Paparelli's Movie ReviewsThe Da Vinci Code
Sunday, July 09, 2006
year: 2006directed by: Ron Howard
written by: Akiva Goldsman, Dan Brown
notable cast: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Paparelli's rating:
(0 = worst, **** = best)For someone who hasn't read the book and is new to the punchline of the story, this is quite an entertaining movie actually. I wasn't as disappointed as many readers of the book said they were. On the other hand, now I know what the clever point to the story is, I'd probably not see it again for a number of years.
I like the idea behind the story. It's a nice fantasy story featuring characters and storylines everybody knows in a slightly different light: the Holy Grail actually represents the vessel of the bloodline/children of Jesus and thus turns out to be the body of Mary Magdalene who supposedly gave birth to his children.
In this conclusion there is a message that has a valuable meaning regardless whether the facts mentioned in the story are right or not: all women can be regarded as the Holy Grail, as mankind in its entirety is offered eternal youth by their childbearing capabilities.
I mean, that's a nice thought told through a clever plot, with some added detective genre elements and some puzzles and code breaking thrown in. I enjoyed watching it, but as a movie it's not well enough filmed or acted to want to go see it another time directly afterwards.
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