It was okay, but it had some serious holes in it

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2006)

My biggest problem with the film was the plot holes, most of which were motivational.
While the curator was running around thinking of complex codes, writing arcane rhymes (in a foreign language no less), stripping his clothes off, smearing himself with little-known religious symbols in his own blood and visiting the Mona Lisa and the Madonna of the Rocks for one last look and to drip some sanguine clues.... Wouldn't he have had the time to get himself some first aid, and maybe live? It was a rather herculean task for a dying man.
Teabing naturally as an expert and the mastermind of the entire plot would have wanted Langdon to come to him. But Teabing never really laid a fail-safe trail straight to him. Sophie and Langdon never would have found him if Langdon hadn't thought to call in an expert.
Fache was the most inept cop since Inspector Clouzeau. He had multiple opportunities to capture Langdon and Sophie, and let them slip through his fingers by falling for ruses anyone with a brain would have figured out.
Remy, the manservant, was not to be trusted from the beginning, and the direction made it obvious. But why go through all the rigamarole of him staying in the car to guard Silas when they were in cahoots with Teabing?
Aringarosa's character was completely inconsistent.
What was Vernet's motivation for stopping the truck? It would have made more sense for him to simply deliver them to Teabing.
All in all, it was well acted and the dialogue was good. Overall, I enjoyed it. But the writers kind of expected a huge suspension of disbelief concerning character motivation that I just couldn't swallow.