The DaVinci Code has to be a first for me!!! **Spoilers** [View All]

First time I have ever seen a movie adapted from a book that actually pretty much stayed true to the book. Followed the plot line, characters in the movie were all in the book and no preposterous change to the ending. Sure, there were a few things cut from the book (like there was actually a Cryptix inside the Cryptix in the first book) but in general watching the movie was just like reading the book.

I enjoyed the movie, heck I might even see it again. It wasn't made to be an action pack movie - it was made to be a puzzle based on historical facts & debates about the history of the bible and Jesus. The plot may have been fictional but the events included in the book/movie are all real: Priory, Templar, the debate over whether Jesus was divine or just a man, the history of how the bible was created and especially the debate whether Mary Magdeline & Jesus were 'married' or if she was just a prostitute. Ron Howard took the time to include this back history into the movie whether through flashbacks or actually seeing the events happening with Hanks & Tautou a part of it (I liked how they showed the pair entering Westminster Abbey and you were seeing Sir Isaac Newton's funeral).

The movie gets 2-thumbs up from me. I think the reason why reviewers trashed some of the movie was that it wasn't an Action-Movie, which is something expected around this time of the year (This weekend was a common release date for some of the biggest action movies of all time including most of the Star Wars movies). For Ron Howard to make it an action movie he would have cut the book up and rewrite the script completely differently. And for this fan of "The DaVinci Code" I'm glad that they stuck with the book.

BTW, it was a great cast although I really hate that hairdo that Tom Hanks had. It made him look older. And I thought Audrey Tautou did a great job in her first major American-made movie. Let's hope we see more of this talented actress!