The Da Vinci Code (Two-Disc
Extended Cut + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
starring Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou,
Jean Reno, Ian McKellen, Paul
Bettany
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Critics and controversy aside, The Da Vinci Code is a verifiable
blockbuster. Combine the films huge worldwide box-office take with over
100 million copies of Dan Browns book sold, and The Da Vinci Code has
clearly made the leap from pop-culture hit to a certifiable franchise. The
leap for any story making the move from book to big screen, however, is
always more perilous. In the case of The Da Vinci Code, the plot is
concocted of such a preposterous formula of elements that you would n’t
envy screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, the man tasked with making this story
filmable. The script follows Dan Brown’s book as closely as possible while
incorporating a few needed changes, including a better ending. And if
you’re like most of the world, by now you’ve read the book and know how it
goes: while lecturing in Paris, noted Harvard Professor of Symbology
Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is summoned to the Louvre by French police
to help decipher a bizarre series of clues left at the scene of the murder of
the chief curator. Enter Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), gifted cryptologist.
Neveu and Langdon team up to solve the mystery, and from there the
story is propelled across Europe, ballooning into a modern-day mini-quest
for the Holy Grail, where secret societies are discovered, codes are
broken, and murderous albino monks are thwarted… oh, and alternative
theories about the life of Christ and the beginnings of Christianity are
presented too, of course. It’s not the typical formula for a stock Hollywood
thriller. In fact, taken solely as a mystery, the movie almost works--despite
some gaping holes--mostly just because it keeps moving. Brown’s greatest
trick was to have the entire story take place in one day, so the action is
forced to keep moving, despite some necessary pauses for exposition. As
a screen couple, Hanks and Tautou are just fine together but not exactly
memorable; meanwhile Sir Ian McKellen’s scenery-chewing as pivotal
character Sir Leigh Teabing is just what the film needed to keep it from
taking itself too seriously. The whole thing is like a good roller -coaster ride:
try not to think too much about it--just sit back and enjoy the trip. --Daniel
Vancini Stills from The Da Vinci Code (click for larger image)
The movie is a fast paced provocative thriller as the book spanning Paris
(France), London (UK) and Scotland. Ron Howard really made the book to
come alive in this one with Tom Hanks leading as professor Langdon
(Harvard Symbology Professor).It tackles concepts of religion, humanity &
deceit brilliantly. Religious issues concerning Christianity & Roman
Catholic Church are dealt well using recent Gnostic Gospels' research
findings by many scholars. These issues are however controversial as they
are against well established doctrine from the Bible & Roman Catholic
Church or Christianity. Movie is the best provocative thriller I have seen
recently and deserves more than five stars!
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