Re: Da Vinci Code Movie (Release Date) Friday May 19 2006
Well it was a weekend and I was pretty much alone at home so I’m justified 
Saw the movie yesterday. I got comfortable with Hanks as Langdon and even Ian McKellen as Teabing. They didn’t follow the book to a tee unless I have already forgotten the book. I think as per the book Sophie Neveu has a brother too whom she meets at the end along with the grandmother, there was no mention of the brother in the movie. Also in the book Langdon and Sophie go to a library to solve the code whereas in the movie they borrow a southasian looking kids cell phone on the bus to do an internet search on the code! There is a lot they couldn;t capture in the movie so they had to keep showing images to accomplish that e.g. whenever they went back in to history they would actually show it enacted on the screen. Seemed like they had to put too much effort in educating the viewers about the basis of the movie.
I liked the book better.