Why oh why oh why

Rating: 3/10 (25 May 2006)

This film is one of the most disappointing things I have seen in years. Now I haven't read the book so I cant be sure if that is how it is in the book.. but Ron Howard created a piece of snot that just kind of sticks to your fingers and wont go away no matter how hard you try to shake it off your hand.
I never believed any of the actors for one minute. Even the great McKellan was...substandard...mind you his substandard performance absolutely overshadowed anyone else's.
It seemed absolutely disjointed to me. Further.. I found it silly that the priory would risk the life of the blood royal and not intervene the minute the caretaker was killed.
The more they tried to rush the pace, the more disjointed it became with some of the most stupid flash back scenes ever filmed. I mean did we REALLY need to be shown how langdon and the french chick got out of the plane BEFORE the cops arrived at the hangar? And where were the templars? Ain't they supposed to be the body guards of the blood royal? Why were they not watching over the french chick 24/7? And the whole council of shadows thing... my goodness... Made no sense what so ever. What? The advance of DNA testing forced their hand??? PLEASE!!!! Even if they interred the bones of a relative of yours that was 2000 years old, you can pretty much bet that your DNA would be significantly different and the test would be inconclusive. In fact, it may even indicate that half the palestinians/israelis are related to Christ.
But I digress. The film tried TOO hard I think. Obviously it would have been better to create a mini series for television... one where you can create 4-6 hours of it and get the detail and characters developed a hell of a lot more.
Did we really need to know that Silas killed his daddy? And yet not once did we understand the problem of an albino..
Seriously.. I was waiting for the film to get started and then it finished.