Dan Brown and the Da Vinci Code

Rating: 5/10 (21 May 2006)

I have to say I only ended up seeing this movie because my friend's sister was ill and I personally hadn't read his books when I saw it; having heard mixed opinions about it. Anyway, I felt that although the storyline was interesting and almost gave you a crash course in religion and theology, the characters lacked personality. Now I know it wasn't the actors because I've seen these people play some very challenging parts and always pull it off but the fact that Dan Brown's characters were so empty and badly created meant that this film didn't have that special factor to it. In my opinion the film was good - it had many great settings, brilliant acting and interesting story lines but in the end I think Dan Brown is a mediocre writer at best. I Just finished Angels and Demons (this being after I read the Da Vinci Code) and I that has confirmed my suspicions about his 2D characters. WEll thats what I thought...