I saw DaVinci Code last night. I walked in knowing that the movie was heavily canned by all critics from Boston to Mars but I could care less this time. The movie is from Hollywood (point 1 on why it doesn't matter) and is more a social moment in the U.S. than something to bring out movie critics for. Sorta like Brokeback Mountain actually, lol... sorry, I couldn't help myself. I didn't expect it to be three hours and when I could taste my urine rising, I was getting a little antsy so the last 45 minutes of the movie seemed excruciatingly slow. I did however like it. I thought it was fun and entertaining, especially when they are running around Paris and the Louvre. I do however agree entirely with the following sentence which I think I heard from some critic or another. "Rarely ever does watching a movie take longer than reading the book." haha!
I also watched The Family Stone with Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Claire Danes and some other people not worth mentioning and well.. it was shitty. Though I watched all 2 hours of it hoping for them to make it better, lol.
I actually enjoyed the film MORE than the book. I found the book became a little tedious during the last third...although it was a quick read overall, it just became paint by number suspense or action or whatever it was...the movie for what it is, was entertaining on the whole...and I LOVE LOVE Audrey Tautou (check out 'A Very Long Engagement' if you haven't seen it yet, one of my top 5 faves)...but I like the general story line of the davinci code, which is basically the oppression of females by the church...muah!
Posted by: brian | June 02, 2006 at 10:56 PM