True to the book

Rating: 10/10 (20 May 2006)

After reading the book, which was excellent..I could not put it down..I was wondering what the movie would be like, whether it deviated from the original story and changed characters etc like a lot of "made into a movie" movies. I was absolutely thrilled to see that Ron Howard stuck to the original plot and made an excellent piece of 'fiction' come alive. The locations were fantastic, the acting was great, especially Silas, although to me Paul Bettaby made his first mark in another Howard movie "A beautiful Mind". Howard's choice of cast is extraordinary as I can now, after seeing the movie, remember the book and can see all the actors from the movie.On every entrance of each character I knew immediately who they were. As for the content, it is a thriller, a piece of fiction surrounded by real events and locations.And being raised as a catholic myself I am sure the great religion can withstand such a movie. It has survived more damaging threats over the eons, I am sure Dan Brown does not have them shaking in their 'holy' boots. I don't know what these other critics expect from a movie. Some critique like they reviewing the ten commandments or the constitution. For goodness sake, it is just a movie to entertain us and a lot of people worked very hard to present it to us, that's how they earn their living, so lets keep everything relative. Once again congratulations to Ron Howard, his cast and crew, you all did a great job.