Ron Howard
Il Codice Da Vinci

LA RECENSIONE

There would be a billion things to say about this film, but mostly about the book... I'll just list the main features of the film of the moment:

1) The pace of the film is very frenetic, because it's packed with events to narrate, in order to be as faithful as possible to the novel. The novel has the advantage of slowing down the pace, dwelling on flashbacks, reflections, etc... Unfortunately, in the film, time is tight, and so there's a continuous succession of the protagonists escaping and little else. A spontaneous question arises: "So what was the need to make this film?" Don't ask me!

2) Tom Hanks is an awkward Robert Langdon, with greasy hair and an unchanging face throughout the film (furrowed brows)... He (does not) perform terribly in this film.

3) My hatred for Audrey Tautou has grown immensely (I already loathed Amelie), plus her dubbing is awful and annoying.

4) Jean Reno has become the stereotype of the French actor. Whenever a French person is needed in a film, they always call him (he's "the new DePardieu", so to speak).

5) The themes tackled are interesting, but they have shaken the whole world. However, the book is reserved for a certain type of reader, it is not open to the general public. In short, you can't have an actor in a cinema shouting: "We need to let the world know that Jesus was a common man, not divine!" It's a bit exaggerated.

6) I sincerely hope they don't make a film on "Angels & Demons," otherwise it's the end! (it's too good to be turned into a feature film).

7) The direction leaves quite a bit to be desired. It almost seems like Ron Howard was forced to make this film, which seems hasty. He has certainly done better.

8) The soundtrack is the same as a hundred other American films of this millennium, but it's needless to say, America has closed with good films by now.

9) The plot is very engaging, but poorly tackled and "at all costs" (see the monk Silas's self-flagellation, which seems obliged to show himself as his mother made him).

10) Someone who has read the book, like me, cannot possibly appreciate the film. Otherwise, maybe he didn't like the book.

11) Dan Brown has limitless imagination, and is also very skilled at writing, captivating you from the first to the last page. I just hope he doesn't truly believe in all these tall tales.

12) With this film, the book is officially "dead," it no longer makes sense...

I would have much more to say, but then it would end up on the religious theme, and the discussion would go on forever. My rating is a 5-, and out of pity.