A Very Entertaining Treasure Hunt

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2006)

i went to the movie with an open mind... ready to enjoy a movie... definitely not through the religious aspect... but rather through the brain teaser angle.... i was mainly worried about skipping important parts of the novel to make a 2hours plus movie.... but it was all well done...
ron haward did a great job depicting the excitement, and the action. not much of fast... and always annoying, camera movements. there were many parts were camera rotations really reminded me of beautiful mind...especially when solving a puzzle... nevertheless, they were very appropriate... and probably unavoidable.
tom hanks and everyone else did a great job embodying the novel characters.
it did feel a bit lengthy 20 min before the end.. for 5 minutes or so... other than that... the movie is all action and racing..
all in all.... it is a movie worth watching in the cinema... once though... and there aren't many graphics and very-special effects... so some can wait for the DVD.. if they can!! and it is definitely worth owning the DVD...
finally... it is so unfortunate that there are ones who gave a rating of 1... i am sure they didn't watch the movie... at least not with their mind open!! and i was so tempted to give the movie 10 to bring up the level.... but i'd still keep it fair.