50 Shades of Great!!

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2015)

After hearing all the hype about the book series I decided to see what all the buzz was about. I am not going to lie the writing was very confusing and sometimes not the best, but the story line is what got me hooked. This book is not about abuse, even though many non-readers will disagree. Everything in that happens in the book is consensual between the two characters. They both have an understand of what each other expects from the other. Christian Grey had a traumatic past and that is what shaped him to be what he is now, with the help of Elena. He is no abuser or does he intend to hurt women in the abuse sort of context. The point of the whole series is a person changing for the other, not because they are forced, but because they love one another. Ana and Christian have to learn about what pleases the other more to make it work.
Enough with the book, I think the movie did a pretty accurate job depicting the storyline. Of course many individuals did not take a particular liking to the book. I think that the director did a great job of making the sexual scenes very tasteful and did not blow them out of proportion. It is hard to make a movie out a book that features such sexual material, but Sam prevailed. Jamie Dornan had a difficult task of becoming Christian Grey, but he perfected it. He came off as very seductive and charming throughout the film. His performance on the interview scene was very convincing. Dakota Johnson wowed me with the part of Ana. She perfected the whole innocent act and made me believe that she really liked Dornan's character. The drunken call scene was a perfect addition to the movie and made have a couple laughs. The overall soundtrack went amazing with the movie. It made me feel each scene and in turn made the movie flow together. The locations where the film was shot were very realistic and believable compared to the book. It truly made the pages come to life.
I believe that you will have more appreciation of the movie once you read the book. It allows to compare and contrast the scenes. On contrary to all the negative reviews/critics, I am a fan of both the movie and book.