So normally I don't make it into Ann Arbor after I come home from work on Fridays, but last night I had to pick up a library book from AADL and then stop at Trader Joe's for more coffee (I would have been in sad shape this morning if the last errand was not fulfilled). On my way home I passed by the movie theatre and saw a group of people protesting the opening of the movie, The Da Vinci Code. So I did what any sensible person would do if they saw people protesting a movie...I called my husband up and asked him if he wanted to go see it. So we did...
My thoughts on the movie...it's certainly not as good as the book, which Alex and I both read. It wasn't the most horrible movie I've ever seen either, it was just kinda, "eh". Normally I like reading the book before I see a movie, in this case I was happy I did. Part of the movie felt like a documentary, and not a good one either. Although there's a lot of background stuff that the viewer needs to see for it to make sense anyway, but in the movie version the background stuff really seemed to interrupt the action awkwardly. Both Alex and I agree that Tom Hanks wasn't what we imagined for Robert Langdon...we were thinking more of a Harrison Ford/Indiana Jones kinda character. Although I really enjoyed Ian McKellan as Sir Leigh Teabing. I also liked that I could put some visuals to the book, there were a lot of interesting concepts and places in the book that were nice to see interpreted in the movie. The Da Vinci Code is a story that makes you think too, the movie rehashed a lot of thoughts I had when I originally read the book, and it even helped form some other thoughts and ideas that I didn't have before. Thinking is good, of course. This one is probably worth waiting for video though. However, it was a nice spontaneous evening.
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