Much better than the DVC

Rating: 8/10 (1 December 2010)

Ron Howard does much better in his second shot at Dan Brown's pulp history/sci-fi/conspiracy/religious thrillers. The scenes are paced much better while still including some great cinematographic shots of Rome and the Vatican. This might be due to trimming down some of the historical conspiracies and their meanings. While these historical ponderings were key to a good deal of the excitement and suspense that Brown created in his novels, I think they disrupted the pace of the action in the DVC.
With a leaner story, A&D moves much better as a movie than the DVC. Purists may take some offense to this, but imho, movies should be made with a movie audience in mind. Trimming the story to make for a better movie is perfectly fine and quite a few other novel adaptations could / would have benefited from this deed (e.g. Harry Potter).