The big rush...

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2006)

I read the book and guessed that it wouldn't be an easy story to make a screenplay out of it. But I liked the movie too. In the novel there are a lot of explanation on art/historical things and the characters' backgrounds that has been left out from the movie. Even so, the 150-minute-long movie is not long enough for those who haven't read the novel to understand, it seems like a big rush for the divine truth. So as to make the good and evil characters more balanced in number the plot make Sauniere seem as if he was an aggressive bodyguard of the young Sophie, instead of his loving grandpa. Also, bishop Aringarosa lies to Fache to have Langdon and Sophie arrested, while in the book the bishop eventually turns out to be a decent but misled man. Fache motives are not even close too. The acting is not outstanding, but fair/good. The emotional content is restricted according to the novel.
**************** READ THIS: VERDICT ******************** Although sometimes difficult to understand without having read the book, I recommend this movie. If you like conspiracy theories you will even like it on its own. If you have read the book, you will love the music interacting with the emotions shown (it gives a huge boost to it; congratulations Hans Zimmer!) and the imagined story coming alive.