Is the script unfaithful to the original? Is the director's jerky? Or is the actor acting in a mess? The answer is all NO.
First of all, I am a non-enthusiastic fan of the novel version. I was very excited when I knew I was going to make a movie. I also thought that such visualized text would not be ugly even if it was photographed one by one according to the scenes in the book. So this film was labelled "must look good" by me before it was born.
Then the team lineup came out. Ron Howard? It seems that there is something wrong with this story, but he is the best director of Oska, so he shouldn't lose the chain. Old Tang = handsome Langdon? This is a bit unacceptable, but at least the acting is reliable, right? Angels love beauty? Looking at the actors alone, there is nothing wrong with it. It's so weird to go with Laotang. Fortunately, there is Silas of Bettany, and fortunately there is Professor Tibin of Gandalf.
In full of doubts, finally waited for the movie to be released. Before I could go to the cinema to join in, the overwhelming scolding had already arrived. Not good-looking, very boring, ridiculous...Look? Still not watching? Became a problem. I'm afraid of disappointment when I read it (plus my distressed movie ticket money); if I don't watch it, how can I give up when I see my love for novels? When I was struggling to no avail, the movie suddenly went down. I'm sure now, I must watch it. Can buy discs, no good version. No computer under BT.
After dragging on for several months, I finally saw the true face of the movie version.
It should be said that the director is too loyal to the original book, and the scene switching of the story is consistent with the book. But after watching it for the first 20 minutes, I felt something was wrong. Why is it so dull and boring? Where did the pleasure of reading go? A glass of good iced Coke, the gas ran out, and it began to look like traditional Chinese medicine.
The director had a big problem with the rhythm of the film. The whole film is like a scratched CD with one card and one card, without a smooth and integrated feeling. Usually the tense and suspenseful atmosphere just started to calm down. Even the most tense car chase is like an abrupt pebble, which gives you a click and then disappears. For those who have read novels, the entire viewing process is like a dull verification, verifying whether the plot in the book has appeared in the movie.
The director's premonition that he didn't match his aura was verified. The casting failure of the leading heroine and heroine was doomed from the very beginning. Langdon and Sophie in the book are full of sparks. But watching the movie, it seems like an uncle leading a niece running around. Maybe the director also saw that the two people were out of tune. At the end, only Lao Tang kissed Sophie's forehead, so that people who have never read a novel can naively think that the two are just a pure relationship between men and women. God knows if I had a kiss between the two in the novel, I would collapse on the spot and accused the director of abetting incest. The only consolation is Silas and Teabing. When I was reading the novel, Paul Bettany was the only candidate for albinos in my heart. As for Teabing, I originally wanted to be played by Gary Oldman. But I ignored Gary’s age, so it was reasonable to choose Gandalf in the end. But when I saw the role of Teabing in the film, I still felt that the original choice of Gary was very correct, because the character of this character and Gandalf's way of acting reminded me of the kind of role that Gary is best at.
Because the previous movie has always been carefully loyal to the original, so when a large number of relatives of Sophie suddenly appeared at the end, this only plot change made me laugh on the spot. This plot is not only redundant, but also extremely absurd. Let a downright boring movie come to a comedy. I really want to ask the screenwriter, if these relatives knew Sophie was alive, why didn't they come to see her early? And if they didn't know that she was alive, it would be even more ridiculous. How could she appear there in such a neat and timely manner?
So the last glass of Coke without bubbles was drunk by me with a big laugh.
After laughing, I feel a little regretful. Would it be completely different if another team came to shoot? Only for a short time, no one will spend any more money on this book. And Professor Langdon in the book is very strange. I have never thought of a suitable image to interpret his appearance.
Then let this regret remain in the fantasy.
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