by XJW4EVR 17 Replies latest social entertainment
Hanks was totally miscast. The lines were terribly written. Some of the scenes were just laughably silly. The albino psycho monk was a horrible actor.
I have to echo that statement. So much of the "action" was poorly constructed and I found myself groaning at the bad writing and dialogue. Not to mention the ridiculous idea that there's only one descendant of Jesus after 2000 years. There should be millions by this point.
Having read the book, I probably had expectations that were too high. I had a meal and a few drinks before hand, which helped me to feel settled.
It was a worthy film, although at times Tom Hanks looked wooden and reminiscent of Data from Star Trek.
He doesn’t seem to be the cheerful guy he used to be. I have seen that look before - how is his marriage?
Sir Ian McEllen was superb. Sophie Neveu blew me away. What more can a man ask for?
No big supprise...Everyone I know that seen it said the movie was good but that the book was better!
Read the book but not seen the film yet.
My personal take is the book was poorly written and the story line, especially the ending, was totally implausible. Having said that the plot was fast moving and action packed.
Dan Brown has made a vast fortune from a fairly mediocre novel.
Eyeslice
I saw it on Tuesday night, and the book was better.
There was only one reason to cast Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon. Box office draw. To bad he gave the most wooden job I've seen.
I thought that Ian McClellan played his typical character, a pompous old Brit.
The girl that played Sophie was OK.
OK, I saw it, and I'll stick with the book.
OK, I saw it, and I'll stick with the book.
ok... so you overpaid for the movie... was the cuba libra worth it?
Read the book, was considering seeing the movie but after reading these reviews, I think I'll wait for the DVD too. Hey OpenGlassFire, let me know when you rent the DVD. Too bad you didn't live a bit closer!
I read the book and saw the movie. I liked the movie better than the book. Movie critics said Hanks' performance as Langdon was dull. In the book Langdon was dull so I guess the movie followed the book pretty closely. Anyway, I liked the movie and even though I had already read the book, I found it worth seeing on the big screen.
