Movie Review: The DaVinci Code
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sarahmichelefI think I'm the only person on the PLANET who has not read the book. As such, I went into the movie tabula rasa.
I found it to be enjoyable. I HAVE read Angels and Demons, so I was familiar with Langdon as a character and had some idea of the genre. Since I hadn't seen the book, I couldn't quibble with changes, though the major one (making her REALLY the last of the bloodline, rather than the last GENERATION of the bloodline). M and my inlaws thought it dragged in places, which didn't bother me - quite possibly because I was doing Sudokus the whole time, so when it got slow, I just devoted more cycles to the puzzles than to the movie.
All in all, definitely entertaining, definitely worth seeing. I continue to have the utmost respect for Tom Hanks - he was not how I had envisioned Langdon, but it worked (and I never thought "oooh, Forest Gump!").
Really, I have just one thing to say. I want to have a movie marathon of DaVinci and Dogma. Because, really, why not? I totally saw the "twist" coming - I had been assuming pretty much since Sophie's relationship to the curator and the curator's status as a part of the Priory were revealed that she was the Last Scion, as it were. Then I need to read Foucault's Pendulum. (M suggested also reading and/or watching The Name of the Rose for completeness' sake.)
All in all, definitely entertaining, definitely worth seeing. I continue to have the utmost respect for Tom Hanks - he was not how I had envisioned Langdon, but it worked (and I never thought "oooh, Forest Gump!").
Really, I have just one thing to say. I want to have a movie marathon of DaVinci and Dogma. Because, really, why not? I totally saw the "twist" coming - I had been assuming pretty much since Sophie's relationship to the curator and the curator's status as a part of the Priory were revealed that she was the Last Scion, as it were. Then I need to read Foucault's Pendulum. (M suggested also reading and/or watching The Name of the Rose for completeness' sake.)
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Date: 2006-11-28 01:41 am (UTC)Whatever you do, avoid the audiobook. It makes the whole book even worse. (After ~3 chapters, I was desparate for an editor. Preferably one with a chainsaw.
Peregrinning may have the Eco books, if you don't have copies, and I'm sure would love to discuss them. They aren't my style either, or weren't the last time I tried to read them.