Ron Howard's THE DA BORING CODE.

Rating: 3/10 (18 May 2006)

Just when I started to think that Ron Howard was getting interesting with A BEAUTIFUL MIND and the underrated Cinderella MAN he goes back to his old ways of painting by the numbers. Once again, he proves he has no style with this lame duck movie, THE DA VINCI CODE. I never read the book, I had no idea what the story was other than it had religious over-tones and still I wasn't thrilled or surprised for 2 seconds. If the end is supposed to be a twist then I wasn't surprised...it was so obvious. Everything about this movie is mediocre and ordinary, from the dull screenplay to the bland acting (Tom Hanks looks pained and the usually charming Audrey Tatou can't act in English)....And there are fine actors in this film...What happened here?...I don't understand. Maybe it would make a better TV mini series, but as a film it was forced and pretentious without any right to be. Now, Ron Howard seems like a good man, so I don't mean to insult him, but as a director he has no style or imagination. I obviously can't recommend this movie. I'm not at all a god fearing Jesus-freak so I'm not biased in that sense. I guess the only way that I am biased is that I prefer better films. Don't bother with this one unless you feel you must rent it eventually.