boring boring boring

Rating: 3/10 (21 May 2006)

Maybe it was boring because I read the book and retained at least a vague memory of the main clues. Maybe it was boring because every clue was presented in such a momentous fashion that even the slowest audience member could keep up. Maybe it was boring because I have no religious sensibilities worth mentioning so that no moral outrage could keep me awake. Maybe it was boring because Tom Hanks made neither a convincing scholar nor at least an engaging action hero like Harrison Ford or Nicolas Cage. Maybe it was boring because Audrey Tautou limited herself to two different facial expressions which quickly lost their endearing charm after the first 20 minutes. Believe me, I'm not a very demanding movie fan, I can find something to enjoy in almost every movie no matter how cheesy, no matter how cheap. Nor do I reject book adaptations on principal. But this one simply bored me to death and I was very close to leaving the theatre for only the second time in my life. Beware.