oh man...

Rating: 3/10 (31 May 2006)

i felt that this movie had so much potential. I read the book 2 years ago and disliked it immensely because there was no type of intellectual thought at all. The riddles were easy, the plot was contrived, and in all seriousness the characters are not developed. In general it was self important and laid everything out nice and tidy for all the people reading it to see which is why it was so popular... people thought that they were being smart but they were just buying into the horribly written book. In all honesty it had me fooled until about page 30 when i had an epiphany: This is Dan Brown trying to show us how smart he is, but he's not. The whole way through the book (which i had to read) i kept thinking that it was talking AT me and not letting me find my way to conclusions and events like a good novel would. However, there was great potential for a fun action movie that i thought would be quite enjoyable. and that is what this review is about: a movie.
the movie, much like the book talks at the audience. it is all dialog and facts with no space or time between for interpretation or acting. I think Ron Howard is an Extreemly talented director and all the actors in it are very good as well, i just feel that the material could have been portrayed better rather than be a fictional history lecture. there was little enjoyment in a very interesting topic and people got very huffy because they are portrayed as facts rather than fiction... if you believe Dan brown i feel sorry for you.
why i gave it a 3: it was not very entertaining and the character did not mesh well together, it gets 2 stars for the actors in it who did the best they could with what little they had and 1 star for not having it turn into a HORRIBLE romance in the end like the book...BRAVO Ron Howard.