Dinner Date and Christian Grey

Happy Valentines Day!! It's been one crazy fun week celebrating my birthday and then Valentines Day, and I have to say, this year was one of the best! The highlight of the week:

• Christian Grey I mean Robbie and I had a successful date night last night--dinner and 50 Shades of Grey! :p

We had dinner at Ten Ten American Bistro. I had the Bourbon-glazed Salmon on top of a bed of spinach and sweet potato and bacon hash. Robbie had the short ribs and mashed potatoes (not pictured). SO GOOD. See the mouth-watering pictures below:

    

After dinner we ended the night at the movies to watch the premiere of 50 Shades of Grey, and Robbie did not know what he was getting into. LOL I kinda dragged him with me...literally. Anyway, here's my review and I'll try not to spoil it for anyone. I loved it, however I thought they could've done a little better telling the story. First and foremost--the actors did a phenomenal job, especially Dakota Johnson, the actress who played Ana. I had major doubts, as most people did, before the movie's release, but I thought she most definitely portrayed Ana very well. Jamie Dornan on the other hand, he played the stark, dark, character of Christian Grey well, but I was waiting for him to be a little more flirtatious. I remember specifically in the book Christian would comment on how "charm is everything," and Jamie didn't quite capture that for me. Lastly I would add that the movie did stay pretty close to the book when it came down to script and scenes, but they didn't tell the story like the book did (from Ana's perspective). I thought it would've been good to have Ana narrate through the movie as she did in the book. That's essentially how I fell in love with Christian in the book anyway--seeing him through her eyes. The movie didn't quite capture that, and I think if I saw the movie without reading the book first, I'd see Christian and this crazy psycho who loves kinky sex, and that's not what the book portrays at all. Well, at least not all the time. WITH THAT SAID...The movie was pretty much based on the first book, and I know that in the books there's much much more to the story and the movie, and Christian's personality does show alot more in the next part of the series, so I am anxious to see the next 50 shades movie!! 

Hope you all have a great Valentine's Day and President's Day weekend!!