Very well done

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2006)

I think it's quite a good film and I don't know why the critics didn't like it. I hadn't read the book and it was gripping from start to finish. There was never a dull moment and the pace was even too fast at times, before the brain had had the chance to absorb all the new concepts and for emotion to arise and subside.
If one really allows oneself to think, the scenes that hinted at Mary Magdalene carrying her precious burden, fleeing from persecutors were very touching. So were the brief scenes that hinted at the witch hunts that put thousands of women to death soon after the Catholic church came to power. There was hardly any time to let the emotion of that sink in, before we were onto the next scene. This is not a criticism, just to say that a lot was packed in a very brief space amount of time in the film and the pacing was just right to hold the attention of the audiences.
Tom Hanks had a very cerebral role and I think he did a very good job. I don't know how else he could have portrayed all the inner workings in the mind of his character. Teabing was an eccentric, so it was easier for Ian McKellen to bring lots of spice in his portrayal.
I think Audrey Tatou was a very good choice. I just think that her hair was too stiff and she had on too much make-up. A more natural look would have been better for the kind of character she played.
Dan Brown deliberately ended the book where he did. Now it's up to us to think what we want and to discover our own potential. If one man can reach certain heights, so can all of humanity.