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The other thread got locked (don't know why) so I created this so I'd have somewhere to post this news thing I got off the net!
The most hotly-awaited movie of the year "The Da Vinci Code" failed to crack an audience of movie critics here at a sneak preview ahead of Wednesday's opening of the Cannes Film Festival.
Several whistles instead of applause were all that greeted the end of Ron Howard's 125-million-dollar film, and worse than that, the 2,000-strong audience even burst out laughing at the movie's key moment.
"I didn't like it very much. I thought it was almost as bad as the book. Tom Hanks was a zombie, thank goodness for Ian McKellen. It was overplayed, there was too much music and it was much too grandiose," said Peter Brunette, critic for the US daily The Boston Globe.
The film version of Dan Brown's mega-best selling book premieres in Cannes on Wednesday before going on worldwide release on Friday. It stars Tom Hanks as symbologist Robert Langdon, called in after the curator of the Louvre is found murdered, his body splayed out covered in symbols.
Langdon and French police cryptologist Sophie Neveu, played by French actress Audrey Tautou, find themselves ensnared in a mystifying hunt to track down the murderer and solve a 2,000-year-old riddle.
The book has already sold some 50 million copies worldwide, been translated into 44 languages and spawned a spin-off tourist industry as well as whipping up a controversy. All ingredients to ensure that it will undoubtedly draw the crowds.
The greatest controversy has been stirred by the book's central theme that Jesus Christ married and had children whose descendants still survive today.
Thus book's detractors will no doubt be comforted to hear that when Hanks reveals who is supposedly the last surviving descendant of Jesus, the Cannes audience couldn't hold back their laughter.
"At the high point, there was laughter among the journalists. Not loud laughs, but a snicker and I think that says it all," said Gerson Da Cunha from The Times of India.
Other critics said the two and a half hour film was confusing to those who hadn't read the book.
"People were confused, there was no applause, just silence," said Margherita Ferrandino from the Italian television Rai 3.
"I have only read half the book, and then I got bored. It's terrible," she added.
"It was really disappointing. The dialogue was cheesy. The acting wasn't too bad, but the film is not as good as the book," added Lina Hamchaoui, from British radio IRN.
Despite being filmed against the backdrop of some of Paris' and London's most impressive and historic buildings -- Howard was even given unprecedented permission to film inside the Louvre -- the film fails to convince, becoming more of a drama-documentary with its overuse of historic flashbacks and other devices to tell the tale.
Hanks seems to get bogged down in the interminable dialogue, whereas Tautou, so brilliant in "Amelie", fails to make an impression.
British actor Sir Ian McKellan however received plaudits for his portrayal of Holy Grail expert Sir Leigh Teabing, playing his role with the right amount of wit and humour.
And Paul Bettany is suitably menacing as a self-flagellating albino monk on a mission to kill.
The film was due to open the 59th Cannes Film Festival later Wednesday, before the real competition gets underway on Thursday, with 20 films competing this year for the coveted Palme d'Or. ---------------------
The other thread got locked (don't know why) so I created this so I'd have somewhere to post this news thing I got off the net!
I lock certain threads when that film is near release; it is sort of pointless to post news and rumors about films when they are so close to being release.
-Zavier
Though earth and man are gone, I thought the cube would last forever. I WAS WRONG.
just like the last 3 star wars films, critics will tear it apart and it will be one of the biggest hits of the summer, that's how these movies always seem to be, i mean the original star wars got some horrible reviews, so I don't think Ron Howard has anything to worry about, he'll just sit back and watch the dollars roll in
Just because the movie makes money don't mean its good. Star wars episode I, II, and III all stunk and brought shame to Star Wars and Lucas, but of course people saw them because its Star Wars!
I think for EVENT movies, such as this, x-men, superman, the reviews will make no difference, hype alone will make them blockbusters, ever fantastic 4 was a hit and that sucked balls, I'm pretty sure the da vinci code will be entertaining none the less.
That's the biggest gripe I saw on other sites. It wasn't entertaining. It was very talky, most of the lines were corny, etc. etc. But thats just a bunch of reviewers opinions. I personally...wait...no...I think its gonna stink.
It may stink, that is a definate possibility, but it has so much hype surrounding it especially with all the boycotts and death fasts(or however u spell it), that really nothing can hurt it. I know I like movies that critics hat like Domino, I think the only critics that like it was the ebert and roeper, as well as the passion of the christ, that got bashed, but I thought it was very good, and critics are mostly like those kids in school that complain about everything, I think a lot of them wanna be the first to bash this to look hip..lol,so if it sucks it sucks and I won't buy the dvd and let the movie die along with all the other garbage out there, if it's good, then that's good, not a waste of my $16 then.
Man, this is getting horrible reviews. Rotten Tomatoes has it at 0%. 0%!!! It makes sense though. Not a lot happens in the book at all, only in the opening scene and in the middle where a man gets poisoned. Everything else is dialogue. It's not the greatest choice to make a movie out of it. I don't know what it was doing at Cannes either. Despite the controversy, it's still a Ron Howard film starring Tom Hanks. Not exactly Cannes material if you ask me. Too Hollywood. I'll probably end up seeing anyway though .
I'll find out on friday how good or shitty it is. I heard that the dialog in the book was not very good, so hopefully the screenwriter knew how to fix it up, also, I really have no idea what the movie is about, because when I hear people whine and bitch about it all they say is that you're going to hell if you go see it and that you're doing the devil's work, they give no real explanation, so I'm going in blind.
Not a lot happens in the book at all, only in the opening scene and in the middle where a man gets poisoned. Everything else is dialogue. .
There's been successful movies that consist solely of dialogue. Big Chill comes to mind. Dinner at Andre's is another. And, in my continuing crusade to whore myself, Price Check on Film Noir.
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