Worth the wait

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2015)

Contains spoilers.... Let me start by saying I can't understand why people have spent their hard earned money going to see a movie if they didn't like the books or agree with the subject material! Crazy. I have read the trilogy many times and have seen the movie twice. I am so happy with the finished product.
I didn't care for Dakota or Jamie when they were first cast as Anastasia & Christian. The wait from book to movie was so long - I think every fan had their own Ana & Christian picked out. I went into the movie with an open mind and I was so pleased. Dakota was awesome and I think Jamie did a good job portraying our troubled billionaire Christian Grey. For people that say there was no chemistry - you must have seen a different movie than I did. I could see Anastasia falling in love with Christian and he was fighting his feelings for her because he doesn't think he deserves her.
The film moved fast and some scenes were changed or shortened. For example, the drunk dialing scene in the club was hilarious and better than how the story was told in the book. The first book is 514 pages long - hard to put everything into an approx. 140 minute movie.
For people that say Ana was raped and abused-that is just absurd. Ana had all the power. The sex was consensual between 2 adults. At no time was she abused or raped. The sex scenes were beautiful and tastefully done.
For those reviewers that are saying it's sending a bad message to young girls. The movie is rated "R" no one under 17 should be viewing the film. But I really don't see all the hoopla about the sex. I have HBO and Showtime and I've seen must more explicit sex sitting in my family room watching my TV than what is portrayed in 50 Shades.
The movie captured the essence of the first book and I can't wait for Fifty Shades Darker.
Haters - stay home.