So-so...

Rating: 5/10 (8 June 2006)

When I began reading the DaVinci Code, I thought to myself, "Hmmm... This could possibly be a great movie!" As I read further into the book, I began to change my mind. There is too much information based on historical speculation contained in the book to accurately translate Dan Brown's writing into a visual medium. I would not say, however, that this is an awful movie. It's just "okay." A good job was done on making visual cues in the book become real on film, such as Landon's deciphering of clues given to him by the murdered professor. But as I stated previously, there is just simply too much information! The movie would have been even more unbearably long than it already was. While the visuals in this movie were excellent, I would have to say the story was far from action-packed. The difference between suspense in print and suspense in the movies is a gap wider than an ocean. What works well in text rarely works well in film! That was definitely the case in this movie. While reading the book, the reader is often caught up in the page-turning suspense... what's coming next, what is the next clue, etc. But in a movie, the action has to be much more tightly laced in order to keep the viewers attention. Such was not the case in the DaVinci Code. Momentary spurts of action are interrupted by lulls which are then interrupted by mediocre action scenes. This movie is not one I would encourage someone to spend 9 bucks on to see in the theatre. Rent it when it comes out - trust me, you can wait.