This movie is definitely not boring, just bogus

Rating: Null/10 (22 May 2006)

New York Times critic A. O. Scott filed one of the first reviews of this movie, from the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday the day before opening. The film was not released ahead of time to reviewers, which, by conventional wisdom, signals a turkey. Scott kvetched about how boring it was. There is no ennui. The film kept me jumping with ambushes, chases and plot twists to keep my adrenalin level high.
The contrasting scenes between 21st century Europe and medieval Europe in flashbacks are eye-catching. Hanks is low key, but he's usually low key, whether he's a high school teacher turned captain overwhelmed by battle and responsibility or a lone castaway on a Pacific island using assorted washed-up cargo items like a deflated basketball to keep his sanity.
If you want to see how bogus Dan Brown's story is, check out the History Channel this week for programs on Opus Dei, Leonardo DaVinci and other topics suggested by the story. How much more powerful this story would have been if it were more grounded in fact! And certainly a case can be made from facts in the Gnostic gospels and other sources for all that is suggested. There has to be worldwide hunger for a better understanding of the Christian mythic monopoly given how a book with such awkward writing could sell some 65 million copies.