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Posted: 30 May 2006 at 9:00pm | IP Logged

starring tom hanks, sir ian mckellen and paul bettany.

went to see this last night with dh.  i'd read half of the book so went not knowing how it was going to end, but found myself comparing it anyway. 

thought the storyline was very controversial about jesus and the holy grail and a secret theory, the acting mediocre and the pace pleasant.  lots of action and twists and turns, but abit dull if you've read the book. 

sir ian mckellen was brilliant (as always, in my humble opinion), and the locations (lots of stunning churches and cathedrals-on of which was lincoln cathedral) were breathtakingly beautiful.  nice soundtrack from hans zimmer too.

3.5 out of 5 from me!

Posted: 30 May 2006 at 9:23pm | IP Logged

i agree with what you said about tom hanks...he looks so old in the film too, older than i imagined the character to be and not as dashing-lolol.  sir ian mckellen could play a bin bag and still be outstanding (in mho).  that man has such charisma. 

i knew nothing of the 'theory' behind the book, but i had seen a documentary on national geographic based around the templars and the holy grail (as discussed in dan brown's book) and was completely bowled over by it.  the 'evidence' is very strong, and convincing and this film/book does get you thinking about theology from a different angle.

i also remember reading in the paper that westminster abbey/st paul's cathedral forbidded any film production to take place in and around it's premises for reasons of blasphemy so the crew opted for lincoln cathedral instead (my home turf).  the local rag there reported that one solitary nun sat on the cathedral steps in protest-bless her.  needless to say her protest was heard but not acted on!!