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The Da Vinci Code [2006] [DVD] starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou

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Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Ent. UK
Release date: 15th January, 2007
Media: DVD

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Editorial Review

Critics and controversy aside, The Da Vinci Code is a verifiable blockbuster. Combine the film's huge worldwide box-office take with over 100 million copies of Dan Brown's book sold, and The Da Vinci Code has clearly made the leap from pop-culture hit to a certifiable franchise (games and action figures are sure to follow). The leap for any story making the move from book to big screen, however, is always more perilous. In the case of The Da Vinci Code, the story is concocted of such a preposterous formula of elements that you wouldn't envy Akiva Goldsman, the screenwriter who was handed a potentially unfilmable book and asked to make a filmable script out of it. Goldsman's solution was to have the screenplay follow the book as closely as possible, with a few needed changes, including a better ending. The result is a film that actually makes slightly better entertainment than the book.

So if you're like most of the world, by now you've read the book and know that it starts out as a murder mystery. While lecturing in Paris, noted Harvard Professor of Symbology Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is summoned to the Louvre by French police help decipher a bizarre series of clues left at the scene of the murder of the chief curator, Jacques Sauniere. Enter Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), gifted cryptologist and Sauniere's granddaughter. Neveu and Langdon are forced to team up to solve the mystery, and from there the story is propelled across Europe as it balloons into a modern-day mini-quest for the Holy Grail, complete with alternative theories about the life of Christ, ancient secret societies headed by historical figures like Leonardo Da Vinci, secret codes, conniving bishops, daring escapes, car chases, and, of course, a murderous albino monk controlled by a secret master who calls himself "The Teacher."

Taken solely as a mystery thriller, the movie almost works--despite some gaping holes--mostly just because it keeps moving forward at the breakneck pace set in the book. Brown's greatest trick might have been to have the entire story take place in a day so that the action is forced to keep going, despite some necessary pauses for exposition. Hanks and Tautou are just fine together but not exactly a memorable screen pair; meanwhile, Sir Ian McKellen's scenery-chewing as pivotal character Sir Leigh Teabing is just what the film needs to keep it from taking itself too seriously. In the end, this hit movie is just like a good roller-coaster ride: try not to think too much about it--just sit back and enjoy the trip. --Daniel Vancini, Amazon.com

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Rating: - Thank God I didn't buy the book

There's a terrible secret - Little Red Ridinghood's hood was actually green.

There are some people who know the secret. They don't reveal it, because if the general public learned that Little Red Ridinghood's hood was actually green, it would shock them so deeply that it would plunge the world into chaos. So that hyper-secret group passes the secret from generation to generation, waiting for a suitable moment when the world would be ready to hear it.

There's another hyper-secret organization that exists to prevent people from even learning that Little Red Ridinghood's hood was actually green. They are ruthless fanatics who have dedicated their lives to one single cause - to seek out and destroy all the evidence of that terrible secret. That includes killing everyone who as much as guesses that.

Of course, this movie isn't about Little Red Ridinghood. I just wanted to give you an idea how infinitely meaningless this movie's supposedly world-shattering secret is in my eyes. Not to mention all that cryptonanism, and people speaking Latin... I can't believe this is real. I mean, I thoroughly enjoy parodies like the TV series "Get Smart" and the books by Carlo Manzoni, but an adult sane person conceiving in all seriousness a plot like that of "Da Vinci Code" - it would be really difficult to get any more ridiculous than that.

Rating: - Stop moaning about bad adaptions of books!

Yes, of course a lengthy novel is going to be difficult to adapt into a film lasting a couple of hours, so get over it and enjoy it as a piece of film making!

I had read the book and still loved the film. None of the subject matter was a surprise (like many I had already read the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail) but I like the way that in this story it is much more on a personal level. Personally I had found the novel rather rambling, so it was refreshing to see a bit of pace without all the padding. The acting is excellent and the flash back sequences beautifully filmed.

Rating: - The Da Vinci Code

Arrived quickly. 100% happy with purchase. Was advertised as OK condition but was infact in mint condition. Can recommend buying from this seller.

Rating: - oh yeah

I loved this movie as it could so very well be ture there are more to life then we see in our every day ifes. This movie shows that some time we can find our selfs pulled in to something we never wanted to be a part of.

Rating: - Disappointed

Product never received. Informed that money would be refunded, but no explanation as to why they could not supply.

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