Not as good as the books...

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2016)

Being a typical Fifty Shades of Grey fan I had previously already read the books and was a huge fan. I went to see the movie with my boyfriend on valentines day (He of course was so happy about this ha!) and despite the over critical reviews it was great!
The books are a lot better without a doubt, and I think the movie lacked the connection that the books gave Anna and Christian,the little things which made their relationship seem more romantic were missed out. Simple things like how he would track down her favourite brand of tea, or like how she bought him a model of the glider plane they flew together and he put it on his desk. Little parts like that in my opinion built the story up well in the books. Also... They made Christian kind of unlike-able right? That was something I didn't like so much, at least in the books you understood why he was the way he was better. The film only briefly touched on the fact that he had been abused as a child.
However, I still enjoyed the movie. I adore Jamie Dornan and I think they cast the characters really well. (although I didn't see the point in casting Rita Ora as Mia... She really didn't look the way I imagined Mia to look from her descriptions in the books) The banter between Christian and Anna was brilliant and even my boyfriend had a chuckle at some of the scenes. It really isn't as bad as people like to make out, I think it's just a lot of males hating on this movie as their girlfriends made them watch it...
Great Movie, Underrated if you ask me.