Disappointing....

Rating: 5/10 (24 May 2006)

I read The Da Vinci Code a couple months before the movie came out, and thought it was pretty entertaining. I didn't really understand why so many people went crazy over it because I didn't think it was an amazing book. (Here's the spoiler) I'm a Chirstian and don't believe that Mary Magdeline and Jesus were married and had children, the main premise of the book and movie, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate an entertaining two and a half hours. That said, this movie was not very entertaining.
I was hoping that Dan Brown's series of religious/adventure/thrillers would become a new "Indiana Jones" style series of movies. Unfortunately the move The Da Vinci Code doesn't have the exciting, fun spirit of Indiana Jones. It barrels along, explaining everything that happens, but not letting us try to figure out the puzzles that Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) encounter. The film looks great, and I for one did not mind the flashbacks to the "historical" events described.
In the end, the movie has it's moments, usually with Silas (Pual Bettany) or Sir Leigh Teabing (Ian McKellen), and looks very nice, but fails to capture the feeling of mystery or excitement that the book did.