The Da Vinci Code (Ron Howard, 2006), the movie, has adapted a book successfully. With the big hype among society Dan Brown's book has produced, the court cases, questions about the Catholic church and much merchandise available, The Da Vinci Code has made a perfect marketing scheme for itself. However, ignoring the popularity of the book, the movie is in it's self quite pleasing and intriguing. The story-line keeps the audience enthralled, wondering and excited. The actors have done an amazing job with there characters. Audrey Tautou's performance as a pretty French cryptographer was thrilling and rather striking. Tom Hanks, however different to what I was expecting from the book, expressed a dedicated, intelligent religious symbolist affectively, which I grew to connect with. Ian McKellan, as usual produced a superb job as the passionate researcher and Paul Bettany with his portrayal of a dark, proud murderer being worthy of mention. The art and architecture and scenery throughout the movie connects the audience with reality which makes the audience get cought up in the story and makes it believable. With it's intriguing story-line, questions it raises, art and religious information, great acting and exciting recognisable sets, The Da Vinci Code is a great film with or without the book, however has adapted the book extraordinarily.
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"Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy." -Franz Werfel
The Da Vinci Code (Ron Howard, 2006), the movie, has adapted a book successfully. With the big hype among society Dan Brown's book has produced, the court cases, questions about the Catholic church and much merchandise available, The Da Vinci Code has made a perfect marketing scheme for itself. However, ignoring the popularity of the book, the movie is in it's self quite pleasing and intriguing. The story-line keeps the audience enthralled, wondering and excited. The actors have done an amazing job with there characters. Audrey Tautou's performance as a pretty French cryptographer was thrilling and rather striking. Tom Hanks, however different to what I was expecting from the book, expressed a dedicated, intelligent religious symbolist affectively, which I grew to connect with. Ian McKellan, as usual produced a superb job as the passionate researcher and Paul Bettany with his portrayal of a dark, proud murderer being worthy of mention. The art and architecture and scenery throughout the movie connects the audience with reality which makes the audience get cought up in the story and makes it believable. With it's intriguing story-line, questions it raises, art and religious information, great acting and exciting recognisable sets, The Da Vinci Code is a great film with or without the book, however has adapted the book extraordinarily.
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Yes i agree the movie is agreat adaptation of the book but i wonder of others who have not read the book and know of the plot and the questions posed by Brown wether they would enjoy it as much. I think the albino monk looked and pertrayed the character exactly how i imagined him.
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