Decent film, ended up being basically like an unconventional romantic comedy, but then that's right up my street! (Contains spoilers!!!)

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2015)

I think people are being way too harsh giving this film such a low rating & saying it's terrible! It's not a fantastic film, it didn't blow me away, but it's by no means terrible either. I thought that for the most part it was a nice little romantic comedy, albeit with an unconventional twist! (When Christian's restraining Ana and spanking her!) The acting is good, at times it made me laugh, at times it was emotional & dramatic (which I thought the actors played very well), there was good chemistry between the characters including sexual and there were of course some very sexy scenes too! So basically like your stereotypical 15 rated romantic comedy but the BDSM pushed it up to an 18.
I thought the film was similar in some ways to the first Twilight film & I know the author was inspired by Twilight to write Fifty Shades. For example, Christian not being able to stay away from Ana even though he thinks he should, but at the same time caring very much for her & wanting to protect her, very similar to Edward and Bella at the start of their relationship! I was a bit disappointed that a lot of the book was cut out & I think they changed some little bits too, I can't remember, I did read the books about 2-3 years ago now! But obviously it's necessary to cut bits out in order to make a 2 hour film and the film is still the same storyline as the book just condensed down to the important bits.
Some people will moan that there's not enough sex in it and some people will say there's too much. You can't meet everyone's tastes and if you want more sex then watch a porno because this film is not a porno! There is an actual storyline behind it, the character's backgrounds & a love story which I am more interested in & the sex is just a part of that. I will definitely buy it on DVD when it comes out. It will no doubt become a bit of a guilty pleasure for me! It's one of those films I'll end up watching time and time again when I want to and have got the time to snuggle up under the covers in my PJ's with a box of chocolates and watch a film with a great love story and a bit of man candy in it!