Current mood:	tired
Current music:	Only love can break a heart - Gene Pitney
Entry tags:	movies

Da Vinci Code - spoiler free
There were about 30 dancers at the movie last night - more and more people just kept turning up. The movie wasn't bad, but it is definitely one to watch as part of a social outing, rather than for its own sake.  

Paul Bettany and Ian Mackellan were great, but the rest of the cast were a bit ho-hum. I read a review this morning that was commenting on how Robert Langdon was supposed to be "Harrison Ford in Harris tweed" with a dark chocolate voice, but Tom Hanks just made him seem slightly depressed, and not at all sexy. :-( Audrey Tautou was competent, but she lacked the zing she had in Amelie. 

I think I'm glad I hadn't read the book - the plot was pretty predictable as it was, and I suspect I would have been bored stupid if I'd known all the twists beforehand. I might read it now to pick up the extra depth and backstory that a film always leaves out. And I will need to take a bit more time to decide what I think about the whole Opus Dei thing. 

We did all managed to stay awake, which was a good sign, although possibly the amount of popcorn that was being thrown around and stuffed down shirts had something to do with it. :-) I'm kinda surprised management didn't try to throw us out, but maybe they figured we were too many. The credits didn't start to roll until 1.04 am (after about 4 false endings - almost as many as LOTR!) and we went to bed around 2am, so I was a bit sleepier than usual today.