An epic in proportion

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2006)

Hello there, Well where to begin - Not a bad adaptation to film, in fact this is one the few films i have seen where the Director pretty much stuck to the whole narrative structure from the Book. Which is good but i also think he had to do that to sustain the uniqueness of the story. The actors played there parts to the core. I am a great fan of Tom Hanks and seeing him after so long was a Joy, however i did have some reservation on his character because Robert Langdon was much more enthusiastic about this whole dilemma. The other important characters were very much like the people in the book - Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina and Paul Bettany (Who was spot on).
The film produced some interesting qualities that the book didn't have Vice Versa such as the exquisite special effects and added Flash Backs and more. They managed quite well to show the whole history behind the paintings, Da Vinci and Jesus Christ. Which would have not been an easy thing to do, because it was a complex story to understand from the beginning. The whole out look of the film was very much the way as i imagined it perhaps because these locations where shot at were actually real places.
It took time to dwell into the film and i felt the film could have been a little fast paced but other than that the film does justice to the book and justice to the screen play. I say the film is Epic in proportion because it had that very olden day touch and large in Canvas feel. The movie is entertaining and worth watching, 9 out of 10.