The Boring Code

Rating: 3/10 (12 December 2006)

The DaVinci Code is based off of the best-selling book by Dan Brown. The book was so popular because of the controversial theory that inspired it. I read the book, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was interested in seeing the movie because of how good the book was. Big mistake.
The movie starts off with the murder of the museum curator of the Louvre. Robert Langdon is called to the scene to help solve the murder. Thus begins a very boring movie experience.
The movie is very accurate to the book. In most cases, this is very good. In this case, it is bad. The movie is very talky. It tries to keep things interesting by having shots of the events the characters are talking about. This still makes it boring. There is very little real action in the movie. By the end of the movie, you just wish it was over. Unfortunately, the movie weighs in at a hefty 2 hours and 30 minutes. It is overly long, and the final scene is drug out for all it's worth. Also, one of the scenes is laughable at how hard Ron Howard tried to keep an identity secret.
The plot is very much like the book, but a few twists were added in that confused me. The acting was above average, but Tom Hanks can't play an academic. I was hoping I would like the movie. Too bad I didn't. To fully grasp how bad the movie is, here's something I found interesting. Since the movie was released, I have not heard anything about The DaVinci code. I have not heard anyone objecting to the theory. This movie is very, VERY boring.
P.S. Jurgen Prachnow, the captain in Das Boot, gets a cameo in here. He should have had more screen time.