


Despite poor critics and commentary about the opening film of this Cannes Festival, I went to see Da Vinci Code (DVC) this morning after accompanying two of my friends to visit Musee du Louvre...It's like an animated simulation between reality and fiction, or in-out of the cinema. Places appeared in the film like Le Louvre, Eglise Saint Suplice, panorama view of Paris city etc are actually metres away from the cinema at Odeon. Sometimes, critics with poor comments can be a catalyst to an appreciation of a film, like this, for example. I tried not to read any commentary before seeing the film, but rather better manage my expectation to the movie. My friend is correct that turning a successful novel into a good film is difficult, and so for readers of Dan Brown's DVC, there is hardly any way to visualise the story in front of their own imagination and interpretation. The posters of the film with a collection of the main characters in the film are actually satisfactorily designed.
Ron Howard, the director of the film, needs not be a fans of Indiana Jones. His treatment of the story appears to be catchy all along the story board of Dan Brown, but when the sequences are grouped together, DVC readers like me feel like lacking a passion and energy where the book has been successfully written. The development in the film is flat and it misses a clue of dynamism which does not necessarily transform into speed and action but there should be moments of atmospheric evolution. You will see from the beginning of the film that the story goes fast and efficient, but you don't feel much the feeling of the characters or the suspense the story is proud of. This is tiny thing but this is crucial.
Silas is the best character I like most in the story, and Paul Bettany acts shiny in the film too. A tragic character, but is the one who possesses the full sentiments and characters in the film. Some critics say that the actors in the film are poor, well, yes, but at the same time, this is the problem of the screenplay and editing.
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