The Davinci code forbidden

Rating: 2/10 (26 May 2006)

Man in all of the movies I have seen in my life I have never in my life seen a movie told forbadum chapter by chapter. This movie was so like the book that it became boring to even watch.
Don't get me wrong I love the book, I think it's fun and is not as controversial as most people make it sound. But the movie oh my god. Tom Hanks just wasn't meant for this role his character acts like he bored to be there. Audrey Tautou was so much better in Amelie and just feels like she is getting a paycheck for this. Don't get me wrong Paul Bettany as Sila's and Ian Mckellen as Lee Teabing are actually really good, and play there characters with heart.
Otherwise this might be the most disappointing movie I have seen in a long time. I actually really like Ron Howard I think when he's on his game, he's really on look at Apollo 13 and Beautiful Mind masterpieces in my opinion, but this movie just doesn't fit for Ron Howard or even Akiva Goldsmith who is also a pretty good writer by my standards.
The things I do like about the Davinci code are the fact that are some really great local's in this movie, The movie is beautifully shot which has always been Ron Howards strengths. But to basically take a book which is the biggest selling book since the bible and basically just almost plagiarize it and put it on screen, It just doesn't work. You almost have cut things out to keep pacing and keep the moving going.
Look at Lord of the rings. It took a book that was really long and very drawn out, and made it into one of the most well written and wonderfully amazing movies I have ever seen. It didn't follow the book forbadium hell there was a lot of stuff cut out, but it was done and actually made the movie better. That was the problem with Davinci code there was just so much that needed to get cut out that didn't.
Unfortuantly for a movie that I was looking forward to just doesn't deliver. For a cast and a director it just doesn't work. IT's such shame.