Not Worth your, or my own time.

Rating: 1/10 (20 May 2006)

So I sat, with my drink and popcorn in hand, waiting to see a movie about a book I never read. The audience chattered away, and the people next to me kept commenting how they hoped this movie would do the book justice.
After the credits ran, I was plunged into a world with so much exposition in it that I couldn't tell whether or not I was watching a fictional movie, or watching a reading of a script done by actors who normally do good jobs but this time around proceed to seriously lack ANY emotion (with the exception of Sir Ian Mack, shine on Sir, shine on).
At what would be the movies many tense dramatic points, I couldn't help but sneer, as to the sheer cockiness of Tom Hanks' character when explaining an integral plot point.
The script was sloppy. It was like watching someone on screen say "We need people to understand how and why we're acting the way we are, so here's how and why, we hope you don't get lost for the remainder of the film" The movie National Treasure, with Nick Cage, does a better job at explaining the whole Templar thing. Now, yes, they are coming from two different view points, but at least I wasn't hoping for it to end. With this I couldn't care less about what they were doing or why. There just wasn't enough motivation it seemed, either that or the actors did a horrible job of portraying it.
How many endings does a story like this need? 1? 2? well I lost count...and that's not good. Not since The Return Of The King have I seen so many people get up, then sit back down because they thought the movie was over.
I would not recommend this to anyone, fans of the book especially, for this film, sadly, is not worth your time, or mine.