From a Historian

Rating: 3/10 (23 November 2009)

I majored in history, I've worked in history, I've taught history & I say again to everyone: "I don't care about history in my movies." What I want is to be entertained. I'm a Catholic that loved "Dogma," I have one standard when judging films, entertainment.
"The Da Vinci Code," in book form, came at you like a bullet. The chapters were short, concise, & left you hanging on the end. I finished the book in one sitting, I couldn't put it down, I constantly needed to know what happened next.
"The Da Vinci Code," in it's movie form doesn't have that. But it does have it's "X-Files" junkie moments. There are times where the conspiracy nut in everyone is so engrossed that they can't help but be entertained. But those moments are all that you get & there aren't enough of them to drag the viewer through the entire film.
Instead the suspense & cliffhangers that kept me on the edge of my seat while reading the book I sat through the mundane waiting for the few moments that reminded me of my favorite T.V. show. Watch "Revelation" instead, it covers the same religious/mystery story with a lower budget & worse acting but yet make a far more entertaining film & you get Udo Kier who seems to be born for movies like these.