Cracking The Da Vinci Code

// January 24th, 2005 // Movies // 2,663 views

I recently finished reading Dan Brownâ€™s ‘The Da Vinci Codeâ€™ and must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. This definitely ranks high up on my â€˜must-readâ€™ list of conspiracy-theory mystery thrillers.

I was equally pleased to find out that Ron Howard was going to direct the screen adaptation of the book. Other cast members confirmed to date is Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Jean Reno (Ronin) and most recently Audrey Tautou (Amelie).

Tautou is to play French cryptologist Sophie Neveu. It is her grandfather’s murder in the Louvre that brings her and a Harvard professor (Hanks) together to search for his killer as they also try to unravel a secret that involves the foundation of Christianity. French actor Jean Reno is cast as Detective Bezu Fache. [Via]

Production will start mid-2005, with the release expected in May 2006. I can’t wait…..

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3 Responses to “Cracking The Da Vinci Code”

Rich...! says:

2005/01/24 at 22:53

Seems kinda daft that they’re making the “Da vinci Code” (Jean Reno: awesome casting) before making “Angels & Demons”, but I guess prequels are all the rage these days.

I must admit that I wasn’t blown away with either book though, I find Dan Brown to be the master of the plot, but not a very good writer, I find him to be juvenile to the point of condescension.

*SPOILER WARNING: DONT READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE BOOK!*

Case-in-point, the Apple riddle, it was blattantly obvious the second you read the clue, yet these three experst spent ages on it, I remembered being frustrated like this throughout both books. In A&D he acts like no-one in the world had heard the word “illuminati” before.

Like I said, great, clever plots, poor writting…!
Aquila says:

2005/01/25 at 10:07

I think Reno will be brilliant – not so sure about Hanks though. Admittedly the plot gripped me much more than the writing

Admittedly the plot gripped me much more than the writing, but I didn’t find it too condescending. I think Brownâ€™s writing is probably aimed or the average Joe who doesnâ€™t really have enough background on things like the Illuminati or Da Vinciâ€™s woks.

Probably depends on what you want to get out of the book. A gripping insight into conspiracy theories or just an entertaining read. I’ll take two teaspoons of both please…