Plustown
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
FirstWitch
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
nilen-51573
When I see this type of movies where a big puzzle is being solved with ancient text and so on. I always I always put myself in the shoes of the person/persons doing it in the first place in how they create the hints and create the secret doors that only open in very specific ways. I imagine him having contractors over to do these secret door and try to explain why he needs them. People would think he is a bit weird and if he had done it all himself even more weird and bit trapped in his own world. its like when you see documentary's about ancient secrets they try to unravel by finding clues in old texts. People don't do this, why would they when there exist more easy and more rational ways to do things.
adbandrewdavidboyle
I have watched this movie a few times and I have no idea why it has not got a higher rating. An excellent adaptation of an intelligent and interesting book.Actually, it was probably due to unrealistic expectations when it was released and people's inability to remain free from the opinions of others.The acting and performances are excellent; the screenplay has depth and the action is breathless...it's a 9 fro me!!
CinemaClown
As tripe as religion itself, Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code manages to create a sense of interest in its opening moments and is involving to a certain extent but the longer it goes on, the more absurd it becomes. Convoluted, inflated & packed with provocative Christian allegories, it's simply a series of nonsensical twists & turns that goes on for far too long.The story of The Da Vinci Code follows an American symbologist & a French cryptographer as they team up to investigate a grisly murder the former is suspected of. With the help of clues present in Leonardo da Vinci's works, the two attempt to connect the dots and end up discovering a religious mystery that could shake the very foundations of Christianity.Directed by Ron Howard (best known for Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind & Rush), The Da Vinci Code is intriguing at first, opening with the event that sets its story into motion, but it starts getting more n more confusing as the story progresses and its endless barrage of exposition crosses that fine line after which you just don't care where it's headed and wait for it to end.While the storytelling aspect suffers from multitudes of issues, the technical aspects make the ride a little less frustrating. Set pieces are meticulously detailed, camera-work is fluid and captures each moment in a clear, concise fashion, and Hans Zimmer further enriches everything with an excellent score. Editing, however, is messed up and is unable to provide the level of transparency the picture required.Coming to the acting department, the film features an impressive ensemble in Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno & Paul Bettany but their respective characters lack the required depth. Hanks is in as Robert Langdon and is surprisingly wooden in the role, Tautou is often clueless & confused, not to mention that there's virtually no chemistry between the two. And the only good performance comes from McKellen.On an overall scale, The Da Vinci Code garnered as much controversy as its source material at its time of release but it's one overlong, boring & bewildering conspiracy theory that isn't even worth the time or money. Whatever interest was generated within its first act goes out the window in the next, following which the story heads into the pretentious zone and unleashes one laughable twist after another before finally concluding on an unrewarding & forgettable note.
Karan Mahajan
Well, when we look at the movies which were made on the novels of Dan Brown i.e. Angels and demons and Inferno; The Da Vinci code is the best. The problem with Angels and Demons and Inferno was that these movies altered the story of the main novel and that's why if you have read the book and then you are watching the movie, the movie fails to impress you to the extent the book did. This is not the case with The Da Vinci code as the story line of the book and that of the movie are nearly same. The movie shows the history very beautifully with apt illustrations. The acting of Tom Hanks is commendable. The albino Silas also plays his role very smartly as is his role in the book. The background music in the movie is is very appealing to the audience and people feel as if they are in the movie ,as if everything is real. Do not go with the 6.6 rating on IMDb. It could have been that people who follow Christianity did not like this movie as it raises questions on their religion.However if that fact is ignored. there is no reason for not liking this movie.