Flat and Very Lackluster at Best

Rating: 5/10 (20 May 2006)

The book was a mess and jumble of confusion, average in written content and rather lackluster---at least that is my opinion when I finished reading the book. As for the movie, well, I found the movie marginally better. My problem was with the casting of the actors. Tom Hanks is not the best actor or the best choice for this role. Sorry, but he was wooden and unbelievable---this was not a part he should have been cast in. The actress playing Sophie was only slightly better. I must say, the plot in the movie was a bit easier to follow than the book. It is more of an action thriller to me. It's a long, somewhat tiring movie, and it certainly did not hold me in suspense, but I repeat: the casting of the actors in the lead parts was terribly wrong. I wanted to see it to compare it to the book, to clarify things I found somewhat confusing in the book. I was, however, not impressed--not at all.