the Da Vinci Code

All in all, I found this to be a lacklustre film.
The locations and scenery was great and all... it all being Paris, churches and grand architecture.
But, the movie lacked the pacing of the book.
There was no thrill or any sense of suspense as Langdon and Sophie ran all over the UK trying to crack the code.

It was a sad, sad day for me...

I found that the casting was very weak, with many of the big ticket stars turning in poor performances.
The title character of Langdon was given to Tom Hanks.
Don't get me wrong, Hanks is a fine actor.
I enjoyed his previous works like Forest Gump, Catch Me If You Can,The Terminal nd Castaway.
His portfolio of works is really impressive and I have great respect for the man.
But, his portrayal of Langdon was sadly lacking...
This was largely attributed to the time alotted to Hanks and the rather weak character developement in the script.
Perhaps if the movie was longer or was edited a little better...

In a brief discussion with Flick, she said that Audrey Tatou's Sophie Neveau was a too sweetly sick for her.
It seems that Tatou's Sophie was too much 'lil' Miss Perfectand Pretty' for her.
I will have to agree with Flick that Tatou really looked cute in this movie.
But, I found that Tatou was a good fit in her role... very technical actor, makes for a believable character.

The part of Leigh Teabing was a superb performance turned in by the great Ian McKellen.
I have found this man to have played a very annoying Magneto in the recent X-Men franchise.
I am a great fan of the X-Men comic runs and Erik Magnus Lensherr was never as one-dimensional as the character in the movie adaptation.
He was the sole reason I found the movie entertaining.
He captured the boyish enthusiam of Teabing really well, tempered by the character's inherent weakness of being lame (polio).
On a sidenote, McKellan was also the great Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy...

For me, Silas as portrayed by Paul Bettany was the strongest character in the film.
Bettany very graphically portrayed Silas as a faithful servant of Opus Dei.
This role of his was clearly a shock with his previous roles in movies like Firewall, Wimbledon and the tongue~in~cheek A Knight's Tale.

Mediocre at best...