Movie Madness

Caught Da Vinci last night, I must say apart from Tom Hanks' greasy wavy hair precariously perched on a painfully prominent M-hairline, the movie's pretty much an okay. Definitely more than the 2 stars (stupid) ST gave. It's been very long since I last trusted ST's movie reviews by the way...

Some parts from the novel were missing.. Maybe the producers didn't see a need to follow print too stringently. The French actress's English was distractingly bad. Especially when she sounded tortured enunciating some words. Kinda slowed down the fast furrow of mindwrecking puzzle-solving depicted in the book......

And somehow, the "AHA!" moments in the movie seemed too coincidental and child's play. Maybe coz I've read the book and a-ha! has lost its element of surprise. But Hanks could've done better, I feel. At least show some twinkle in your eye or some excitement bah dude! Eh but Langdon's a boring academic.... what more do I expect?

The beautiful paintings at Lourve Museum are a-mazingly stunning. I was distracted by the portraits more than the uncovering of clues, lol. And the part where Hanks kneeled at the Pyramid got me tearing a bit. Loyalty and Love of the unswerving type never fails to get me.

*****
Next on my hit list? X-Men III and Over the Hedge. Can't wait to see my Wolverine on big screen again where I can openly gape at him without embarassment. The beauty of cinema halls..heh heh..

Oh and the cute-as-buttons awwww-invoking animals in Over the Hedge. Baby turtles and baby hedgehogs? AAAWWWWWW.......

Gotta go for my jazz dance lessons now.. till the next review (>_<)