enjoyed it and would see it again even though it wasn't perfect

Rating: 8/10 (21 February 2015)

I'm really surprised to see all the terrible reviews for this movie. What I have noticed is many of these bad reviews seem to be from guys, or people who didn't read the book or didn't enjoy the book, or just aren't into this type of book or film.
I did read the books and I did enjoy them a lot. It's fiction, it's not supposed to paint an image of reality. The book and movie is for entertainment purposes. Maybe I'm not great at analyzing the components of movies, but I just don't see how all those reviewers thought it was that terrible.
I give it an 8 because I did enjoy the movie, and I want to go see it again. There aren't many movies that I would pay to see more than once. Not sure but maybe I enjoyed the movie so much just because I really enjoyed the books and I was biased going in. Either way it was a decent movie. I dragged my boyfriend with and he is not really into romance movies so this was not his choice of movie to see. He doesn't go to theaters unless it's hugs blockbuster film with lots of action and adventure...and maybe some super powers too. He agreed to see it only because it was valentine's day and while he did squirm uncomfortably in his seat for over 2 hours waiting for the end, he said it wasn't bad. He gives it a 5 out of 10 saying It was average. Of course, he didn't have the expectations that I had because he hadn't read the book. I think he was more curious to see what the hype was all about.
I thought the actors that were chosen worked out just fine. It's usually hard for me to accept the outcome of a movie made based on a book because I already have an idea in my head of what everyone looks like. There was no possible way to fill those roles and make everyone happy at the same time so in that case I think those involved in making the movie have every right to choose who they feel works best, it's there thing after all.
I did like that the movie when along with the book so well, I recognized tons of specific dialogue and scenes directly from the book. I really can't stand it when a film adaptation of a book is created that has too many changes or when they completely butcher important parts. I do wish that some scenes weren't cut out, and if I had it my way they wouldn't cut out or alter anything from the book but then we'd be settling in for a 12 hour movie. I guess I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed that it only had an R rating because I don't feel the true soul of the story can be portrayed accurately when so much is dialed down or omitted. Maybe if it had been even more graphic then it wouldn't be referred to as a wanna be soft core porn-romance film. Maybe everyone would be so shocked by the intimate level of detail that the movie would be in a category all it's own.
On more complaint...Oddly enough I felt that the movie had a kind of fast pace to it. It was actually pretty long, longer than I had expected. I too couldn't stop moving around in my uncomfortable movie seat but I still didn't want it to end. It's hard to explain but even though I thought it was long, when the end came I felt myself wondering how it had gotten there so fast. I felt the pace of the whole movie was fast, how it progressed so quickly. Perhaps I'm just used to how the book went...when you read a book there is much more detail, the author depicts each character, prop, and setting with descriptive sentencing so the reader can form an image to go on. When it's all just out there on the screen in front of you, you have to take it in so quickly or you'll miss it all together. So I thought the progress of the story went quickly even though it followed the book very accurately.
Again, I enjoyed it and would see it again even though it wasn't exactly what I had imagined it to be when I read the book.