‘Da Vinci Code’ - directed by Ron Howard
Rating: ***.5 out of 5
I have to salute Ron Howard for being the most faithful, loyal director ever… amongst all the directors who’ve made their big bucks by adapting a novel for the big screen.
When Harry Potter blah blah blah came out, die-hard fans were upset by the details that were left out, though for good reason. When Narnia came out, fans too had their share of disappointment. But for Da Vinci Code, the movie followed the plot so closely that towards the end, it almost tripped up the entire movie.
Avid readers will recall the stunned disbelief, occasional snort amongst the tensely-held breath (that we maintained throughout the gripping novel) as we read the section where Robert Langdon realised that even though the sarcophagus of Mary Magdalene did not lie in the Rosslin Chapel, it lay under the Rose Line… and then he started jogging toward the Louvre… I suspect this is the weak part of the plot which Ron Howard unfortunately revealed, in an attempt to be faithful to the work of Dan Brown…
Other than that, the movie is definitely better than the book, especially for those who have no idea watsoever about Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa, anagrams, Fibonacci sequences and all those cryptic clues… I think seeing will help the reader understand and follow the plot more closely.
I did enjoy the book, it made me think. :) And I managed to crack parts of the code! HEHEHE so smart! ;)
As for the choice of characters… hmmm… I like Audrey Tautou as Sophie. She’s so appropriate, she doesn’t even need to fake a French accent when she speaks English. haha… Ok, and I love her legs… ooh la la…
Anyway, Hanks just looks sooo… er odd. I think it’s the hairstyle? Combed back and all that? Euw. Other than that, I think he’s the right guy for this show. We can’t have someone too youthful-looking like Matt Damon or Leo… or someone too pretty like Bloom… or someone toooooo smooth like Gere (plus he’s like totally linked to ‘Pretty Woman’)… I did think of Russell Crowe though… Hmmm…
I realised that I never did review the book! WHOA. Anyway, I lurved it. Too lazy to review it now. I only wish I had Dan Brown’s mind.
PS: I SO WANNA VISIT WESTMINISTER ABBEY!!!
This is what makes me tick… which is why, I am so looking forward to…
- the Alhambra
- el Escorial
- el Monasterio de Monserrat
- la Sagrada Familia
