lundi, mai 22, 2006  Boring.There is some magic in the book that did not translate into the movie. All the prayers of the Christians and Catholics in the world did some good, perhaps? I shan't go too far into that debate - we may pray, and God will answer - yes/no/wait - but results are only positive if they're in His will. The movie still sucked, though. What a mountain from a molehill! There were very awkward cut-offs in the music while I was watching the movie. I'm not sure if this is a problem with the cinema (I went to my favourite Eng Wah cinema), or whether we got a really, really censored version of the DVC. Did the church get censored too? I think all the scenes of the cabal and the actual conspirators added up to less than five minutes of screen time. The movie wasn't gripping enough - perhaps because the movie was based on a whodunit mystery novel, and I had already read the book, so I know what is going on? I'm not too sure. Poor Audrey Tautou - she spent the whole movie in very painful heels, RUNNING occasionally. But her hair was gorgeous to the very end. I would love hair like that. Wildly inappropriate thoughts kept running through my mind as I watched the movie. I half expected Tom Hanks to talk about boxes of chocolate, or ask 'Where's Wilson', or pull Meg Ryan into a dipping kiss somewhere. I expected Jean Reno to pull out a huge duffel bag full of guns and waste the entire incompetent French police force. I expected Leigh Teabing to suddenly stretch out his arms, and have some poor sod with metal embedded in his skeleton to rise in the air and scream with pain. In short, the movie was completely boring. Read the book. It's infinitely better. [eta: I didn't know this at the time when I posted this, but there's actually a website called So Dark The Con Of Dan.] [So Dark The Con of Dan] |
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