true to the book

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2006)

I originally read the book and found it thoroughly engrossing. The movie is as true to the book as it can be and therefore is also engrossing. For those who haven't read the book,it should keep you thinking all the way, although a little predictable. Hard not to be as most things have been done already. As for the subject matter, well it is entirely up to the individual as to what they choose to believe. If anything, it provides a list of 'trails' that the reader/viewer can follow in order to make his/her own determinations.
The church has condemned it as heresy, but they did the same with Harry Potter and its atributes speak for themselves. Everyone to their own. keeping an open mind... Brian