Despite an awful beginning, it's a pretty good movie

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2006)

Well, another blockbuster rises in a lot of movie rooms spread the world:The Da Vinci Code...As a fan of movies with great investments...of course i ran into a cinema to see that one.. First of all, i'd like to say that i read the book, so my expectations was about a great job, because that story was easy to transport for a movie set...(it's fluid and dynamic...) Talking about the picture, we can see some disappointing things: In the beginning, the story told, was too fast(some people that were watching with me, realized that too),and Tom Hanks, was a little bit confusing in his "work"...he was a little embarrassed with all that speech, about symbolist and that audience behind him, was disgusting..i have to tell...seems like people taken out of streets that never saw that pictures and opinionated about that..for God sake,they were too superficial... After that,when Langdon(Tom) received an advise asking him to go to Louvre Museum, i felt some insecurity action between Langdon and Fache(Jean Reno)...seems like chemistry was awful in the set... In Louvre action, all things happened too fast, something that was cleared in the book, that never happened in that way...It was like Langdon and Sophie were genius...and somewhere, somehow,they had a mystical power to discover everything that happened there...another time...a superficial sequence... In the bank, things get a little bit better,Langdon and Sophie seemed more connected and with some tenderness between them...Finally the movie become to take off, and begins to satisfy the audience... After that,when Langdon and Sophie searched for Teabing, things get a lot better and the picture, becomes more substantial with all flashbacks about Langdon and Sophie lives'...It seems that director Ron Howard could make himself comfortable after that point... Well, i won't talk about the rest of the movie because i don't want to freak out other people that wants to see, so let's talk about the cast: Tom Hanks-I Think he had a disappointing performance here,he is much better in other movies,and with no time to improvise he seems a little bit robotic...just in last five minutes you see how great actor he is... Audrey Tatou: A lovely surprise...i thought that she won't have ability to act with Tom...but she's much better than he is in this movie...Deep performance...a lot like Sophie in the book... Ian Mckellen:Maybe, the best actor here...got all maniacs of Teabing and transported well to the screen...Excellent..I will see X-MEN:The Last Stand,in some way because of him... Jean Reno:An slightly disappointing performance...i fought he would be better...Maybe next time... Paul Bettany:He is perfect...Great...An Oscar nomination isn't a grievance for this man...All movies that i saw him, he's acting great...Excellent work...He deserves stardom... All other performances were good too,and besides that,they weren't so important... Finally,i wish for people that didn't see this movie, to have fun...Don't go with great expectations...this is not a favorite for an Academy Award nomination...