This book deserves to be read and this film to be watched.

Rating: 10/10 (25 May 2006)

From the first place I want to say that the novel was very useful to me.Leaving aside that it held my breath for two days and two nights, keeping me connected all the road to the end,in the long summer evenings,it made me think and start a research on the subjects presented in the book,till I found out all the answers to the questions I had.I am grateful for Dan Brown for attracting the public attention to things which really must have been known,but remained in the shadow.
So after all this I couldn't miss the chance to see the film version. When buying the tickets at the cinema,one thing amused me.In front of the door there were standing a lot of priests which were praying and lecturing,by this boycotting the release of the movie and trying to obtain its forbidding.Looking at them I thought how many of them have truly read the book and thought without prejudices on the subjects in it.None I suppose.
The film was great.The cast was very impressive.I liked very much the acting of Hanks who succeeded pretty well in bringing Langdon to life, though his long hair was a surprise to me.I had some preconceptions about how Audrey Tautou will do,but after all she turned out to do just fine,better then I expected.She really impressed me with her grace and beauty.About Jean Reno I can say only that he was perfect for this role.McKellen did a good job with Teabing as well.Also worth of notice was Paul Bettany whose performance as Silas was breath-taking.
Altogether,I had a good time watching it.And the end, the epilogue scene was spectacular, with a perfect combination of music and visual effects.It got me like an electric circuit and I felt a strong desire to jump on my feet and applaud noisily,when it ended.