Its fiction!! Get over yourselves!

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2006)

I would first like to say how amazed I was to see how many people are taking this film so seriously. Its a story designed to entertain people! Dan Brown wrote The Da Vinci Code based on one of Catholicisms conspiracy theories, and that's all it is, not what is seen as truth.
Now that's out of the way I loved this film. Of course, I have to say what has become a clichÃ© when a film is adapted from a book... the book is better, so if you liked this film (or didn't like it) and haven't read the book yet, I suggest you do.
The film is very entertaining with a brilliant cast. The only person I have to say I was disappointed with is Sir Ian McKellen, who was definitely "chewing the furniture" in this one as the eccentric Sir Leigh Teabing. He took it a tad too far! The star of the film is most definitely Paul Bettany who is simply terrifying as the albino monk, Silas. Its nice to see him in a film that isn't a chick-flick or a romantic comedy! As always, Jean Reno is very good, but unfortunately we didn't see enough of him.
If you like a good thriller, and don't like films that instantly spell everything out for you, go and see this film. Its definitely worth the price of a ticket and you're bound to find some part of it entertaining. But if you don't like these kind of films, or your moral values are likely to be offended by the content matter (and we all know what that is. Its had enough attention from the press world wide for goodness sake!) then don't go and see it. Its as simple as that!!