An mildly entertaining (and ordinary) film with high curiosity value !!!!

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 2006)

Well lets be frank I only read the book because of the controversy surrounding it, and only saw the movie because of the curiosity factor and frankly expected no real excitement from this movie.
And I got exactly what I expected.
Even though the book was highly flawed and probably had one of the worst endings in bestseller history it was far superior to the movie (as is the case most of the times).
The main flaws of this movie is the casting of Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon he looked completely out of place in the role (plus I hate to admit it but even I agree with the people when the felt his hairstyle was hideous).
Maybe Reno is not complaining but it saddens me that a actor of his talent is wasted in any movie that has anything to do with France or the french.
Sir Ian was clearly the star of this movie and played the role of the staunch British scholar to the hilt. His one liners also brought the much needed humour into this movie.
However the scene when the three protagonists sit in Sir Ian's mansion and discuss the evidence about the grail which was clearly the most important part of the movie could have been much better. The evidence provided in the book was far more conclusive and here it only looked like a well publicised conspiracy theory which can be summed up in the movies dialogue only (The Eyes See Only What They Want To See). This scene could have also been used to help a lot of the other questions in the movie (such as why did the bank manager attack the duo?).
This movie could have done with at least one more reveal all, or explanatory scene summing up the movies events.
The technically the movie was as good as any but I felt it could have done with some good background score or a theme or something.
The movie offered no excitement a person who has read the book and I'm sure hardly any for one who has not.
Most People who have read the book will not enjoy this movie and those that have not will not understand this movie.
A strictly OK movie which is entertaining and more than anything satisfies your curiosity without leaving you bored (cant say the same about some of the remakes and sequels which have been watched out of curiosity).
Don't expect too much and you wont be disappointed.