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It mainly followed the book but only just. Christian and Ana looked like they were better suited to be in Twilight than 50 Shades. It hit the bare bones of the book but there is no substance. Nothing that would make you squirm and bite your lip. The dialogue was cheesy at best. Ana was not so whiney and Christian had more substance. There definitely was a lull in some parts where you are like ok speed it up. Out of the four sex scenes shown, only two were true and they both looked like they were just going through the motions just to get it over with. The best parts of the book are left out and ending is jacked up. Of course, the Audi S8 Spyder and the Audi S8 v10 were the best parts to me. If you read the books keep that image in your head because this movie does them NO JUSTICE!  BTW, clean and shaven is left to be desired. At 2hrs n change, go see on a 2fer.  Grade C
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Kingsman: The Secret Service Review: The Kingsman are an independent secret agency somewhat like the CIA/MI5, but have been around for much much longer. Kingsman falls somewhere in between James Bond and If Looks Could Kill. Eggsy (Taron Eerton), whose deceased father was a member of the Kingsman, is recruited to join the agency after a Kingsman is killed by one of Richmond Valintine's (Samuel L. Jackson) henchmen. Valentine is hell bent on cleansing the world to save it from global warming.  Eggsy is not your high bread, silver spoon Oxford educated boy. Instead, his knowledge is learned on the mean streets of one of London’s housing “estates” or project; his mom, once a well-established woman, who took a downturn and is now an abused by his stepdad; and through said stepdad who just happens to be the boss of the neighborhood gang. Eggsy is on a one-way street to jail until Harry Hart (Colin Firth) steps in and offers him an opportunity to join the agency. Needless