The catch 22 - The Da Vinci Code Reviews

Here's the challenge; If you read the book you will look at this movie and pick it apart, but anytime a movie is based off such a popular book it suffers that fate. It feels like they left a lot off. There seemed to be far less focus on the entire concept and explanation of the Sacred Feminine and its historical importance. They talked about it obviously, but it just felt like it was overshadowed by the BIGness that is Tom Hanks. From a person who read the book, it seemed that if you hadn?t read the book, you could have easily walked away scratching your head. Maybe that is the brilliance of the movie though, to drive book sales. I know if I walked out, I would have wanted a better explanation in the end, and would have turned to the book for more answers. If you read the book, you understood a lot of the nuances of this film, however, you probably walked away feeling like they missed something here. The catch 22 is, if you didn?t read the book, and you watched this, and THEN decide to read it, you lose some of the suspense and excitement that you get from reading the book. Overall it was a good movie, but I think it may have come off better to those who hadn?t read the book first.