Fifty shades freed

In order to conform to cliche, what better to include in a fifty shades review blog post than a very grey-shaded outfit? As you know, these pencil skirts are pretty much my favourite thing to wear to work and I now have a pretty impressive array of colours. This time, I wore my grey one with navy blue roll neck top, navy blue court heels and pink scarf with grey feather print (an oldie-but-goodie). I clearly didn't feel like there was enough grey involved so far so I added my grey faux fur coat and finished with Twig lipstick by MAC.

Yesterday I finally went to see the long awaited final installment of the Fifty Shades franchise and being that the third book was my favourite, I had high hopes. Despite lots of negative reviews (that all 3 films have received), I thought it was pretty good! As with all of them, it did feel a bit rushed and like the pace was a bit too fast but I think that's always a side effect of turning a book in to a movie - you can never get everything in. Again, the chemistry between Christian and Ana was very much lacking (I think the whole franchise was badly cast) but there were some very sweet moments throughout, especially on their honeymoon and in Aspen. There's also a lot more action in the third book/film (I don't mean sex-wise, there's plenty of that in all 3) and I think some of the more dramatic scenes were done well. I was disappointed in an important phone call though. Without spoiling it, it was so much more emotional and heart-wrenching in the book and they didn't quite achieve it in the film (like with their first kiss in the elevator in number 1, it needed more time spent on it rather than rushing it). Overall though, it was a good film and I was glad to see they included the little flash-forward scene at the end, which I was hoping they would.

But how does it compare to the other film I've seen at the cinema recently? I was hesitant to go and see The Greatest Showman because I don't agree with the circus as a concept (animal cruelty for no real purpose etc) but I can't resist a good musical so I changed my mind and decided to go and see it (when you have Meerkat movies, it makes it worth it even if the film doesn't end up being great). I was really impressed with the film; not only does it have an incredible soundtrack (this is me being my favourite) but it's quite poignant in the way it touches on issues such as race, class and the power of society. Some of the scenes were really heartfelt and the choreography was incredible. Although Hugh Jackman's character, PT Barnum was showed to be a bit of a social reacher and someone who didn't always treat people with the loyalty and respect that he should've, they did still romanticize his character massively. In real life, PT Barnum was a cruel and often evil man, who made money out of charging people to watch a dead ex-slaves autopsy and sticking hot poker's up elephants trunks. I don't think it does well for history to be recreated in cinema in such a far-from-the-truth way but as long as you look at the film in isolation, it's a really great feel-good movie and does ultimately carry the message that variety is the spice of life - it wouldn't do for us all to be the same and it never has!