Reviews

My review has since been edited after watching Season 4.

I have read every single book of this series. I believe I can remove myself from the books into movie or TV adaptations and give credit to creative license with a critical but fair eye.

Virgin River has now had four seasons. This show is worse than a soap opera. Baby mama, Charmaine Roberts, has been pregnant for three years. (eye roll)

This TV show makes a snails-pace look like the Roadrunner cartoon. Nothing moves along that is part of the primary characters. Meanwhile, on the periphery, all sorts of nonsense are happening. It's as if the world revolves around a few characters, and life goes on except for them.

The plot bunnies are incredibly predictable, and the writing is subpar. This show turns Life Time movies into masterpieces.

I told myself I was done after season three. I should never second-guess my first discission.

I've dropped my rating from 6 out of 10, to 4.

For starters, I only managed to get through a portion of the first book before tossing it into a donation box. The writing was repetitive, unimaginative and reminiscent of an ammeter, teen fantasy diary rather than a novel.

Jamie Dornan: Honestly, I never knew who he was until I watched the series, The Fall, which he plays a very intense character - serial killer. I adore his character in this show. He is understated, serious, methodical, and a brilliant antagonist to Gillian Anderson's role.

Sadly, his skills as an actor are overshadowed by poor dialogue, piecemeal scenes and terrible continuity. Just like the book(s)

Dakota Johnson: Another actor I've never heard of and it is hard to tell whether she is good at her craft due to the horrible dialogue.

The two lead actors had zero chemistry between them. Because of this, their scenes together were lack luster and even the sex was boring and uninspiring.

Christian Gray is damaged goods. He is emotionally stunted due to abuse at a young age, and worse yet, molested by mommy's predictor bestie in his teen years. Alas, that may have been a better story if someone else wrote it.

The worst part about this movie? How many people rushed to the box office, dropped their hard earned money in the hands of an industry that knew this film was built on a load of tripe, though, they cashed in opening week due to the hype over tripe. Much like Twilight, you'd think movie goers would have learned their lesson.

Sex sells, yes? But that is a completely different industry. Don't waste your money on this film, or the books if you value your intelligence and brain cells. The creators knew this was a baseless cash in. Don't line their pockets for a poor product.