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Re: *** Official THE DA VINCI CODE Review Thread
I enjoyed watching Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sofia Neveu (Audrey Tautou) attempt to un-riddle the codes left for them by the man who raised Sofia after her parents died and curator of the Louvre Museum, Jacques Sauniere (Jean-Pierre Marielle).
This story begins in France at a seminar with Harvard Symbologist Robert Langdon on stage talking about you guessed it symbols. Afterwards as Robert is signing autographs for his fans French Captain Bezu Fache (Jean Reno) visits with him. Captain Fache shows Langdon a picture of Jacques Sauniere in a unique position dead on the floor of the Louvre. Robert knew Jacques and was supposed to meet with him. The Detective then asks Langdon to accompany him to the crime scene to assist in the deciphering of the symbols left behind. Once there, Langdon gives Captain Fache what information he can while a young female officer (Sofia Neveu) shows up to assist in the case. Sofia hands Robert her cell phone so he can retrieve a message left for him. Robert listens to the message and thus begins his fugitive-light quest towards uncovering the greatest lie ever told.
Ron Howard shot this movie wonderfully. There were tons of interesting panning views of the museums, churches and estates. This combined with ghostly overlays of the past in conjunction with the present really gave this movie a classy touch. This didn’t look like some low budget shaky digital mess and if anything, this movie had a nice grown up feel to it. There was a utilization of subtitles during non-English moments.
Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany and Jean Reno all performed their roles well.
B+
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