The da vinci dud - The Da Vinci Code Reviews

I really, really, really wanted to like this film. ( I saw it in Paris last night, as it opened in Cannes on the 17th.) But Ron Howard told us a very detailed story instead of making a film. Nothing is left to the imagination...as it is all laid out before us in perfect sequence. Granted this book has been read by everyone, but I expected a more dramatic, subtle interpretation. I did not expect a page-by-page adaptation of the book. It was slow, and boring at times, and the ending was so off base it was comical. Ron definitely needed a better script to work with. Tom is, well, Tom, and Ian is magnificent, Jean is ok, nothing special. I was disappointed in Audrey Tatou's acting, as she was some sort of doll person, a fake. Many people do not like the flashbacks used in the film, I personally thought the majority of them worked well. I just wish the ending was not such a dud. It was like tasting a fine French wine, the color was lovely, the body, ample, the boquet inviting,but the actual taste was that of tepid, warm soy water.....blaugh...