Da Vinci reviews

Have not seen it yet but read, and liked, the book (if I didn't I would never have read it all the way through!)

I don't know why it get's knocked so much.

Methinks its a conspiracy of clandestine proportions.
 
It is pretty bad. Very slow, hammy acting, poor script and no tension or atmosphere. No doubt it will still do well because of the popularity of the book. Painfully dull.
 
Pretty good- one part really made the whole audience jump- but the ending (the Scotland part) was terrible. I've read the book and I nearly said "What the f*ck?!" out loud at a certain line that deviated really far from the storyline- at least I think it did, will have to go back and reread it. The whole thing was better than I thought it was going to be by the way the critics are going on about it.
 
Wait a second... phenomenally best selling book... can't fail movie adaptation... top director... Tom Hanks in the lead...

Ye GaRAB!!! It's Bonfire Of The Vanities!
 
Oh no, how disappointing I hate it when books I like don't get adapted well. It could have made a great film, i'm still seing it tomorrow as I've already booked my tickets so maybe I'll like it.

Oh god I hope Order of The Phoenix'll be OK.
 
I went to see DVC yesterday and was entertained. It's not a great film, but not a bad one either.

If you haven't read the book, I think you will enjoy the film more. As I've read the book, I don't feel as if I 'gained' anything from seeing the film ... I don't know what I was hoping for, perhaps that the film would bring the book to life with added atmosphere etc.
 
Oh, I'd like to know what line it was. Could you post it in spoilers?

One bit that I thought they'd cut from the book.

Wasn't Sophie's brother still alive and living in Scotland near Roslynn?

And good to see that they solved the backwarRAB text quicker as I sussed that out in the book straightaway, long before they did!
 
I have read the book and I went to see the film on Friday. I have to say I was expecting to be disappointed after reading the bad reviews but I really enjoyed it. I have to agree with the previous coment about people jumping on the bandwagan and slagging the film off!
 
Yep - that bit was either missed out completely or not explained properly - I suspect that
the young man who locked them in the Church at Roslynn was Sophie's brother - he is in the book
 
I read the book when it first came out and loved it. Its an interesting idea and it caught my imagination. I was quite fearful of going to see it tonight after hearing how the critics had panned it.

I thoroughly enjoyed the film too. Obviously knowing the story it lost some of its 'suspense', but I think all the obvious points were kept in. The only low part was the final scene at Roslyn, which came over a bit 'village of the damned' I would give it and 8/10

IMO I thought it was a better book to film than Silence of the Lambs which wasn't half as good as the book.
 
I haven't read the book but went to see it on Friday and really enjoyed it. As a few have said it wasn't the best film ever but by no means was it the worst.

Some bits could have been tightened and trimmed a bit, some bits were a little arty, and I saw the revelation about Sophie coming the moment McKellen started talking about what the Holy Grail really was.

I'd give it 8/10, I will be picking up the DVD when it comes out, and I will be going to see Angels & Demons.

I think the negative reviews are because of all the hype, it wasn't the most amazing film ever, and so it was a dissapointment. I hadn't been caught up in the hype and so was able to enjoy it.
 
Saw it at the weekend. I have read the book, so already knew the plot twists etc etc, the person I was with hadn't read so book, so it was quite confusing in parts for him.

Audrey's acting in my opinion was abysmal (sp?), she was excellant in Amelie but not in this film, her chemistry with Hanks was none existant and a lot of her lines with spoken in an almost bored beyond belief tone. Hank's portrayal of Langdon was measured but again lacking the passion of the Langdon in the book.

It was better than I expected, but about 30 minutes too long, not crap but not an excellant film by any stretch of the imagination.
 
Preposterous is the word that comes to mind when I think back about this movie. I saw it on Saturday and everytime it gets mentioned that word pops into my head.

There were so many outlandish statements and actions in this movie.Why would they send an albino monk assassin to kill anyone? The whole thing rests on a few theories with no real evidence that the church could not just deny with a cursory waving of a hand.

Quite apart from the whole book being a work of fiction, if it was real the same reaction would apply, people would dismiss it as fiction and nothing earth shattering would come from the revelations.

Average film certainly not worth the attention it has provoked.

My opinion of course.....
 
It only has a 6.2 user rating on IMDb (out of 10), which is not good for a blockbuster (especially this early on, as a movies fans tend to vote early and artificially inflate the rating for a while).

I was going to watch it this weekend but I'm not sure now.
 
This film is for once quite a good adaptaion from the book because most films taken from books are pritty rubbish.

It could have been a little bit shorter

not keen on Tom Hanks in his role

over all 7/10
 
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