Enjoyed it

Rating: 9/10 (3 March 2015)

Firstly, I'm very surprised to see all these horrible reviews on the movie. I personally never read the book but my friends had given me an idea of what it was about, so going into the movie I sort of knew what to expect. Within the first 10 minutes, I actually liked the movie and by the time it was over I was satisfied. I thought both Jamie and Dakota did an excellent job portraying Christian and Anastasia. Jamie's English accent could have been better but overall he did an amazing job. Most of my friends who read the book liked the movie also. I think some people expected way more from the movie but it's important to keep in mind that movies are always different from the books, and it's impossible to make a movie out of an entire book. There are always going to be plenty of missing elements. Also, it was Sam Taylor-Johnson's first time directing an actual movie. I think if they had got someone more experienced the movie would have been much better. For example, I felt like the producers expected us to know who Kate was. I was totally confused in the beginning and there were many times where I had to keep turning to my friend to ask her who was who and etc. However, that doesn't change the way I felt about the movie. It was well done and I will definitely be going back to watch the sequels if there are any.