The DaVinci Code;will it meet the standards of the book?

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2006)

Rating- 3.5/5 Category- Drama/Thriller/Mystery The Davinci Code is a drama/mystery/thriller that literally keeps your eyes glued to the movie screen for 2 and a half hours. Starring Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump, The Terminal, Cast Away, etc.) and Audrey Tautou (a decent French actress from out of the blue). Now in this movie these two characters help each other with the treasure hunt for the Holy Grail. This hunt was made from Sophie Neveu's, Audrey Tautou, grandfather. He set clues all around Europe all having to do with symbols and things having to do with Christ.
Even the New York Times says, "WOW... Blockbuster perfection. An exhilaratingly brainy thriller. Not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase and coaxing them through hoops." Sadly other people had different views, mostly from the liberal side. People from the Chicago Tribune gave the movie a 1.5/5. But yet we have to think about this. It seems like the Chicago Tribune can't handle religious movies because the same thing happened when Mel Gibson produced the Passion of the Christ. So why don't you just think about that for a second.
Now for my opinion I believe this movie had a decent part in every field. The acting from Ian McKellen was phenomenal (like always), the screenplay was well written, and the directing from Ron Howard was more than half way decent. The main reason though that I gave the rating a 3.5 is because not the whole cast had their A game for this movie (Tom Hanks). Tom Hanks just doesn't have the pizazz to be in a serious role. All in all this movie brought it to the big screen in a big way.