Once we were ushered into the cinema, we were obviously guided to front row seats with the cast and director. I WISH. Instead we were sat right on the very back row, where we belong. We were given a free box of Lindor chocolates and a bottle of water though, so I can’t complain too much. Before the film started highlights from the red carpet were shown then the director of the film, Sam Taylor-Johnson, author of the book E.L. James and leading actors Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson took to the stage to give a small speech. Formalities over with, the film finally began.
I wouldn’t quite say 50 Shades of Grey completely lived up to my expectations, but I did enjoy the film. It was longer than I expected and as it doesn’t have the strongest of storylines, it tended to be a little slow paced. It was also a lot tamer than I was expecting. Even though I’ve not read the book, many of my friends have and I’ve heard several examples of the raunchy and explicit things that Mr Grey is into. The hype surrounding the film also suggested that it was going to be pretty racey. So I was left rather disappointed at the rather tame version depicted in the film. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t expecting a full on porno, but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen more explicit content in the Inbetweeners Movie. However, the whole film was totally worth it, as you get to see Jamie Dornan strip on several occasions, and that my friends is a very pretty sight.
Katie Nelson 
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