Didn't do the book justice

Rating: 2/10 (19 February 2015)

The books are badly written and hardly great literature, but I enjoyed them. I thought the first book was the least interesting of the three, but the characters have a chemistry and an intrigue that could have potentially made a good movie. This wasn't it.
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan were just badly cast. They have no chemistry, tension, anything. Jamie is not intimidating in the least and brings none of the complexity to the character. Dakota has none of the personality or innocence to portray Anastasia. The movie doesn't show you any feeling or motivation, and the story is packed full of feelings. The sequel will be odd because I didn't see in this movie where these two cared about each other at all. If I hadn't read the books, I would assume they go about their lives and forget about each other.
More subtleties, more of a story, a different cast, and it could have been good. They missed the mark on this one.