Full disclosure right off the bat...I did not read the books when they were first out and popular and I did not see the movies when they released either. I have read many many books on this genre and have really enjoyed certain authors takes on it (i.e. Sawyer Bennet, Lisa Renee Jones to name a couple).
I thought Dakota Johnson was a bad pick even tho I didn't read the book just because I feel she is not a good actress and a nepo baby. That being said the series was on Peacock so I watched them recently, I was surprised how much I enjoyed them.
To my surprise Dakota did a really good job and her transformation from normal girl to a woman of her own, in control of her man was excellent, she even did the naivety and shock well.
Jamie Dornan who I like and have seen in a few things lately did a great job portraying a rich powerful haunted man in need of sadism in his sexual life. The actual movies portrayed other similar stories I have read and it was fun to see unfold on screen. I thought they did a good job, I can imagine if you've never read stories as these it was probably weird and uncomfortable, but in my opinion they did a good job in the genre.
I thought Dakota Johnson was a bad pick even tho I didn't read the book just because I feel she is not a good actress and a nepo baby. That being said the series was on Peacock so I watched them recently, I was surprised how much I enjoyed them.
To my surprise Dakota did a really good job and her transformation from normal girl to a woman of her own, in control of her man was excellent, she even did the naivety and shock well.
Jamie Dornan who I like and have seen in a few things lately did a great job portraying a rich powerful haunted man in need of sadism in his sexual life. The actual movies portrayed other similar stories I have read and it was fun to see unfold on screen. I thought they did a good job, I can imagine if you've never read stories as these it was probably weird and uncomfortable, but in my opinion they did a good job in the genre.