Mostly Harmless ... inoffensive, but not a bad film.

Rating: 8/10 (22 May 2006)

Well this was not a bad film at all. I went with three other people and everyone liked it immensely.
One could call it inoffensive, since the subject matter has potentially explosive content.
But, that's what Ron Howard tends to do with what he's given, take a message and make it palpable for a wide audience without getting everyone angry. He's too nice perhaps.
Still, the film got me right away, and I was pretty much glued to it the entire length.
I had not read the book, although I am very familiar with the subject. Yes! Dan Brown, should pay the people who wrote Holy Blood, Holy Grail, because that is all their idea! Dan Brown, did however write a marvelous story, that is entirely his own. Brilliant stuff. So borrowing ideas is not a crime, but perhaps he should have included footnotes. I liked how the historical flashbacks were done as well, as washed out black and white.
Silas, (Paul Bettany) pretty much carries the movie. Some of the scenes were just skin crawling creepy. Perhaps there was a great film lurking in there, had the film sustained the intensity of the Silas scenes, it could have been a masterwork.
Still it's an important film, as the subject matter raises questions about the origin of a faith that was in fact, taken in a completely other direction 3 centuries after it's inception.