When Anastasia Steele, a literature student, goes to interview the wealthy Christian Grey, as a favor to her roommate Kate Kavanagh, she encounters a beautiful, brilliant and intimidating man. The innocent and naive Ana started to realize she wants him, despite his enigmatic reserve and advice, she finds herself desperate to get close to him. Not able to resist Ana’s beauty and independent spirit, Christian Grey admits he wants her too, but in his own terms. Ana hesitates as she discovers the singular tastes of Christian Grey – despite the embellishments of success, his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family – Grey is consumed by the need to control everything.

Kelley’s Review

I was able to attend an early screening of The Fifty Shades of Grey movie last night and was quite pleased as to how the book that started my blogging career, was portrayed on the big screen.  As of this morning looking at the different news media sites including IMDB the movie is not getting the greatest of reviews so why would I give this movie a 5-star review?  If you read the book and loved the book you will enjoy the movie.  I was really impressed at how well the movie followed the book.  The way that Anna and Christan meet is spot on and I have to say that my absolute favorite scene is when Anna first drunk dials Christian from the bar.  Dakota Johnson was laugh out loud funny.  There were in fact several scenes where the theatre was full of laughter.

I was seriously on the fence about whether or not Dakota and Jamie were going to be able to pull off the Christian and Anna that I had pictured when I was reading the book and was pleasantly surprised at what an excellent job they did.  The chemistry on screen was of course smoking hot and true to the book there is a lot of sex, bondage, and spanking in this book. If you are not comforable watching naked people have crazy, rough, and passionate sex on the big screen surrounded by movie goers you may want to wait until you can rent this one.  I was glad to have a date by my side.  There is no way in hell I would take a teenage daugher (I have one) or my mother to see this movie.  This movie is about sex and not vanilla sex so if you are comfortable watching soft porn with your mom or kids go ahead, but I would not reccomend it.  This movie barely missed the NC 17 rating so just keep that in mind. Between the sex scenes there are the amazing bits and pieces of the book that made you fall in love with Christian and Anna including riding in Charlie Tango, dancing, piano playing, and gliding.  My second favorite scene is when the contract is negotiated.  Dakota again will have you cracking up.

There were of course some details that were left out however.  There is only so much you can cover in the span of two hours.  One thing that I really did miss and am looking forward to seeing in the second movie is Mrs. Robinson.  Christian discusses with Anna that he went to see her but you do not get to see that scene on the big screen.  I am really excited to see who will play her in Fifty Shades Darker.

Overall going to see Fifty Shades was a positive movie going experience.  I will most definatly buy this one on DVD when it comes out.

Actor Bios

Jamie Dornan

Jamie Dornan was born on May 1, 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is an actor, known for Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), Marie Antoinette (2006) and Shadows in the Sun(2009). He has been married to Amelia Warner since April 27, 2013. They have one child.

Dornan performed in the folk band Sons of Jim, until it disbanded in 2008. Sons of Jim supported Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall on tour.

In 2006, Dornan appeared in the Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette. He has modelled for Calvin Klein (with both Kate Moss and Eva Mendes), Dior, Aquascutum and Armani, among other brands. Dornan appeared in the drama film Shadows in the Sun in 2009, which starred three-time Academy Award nominee Jean Simmons. In 2008, he played the lead role of Ed in the Hammer Horror production Beyond the Rave.

In 2011, Dornan appeared in eight episodes of the ABC television series Once Upon a Time, playing the role of Sheriff Graham. While Graham from Storybrooke was killed by the town’s mayor Regina (The Evil Queen) in the episode “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter“, Dornan stated that he would return as the Huntsman from the Enchanted Forest at some point and he remained a regular on the series. He returned as The Huntsman for the season finale episode, “A Land Without Magic“.

Dornan stars alongside Gillian Anderson in the Northern Irish drama series The Fall, playing Paul Spector, a serial killer terrorising Belfast.  In May 2013, the show was renewed for a second series halfway through the broadcast of series one.

Dakota Johnson

Dakota Mayi Johnson is an American fashion model and actress. She was born in Austin, Texas, and is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith. Her maternal grandmother is actress Tippi Hedren.

In 1999, she made her film debut in Crazy in Alabama (1999), where she and her half-sister, Stella Banderas, played the daughters to their real-life mother, Melanie Griffith. The film was directed by her stepfather, Antonio Banderas, but it wasn’t a hit. Dakota resumed her schooling and waited several years before she decided to become a professional actress and model. In 2006, she was voted Miss Golden Globe, a launching pad bestowed on off-spring of famous parents. She served as the first second-generation Miss Golden Globe in the Globes’ history, since her mother was Miss Golden Globe in 1975. She also signed with IMG Models. In 2009, she modeled for MANGO brand’s jeans line. Dakota traveled to Sydney, Australia, where she shot the “Rising Star” campaign for fashion label, “Wish”. Once she graduated from high school, she signed with the William Morris Agency and started her acting career. She had her first box office hit in 2010 with David Fincher‘s film, The Social Network (2010), in which she had a scene with Justin Timberlake. The film received eight Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture. She also appeared in three additional films: Beastly(2011), alongside Vanessa Hudgens and Mary-Kate Olsen; Ezna Sands‘ film, Chloe and Theo (2015); and So Yong Kim‘s film, For Ellen (2012); She had roles in several 2012 films: Christopher Neil‘s film, Goats (2012), with David Duchovny; Nicholas Stoller‘s film, The Five-Year Engagement (2012), for producer Judd Apatow, and the hit feature film version of the 1987 television show, 21 Jump Street (1987), that made Johnny Depp a star. She also won the female lead in Chris Nelson‘s, film Date and Switch(2014), written by Alan Yang. Her first television show, Ben and Kate (2012), where she played “Kate”, aired on Fox during the Fall 2012 season. It was canceled in 2013, and she quickly resumed her feature film career with three high-profile films: “Need for Speed,” the modern-day adaptation of the William Shakespeare play “Cymbeline,” and the starring role of Anastasia in the adaptation of the best-selling erotic novel “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

Author Bio

E.L. James

E L James is a TV executive, wife and mother of two, based in West London. Since early childhood, she dreamt of writing stories that readers would fall in love with, but put those dreams on hold to focus on her family and her career. She finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with her first novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.

E L James is currently working on her next novel…

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