Prompted by the crazy Reverend Cris, I have just been to the midnight showing of The DaVinci Code at Manchester's AMC.
My full thoughts on this, um, fascinating film can be seen on my blog here.
I'm going to bed now. Mustn't forget to say my prayers...
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So, I get home and start writing a review, email it at 4am so a particular website can post it as soon as, but alas, it's not there, not even a response, tchh! So here it is instead: (oh and thanks to those who came, films at midnight are the way forward)
After having read the book, I was looking forward with much anticipation to the film release of the Da Vinci Code. It appears I wasn’t the only one, like it or not, this is going to be big, and quite probably even more people will go and see it now that certain parts of the Church have called for a boycott(!).
True to the book we begin our journey in the Louvre, and the murder of Jacques Sauniere. As our hero and heroine take the stage, the audience is prepared for a ride into mystery, thriller and suspense, only we’re not. For the next two and half hours I am slipping down my seat rather than gripping the edge of it.
If only so much time wasn’t wasted on naff bits of information and poor dialogue, and instead invested in some emotions that would have made our two lead characters (played by Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou) a little more human. Paul Bettany (Silas) plays the albino monk who does put some passion into his role and did leave one feeling rather cold. Ian McKellen does brilliantly in his role as Sir Leigh Teabing, but sadly this isn’t enough to compensate.
Watching the Da Vinci Code is like watching a car treasure hunt, searching for clues, solving puzzles and moving on to the next location, except with the help of planes, armoured vehicles, and a Smart car (which in this case was very handy for Paris’ small streets).
It takes a lot of faith to follow God in a post modern society with a plethora of truths to choose from. Yet, to believe the truths in this film, requires not only faith, but a wild imagination also. Those who are calling for Christians to boycott the film should probably go and see it for themselves and know that there really is nothing to fear.
Not seen it yet, but tuppence worth coming anyway... Lest we forget, it's a story, a novel, a work of fiction - a point well-made in the Guardian this morning by Mark Lawson.
"The Da Vinci Code is intentionally incredible, so why do we need a health warning? Let me begin by making clear that this opinion column contains opinions and that readers should not be misled into thinking that these views are facts. The column might also, however, intermittently contain facts, and it is important that these should not be confused with opinions. In order to guard as far as possible against misunderstanding, this article will classify sentences according to a simple code: O for opinion, F for fact."
Read on, dear reader, read on:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1778539,00.html
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