Very Pleasantly Surprised

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2006)

I just don't get it. What is with the critics panning this movie? I went to see it last night expecting it to be totally lame but I loved the book so much and have been so looking forward to seeing it that I had to see it in the movies despite the horrible reviews. Simply put the movie was great!!! It was pretty much just like the book. I have to admit that I wasn't thrilled with Tom Hanks playing Robert Langdon but he does an outstanding job. All of the other characters especially Silas and Teabing are exactly as I pictured them when reading the book. Forgetting that it is based on one of the best selling books of all time and that it has upset the Catholic Church (you have to love it for that alone!) it's just a really great movie! It has mystery, action, violence, intrigue and really good acting. The movie starts just like the book with Langdon being set up for the murder of Jacques Sauniere in the Louvre. Sophie warns him and they are off to figure out the identity of Sauniere's murderer using the clues he left before he died. They quickly realize that the identity of the murderer isn't what they are searching for but something much larger that will change history forever. Put this one on your must see list and ignore the critics.