The Da Vinci Code

Even an idiot will admit a film is in trouble when one of the lead stars, in this case the great Ian McKellen says it's bad. Mind you, this didn't stop millions of people, some of them fanatical Catholics and such, from filling the theatres and putting yet more cash into the pockets of Dan Brown and ol' Ope. To throw in my two cents I empathise with scripter Akiva Goldsman. There was just too much material to squish into two hours and I thought he did a fine job of the task at hand. As for all of the theology and such, most of it is wrong but who cares, it's a fine yarn. If you want to take a closer and "possibly" more serious look at the subject read THE HOLY BLOOD AND THE HOLY GRAIL. I say possibly because these guys sued Brown for the dreaded "P" word which is odd as their book is supposed to be true which would have one question why historians world wide aren't suing authors everyday. What is true is Tom Hanks was burdened with one serious bad doo which can rival that of Kevin Costner's in THE BODYGUARD. The other major problem I had was with Silas, the bug-eyed albino psycho monk. Everytime I watch this movie and he comes on screen all I can think about is how much more fun it would have been to have Marty Feldman, were he alive, play the role and while this may seem silly...well...this is the point....THE DA VINCI CODE is silly, but good fun just the same.