Displeased Fan

Rating: 3/10 (13 February 2015)

First things first, I read the books. I honestly found some parts of the books annoying, the over-usage of certain words, the sophomoric writing, repetition of various incidents throughout the entire trilogy blah blah blah... But most importantly, I loved Ana and Christian's love story. I know it's been speculated that the books have no plot, but that's just a debatable matter. The fact that Christian transforms throughout the books is plot enough for me.
I wanted to love the movie so badly. I wanted it to work, just to shove it on the faces of haters, BUT I'm not going to lie to myself, I did not enjoy the film AT ALL.
Personally I thought Dakota tried really hard to give us the best version of Ana, and I appreciate that, but more often than not, it just didn't work for me. Jamie on the other hand...I mean, really now? In every part of the film, I cringed whenever he had to say something. I get that he's Irish (right?) and his American accent isn't necessarily on point, but surely that doesn't justify the fact that he 'sounded like he was rehearsing his lines 99% of the time' (in my opinion). The movie is based on a love story of two individuals who fall in love with each other , yet, when Ana (Dakota) confessed her love to Christian at the end of the film, I couldn't help but wonder, "When did that happen?" From reading the book, it's almost like love at first sight for the two characters, yet when they first met, I couldn't wait for the meeting to end (it was that horrible). Bottom line, I didn't witness any chemistry between the two whatsoever.
What happened to mercurial Mr Grey, the control freak we all hate to love, Mr 'I F#ck Hard', the tortured guy who meets the love of his life? I did not see him.
I really did want to enjoy the movie...so very much. I wanted it to portray accurately (not perfectly) what I read from the book, but what I saw was not even close to Fifty Shades. And the S.E.X, isn't that what drew most of us to the book in the first place? Yet, what I saw was a tad of Ana's a$$, boobs and pubic hair. And miraculously five seconds of Christian's a$$. Other than that, it was Ana's accelerated breaths and writhing pale body that slightly depicted the sexual content of the book. I was hoping to see the dark dominant I've read about, but what I got was a hot Irish model who didn't seem to know anything about BDSM.
Hopefully the second one doesn't disappoint as much. That's all.
Sadly, A disappointed fan.