Sophie is a character too!

Rating: 6/10 (21 May 2006)

I watched DaVinci earlier today, and omg what a big waste of money IMO. It was laughable, and that's with pity. The facts that led to the whole theory that Jesus had a bloodline were basically forgotten, they weren't laid out like the book did. I tried to block all knowledge I had from the book, but it was hard to follow what was going on without going back to it. I had to constantly explain to my friend why things were (she was my test subject) happening.
And for chrissake there was even no mention of the golden ratio (being the math geek that I am), nada!! 1.1618....the only math mention was the Fibonacci sequence, which wasn't even explained!! Now how many people know exactly what the Fibonacci sequence is, and its relation to Phi? Plus points though to the casting of the guy who played Silas, Paul Bettany. Although his hair isn't really white, it looked good on him. Also plus points for choosing Audrey Tautou for Sophie.
Speaking of Sophie, apparently all she was was a doll. Of course we all know that she's the last descendant, but that doesn't mean you leave all the figuring out to Robert. What's the freaking point that she's a cryptologist? And not once did she mention grand-pére, which she does a lot of times in the book. Not that it matters, I just think they totally changed her character.
Finally, Robert Langdon, played by no longer suave Tom Hanks. Nicely acted yeah, but there's something missing. There's no charisma to his character, he's boring, he's not the Robert Langdon who was introduced to me in the book, he's not convincing me that what he's saying is true. Oh and he has "near-photographic memory," which was shown by floating images that sparkle and shine....oooohhh....the letters in the anagrams are shining and floating. I wish I could do that for sudoku.