This may be the movie with the worst reviews since Ishtar. Sure, it’s clunky. But I’m pretty sure most of its faults are the faults of the book it’s from (from what I hear, it’s a pretty faithful reproduction, other than they simplified the mystery somewhat). I really didn’t think this was as bad as I was led to expect — I was entertained. I was shocked enough to yelp at one point. I wasn’t bored. I found some of Ron Howard’s “here’s where I REALLY make it REALLY obvious what he’s thinking right now” techniques were way more blatant than they needed to be – felt somewhat INSULTED by them. Apparently he was expecting a less intelligent audience. But he was, wasn’t he, because he was expecting the audience that loved the book…. Mua ha ha ha, really walked into that one, didn’t you, DaVinci fans?!? 🙂
Wasn’t a great movie. But was not the most horrific movie ever made, as perhaps the reviews have convinced you. I’ve seen worse.