The Da Vinci Code, a movie made for fans of novels

Precious 2022-04-21 09:01:13

Although I have seen some comments on the Da Vinci Code in some reports before, they seem to think that the gap between this film and the novel is too large; although I have known before that the film will never reach the tension and mystery of the novel. The effect; although the husband firmly disagrees with watching the film because he was not attracted to the book from the beginning. But I still went to the movies, alone, for no reason, just to see what the Da Vinci Code would be described as in the world of movies.

It seems that the degree of disappointment in the movie is not as great as imagined, probably because it has been psychologically prepared before. Although I couldn't equate Tom Hanks and Langdon before, it seems that the film is spread out, and I don't think Hanks and Langdon are incompatible. The most dissimilar person seems to be Remy, the butler of the Teabing family. I feel that the British-style butler should be meticulous, serious, not tall, and a little bit of a vent. (Hehe, this is what I imagined, ) As a result, this housekeeper is not only tall, but also feels a little gloomy from the moment he appears on the stage, it seems like a domestic investigation film I watched when I was a child, and the bad guys are all with pictures.

Compared with the novel, which gives people a sense of horror from the text, the movie can only create horror from the screen, but unfortunately the director seems to have not grasped enough in this regard, such as Langdon entering the Louvre, the mystery of the Louvre in the novel. , The effect created by the dim light and shadow left a deep impression on me, but in the movie the Louvre was bright, and it felt a lot worse all of a sudden. In terms of plot, a two-and-a-half-hour movie is definitely not enough to inject so many religious elements into the novel. The plot design is fairly smooth, but it still makes people feel disconnected in the middle. And the props in the novel are a bit unsatisfactory. I used to be full of imagination about the box carved with roses, but the roses in the movie are bland and have no refined feeling at all. I suggest that the director should learn from the wood carvings in Chinese culture: )

In any case, this is a movie specially made for fans of The Da Vinci Code, and they have to be super fans, and every detail that cannot be connected can be found in the already well-known novels. If you haven't read the novel, I think you will still be confused after reading it.

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  • Nico 2021-10-20 19:00:27

    I like the last scene very much, it's magnificent, and the music is shocking.

  • Cecelia 2021-10-20 19:00:59

    I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t read the original work, and I didn’t understand this 3-hour movie. Or maybe I haven’t read the Bible, don’t know much about religion, I don’t understand this movie at all == (This is the most serious movie I watched recently, but I still didn’t understand it.)

The Da Vinci Code quotes

  • Robert Langdon: What if Sauniere... had started to groom you for the Priory?

    Sophie Neveu: What do you mean groom me?

    Robert Langdon: Your grandfather gave you puzzles and cryptex as a child.

    Sophie Neveu: So you are saying all this is real? The Priory, the Holy Grail?

    Robert Langdon: We've been dragged into a world of people who think this stuff is real. Real enough to kill for.

    Sophie Neveu: Who?

    Robert Langdon: I'm out of my field here. I do know a Grail historian, absolutely... obsessed with Priory myth. An Englishman, lives here in France.

    Sophie Neveu: Do you trust this man? I hope you can.

  • Sir Leigh Teabing: A dramatic late-night arrival. What can an old cripple do for you, Robert?

    Robert Langdon: We want to talk about the... Priory of Sion.

    Sir Leigh Teabing: The keepers? The secret war?

    Robert Langdon: Sorry for all the-the... the mystery. Leigh, I-I-I'm into something here that I cannot understand.

    Sir Leigh Teabing: You? Really?

    Robert Langdon: Not without your help.

    Sir Leigh Teabing: Playing to my vanity, Robert. You should be ashamed.

    Robert Langdon: Not if it works.