Seiwut?

Rating: 5/10 (28 May 2006)

A lady in the theatre got terribly angry when my friend, my mum and I picked it apart as soon as the credits began to roll. The movie was all right, though it dragged in places (fastfast draaag fastfastfast what? draaaag...); we were biased because we had read the book.
Honestly, religious folks have nothing to worry about. It contains a mere bit of controversy, while the book carries several buckets.
For the most part, I just didn't like how Langdon was portrayed by Tom Hanks and how he has this tiny, pointless flaw amidst his other perfections and Sophie is left with nothing. Grand as he is, we don't need anymore Hanks, thank you very much. He's already been established. Where's Audrey Tautou? I suppose it didn't help that I didn't much like the book either. I thought the ending was a bit lame, a bit cliché. But the book was written for a film, fast and scene by scene by scene. Obviously, you would have to cut it down due to time constraints, but really. It's to an extent where you can combine characteristics of one character into another, thereby leaving the other lead as a stand-in or leaving out details which would give the story more body.
Overall, if you've read the book, prepare for at least some disappointment. If you haven't, compare views with someone who has read the book.