We Need New Critics

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2004)

Once again, the critics and I don't agree. I think they go into movies and don't go in to enjoy them, they go in to pick them apart.
This is a FUN movie with lots of NEAT things and some actual facts and so on (including symbolism, bits about the Knights Templar, etc.). While there were some inaccuracies--this is supposed to be an adventure and it and the clues and the traps are a ripping good time!
It's sort of like Shakespeare--he was writing to the common folk; while he might have had some sense of symbolism in mind, I don't think he intended people to pick apart his plays looking for layers and layers. Let's face it--it's hard to notice that when Julius Caeser was performed in the period fashion rather than costumes, as was the norm.
Go prepared for fun, and you'll get it! Cheers!