Not expecting, but also disappointed

Hattie 2022-04-21 09:01:13

I don't really want to read the book The Da Vinci Code, for two reasons. For one, I think the author, Dan Brown, wanted to be famous in the name of Da Vinci (he's my number one idol). Second, it became a trend because too many people watched it, and I also changed from being enthusiastic to watching it, because I didn’t like “following the trend” or blindly agreeing.

When even the movie was released, I hurried to watch it. Because, I think since this drama is adapted from this book, if you don't read the book first, you won't know much about the point of the story. I don't need to say more about the content of the book. It is a decoding story told through Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece. Those codes are Catholicism or Christianity that has the largest number of believers in our world today. The story, in fact, does not need to be seriously believed, it is a novel after all. But it makes people talk about history again and again, to do truth and falsehood, which I think is the most worthwhile place. A lot of things, the more you go to the anti-ban, but it will only become more and more popular. Therefore, those who oppose this novel or film should relax.

The novel is a bit ugly, but it turns out that the movie is uglier than the novel because it's too badly changed. It is too simple. Does director Ron Howard think that many audiences have not read the original book? Because people who have read this book also know the development of the story, and even the details can be remembered clearly, because this is a reasoning novel, it is necessary to To unravel the mystery, also pay attention to its branches. But the movie is really a bit outrageous, and many details are not explained, and even important parts of the story can be changed. I think the good thing about movies is that you can follow the pictures, and you can see those art treasures clearly without going to France and the UK. The rhythm is really fast, so fast that the protagonists don't have time to act, and even the soundtrack is nondescript. I'm a little disappointed with this drama, even the lead actor Tom Hanks is a disappointment, Audrey Tautou is a big disappointment (I'm a fan of her too), the other characters are Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Jurgen Prochnow, Alfred Molina to Paul Bettany are not good-looking. This drama could have been watched well, but why is it like this? Is it the director's fault, the actors' fault, or basically the story's fault?

Most importantly, it could really be a matter of the story.


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  • Holden 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    Generally speaking, if you are serious, you will lose. It's better to read the book and then read it.

  • Kurt 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    If I knew religious knowledge, I would probably find it great.

The Da Vinci Code quotes

  • Sir Leigh Teabing: If it's so important for you to stop us, then you're just going to have to shoot us.

    [nods to indicate Remy]

    Sir Leigh Teabing: You can start with him.

  • Sophie Neveu: A cryptex. They are used to keep secrets. It's da Vinci's design. You write the information on a papyrus scroll which is then rolled around a thin glass vial of vinegar. If you force it open, the vial breaks, vinegar dissolves papyrus, and your secret is lost forever. The only way to access the information is to spell out the password with these five dials, each with 26 letters. That's 12 million possibilities.

    Robert Langdon: I've never met a girl who knew *that* much about a cryptex.

    Sophie Neveu: Saunière made one for me once.

    Robert Langdon: My grandfather... gave me a wagon.