Great Novel. VERY Bad Film.

Rating: 3/10 (9 May 2009)

I have to admit here that i adored the novel. Despite being full of some offensive facts about Christianity (which have been refuted by church afterward), it remains from the most entertaining books i have ever read. For the film, i got disappointed. The fact here is that a good successful novel is not necessary to be a good successful film. The secret word here is the SCRIPT. In this film i felt that the script writer just did his best to transform the novel words, page by page, to successive cinematic scenes. As a result, a very boring dull film has been created. This was not a novel adaptation, this was rather a novel 'translation' if you know what i mean. Thus the film had very long speeches, unclear characters development (unlike the novel), waxy faces actors. Cinema sense is not felt during the coarse of the film. Tom Hanks was not in mood completely. I didn't feel he is Robert Langdon at all. I give this film THREE only for its fine technical quality (despite everything it has a good cinematography). A better script was badly needed to save this film.