I liked the DaVinci Code better....

Rating: 7/10 (15 May 2009)

The DaVinci code was more of a mystery, this was a thriller (there is a difference). The Da Vinci code had more history and more facts to play with, A&D is more fiction from the get go. I liked how in the Davinci Code aspects of the storyline were re-enacted such as the Knights Templar and Isaac Newton's funeral. A&D uses no reenactments.
It was a good thriller, really, and I enjoyed every minute, but it just wasn't as good as the Davinci code in my opinion. It would help if you have been to Rome, are familiar with Italian art and architecture (from the late Roman period to the late Renaissance will suffice), and it wouldn't hurt if you were Catholic as well...
Otherwise, I have to say that for 50ish, Tom Hanks has a pretty good bod, and his sidekick is the spitting image of Nigela Lawson - I kept expecting her to look into the camera and describe what she wanted for lunch in sensuous adjectives.