So we just got back from seeing The Da Vinci Code. I’m assuming it was a completely true story, given that there was no notice at the beginning that told me it wasn’t. Also, apparently, it was based on some sort of book. Have you ever heard of it?
I’m not going to actually review the film, but rather I’ll refer you to the New York Times review of it, which is possibly more entertaining than the movie itself. The only thing I’ll add is that I had no idea that Tom Hanks could be such a bad actor (and yes, I’ve seen Joe Versus the Volcano). We spent intermission (an annoying quirk of Swiss cinemas) debating who would have been better in the role. Our conclusion: almost anyone.
We normally wouldn’t bother to see a movie on opening night, but (1) movies are almost always crowded in Zurich anyway, (2) here you buy tickets for specific seats in a movie theater, and we were able to get kick-ass seats in advance, and (3) I wanted to see how bad The Da Vinci Code was for myself before hearing it from eighty million other people. Success!
I have to agree. I saw it on Saturday and wasn’t very impressed. And BTW I never really liked Tom Hanks, but loved Audrey Tautou..until I saw her in this movie.
Ann and I liked it. It was about 45 minutes too long, ubt it was silly and fun, and I kept myself amused by wondering which historical stuff was historical, and which stuff they simply pulled out of their ass.