Worth the ticket price

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2006)

I walked into this movie expecting to see one of the most impressive films of my generation. What I got was not so much as this, but I left feeling satisfied with what I saw. Choosing Tom Hanks to play Robert Langdon was something that surprised me, but I was impressed with his ability to become the character. I thought he did a superb job and his acting definitely added to the enjoyability of the movie. Ian McKellen as Teabing was a surprise for me as well, but I never found myself actually think he was the bad guy, due to many roles he has played in the past. I lack the ability to see him as a bad guy. The script was well written. Though the plot was scattered about while following the numerous character story's(Langdon, Silas, Fauche and the Bishop)it worked well enough. I agree with folks who say that the book was better, but honestly, when isn't it? Movies such as Lord of the Rings or Chronicles of Narnia did a very good job of keeping to the original plot, and I think that The Da Vinci Code should be praised for this too. I have seen this movie once and intend to see it again. I was able to enjoy it throughout the films time(149 minutes) and as I said, left feeling satisfied. Good job Mr. Howard