The Da Vinci Code

It was almost a month ago that I had picked the novel "Da Vinci Code" from the Library. And ever since I started reading it, I was fascinated by the intriguing story and thrilling moments in the novel - it was really a page turner. Dan Brown, the author was successful in creating a fiction thriller from a very sensitive subject. Altogether it was _not_so_bad_ reading experience and I was looking forward to see how the mystery might unfold on the screen.

At last yesterday, I watched the film “Da Vinci Code”, and it is sad to say that the film is a let down compared to the novel. In the film, many details are glossed over, making it feel rushed and sketchy at times. Too much occurs that is confusingly explained or hardly explained at all. This may be a disadvantage of making a 2 hours film from a novel which has around 600 pages. I really wonder a viewer who hasn’t read the novel will be more confused than entertained after watching this film. Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon has nothing much to do and so is other casts in the movie, though they all looks right selection for the character they played. The only mildly engaging characters are Holy Grail scholar Leigh Teabing (played by Ian McKellen) and Silas (played by Paul Bettany)

Checkout this interesting video of the television program "The Real Da Vinci Code", a Wildfire Television production for Channel 4 - the mystery that surrounds the "Holy Grail" and historians opinions about it.