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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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Movie Review by AJ 
June 5th, 2006
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I guess I'm not really qualified to judge Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown's work; I read 50 pages of his Angels & Demons at a Wal-Mart and put it back on the shelf based on how incredibly awful it was even though I had been planning on buying it. Had I been checking out Ron Howard's film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code at a Wal-Mart, I would've been inclined to do the same. It's not exactly awful...but it's definitely nowhere near being any kind of good. Despite all of the Catholic Church brouhaha, it's one of the most inoffensive movies about religion that I can recall seeing (though a lot of the dialogue feels like a built-in firewall against Christian complaints). It's also one of the most unengaging thrillers in recent memory, with lots of time spent on boring speeches spouted by cardboard characters mainfested by actors who have no idea what they're doing (Ian McKellen and Paul Bettany are wildly over-the-top, whereas Audrey Tautou may just as well have not been there; Tom Hanks is the only one who gets it right). It's like The History Channel Gone Wild. Even the car chases are boring and rote. Silly, moronic fluff that has generated a lot of really, really worthless controversy. C'mon, naysayers. You could be doing a lot more with your lives.
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 | B Movie Ben
Jun 15, 2007 3:19 PM
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1. Angels and Demons is planned for next year.
2. Shouldn't you have to pay some rent for reading 50 pages at Wal Mart? :-)
3. I am trying to get a copy of the spoof - The Da Vinci Load. I think it may be better. |
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