The Da Vinci Code
Posted on Mai 23rd, 2006 in Allgemein. 
After reading Angels and Demons and Deception Point, I was sick of Dan Brown books. He ruined the ending twice, so therefore I did not read his latest, the best selling Da Vinci Code. Nevertheless, I was curious how Hollywood and Tom Hanks would adapt a Dan Brown novel for the screen.
In true Indiana Jones fashion, symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou) go on a historical-religios hunt for the Holy Grail, which this time can not be found in Iskenderun.
As predicted, you feel punk’d after some epic 149 minutes. Star of the movie is the Grail storyline itself, and esp. Tom Hanks’ acting skills remain unchallenged. I did like Paul Bettany as albino monk Silans and Jürgen Prochnow (German & evil of course), though.
Overall, the film is decent one-time-entertainment. Thanks to the successful novel and some “religios controversy” (= publicity) it performed very well on the opening weekend, earning 224 Mil. USD worldwide. This at least shows that people still do go the cinema (hoping for a quality movie) !
The Da Vinci Code website is worth a visit as well.
Monalisa says:
Added on 2006-06-17 at 1.14 pmSaw the movie today, its way too long, i got really tired of it halfway through and kept wishing it would finish soon
Big Dave says:
Added on 2006-08-01 at 2.41 pmI like the movie, didnt read the book though but I was still able to follow it. What a funny link to your nick monalisa really like the pics there.