Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (20 May 2006)

This was not a very good movie.
Having read the book, I must say that I did look forward to seeing this film. What a major disappointment.
But there are some good aspects of the movie: The first 10 minutes of the film look promising, Ian McKellen as Leigh Teabing and Paul Bettany as Silas were great to watch, and the film stayed true to the book throughout.
Still, Tom Hanks looked tired. Time after time, movie after movie he has delivered acting performances in Oscar-range, but this time, he looked tired and bored with it all.
For example: How stupid it looked when he said, "I can remember the things I see," while trying to figure out the encrypted message Sauniere had left them; or when Langdon first sees the body of Sauniere, he says something like, "The Virtuvian Man; one of the most famous works by Leonardi Da Vinci." Uhm, Okay, Mr. Know-It-All...? And the following scene where he and Neveu is in the bathroom, the dialogue is so daft and forced, and there you'll get a taste of what the rest of the movie is going to be like.
The films seemed rushed, yet everything moved slow; after 1/4 of the movie, I lost all feeling of suspense and excitement, and started to look for goofs (which I found quite a few of) and began turning around in my seat.
When I read the book, and learned of the conspiracy theories, I was really wondering, "Wow! Maybe this is true?" But when re-experiencing them in the theatre, the whole thing was ridiculously stupid-sounding.
It was as if the movie missed the little "spark" that makes the audience want to pay attention. I was quite bored throughout.
If you have read the book, you're probably going to see it anyway, just don't expect too much of it.