A Mixed bag.

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2006)

After seeing a early screening of the DA Vince code, i was left with mixed feelings.
After reading only the beginning of the book (due to my library demanding it back because of its popularity) i only knew the story up to the point of the ex cape from "The Bull".
The film, on the other hand, although faithful to the book, is a mixed bag. In parts it excels and really gets you thinking about THE POSABILITY, in other parts, it fails to convince me, even just for story wise, of the main plot line.
Having only read part of the book, its hard to compare the too.
But i did find it very predictable. SPOILERS AHEAD: DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU WANT TO REMAIN SPOILER FREE About 20 minuets into the movie, i knew that Sophie was the decedent of Christ and that Teabring was the teacher. The moment they arrived at his home, i automatically knew, simply from his obsession. Also, the confrontation on the plane between Sophie and Silas cemented my suspicion that Sophie was not the protector of the secrete, but the secrete herself with the words "Every breath you take is a sin".
END SPOILER Overall, the film, although entertaining, is long, and drags on in a lot of places. i simply loved the history visual effect, of how when they went to the church in London, they had the past mixed with the future, an image i saw in my minds eye many a time when i went to a historical place. It was almost odd seeing something for real that had only been in my minds eye, and it actually living up to the image of the mind But, overall, the plot itself, the whole Christ is married, etc, didn't really sell it to me. Sure, there is theories, and its not completely imposable, but, i just don't understand to this day, what the big deal is if he did have a child. Why cant he be the son of god and still be a man? Idk, i guess people need to believe only what they want to, and feel threaten if they might be wrong.
Overall, its a odd film, mealing its great in parts, and lame in others. I guess its worth checking out, but i don't know for sure if it will receive a home on my DVD shelf of honor (as i like to call it) when it hits DVD.