The Da Vinci Code

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2011)

Da Vinci's code is definitely not as bad of a movie as it has been proclaimed by most of the book's fans. It is simply impossible to put so much information into two hours of projection despite the entire technological advance, and to be honest the movie has managed to pick up most of the important facts and scenes from the book, while keeping it in accordance with the book as much as possible. The actors, the effects and the camera on the other hand have all been professionally employed in order to create a modern day Hollywood spectacle. So, technically it easy all there to make a huge success and for some reason it did not, it may be that the story might not be interesting and has not the same effect without the detailed history parts that were obviously too extensive to fit into the movie. Or is it simply that books tend to better then movies no matter what the directors try to amaze the audience and create a better effect then the book might have. It is also very well filmed and keeps the spectator concentrated throughout most of the movie which has always been hard to achieve and even harder lately. The plot and the story have been very well adapted while some of the scenery and imagery has been very well exploited for action scenes that are breathtaking. Tom Hanks is excellent as the somewhat awkward Professor while Ian Mac Ellen is excellent as the principal foe. Something that most of the spectators knew before the movie has started even though the identity of the villain id not revealed until the end. Jean Reno seems to be just getting through his job as a cop which is not in accordance with the passion of the police commissioner, while the usually versatile Alfred Molina didn't make the performance of his career as the leader of Opus Dei., However in general terms a much better movie then it is usually considered.