An average movie

When the word came out that they were making a movie adaptation, there was a huge buzz about it. Eventually, even though it made some big bucks at the box-office, it wasn’t very well received. Eventually, I saw it a few years later after borrowing the DVD from a colleague and even though I had some rather low expectations, I don’t think it was so bad after all. Indeed, I thought it was actually a fairly entertaining thriller and it was fun to see an American thriller taking place in France for once. Of course, since half of the book (which I have read afterwards) was actually about Robert Langdon giving some historical or mythical background, it didn’t translate well to the silver screen. Furthermore, even though it was indeed a fun book, it was actually not really brilliant in my opinion. I mean, Dan Brown basically deals with historical facts, wild theories, improbable legends and fairy tales in the same way at face value and, as a result, it was difficult for me to take the whole thing seriously. Furthermore, I don’t really get all the fuss against this movie. I mean, as if the book was really brilliant to start with. I have to admit it, even though it was definitely entertaining, it was far from being a masterpiece but the makers did their best with this material and the end-result was not even half as bad as everyone claimed. To conclude, of course, it is not really anything amazing, but I still think the movie is actually a decent blockbuster and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10