Worth seeing, but not much entertaining, a fall between two stools

Rating: 5/10 (18 May 2006)

First of all I hate the critics, who are acting like this. Sometimes they are not capable of judging the movie itself. They hate the book, so the decided to hate the films. They should use good reason not bashing the book. Because the movie doesn't stand on his own. It fails to reach the level of the book. Now it is the time to ask the question: what went wrong? Everything seemed right. Good cast, good director and writer. And just all turned out wrong. I like Ron Howard, I think he is a very good director, but his latest work is very poor. He isn't very brave. He tried to make an entertaining movie and a smart, serious thriller at the same time. But it's a failure in both ways. The script is awful. It's ridiculous. To tell you the truth they're just reading out the book in some part. The action scenes are really short, although the entire movie lasts more than two hour, and it is boring in some places. As of the cast: Tom Hanks was a surprise to me. I think he's one of the best actor in Hollywood, but definitely it's his worst acting ever. Audreay Tatou was an awful choice from the beginning, Paul Bettany hasn't got a chance to act behind the make-up, Jean Reno didn't add anything special, neither did Alfred Molina, only one person did his job brilliantly: Sir Ian McKellen. He is the perfect man to play Teabing and he saved this movie. When he first appears, that's when the movie starts. The first part is very boring. There isn't any excitement, although the book was very exciting from the beginning to the end. Something missing. The dynamism and the power. It's not a bad movie at all, but it disappoints. But I have to admit that it can be a real fun and joy for those who didn't read the book, but I really doubt that the fan of the book will be satisfied after watching the movie. About the controversy: it's pathetic what the Church and the anti-DVC believers are doing. The Passion wasn't a good example for them? This controversy will be make this film into a big hit, although I'm sure that the WOM won't be good. The ending is great. And there are some good scenes, but the flashback scenes and the whole concept is just not working. The music is great, but they used it very poorly, that's why the scenes are not effective. Only the action and the dramatic scenes are poor, what else left? Find out yourselves! :)