Blake Schwendiman's Blog and Blook

Wow. That's how I felt as the end credits began to roll last night. Just plain wow.

I have to be honest. I loved the book, but I didn't expect the movie to deliver. There's a lot of information in the book that really gives depth to the story. I assumed that information would be necessary to make a good movie and I couldn't figure out how it was going to play into the film. Not every piece of information was there, but what was needed to make the story understandable was. And it worked.

Second, I'm not a huge Tom Hanks fan. I went into the movie expecting to be distracted by him. Nope. He played a good Robert Langdon. In fact, all the actors were cast very well and did a great job.

The whole movie worked for me: cinematography, direction, pace, acting, dialog ... everything. The Da Vinci Code really exceeded my expectations. 2π.