daVinci Code

I saw the daVinci Code this weekend, two years after reading the book on a beach in Florida. I will simply say that the movie was as boring as watching paint dry. Ever since I heard that Tom Hanks was cast for that part, I was telling people that he was the wrong guy to play Robert Langdon. Most people challenged me to come up with a better suggestion. I think David Duchovny of X Files fame. My mom thought John Malkovich would have been a better choice.

Tom was just too bland and his hairstyle was just all wrong. I do like Tom Hanks as an actor, but I definitely preferred him in such film greats as Splash and The Burbs. I despised his turn to the serious. Not to say that he didnt do an amazing job in Philadelphia or Forrest Gump. I just preferred the silly movies and the roles Tom played in those movies.

I am not saying you should not go see the movie. I am just warning you that the great beach read, is not as fascinating on screen. As an aside, I also saw Friends with Money this weekend. It was an excellent movie and it bothers me that most of the movie-going population does not know about these types of movies or do not put forth the effort to see independent films.