Yes, yes...maybe more.

Rating: 8/10 (14 February 2015)

Jamie did an amazing Christian Grey as did Dakota with Ana. The movie stayed pretty close to the books, in a sense. The sex scenes are not as scandalous as some people have said, and they're actually pretty brief. Unless you're ultra conservative, those scenes won't freak you out. I've seen more explicit scenes on some very famous cable shows, like Masters of Sex. I really enjoyed the movie but I felt it was rushed. Because so many details were omitted, at times it felt like it jumped from scene to scene without anything tying them together. I understood where they were going with each scene but only because I've read the books. I think they missed the mark by eliminating details and conversations between Christian and Ana that appear in the book that humanize Christian and make him more lovable. He's quite playful in the books and you can feel his love for Ana growing as the story goes on. That's not as clear in the movie. It ended as it should, as it ends in the book (mostly). But even the ending lacked depth, which it has in the books. What leads to the last scene in the Red Room, what follows, Ana's words for Christian and his to her are cut short in the movie, which made it seem a bit cold. There's a lot more emotion in the book. Those of us that know the books well (100 million or so) would have gladly sat through 20 more minutes of the movie to have those added details in there. If you've never read the books or just hated the movie because it had too much sex, you didn't like the story or whatever, there's no changing your mind. Good thing this movie wasn't made for you, and it's going to make loads of money despite your negative criticism, which means Fifty Shades Darker and Freed are coming. Ha!