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The lad and I took in a matinee showing of The Da Vinci Code this afternoon. There were exactly four of us in the theater.

Now, we’ve both read the book and neither of us was impressed with the idea of casting Tom Hanks in the lead role though we tried to keep an open mind going in. But it was a long movie and turned out to be a mere caricature of the book. A lot was left out, Tom Hanks hardly had a chance to shut up because he had to ‘narrate’ what couldn’t be filmed, and his hair was just dreadful. He either didn’t know how or wasn’t afforded the opportunity to give his character any dimension. And some of the historical flashbacks were jarring and reminiscent of a low budget docu-drama. Unless you’ve read the book, I’m not entirely sure you’d know what all was going on.

The movie was disappointing and I’m glad we decided to go to a matinee rather than a full-priced showing. Ian McKellen *was* a bright spot, though.

Posted on 05/24/06 at 06:31 PM
 




cyn

That is exactly what I figured would happen.  We are probably going to catch it sometime over the long weekend.  I have no desire to go as I thoroughly enjoyed the book and rarely does a movie hold my attention the way a book does.  But HE is a movie freak and I usually dig in my heels and refuse, so this time will give in and we will go..........  I just heard they are talking about adapting Angels and Demons to the big screen--I happened to like that book way better than DaVinci Code.....go figure!!  But I still would not care to go see it....

United States   Posted by cyn on 05/25/06  at  07:46 AM





Kate

I liked Angels and Demons a lot more than Da Vinci Code, too. But I can’t imagine turning it into a movie. It was way more involved and thickly plotted. It would make a better mini-series than a movie.

Good luck seeing the movie this weekend. I wish I could say something good about it, but it just totally underwhelmed me. Even the lad remarked that he has no plans to see it again. Not even when it comes out on DVD and that’s rare for him to say. He’s a total movie buff and he loved the book.

United States   Posted by Kate on 05/25/06  at  10:56 AM





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