Too Boring To Be Heresy

Where's the juicy bits of heresy? Da Vinci Code was a let down, not that I had high expectations of it. In case you don't know it's about a secret group that has hidden a treasure map on the back of the Declaration of Independence, and Nicholas Cage has to ... oops. My bad.

If you really want to see a good adaptation of Dan Brown's novel, then I suggest "National Treasure." It is not a great movie. But it has the fun, the flair, and the joy that reading the actual book The Da Vinci Code has, where Ron Howard's version just plods along.

There's not even suspense! It's boring! And then voila! Ian McKellen enters and everything is fun, lively, and interesting for about a half hour. Then he's gone again and it's all blah. Ron Howard can do better. Like Apollo 13. Or Ransom. Or The Paper. Or even Edtv. But this is not his best work.