Flawless adaptation of the book

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2015)

OK - I don't normally write reviews on here but I am really tired of this movie getting slated - probably by people who hated the book - who are then in turn obviously going to hate the movie, what did they expect?! but the fact is, for the 100 million people that have read the book and loved it this film is absolutely perfect. Let's face it, it was almost guaranteed to be a success as long as they didn't change anything, they already got the casting spot on so there was no real way it was going to disappoint the fans. I went into it ignoring the bad reviews, as I ignored the bad reviews of the books - I love both the books and the movie. I found myself, within the first five minutes of the film starting saying to my friend that it was already better than I expected, Sam Taylor Johnson did an excellent job with this film, it is beautifully shot, Dakota Johnson is 100% perfect as Anastasia, it's uncanny how she is exactly how I imagined her to be when I read the book, she has the exact right balance of innocence and confidence, she was perfect, Jamie Dornan too, was the absolute perfect Christian Grey, and the chemistry between the two of them was palpable, you fell in love with them instantly. I was really impressed with how certain scenes were handled in the film, dialogue that could have easily come off as cheesy was well acted and in some parts intentionally funny - there were a few great laughs in the cinema and it was the perfect balance. I think everyone was most concerned about how the red room scenes were going to be shot, and i have to say, they could not have been done any better, it was shot beautifully, their chemistry was amazing and the soundtrack was perfect, once again exactly how I and I am sure every other person who loved the book imagined it to be. Every single set int the movie was spot on to the book, showing that so much attention to detail went in to making this movie. The contract scene was absolutely brilliant too, really funny and well handled, both actors handled the humour of the situation perfectly and it only added to the belief in their relationship. All in all, i would go as far as to say I have never seen a film adapted from a book where literally every single detail was perfect, it had the perfect balance of sex and romance just like the book, nothing was missed out that was of importance and in some parts, it was an improvement on the book, if anything the film highlighted in more detail how messed up Christian is and how strong Ana is, it was really beautiful in parts. I absolutely loved it, and all the haters who have slated this movie fall into the same pile of all the haters who slated the books, the fact is you can't argue with 100million book sales and a 250million dollar opening weekend. The fans of fifty shades will not be disappointed with this movie, it was absolutely, completely perfect and I cannot wait to see the next one, I only hope the rumours that Sam Taylor Johnson won't be directing the next ones isn't true as she did such an amazing job on this one.
So my review of this film is without a doubt 10 out of 10 - the attention to detail made this a flawless adaptation of the book, and the millions of fans that had so much fun reading the novel, like me and my friends, would find it impossible to find fault with this movie, the actors and director encapsulated perfectly what I am sure, every person that read the novels have been imagining for the last three years. Loved. it.