The Worst Performance of His Career

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2006)

It was a pretty straight-ahead telling of the book. Howard stuck to the story and did a good job of bringing it to life. The movie looked amazing. I think they could have done a better job in giving the story the weight that it deserves, but that was mostly because of the acting.
I enjoyed the movie very much. I had heard a lot of bad things about it beforehand and that made it easier to like. I felt they followed the book very well with a few exceptions. All in all the only thing that kept the movie from being great (instead of just good) was Tom Hanks. I've never seen him give a more lackluster performance in any movie since Joe Vs. the Volcano. Actually he was better in Joe VS. the Volcano. He acted the part as if the character was on heroine the entire time (which the character was not). It was just absolutely a blight on his career. Sorry Tom, I am just giving my honest opinion. The movie was good, it could have been great if they had cast Gary Oldman as Langdon. Magneto was good too.
The guy above me is a lot nicer than I am. The movie was absolutely NOT better than the book in any way. It is definitely worth seeing though, even if you are too lazy to read the book first.