DaVinci Code - the Film

[Alex]

I was amazed at just how horrible the book is. Of course, I was familiar with this particular Catholic conspiracy theory for years before reading it (and was already familiar with the debunking of it) so I doubt I was in the appropriate mindset to be wowed by the story. I was amazed, though, by just how terribly written it is (and sampling other Dan Brown stuff I see it is common to him and not just this one).

That said, despite the hole story being hokum (and being very annoyed by the thousands of people who think it has revealed some sort of hidden truth) I think it has the potential for a wonderful movie. Combine a decent thriller with the more restrained Ron Howard we've seen over the last 7 or 8 years and I'm actually looking forward to it.

The fact that Audrey Tautou is in it and I'm sure to be there. But I'm still going to be annoyed at all the people who will react as if they're watching a documentary.