the da vinci code
:: MOVIE REVIEW ::
*WARNING ~ Spoilers Ahead*
i reckon it helps heaps that i've not read the Dan Brown book for which this movie had been adapted from. i carry not with it all the burden of a pre-conceived "history" nor image of the story or book that the folks from all over the globe have already seen in their minds. and i am thankful becoz i did enjoy the movie for what it is on the silver screens.
for sure, Tom Hanks did a decent tho pedestrian job as Robert Langdon ~ looking angsty and constipated for most of the time, while Audrey Tautou (as Sohpie Neveu ) cruised by with her english and slight-charms (if only at the end of the film). Jean Reno's Captain Fache looks even more constipated, as did the extremely-constipated Paul Bettany as the tortured-Opeus Dey-monk; Silas, while Ian McKellen (as the history+conspiracy-mad Sir Leigh Teabing ) shone thru as he normally does. but the main actor of this piece falls to the story, which i reckon gave as much as it could, under the deft directorial-hand of Ron Howard. the twist of "the Teacher" was quite a surprise (and here i thought i was clever and all :p), with [Sir Teabing] instead of the suspected [Fache]. and altho the end revelation of [Sophie Neveu] as [Christ's Heir] was expected and not too much of a shocker, tis the little clues that lead to each and every revelation that makes this movie an interesting watch.
much less the hooha about the religious-context and "scandal" that this flick is emboiled in ~ in the end, tis just a movie folks (im not a Christian nor am i totally apathetic, mind) and how could anyone dared compare the Dan-Brown book to the words of the Bible? IMO, anyways :p
clocking-in at 150 minutes, it does feel a tad longer than it should, altho there seems a great effort not to have a rushed ending and instead there's a slowing down of pace to the final reveal, which was apt, i reckon. and while it doesn't prompt me to go read the book nor buy the DVD, it is overall recommended for the hype and for the decently good movie made.
*WARNING ~ Spoilers Ahead*
i reckon it helps heaps that i've not read the Dan Brown book for which this movie had been adapted from. i carry not with it all the burden of a pre-conceived "history" nor image of the story or book that the folks from all over the globe have already seen in their minds. and i am thankful becoz i did enjoy the movie for what it is on the silver screens.
for sure, Tom Hanks did a decent tho pedestrian job as Robert Langdon ~ looking angsty and constipated for most of the time, while Audrey Tautou (as Sohpie Neveu ) cruised by with her english and slight-charms (if only at the end of the film). Jean Reno's Captain Fache looks even more constipated, as did the extremely-constipated Paul Bettany as the tortured-Opeus Dey-monk; Silas, while Ian McKellen (as the history+conspiracy-mad Sir Leigh Teabing ) shone thru as he normally does. but the main actor of this piece falls to the story, which i reckon gave as much as it could, under the deft directorial-hand of Ron Howard. the twist of "the Teacher" was quite a surprise (and here i thought i was clever and all :p), with [Sir Teabing] instead of the suspected [Fache]. and altho the end revelation of [Sophie Neveu] as [Christ's Heir] was expected and not too much of a shocker, tis the little clues that lead to each and every revelation that makes this movie an interesting watch.
much less the hooha about the religious-context and "scandal" that this flick is emboiled in ~ in the end, tis just a movie folks (im not a Christian nor am i totally apathetic, mind) and how could anyone dared compare the Dan-Brown book to the words of the Bible? IMO, anyways :p
clocking-in at 150 minutes, it does feel a tad longer than it should, altho there seems a great effort not to have a rushed ending and instead there's a slowing down of pace to the final reveal, which was apt, i reckon. and while it doesn't prompt me to go read the book nor buy the DVD, it is overall recommended for the hype and for the decently good movie made.
