The Di Vinci Code.
I went to see this film yesterday and I must confess it exceeded my expectations.
I usually dont take much stock in film critiques but I had also seen public reports on the film and the bad seemed to outweigh the good to me.
Yet seeing it for myself changed my mind.
I do admit to hoping that the movie would improve on the flaws in the book (lets face it, it has more than a few) but sadly it didnt, the charecters did not have depth to them and, to me, seemed quite hollow.
The lack of much persoanl history and cheesy flashbacks did not improve the situation.
Yes they did alter some things in the book, mainly charecter comments but they did leave out some important aspects that made the book what it was (I will not go into any more detail for fear of spoiling the film for those who have not watched it yet.)
Tom Hanks was a suprise to me too, when I first heard he would play Robert Langdon I was not impressed, you know what it is like when you read a book, you visualise what you think the charecter would look like and lets just say Tom wasnt Langdon to me!
Yet he was good in the film and played a beleivable role.
Audrey Tatou turned out to be a good actress too, I had no expectations of her as to be honest I do not recall her in any films I have seen.
Paul Bettany's role as Silas was excellently done and as ever the multi talented Jean Reno was brillient.
All in all I was impressed, and what did it for me was not hiding behind the more grusome aspects of Opus Dei, including ''corprol mortification'' and the use of the cilice belt.
