dull at best

Rating: 3/10 (4 June 2006)

Having read the book, I had expectations of the movie. But after seeing it, I was utterly disappointed... Solving the puzzles was so lame, based on such unknown logic, that I was surprised; they are drawing conclusions out of nowhere, as if it is expected of the audience to have read the book in advance so that they can fill the gaps in the movie (lots of them, by the way) automatically. Many details in the book are simply omitted, perhaps in light of simplifying the movie for widest audience, but in doing so, the intricacies have also been lost. The role of Robert Langdon could have been cast better. Usually I like Ian McKellen's roles, but here he was also a bit "off center", as if he is pretending to be acting; it looks that the for the most part the script writer did not know what to do and how to capture the audience, to really pull them in, to let them feel the excitement of discovering the solution to the puzzles. Audrey Tautou is a good cast, however her character is also undeveloped. One good thing is the music score. It appropriately accompanies the events, and sounds good, mounting expectation. Hans Zimmer did a good job. The book is a good and gripping fiction novel, but the film is a waste of time and talent.