The Da Vinci Code

Ron Howard. Tom Hanks. Again. This movie was just as good as Apollo 13 as Howard and Hanks teamed up again. Despite being a very well done movie, I still had some disappoints that stemmed from having previously read the book. The book, The Da Vinci Code, is my favorite book of all time. Carrying that status into a movie watching is a tough task to hold up to. At first I doubted Tom Hanks being able to play the role of Dr. Robert Langdon, most likely because I had built up Robert Langdon so much in my head, but as the movie went on Hanks grew on me. He was witty and quick on his feet as I had pictured Langdon. The plot was what left me irritated. The book was so perfect and so detailed, yet the movie left out huge gaps. I feel like for the majority of people who just watched the movie missed out on what was actually suppose to happen. I understand Ron Howard had to turn a 700 page book into a 2 hour movie so naturally things would be left out, but still I hoped for me. All in all, a very good movie - but read the book first!