Even if critics, friends and family (my mom, especially) attemtped to dissuade me from watching the controversial Ron Howard's movie (perhaps, including Dan Brown's top-of-the-list best-selling book), I kept my mind (also, my eyes) open to all goods and bads since I couldn't afford to miss one of Tom Hanks's.
I was amazed by how Howard actually presented all the 'codes' (symbols, that's what most people refer to according to symbology or semiotics) with excellent visual effects - especially like the ones of the mysterious anagrams to be solved by Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and of the different 'hidden' images of 'The Last Supper' done by Sir Leigh Teabing (Ian Mckellen - my favourite 'Gandalf' in Lord of the Rings!). Obviously, those visual effects and 'codes' draw me once again to the interesting study of semiotics, which I found most difficult to be handled when I was still studying Cultural Studies at Chinese University.
Having no bias to the movie beforehand, I quite enjoyed myself 'exhausting' my brain with all sorts of questioning, thinking, guessing, rethinking and doubting. A wonderful experience, after all.
There's no doubt a disappointment to the fans of the actors and actress/es in the movie coz they didn't stand out at all. A rather poor ending with the discovery of the actual 'tomb' of Mary Magdalene (the most important role being questioned in this story) as in the Louvre (absolutely unconvincing).
However, if you haven't yet read the book and see yourself as somewhat 'unbiased', it's worth it to get a feel of the world of chaos - digging into the root of christianity and CHALLENGING the history. Don't go if you don't see it as FICTION.
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