Immature reviews and misguided judgments

Rating: 6/10 (15 February 2015)

Rule 101 of reviewing movies: Only reviewers who finish a movie have a right to an opinion of that movie.
The book trilogy is not the movie (and I never read it). What's more, rape and abuse are controversial words and sensitive topics. They also mean non-consent. Both lead characters as presented in the film are highly-vulnerable, consensual adults, utilizing safe words. This film does not promote rape or abuse. If anything, the filmmakers over-stress the consensual nature of Christian's playtime and Ana's intrigue.
It's telling that men - so many of whom are adolescents or under 20 - have ripped this film apart on IMDb, without considering how many women in this world have an interest in, or a fantasy about, Sub roles or BDSM lifestyles. Part of the same anger toward Ghostbusters remake with an all-female cast I believe has a related hatred in Fifty Shades. There's just something about female empowerment that scares so many men.
Fifty is flawed. It's not the best movie ever. And I felt the ending was jarring and awkward. But it's hardly the trash that so many have attempted to throw out. It's a sensual story with complicated themes featuring emotionally vulnerable characters who are pushing each other in directions that neither has experienced before. Consensually.