Jesus Has A Kid
So we went and saw “DaVinci Code” finally. I loved it. It was very true to the book in both plot and feel. The book is a trashy beach read work of fiction and the movie follows in that line. I don’t understand why it got such bad reviews. Tom Hanks was wooden, but you know what… he played a professor of history! People didn’t like the chemistry between Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou, guess what? They were being chased by the police and murderous monks, no time for love Dr. Jones!
One thing that the movie really did which was nice was actually let you see the buildings and pictures that he talks about in the book. Since they were all real buildings and paintings it was nice to get to see them in the context of the story.
The other thing I found interesting was that they spent a lot more time on the (blue eyed) albino’s back story than I expected. All the flashbacks were really interesting: un-narrated, interesting film work, and not totally clear what was happening. You actually had to think for like 15 seconds.
All in all a fun summer action movie. If you haven’t read the book and want to know what all the fuss is about, you can see this and get an idea.
footnote: For the past 24 hours I seem to have been making names for movies inspired by “Snakes on a Plane”. King Kong? Monkey on a Building. DaVinci Code? Jesus Has A Kid. Fellowship Of The Ring? Hobbits Leave Town. My lovely wife said I had to put this here to explain the blog title.