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The Da Vinci Code: A Movie Review

With all the hype about the book [sold over 40 million copies - NY Times Best Seller for 164 weeks] and after reading the book twice, I was excited to see it come to life on the big screen and Ron Howard did not disappoint. The Da Vinci Code could possibly be the hardest book to take to screen given it's popularly and depth of information and details around the main story. Clocking in at just under 2.5 hours, the movie stays quite true to the novel. The cast is good however Sir Ian McKellen [as Sir Leigh Teabing] steals every seen he is in and brings what little humor there is to the film. Tom Hanks gives a good performance as the lead character Robert Langdon and Audrey Tautou was an excellent choice for Sophie Neveu. [I would have loved to have Ron and Tom make Angels & Demons prior to this movie or even better yet film them together and drop a double summer blockbuster on us]. There are several special effects that add some zip to the movie that were, obviously, not part of the book but they made for a better film than if they were left out. The movie does move a bit slow at times however given the amount of historical information needed to tell the "tale", it is a necessary evil. All in all I enjoyed the film and would recommend seeing it [although it will not make into our DVD collection].

posted by TheWino @ 11:36 AM