"The Da Vinci Code"
It is; however, like the book a piece of work that will cause you to stop and think. It is a film for the intellectual thinker.
Like any good book or movie "The da Vinci Code" takes place around actual locations. But despite all of the hollabaloo it is a work of fiction.
I seldom attend a movie. The cost is one reason. But even more so I find that very few of them are to my liking. If I like what I see then I will wait until the video comes out. Then I will either rent and or buy it.
"The da Vinci Code" was different. I not only went to the movie; I went with my Dad. It was the last time I went to see a movie at the theater.
I was pleased to see that the movie followed the book to a great extent. Only just after the beginning and near the ending was it a very much different. And even that was a good twist.
Tom Hanks as symbologist and Harvard professor Robert Langdon, to me, was a good match for Brown's character in the book.
Dan Brown's book has caused a great deal of controversy. The movie brought out even more. In this manner both book and movie reflected real life. Though fiction the movie surrounded a theory held by some and dispelled by others.
Despite the subject matter and the controversy surrounding it; "The da Vinci Code" allowed people who would otherwise never had the opportunity to see historical sites and artwork previously only seen in books.
In shooting the movie Ron Howard did not recreate sets on a sound stage somewhere in Hollywood but used the actual locations outlined in the book. Only the officials of Westminster Abby refused to allow cameras inside. This attention to detail and authenticity opened a world to viewers. It also added to the storyline to see the places the characters spoke about.
Personally I enjoyed the book and the movie. So much so that I own both of them. I have read and re-read the book. I have watched the movie several times. I enjoy them every time I do so.
"The da Vinci Code" is one of those movies that each time you watch it there is something new to see and discover.
Something you missed the first time or the last time you watched it. In watching the characters run down the hallway of the Louve the artwork goes un-noticed until one time you finally look at it.
"The da Vinci Code" is a movie full of things to make you go hmmmm
Published by Sherrill Fulghum
Sherrill has been writing for over 20 years and currently has over 2,500 pieces of work published; she has also co-authored a book. Besides AC currently her work can be found at Sydney Unleashed, All Voices,... View profile
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