The adventure I liked not the talking

Rating: 4/10 (20 May 2006)

The Da Vinci Code was a fun movie. It was as entertaining as a James Bond movie. Nonetheless, as The Da Vinci Code progressed my understanding of the plot grew confused. By the two-thirds point I wasn't quite certain if Opus Dei was bad or was it the Priory of Sion. And, exactly where was the movie headed too? Would I recognize the end when I saw it? Apparently not, because I thought the movie had reached its end at least four times. And that finally ending  well, yah sooooooooooo.
I didn't get it.
But as long as I'm not going to be tested for comprehension and understanding, then I don't really care  except for the talking parts. Perhaps because the talking parts 'caused me to zone out into ADD land that I missed those crucial plot points. The James Bond parts though I liked. Silas (Paul Bettany) the albino psychopath monk was definitely a James Bond character. Funny there was no romantic interest between the characters of Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou).
Tom Hanks was OK. Imagine if they'd cast Leonardo DiCaprio? Leonardo in the Da Vinci Code. Bad joke maybe but DiCaprio would have carried the adventure part of the movie better than Tom Hanks did. And, in the end it was the physical adventure that kept the movie going and kept it fun.