so dark the con of critics

Rating: 7/10 (2 June 2006)

gotta figure that the hype on this movie was so huge that critics were just drooling over the chance to pounce and tear it up upon release...truth be told, this ain't a bad movie...great cinematography and fairly solid acting by the leads..ian mckellen is long past overdue for an Oscar, and chances are pretty good that he's going to be nominated in support for this flick...wouldn't be surprised if he walks away with it as the sentimental favorite based on his exemplary career...ron howard takes a few liberties with the dan brown novel, but given the density of arcane info in the book, some compression of the plot was to be expected in order to keep the action moving...
by the way, glowing letters and numbers flying off the wall and/or page has obviously become the ron howard signature..if you liked the floating numerals in "beautiful mind", their alphabetical compatriots are back for an encore, kids....
don't be put off by the hyperbole that's flying around about the novel or the film..."dvc" is a neat little roller coaster ride..just strap yourself in for a nice evening's entertainment.....
nota bene: wanna do some comparison shopping? check out "name of the rose" if you enjoyed this puppy...it's sorta "dvc gets medieval on your ass" and mines similar subject matter