Some books are better left as books... - The Da Vinci Code Reviews

The movie made all the hype because of the book but making the movie with PLENTY of alterations made the movie suck big time. The part of the story where Langdon was supposed to go to the Chelsea library but instead made use of the mobile phone internet was lame. They tried to be creative, but it just made it look bad. Comparing it to other books i have read that made the silver screen, this maybe one of the worst. Harry Potter, though many parts of the book didn't make the story, still maintained a good following of the real story. Next, the cracking of the cryptex code. The title says "The Da Vinci Code" and yet they by-passed the first code of the cryptex (a.k.a. SOFIA) and didn't show even one bit how they arrived at cracking this one. It goes the same with the second cryptex code. The delivery of lines, for God's sake, was terrible. If you read this, take a look at the part where Bezu said that the Louvre Pyramid was "a scar in the face of Paris" and Langdon's "such a travesty certainly has never occured" when he was about to enter Teabing's palace. No emotion whatsoever. It was like they were reading something when they delivered those lines. Lame, in simplest terms. Sophie in the book, was smart and witty. Sophie in the movie was a lost child. LOL. Please Holywood, stick to the basic story line. The book sold big time and trying to be creative by making A LOT of alterations does not help. I was expecting to see better. Disappointing.