It is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000 novel Angels & Demons. A flawed but ever so intriguing adult mystery thriller, and not even Hanks' hair stopped me having a great time with the movie.The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. I wasn't sold to it because of controversy or had a saliva tinged mouth having worshipped at the altar of Dan Brown, I expected exactly what I got. I maintain that the film didn't deserve the critical whacking it got, but again I say I had a blank canvas going in for my first viewing. It's also very appropriately performed by the cast (serio brooding and fret), and when McKellen joins the fray after an hour of film it has a little class as well, while Zimmer's score is a majestic blending of choir, strings and synths. It is a clever conspiracy thriller full of twists and turns with a outlandish revelation at the finale. There's also an understanding on my part as to why many feel it's just too talky, but was the film ever going to be unfurled as an action movie blockbuster for the popcorn munching crowd, like National Treasure et al? Yes, there is a good deal of corn thrown in as well, which inevitably stops the adaptation from being hyper intelligent. Ultimately it's very safe film making, with a director and cast guaranteeing professionalism, but it weaves a magical mystery tour full of cryptic clues, secret organisations and cover ups. Perhaps this is why I'm apparently only in a small percentage of film lovers who really enjoyed the film? In spite of those gargantuan financial figures. I haven't read the book! And I love treasure hunt/clue chasing movies! So I came to Ron Howard's hugely successful film (over $600 million in worldwide profit) bereft of literary pressure and with only a modicum of genre expectation.
When he is joined by Parisian cryptologist Sophie Neveu (Tautou), it quickly becomes apparent that nothing is as it first seems and a mystery begins to unravel that could shake Christianity to its very core. The police call in American symbology expert Robert Langdon (Hanks) to decode the clues. When a man is murdered inside the Louvre, his body is found to be surrounded by cryptic messages.
Music is scored by Hans Zimmer and cinematography by Salvatore Totino. It stars Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Alfred Molina and Jürgen Prochnow. The Da Vinci Code is directed by Ron Howard and adapted to screenplay by Akiva Goldsman from the novel of the same name written by Dan Brown.
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