Only my opinion

Rating: 5/10 (18 February 2015)

I like to leave my opinion that is just that: an opinion. It is not a criticism or a judgment, I'm not a specialist. About the books: I read all three. The first is my favorite. I do not consider either pornographic or erotic. I don't think CG is a dominant, instead is a control freak with singular tastes that help him to release his wounds (as the result of a difficult childhood, he has the need to control emotions and situations just to feel safe). He's a man with a lack of self-love and therefore he doesn't accept that someone can love him unconditionally. AS is a romantic girl but not naive. She's just waiting for real love. And surrenders to it, even when she discovers a whole world of less common sexual practices. It is therefore a love story. It has delicious seduction games, some fascinating dialogues. But that's all that is: a wonderful love story. About the movie: I expected so much more. I think it is a screenplay error. I believe that were left out scenes and dialogues which, would be relevant to the viewer (including those o didn't read the books) and could capture the intensity of the relationship between them. I think JD and DJ did the best they could with an unappetizing script. I had never seen DJ acting, but i think thought she is a promising actress. JD is phenomenal: his facial expressions of sometimes despair, sometimes charm, sometimes cold, sometimes free (when he heats ana at the end). (Please watch The Fall, one of the best series in last years, and you'll see what a great actor he is). I think Sam Taylor-Johnson did a god job and i enjoyed the soundtrack. Unfortunately, i believe this movie is the product of bad script; but fortunately it is a box office hit.