Slimothy
Veteran
First off, let me say I loved the book. Best book I've read in a long time. Dan Brown is one smart dude. This is the only movie I've ever purposely seen on opening day. Aside from the horrible review it received from Cannes, I was still really looking forward to this one.
MAY BE SOME SPOILERS!
Overall I can't tell if I liked the movie or not. I think I am SO biased from reading the book that I can't weigh in on it objectively. I have to say that my gut feeling is telling me that I really didn't care for it. Here is what I didn't like:
-The movie changed some things from the book for NO apparent reason. Certain things were different that could have just as well been totally by the book. I understand that things have to be tweaked in order to tell the story in the alloted time, but certain small things were changed. For example: When Lei is explaining to Sophie all about the Priory and Jesus having a wife etc, Robert is sort of arguing with him and interjecting. In the book, Robert is totally on the same page (so to speak) with Lei and just kind of sits back as he explains the myth to Sophie. This was aggravating because the whole reason Jacques Saunneir (spelling?) trusted Langdon was because he had uncovered some of these myths in his rough draft of the book he sent him. (sorry if all that was confusing. I'm stupid.)
-The acting from the actress (I thought) was god awful sometimes. Not the whole time, but sometimes she would say a line and I wanted to throw my popcorn at her face. It really sounded like she was reading from a teleprompter on a few lines. The other thing is that her accent was so thick in the beginning of the movie, I had to listen REALLY closely just to understand her (damn French).
-Finally, the movie basically did a rough job of explaining everything. The three other people I was with hadn't read the book and didn't really know what was going on. They got the gist of it, but all the little things that make the story cool eluded them. I looked over at them and they looked like a mixture of boredom and confusion.
The more I think about it, the more I don't like this movie.
Overall: One of the few times the critics were right.
MAY BE SOME SPOILERS!
Overall I can't tell if I liked the movie or not. I think I am SO biased from reading the book that I can't weigh in on it objectively. I have to say that my gut feeling is telling me that I really didn't care for it. Here is what I didn't like:
-The movie changed some things from the book for NO apparent reason. Certain things were different that could have just as well been totally by the book. I understand that things have to be tweaked in order to tell the story in the alloted time, but certain small things were changed. For example: When Lei is explaining to Sophie all about the Priory and Jesus having a wife etc, Robert is sort of arguing with him and interjecting. In the book, Robert is totally on the same page (so to speak) with Lei and just kind of sits back as he explains the myth to Sophie. This was aggravating because the whole reason Jacques Saunneir (spelling?) trusted Langdon was because he had uncovered some of these myths in his rough draft of the book he sent him. (sorry if all that was confusing. I'm stupid.)
-The acting from the actress (I thought) was god awful sometimes. Not the whole time, but sometimes she would say a line and I wanted to throw my popcorn at her face. It really sounded like she was reading from a teleprompter on a few lines. The other thing is that her accent was so thick in the beginning of the movie, I had to listen REALLY closely just to understand her (damn French).
-Finally, the movie basically did a rough job of explaining everything. The three other people I was with hadn't read the book and didn't really know what was going on. They got the gist of it, but all the little things that make the story cool eluded them. I looked over at them and they looked like a mixture of boredom and confusion.
The more I think about it, the more I don't like this movie.
Overall: One of the few times the critics were right.
