Soft Porn?

Rating: 3/10 (16 February 2015)

Casting: Bad. Dakota and Jamie have no chemistry at all. The two have too many awkward & dull scenes together. I am not sure why they did not catch this mismatch before finalizing the cast members. Are the IMDb reviewers better at doing casting jobs than professionals?
Acting: Dakota's acting were mostly off up until the last 20 minutes of the movie. She seemed to struggle with the "innocent" Anastasia Steele, but she improved as the movie progresses.
Jamie's acting was so bad that would make Pinocchio jealous. Unless, of course, if the director wanted him to act like a wooden person, then if that's the case, he did a magnificent job. Pinocchio would be proud of his new brother. His outward appearance were acceptable for the job but his acting skills didn't fit the bill. He wasn't a believable troubled dominant.
Direction: Too many unnecessary stretched scenes and they were one after another. Story development were disturbingly slow that made my mind drift outside of the story most of the time. Many scenes were unbelievable or unrealistic. And the movie did not make an attempt to explain them why so. For example: Mr. Grey is the head/owner of a multi-billion dollar company but he has endless amount of free time to impress and wander with Anastasia. He travels around with her to "kill time" in the movie.
Plot: Very thin. Almost none. Maybe its made intentional to leave some for the sequel? I'm not sure but I know this movie almost doesn't have any plot at all.
Story: Unconvincing. Again, no attempts were made by the movie (director's and writers' fault) to convince the audience of the unbelievable parts of the story.
Writing: Amatueristic. Too many laughable lines and scenes. Mr. Grey initial meet up with Anastasia lasted ~10 minutes or so only but this short meeting started his obsession with her for no reason.
And I've lived in a town (SF) where BDSM is almost common and I have a clue or two about them. The movie has about as much or even less clue as I am about the BDSM. Contract? Pushed too much.
Nudity: If this is your reason for seeing this movie, then you will be satisfied. There were abundance of it. Dakota did all of her nudity scenes well. She didn't look awkward or uncomfortable on any of them, that's as far as I can detect.
If Jamie's nudity is what you're after, well, he's shirtless on almost half of the movie.
Overall: Again, not an enjoyable movie to see. Many laughable lines, scenes, and acting. The high ticket sales is explainable by the success of the book and brilliant marketing (using the news media to plug the movie, etc..). And lastly, because of being one of a kind of movie. Porn (almost) in the movie theaters.
So, is this a soft porn?: Nope. Almost though. The movie didn't cross the line to be considered porn. But this is the farthest a movie can go before it crosses the porn category. Lots of nudity. A few scenes of two naked bodies grinding. There were pounding. Bushes everywhere. Moons after one another. etc.