Absolutely loved the book, however did not care for the movie

Rating: 2/10 (22 May 2006)

It is difficult to translate a book into a movie. It is even more difficult to adopt a very popular novel that almost everyone heard about or read. High public expectations do not simplify that process either. For me personally, the book was a clear winner, a page turner, a great adventure. Movie, in turn, was a dull, slow going, yawn-generating compressed adaptation. Honestly, I did not care for it at all. Having such important issues at stake as religion and the genesis of Christianity (never mind imaginary), a director could have made a very powerful story of the Da Vinci Code. Instead, Ron Howard created a very toned-down, more restrained, politically correct movie where the dynamics of the book are really not felt at all. Despite its 2 and a half hour runtime, it felt like events were rushed one on top of the other, the story was not developed, things were barely explained. I think that overall this movie was a very poor representation of the book.