Very sadly disappointed!

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2006)

I read this book twice and was very excited to see the movie. I am not unreasonable about books being made into movies, I realize that there are limitations. That being said I almost walked out halfway through the movie I got so upset. If you have never read the book then you might like the movie, for the rest of you that did read the book you will be very disappointed by the movie. They changed some major plot points without good reason. Just so you know what you're getting into I have listed the main ones that made me angry:
1. Fache tells Collet that he was contacted by Aringarosa (a Bishop of his order - Fache is apparently Opus Dei in the movie) and told that Langdon told Aringarosa in confession that he planned to kill the curator of the Louvre and Fache was trying to catch him without implicating the Bishop who didn't keep the confession a secret.
2. Aringarosa and the Catholic church were in cahoots about the whole thing, they knew what the 'grail' contained and wanted it destroyed so no DNA testing could be done. They convened a secret council to do this and were not disassociating from Opus Dei. Aringarosa was NOT working with Fache to try and stop Silas they knew that Silas had killed people and were OK with it.
3. The Curator was not Sophie's real grandfather, just the grand master of the Priory who was prepping her to be in the order. They weren't speaking because when she was little he screamed at her (the scene shows him rushing in and wiping everything on a desk onto the floor while screaming at her while she cowers) and told her to never ask about her family and then sent her to boarding school - after which she saw the ritual. It made him seem like a complete jerk.
4. When they get to Roslin Chapel, the very easily find a secret sub-chamber that contains all the documents of the Priory and the 'grail' just no body - it has been moved. The members of the Priory show up, she meets her grandma - no brother, and they all hang out.
These were some of the major issues I had with the movie, there were many many many more. The movie could have been so great and it just wasn't. It cheapens the story and the characters.