While I loved the movie, I thought that they should have chosen a better leading actor to play Robert Langdon. Tom Hanks is soporific.
The Da Vinci Code
2006
Action / Mystery / Thriller
The Da Vinci Code
2006
Action / Mystery / Thriller
25% - Critics
57% - Audience
6.6
Synopsis
Dan Brown's controversial best-selling novel about a powerful secret that's been kept under wraps for thousands of years comes to the screen in this suspense thriller from Director Ron Howard. The stately silence of Paris' Louvre museum is broken when one of the gallery's leading curators is found dead on the grounds, with strange symbols carved into his body and left around the spot where he died. Hoping to learn the significance of the symbols, police bring in Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), a gifted cryptographer who is also the victim's granddaughter. Needing help, Sophie calls on Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a leading symbolized from the United States. As Sophie and Robert dig deeper into the case, they discover the victim's involvement in the Priory of Sion, a secret society whose members have been privy to forbidden knowledge dating back to the birth of Christianity. In their search, Sophie and Robert happen upon evidence that could lead to the final resting place of the Holy ...
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Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon
Paul Bettany as Silas
Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing
Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu
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Good Movie - Bad choice of leading actor
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Worthy of award nominations
I was surprised to learn that Paul Bettany was not nominated for best supporting actor by any recognized organization. He gave the most sympathetic performance in the film, in a perverse sort of way. He is the reason that the film stays on my mind after more than a decade.
But I'm equally surprised that "The DaVinci Code" did not receive a Razzie nomination for worst on screen couple. There was absolutely no chemistry between Hanks and Tautou. It's not the 20-year age gap; that's common in movies. I suspect that a major problem is that the French actress is not comfortable acting in English-language films (which she rarely does).
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"Opie, mind your Aunt Bea and make a terrific movie."
"OK, Pa, I will."
And he did. The rich visuals, intriguing plot, haunting soundtrack, European setting, and convincing characters add up to just that: a terrific movie. Yes, it's rife with absurdities, speculations and falsehoods, but they simply can't ruin the experience. Critics who won't allow fiction to be fictional will always be disappointed.
I'd bet that if he could, Andy would say: "You done good, boy! You done good."
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