The Da Vinci Code
We saw The Da Vinci Code on Saturday, in a rare visit to the cinema that we are usually so loath to undertake. (I think this was the first time we’d been to the movies at all since we got our HDTV)
All in all, it was not a terrible movie, in my opinion. I was happy that it was fairly faithful to the book, and that the cast didn’t screw any of the characters up in a major way. In all, it was still a little disappointing because I felt like the movie lacked the spirit of the book, the breathless puzzle-solving and conspiracy-uncovering. It felt more like the cast was going through the motions. I’m not even going to bring up “the controversy” because that’s just stupid.
May 24th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
I heard they turned the main character (why can’t I remember his name?? Robert something?) into more of a skeptic than in the book. Of course, I haven’t seen the movie yet, so I don’t know. I’m sure I’ll have commentary of my own once I see it.
May 24th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Robert Langdon.
And I think that was more out of cinematic necessity than anything else. In the novel, I saw Langdon’s character as the voice of the author, intoning “Here is all that research I did, laid out for you by my protagonist.”
In the movie, however, Langdon does seem to play more the role of the audience, discovering and questioning. In that aspect, he’s more of a skeptic than in the book, but it probably wasn’t related to any controversy. Ian McKellen’s character nearly says verbatim “Christ’s divinity was decided by committee”, so I’d assume they weren’t trying to “avoid the controversy”.
May 25th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
I agree… controversy over this is stupid.