Read the book instead

Rating: 3/10 (21 May 2006)

With all the hype leading up to the release of Davinci Code, I expected nothing less than a spectacular masterpiece. What was delivered was a boring piece of junk. I wonder how many people fell asleep during the movie, as did the guy sitting next to me. I actually had to hit him with my elbow to get him off my shoulder.
Having read the book, there were no surprises for me. Ron Howard really dropped the ball on this. He should have told the story through much more creative imagery. Perhaps some creative camera angels or something to make it interesting.
And the boring dialogue... Sure the story depends on it, but Tom Hanks was so dull in his speech, actually so was everybody. Well, at least the audience laughed at one point - that was probably put there to wake people up rather than for entertainment purposes.
If you read the book, don't bother with the movie. If you didn't read the book, read it, and don't bother with the movie.