We went to see The Da Vinci Code (imdb | rotten tomatoes) this afternoon, just so that we’re not the only people in North America who didn’t see it this weekend. It’s been getting rotten reviews, so I was a little surprised that I didn’t mind it. I mean, it wasn’t a triumph of filmmaking or anything…it was just the book put onto the big screen. That’s it. That’s all. It was nothing more or less than the book (save a few minor alterations). This wasn’t The Godfather or All Quiet On The Western Front; this was a summer book made into a summer movie. Anyone expecting groundbreaking cinema or religious enlightenment was looking for the wrong thing and judging the movie on the wrong merits. It’s a decent, slightly-more-intelligent-than-average summer movie. The fact that it’s getting worse ratings than R.V. suggests The Da Vinci Code is bearing the critics’ hipper-than-thou wrath.
.:.
Umm…I think I know where 24 is taking place next season…
[tags]da vinci code, 24[/tags]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 
I agree with your assessment of The Da Vinci Code. It’s a “popcorn movie” just like the novel was a “beach book.” Anyone who thinks that Brown turned out great literature or that Howard produced “a triumph of filmmaking” (great phrase, BTW) is out of their mind!
Also, about 24: Come on, there’s no way he escapes alive next season, is there? His eye/head looked pretty messed up already, and he’s got 4 guys standing around him ready to pounce.
stupid jack! he took of the hoodie! that thing made him invincible!
hey you should post this review on FilmCrowd.com 🙂 your blog url is displayed at the bottom of each review you submit so it might even send a little traffic your way. we have a page up for Da Vinci Code right here: http://www.filmcrowd.com/content/world/all/5092/Da_Vinci_Code_The/8/0
jack is going to be brainwashed and become an evil double agent!muah-ha……