The Da Vinci Code opens to lukewarm praise at Cannes
The Da Vinci Code movie was screened Tuesday night at the 59th Cannes Film Festival in France for hundreds of journalists from around the world. Initial screenings opened to some ?lukewarm praise? as Reuters reports, but much of the response has been very critical so far.
The Hollywood Reporter headlined its review, ” ‘Da Vinci Code’ an unwieldy, bloated puzzle.” And Stephen Schaefer of the Boston Herald writes, “It seems like you’re in there forever. And you’re conscious of how hard everybody’s working to try to make sense of something that basically perhaps is unfilmable.”
?At a news conference, Howard and Hanks defended the film, calling it a piece of fiction. British actor Alfred Molina, who plays a Machiavellian bishop in the movie, blamed the media for creating controversy where there was little or none.
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Even leaders have questions about life: Talk with us todayAt a screening late on Tuesday in Cannes, members of the audience laughed at the thriller’s pivotal moment, and the end of the $125 million picture was greeted with stony silence.
Howard had some advice for those who objected to the story.
“There’s no question that the film is likely to be upsetting to some people. My advice is … to not go and see the movie if you think you’re going to be upset.”
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Lukewarm huh? I thought I read a Bible verse about lukewarm once.
Interesting response by the Europeans! I wonder what the North American response will be…..somehow I think we here in NA are more about entertainment and less about using our minds to think things through. That’s a generalization but it will be interesting to see how people respond when the movie comes out tomorrow.
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New York Post cheered:” ‘The Da Vinci Code’ is the Holy Grail of summer blockbusters: a crackling, fast-moving thriller that’s every bit as brainy and irresistible as Dan Brown’s controversial bestseller.”
Haven’t seen the movie yet personally (I’ll be seeing it on Monday!) but from the sounds of it, its not getting great critical reviews so far. See RottenTomatoes.com’s list of movie critics’ reviews:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/da_vinci_code/
There are some positive reviews, but most are negative so far. I’m still looking forward to seeing it and evaluating it myself!
I just saw the movie on saterday, and with all the hype around it and the amazing cast, i thought that it would be a classic, [Even though the i don't agree with the views of the book.] but the movie was a dissappointment, we all know the book is better than the movie, and the movie is still acceptable,eg. Lord Of the Rings. I sat in the movie house waiting something that wsn’t coming.I think they rushed the making of the movie to cash in on the hype at the time.