Ron Howard's Filmography, as a Director, Could be Called "Spielberg Lite". A "Safe" Movie-Maker that Shuns "R" Rated Ultra-Violence and Eliminates Almost All Sex or Sexual Reference.
The Look of the Movie Certainly Does Not Lack Luster, its the Droning-On Dialog that seems Forced at Times and the Film Falls to a Crawl. With Danger Never Feeling Contemporary, but Distant.
Howard Lacks the Gifts Bestowed Upon Spielberg as an Innate Craftsman of the "Art" and "Passion" for Movies that Somehow is Evident and On-Display in Most if Not All of Films.
CONTROVERSIAL...to say the Least was the Surprise Mega-Best-Selling Book by Dan Brown...and that Bled-Over to the Movie.
It's NOT Surprising, after all, We're Talking About "Jesus", His Blood-Line, Major and Profound Cover-Ups by the Catholic Church...YIKES.
The Subject was Ripe for Ridicule by Theologians, Scholars, Academics, Christians...More that Half the Planet Ready to "Take Up Arms" and "Crusade" for the Book and the Film to be "Burned"..."Banned"...and labeled...Blasphemous.
That's just the "Subject", leaving Aside Brown's "Skill" as an Author-Story-Teller and Ron Howard's "Skill" as a Film-Maker.
The Book was Destined to be a Best-Seller, Gobbled-Up by those that "Love" the Taboo, Mystery, and History...and also by those who "Hate" its Chutzpah for Daring to even Attempt to Correct or Re-Write Historical Accounts...Canon or Non-Canonical.
The Film Does a Good Job Formulating and Executing the "Paper-Chase" and Assembling the Puzzle-Pieces in a Way that Believers and Non-Believers can Come Aboard.
The Quest Dries Out Now and Then Evaporating some of the Substance Flowing Underneath.
The Violence and Threats by the Antagonists, and the Harm Lurking About, while There, Never Seems Wholly Substantial.
It's a Contrivance of Situations, Clues, and Comeuppance that the Book and the Movie Demands, and can be a bit Too Much of a Demand.
When That Happens the Story Becomes More of Fantasy then a Misguided Real-Life Attempt at Controlling the Masses.
"The Davinci Code", Book and Movie, are Fiction Based on a Faith-Based Religious Icon that some say is Fiction.
It's a Formula Fraught with Fever from the Out-Set, and Both Book and Movie Took Plenty of Heat.
Overall, it can be a Fun-Time-Film Depending how Seriously One Attaches to the DOGMA the Story Destroys.
If You Like the Book You Will Like the Movie If You Like the Movie You Will Like the Book.
The Look of the Movie Certainly Does Not Lack Luster, its the Droning-On Dialog that seems Forced at Times and the Film Falls to a Crawl. With Danger Never Feeling Contemporary, but Distant.
Howard Lacks the Gifts Bestowed Upon Spielberg as an Innate Craftsman of the "Art" and "Passion" for Movies that Somehow is Evident and On-Display in Most if Not All of Films.
CONTROVERSIAL...to say the Least was the Surprise Mega-Best-Selling Book by Dan Brown...and that Bled-Over to the Movie.
It's NOT Surprising, after all, We're Talking About "Jesus", His Blood-Line, Major and Profound Cover-Ups by the Catholic Church...YIKES.
The Subject was Ripe for Ridicule by Theologians, Scholars, Academics, Christians...More that Half the Planet Ready to "Take Up Arms" and "Crusade" for the Book and the Film to be "Burned"..."Banned"...and labeled...Blasphemous.
That's just the "Subject", leaving Aside Brown's "Skill" as an Author-Story-Teller and Ron Howard's "Skill" as a Film-Maker.
The Book was Destined to be a Best-Seller, Gobbled-Up by those that "Love" the Taboo, Mystery, and History...and also by those who "Hate" its Chutzpah for Daring to even Attempt to Correct or Re-Write Historical Accounts...Canon or Non-Canonical.
The Film Does a Good Job Formulating and Executing the "Paper-Chase" and Assembling the Puzzle-Pieces in a Way that Believers and Non-Believers can Come Aboard.
The Quest Dries Out Now and Then Evaporating some of the Substance Flowing Underneath.
The Violence and Threats by the Antagonists, and the Harm Lurking About, while There, Never Seems Wholly Substantial.
It's a Contrivance of Situations, Clues, and Comeuppance that the Book and the Movie Demands, and can be a bit Too Much of a Demand.
When That Happens the Story Becomes More of Fantasy then a Misguided Real-Life Attempt at Controlling the Masses.
"The Davinci Code", Book and Movie, are Fiction Based on a Faith-Based Religious Icon that some say is Fiction.
It's a Formula Fraught with Fever from the Out-Set, and Both Book and Movie Took Plenty of Heat.
Overall, it can be a Fun-Time-Film Depending how Seriously One Attaches to the DOGMA the Story Destroys.
If You Like the Book You Will Like the Movie If You Like the Movie You Will Like the Book.
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