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Cinema - Da
Vinci Code
Despite being a bit of a fair-weather literary snob –
you know the type, will only read ‘quality’ literary
fiction but loves Heat magazine – I was determined to
ignore the hype and the damning of Dan Brown’s The Da
Vinci Code and judge the book on merit alone. I loved it and
went on to recommend and applaud its take on the Catholic
church. I loved the fact that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were
married and that Da Vinci’s The Last Supper clearly
told this to those that knew where to look; and that Jesus
left behind a royal French bloodline. But what I loved most
about the book was the fact that it was in my head and that’s
where I liked it, mixed up with half remembered facts about
religion from school and a belief in Jesus as a prophet and
a good bloke.
Now to move all of that onto the big screen is anathema to
me, especially with Tom Hanks being all sincere and Audrey
Tautou†being cute and smart. So I checked out the film
reviews to see if it was worth a look and I’m not yet
convinced. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a dismal 24% splat
(it counted 199 film reviews; 47 were fresh (good) and 152
were rotten (bad) to determine this percentage). The Hollywood
Reporter said it was an “unwieldy, bloated melodrama”
and Eclipse magazine, which actually liked the film, said
“there are moments when this film, like Tom Hanks’
hair, laid there like a limp noodle.” I might wait until
it comes out on DVD. KA |
