Perfect transfer ! in-flight book becomes in-flight movie

Rating: 3/10 (4 September 2008)

I don't know what's harder to believe: That Tom Hanks is in it. That Ron Howard directed it. That some people actually like it.
Watching this film was like watching a car crash in slow motion. This has to be the most patronising load of old junk I've seen in years. I'm still shocked at the 2 dimensional and unlikely characters in it.
My suspicion is that there was such a massive interest in the movie that the makers knew it wouldn't matter how bad it was, the audiences would still go to see it.
National Treasure was an obvious rip-off of this material (having to solve clues to find an artifact), but is far more enjoyable than this turgid nonsense.
Maybe it'll be in another book/movie (please no!) but I was surprised there was no exposition regarding the family's death - that perhaps the clergy had performed the hit, however this seems to have been merely a plot point (unless I dozed off while they were explaining this bit at me).