I decided to watch the film, hoping I could at least enjoy the storyline. Turns out I was right about Fifty Shades Of Grey from the start.
Ana is a weak, one dimensional protagonist and boring overall. Christian was actually a rather interesting character, however he is not likable as a human being, and because of that, I found it hard to route for him.
Fifty Shades Of Grey portrays BDSM as a relationship where the dominant has control of every aspect of the submissive's life. This is not true. A relationship between a dominant and a submissive is just like any other relationship, the only difference is that sexual activities include SAFE and CONSENSUAL violence from time to time. As Ana's dominant, Christian controls what Ana eats, doesn't allow her to drink or smoke, makes her address him as Sir at all times and does many other controlling things. This is NOT how BDSM works, this is blatant abuse. I'm not even going to talk about how he neglects to inform Ana of what he's going to do to her before actually doing it.
Overall, Fifty Shades Of Grey is a boring, ridiculous and unrealistic story with cringe worthy dialogue.