Da Vinci Da-licious

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2006)

I have been disappointed with the many reviews I have read over the past 48 hours concerning The Da Vinci Code. Many reviewers and critics have predetermined their mark out of ten before they have even seen the film itself! While the film is I felt too long at 150 minutes (10 minutes + could have been shaved off the running time), it is however a solid piece of work. Critics have complained that there is too much talking and analysing in the film, yet they complain also when films focus too much on action, at the expense of plot. You learn little in the film about the characters themselves (especially Robert Langdon) but it is somewhat irrelevant. The film is about the story NOT the characters, the plot is what drives the film. It is worth noting that I have not read the best selling Dan Brown novel, and therefore entered into watching the film with no preconceptions. If you want to see an intelligent blockbuster that doesn't patronise its audience then this is for you.