I lost a lot of respect for Ron Howard after watching this.

Rating: 2/10 (2 May 2010)

We all know that rarely does a movie truly live up to the book. In this case, it looks like they forgot to read more than the back of the dust jacket before making the movie.
Removing some main characters, eliminating the major themes of the story, letting people live instead of die.... I tell you, I have truly lost a lot of respect for Ron Howard's films after this one.
Starting with the elimination of Max Koehler, making the Hassassin look like someone out of Middle America instead of the Middle East (that's just historical fact, nothing else), who's Richter and where did Rocher go? Robert Langdon was awakened by an early morning phone call and fax of a brand applied to a physicist/priest, not interrupted during a swim by the Vatican PD with a fax.....
That's just the beginning. I can honestly say that I have NEVER been so disappointed in a film adaptation before. I actually liked the film version of Da Vinci Code, but this one won't even get purchased in the bargain bin.