Didn't live up the book

Rating: 6/10 (22 May 2006)

Personally, I am a gigantic fan of Dan Brown, I mean sure, he writes like an 11th grader, sure, his dialogue isn't exactly airtight, but he comes up with some of the most INCREDIBLE plots! I read the book in under 10 hours, and I was simply amazed. I remember after I read it I said "This would make a great movie!".
Ron Howard's directing was no doubt worse than Dan Brown's writing, but it wasn't unbearable, it could've been a lot better. The acting from Ian Mckellen was superb, same goes with Tom Hanks. But the plot in the movie was not informative enough, and too much was left out. If they had spent a little more time and decided what needed to be kept, and what left out, it wouldn't have been blasted by the critics.
6/10 Clayton