some good parts, but too many boring parts

Rating: 5/10 (19 May 2006)

First, without getting into the historical/religious argument, but looking at it exclusively as a movie, I would say that its biggest problem is a lack of suspense. There are some good moments, and a few scenes where I nearly jumped out of my chair, but there are way too many dead parts. And the problem wasn't that I had read the book and therefore knew what would happen. I've seen many movies of books I've read that managed to keep me enthralled. But not this movie. I was looking at my watch too many times. And it's a shame, because it could have been so much more! And as to its historical/religious arguments, now that's pure fiction!