Already Ripe for the MST3K Treatment

Rating: 2/10 (27 May 2006)

The DaVinci Code is even worse than most big budget Hollywood slop. Not only is the dialog of Ed Wood quality, the story nothing but a series of clichés, the casting way off on all counts, and the plot twists visible from the end of the block--it's also boring! I mean, lots of crappy movies are also entertaining, but this one, though technically slick, fails to be entertaining on any level. Now, I never read the novel, so I have no opinion on whether the movie was faithful to the book. But I can tell you that if it was faithful, the book must be a total piece of junk. I suspect, however, that the novel must have been fun in some way, must have taken itself less seriously, and must have been more quickly paced and adventurous than this dead-on-arrival chunk of cookie cutter Hollywood blah de blah.
I honestly believe this snoozer, with it's cliché-drenched plot and dumb dialog, would have played better as an intentional comedy.