A long time ago, my blog was asked to be an “Official Fifty” blog, to help promote the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie. They wouldn’t give us many details to what we would have to do, but I thought – why not? Something fun will hopefully come out of it. And while I’ve had a few giveaways and posted a few trailers, the most fun event I was offered, was to go to New York City for a screening of the movie with the Today show. I grabbed a friend, and off we went. Since the screening was with the Today Show, it meant getting up at 4am and watching the movie at 7:30am – but it was worth it.

I didn’t like the first Fifty Shades book. Ana annoyed me. However, I support romance books becoming movies and when I thought of this book becoming a  movie, I thought of an epic girls night out with my friends, drinks and a silly movie.

What I didn’t expect was to really enjoy this. For as much as Ana irritated me while reading the book, Dakota Johnson’s portrayal of Ana is my favorite thing in this movie. I haven’t been following their press tour but I’ve been seeing a lot of tweets about Dakota and Jamie Dornan’s lack of chemistry. So I was expecting that to leak into the movie as well. But that is not the case. Dakota is adorable. She plays an innocent, yet strong willed female really well. She made me laugh. A lot. There were times the entire theater erupted in laughter. The scene where she is drunk at a club and decides to call Christian is so darn funny. And the boardroom scene, where she has a meeting with him to discuss the contract, is so sexually charged and fun. I’m a fan of hers for sure. Before the movie started, Jamie and Dakota walked in and Jamie got all the cheers. After the movie, they came back in, and everyone cheered for Dakota. It made me smile.

Jamie Dornan’s character is a little more distant. I enjoyed him and I thought he made a good Christina Grey, but I didn’t connect with him quite as much. I think he was very convincing in the love scenes, but not so convincing as a billionaire guy in charge of a huge company. The supporting cast is cute and doesn’t have a lot of screen time but Christian’s brother and Ana’s roommate are done well.

Now let’s get to the sex..because you guys. The sex. It’s good sex. Pretty sure I saw every inch of Dakota’s body. Dornan has some butt shots and we get to see some pubes – MAYBE a teeny glimpse of the peenie. But besides all the nakedness, the sex is intense and so well done.  The first scene where he takes her virginity – may all virgins have an experience like this! There is another scene where he throws her hard onto her stomach, slaps her ass and just thrusts into her and goddamn. Smexy approves. I think they did as much sex as they could up to the R rating limit. You all are going to like.

I even liked the red room. It’s….classy. And the BDSM scenes are sensual and they fit. I honestly believed Jamie/Christian knew what he was doing. It was a beautiful room with some really nice scenes. (I even got a key to the red room – knock knock Christian. Smexy is coming in!)

I’m not a diehard fan of the book. I’ve only read it once and that was long ago when people said – hey there is this crazy book called Fifty Shades, have you read it? And everyone I know had never heard of it. So  I can’t say yes or no if it truthfully followed the book. I think it did. The die-hard fans around me said it did.

You all are going to like this. I can’t wait to see it again with my girlfriends at home, then have a glass of wine and talk all about it for hours with them.

Also read Heroes and Heartbreakers review and Kate’s!