Well worth the download and highly recommended.Ī+ Entertaining and intriguing 15 April 2016Įntertaining for the average watcher and intriguing for the reader of such historical and theological topics as frame the plot. Tom Hanks has always been one of my favorite actors and he does not disappoint. I have read the book and this movie was quite good. many twist and turns!Ī+ The Vinci Code Full Movie Very Entertaining Movie One of my all time favorite series of movies. It's still a good movie, especially Tom Hanks' character. At two and a half hours it is a tad too long, and can be confusing to first time viewers, but it is definitely thought provoking, and a mostly worthy adaptation of the book.If I had never read the book, I would have liked this movie more. Keep that it mind when you see it don't take it literally and chances are you will enjoy it that much more. If I was the Catholic Church, though, I would be more concerned with the religious violence portrayed in the film than with the outcome of the plot, which can try all it likes to challenge established dogma but most likely won't succeed because people know the book and film are fiction. Overall, The Da Vinci Code is worth seeing, if only to see what all the fuss was about. The plot may be hard to follow at times, especially if you haven't read the book, so full attention will be needed however, if you have read the book, the film sticks very closely to the story, omitting some parts for timing reasons, and it is now that we realise why the Da Vinci Code is how it is the film-makers couldn't do much else with it, as the tone and content of the book has to be retained for it to be a faithful translation: what suffers in the book suffers in the film. There are a couple of chase scenes which are supposed to be tense, but they turn out rather lacklustre, and one scene near the end comes off as daft (no spoilers, but people get saved by a pigeon, of all things!). The other cast members are all satisfactory but nothing special, again because of the speed of the story. Paul Bettany plays against type to play the murderous monk Silas, and he will make you wince with his self-flagellation scenes. Ian McKellen as Leigh Teabing is wonderful as a slightly eccentric English Grail expert, and gives a lively performance, which helps considerably given that most of his role is to explain everything to Langdon and Sophie Neveu (Tautou). However, the same can be said of a lot of the cast, and this is purely down to the fact that the plot is moving too fast, and giving out too much information, to be able to dive into character exposition. Hanks himself is passable in the role, but is not really given anything meaty to do. At first it may seem silly but there is very little choice as to how to portray someone thinking. There are also some nice visual flairs, including some well shot flashbacks, and the way Robert Langdon (Hanks) visualises the unscrambling of the codes is a great way to show the inner workings of is mind. First of all, the story itself, whilst not necessarily historically accurate, it is still absorbing and it genuinely makes you wonder about the truth behind the religion. This immediately doesn't sound like it could translate to the screen that effectively, but there are enough nice touches to keep the audience interested. Most of the important parts of the book are when the characters are sat around a table talking. This is a different beast, instead preferring the slow build up approach to story-telling - it is to the mystery/thriller genre what V for Vendetta is to the action genre. If you're looking for adventure and daring action then look to that film. It wasn't surprising that a film would be made given the book's success and despite initial critical reaction what we are given is, while not perfect, a solid adaptation of the book that will at least give the audience plenty of food for thought. The writing wasn't classic, but the pace of the novel was such that these points could be overlooked. It wasn't wholly convincing, but I thought it was great fun to read, and very cinematic in style. The kind of book you take on holiday to read while you're at the airport. When I read the book, I accepted it for what it was a pulp novel. Of course, many more of these critics had not read the book either, and so were pleasantly ignored by the 60 million and more people who went out and bought the book. It seemed that very few people were actually going to give the film the benefit of the doubt, while most would criticize it before seeing it. The controversy surrounding The Da Vinci Code hardly needs to be introduced.
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