A brief warning for people who read and enjoyed the book

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2006)

*Spoiler ahead.* I feel that I must warn all who read the book. I was nearly outraged before Langdon and Sophie even left the Louvre.
First of all, the book did a wonderful job of presenting the information at a good pace, as needed. The movie takes on a little too much and just starts throwing information at you, as quickly as it can. If I hadn't read the book I probably would have been a little overwhelmed.
Now for my outrage. The book is about the sacred feminine and the movie is a mockery of it. When they are looking at the second anagram in the Louvre, Sophie says something along the lines of, "Can you solve it?" Are you kidding me? I believe in the book she is supposed to solve the second anagram after he solves the first. The entire movie is like that! She looks so unintelligent! The only casting problem I had was with Tom Hanks. I love him, don't get me wrong. But he is not who I had in mind to play Langdon. Also, with him being so much older than Audrey Tautou, there was no chemistry. He was more like her dad. I was so let down that their attraction and sexual tension was cut out.
So I guess, if you didn't read the book, it could be very entertaining. I was just so mad about them dumbing down Sophie that I couldn't even enjoy it. Although, it is rare for me to like a movie better than the book it's based on, anyway.