totally dispensable movie

Rating: 6/10 (30 May 2006)

I read the book, and I liked it very much. So I watched the movie, and I just don't get how they could mess it up like this. There were several scenes which only made sense when you read the book, otherwise they just look totally stupid and seem to connect the plot line which would have had a whole if these scenes weren't there (and they boost the feeling of a stupid action-flick).
But worst, probably to strengthen the sympathy for our "hero" Langdon, they gave him abilities which -in the book- Sophie had. In the movie, Sophie is reduced to a stupid little girl just asking questions so that someone explains to the viewers what they need to know.
To sum it up, for those which didn't read the book, the movie will be unintelligible and look like a stupid action flick with a treasure hunt, but they won't understand what the treasure is and means. Many scenes and decisions made can't be comprehended and the message of the book (may it be right or wrong) is not to be understood.
For those who read the book however, the movie will be dispensable, because it doesn't reach the depth of the book and is altered in some really annoying ways (i won't mention cause that would spoil the movie). They did anything to make Langdon look perfect, which in the book he was not. This elevates him (mostly at the expense of Sophia) to a Hollywood-Hero.
The story has lost all depth and they made (out of the really extraordinary book) a totally normal, stupid but entertaining treasure-hunt Hollywood action flick without any depth.