So yeah, The Da Vinci Code, we actually saw this on Tuesday night, it’s only now I could bring myself to write about it after letting it marinate in my mind for 3 days… Take from that what you will.
So, incase you’ve lived under a rock for the past three years, this supposedly controversial film follows a professor of symbology, Robert Langdon, as he is called to the scene of a grisly murder in the Louvre. Along with a young French cryptographer Sophie Neveu, Langdon tries to solve the message left by the victim in order to preserve a secret kept for thousands of years, which could revolutionise the Christian faith.
First of all, I never read the book, I didn’t “get” what the big fuss was about, but I still figured it out after 15 minutes, well I had my suspicions, and they were pretty much confirmed about 45 minutes in, and from that point on it became a bit of a bore. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good movie, just not the awe inspiring, faith shattering, next step in human evolution that the hype surrounding it would have you believe. I mean, people were starving themselves because of this? The biggest shame is Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, he just doesnt look like he enjoyed doing this movie at all, and he has next to no chemistry with Audrey Tautou. The best performance, by far, was Paul Bettany’s portrayal of Silas, much better than some of his recent work, though Ian McKellan literally chews up the scenery in his brief appearances.
I’d say it’s a DVD rental, but most people will have already seen it by then methinks. As Flavor Flav said “don’t believe the hype.”
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Saw it. Hadn’t read the book. Agreed about the “not awe inspiring”. I can only guess the book is a more compelling experience than the movie – maybe it’s a more fascinating adventure with the richer detail to the story that has to be left out for a 2hr visual. Agreed about Paul Bettany in his performance, I hardly even realized who it was until the credits and I usually recognize him right off from his other roles I’ve enjoyed. Overall I liked Xmen3 quite much more (which I saw the same weekend). Funny to be watching Magneto in crutches tho. :)