so dark the con of man

Oh, you knew it was coming.

After reading Dan Brown's famed novel, The DaVinci Code, I saw the movie Sunday night, eager to see what the hype was all about.

It was pretty cool, I won't lie.

Granted, much like any novel-turned-movie, the novel is always better. Why? Because instead of some images on a screen, the images are supplied by your own mind - they can be as simplistic or as extravagant as you'd like. In my case, the images were obviously as phenomeonal as possible, but my eye wasn't dissapointed seeing Ron Howard's adaptation.

Seeing the actual locations, so rich in history and detail, was lovely. The best parts of the movie were the historical throwbacks, re-enactments of events no one has eever heard of, let alone ever seen. The decision of what would be included and what would not be included in the New Testament, or the supposed birth of Mary Magdelana's child, Sarah, who was allegedly fathered by Jesus Christ himself... Unforgettable scenes.

Of course, the action-adventure aspect of the movie was heartpounding, especially when Silas (the creepy Opus Dei assassin-man) creeps around, and always ends up coming back like a bad case of the crabs. However, these action sequences only feel like events delaying the sweeping revelation the entire movie is leading up to: The Holy Grail. Who needs running from the police and gun fights when there's "the greatest cover-up in human history"?

Overall, though it is true the the movie is getting bad reviews left and right, please remember the expectations people had for the movie. Based on The DaVinci Code's performance on the New York Times bestseller list, many people have read it. And like I said; visuals from your own mind will always be better than those on the screen.

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Apart from that, had a lovely past week. Great weekend with the rents out of town, Friday night with Justine, my sunny Saturday off with Kate Vihvelin's retirement party (can you believe it?) and working my first "real" shift on Sunday. It's not so bad.

Anyway, thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed my review - remember - ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO LEAVE COMMENTS! (...Was that... blunt?)

Cool cool like a cucumber and hot hot like fire,
Joel