What an utter DISAPPOINTMENT!

Rating: 1/10 (10 November 2007)

The book was probably one of the best that I have ever read; I could not put it down! While reading the book, I imagined how everything happened, and it was as best as I could have envisioned. And then I saw the movie...
A book that was total magic, was dismantled into this garbage. The directors and producers decided to completely changed the events of the book around, making it almost unrecognizable. Certain characters, small ones who made appearances for only a tiny section of the book, yet left a great impact on the events, were discarded; the union and reunion of these characters with major figures were either altered or completely obliterated.
Sophie, depicted as strong, brave, and intelligent, became a shadow of Robert Langdon; things she discovered and realized in the novel, became his to solve, while she stood in the background. The revelation of the identity of the Teacher was as anticlimactic as tying one's shoe for the hundredth time. While reading the book, you are left wondering who this man or woman was; the revelation unfolded slowly, and we suspected various characters. The film, on the other hand, cheated the viewers from this revelation, it unfolded like a bandage ripped from a cut.
Memory played a key role in the film, as we began to understand who these characters were, and how past events transformed them into the person they eventually became. The relationship between Sauniere and Sophie was torn into bits, and became NOTHING! What a shame.
Finally, like the convergence of the feminine and masculine symbols, Sophie and Robert come together in the novel; we are once again cheated as they depart, perhaps never to meet again.
Bottom Line, READ THE BOOK.