The book is better than the movie ... The book is better than the movie ... The book is better than the movie ... but hey, I have not read the book ??? How bout that ???
Some points on the movie: -
1. What's with Tom Hanks' hairdo? Just like in the "Epic Movie" - 'So lame, the hair of Tom'. Could someone else fair better? Probably. But Hanks was certainly not in his usual element.
2. Audrey Tautou is gorgeous, as always. But this is no Amelie.
3. For someone who has yet to read the book, a lot of questions remain unanswered.
4. The puzzles and the clues are somewhat satisfying and exciting.
5. Ian Mckellen as Sir Leigh Tibbing, together with Paul Bettany as the loyal Silas, gave the two best perfomances in the film.
6. But since I have not read the book, personally I felt that the story, the plot and the clues were cleverly adapted and captured into the film. Kudos to Ron Howard, the Director for courageously attempting to cover a risky ground. And hats off to Akiva Goldsman for cleverly bringing out only the relevant details from an immensely difficult source. I must admit that it's obviously hard to capture within a couple of hours almost every single relevant detail from a comprehensive material. (The Lord Of The Rings trilogy were quite exceptional in that sense).
7. Rather satisfying for a non reader. But as a great admirer of Tom Hanks, his performance was not quite up to my expectations.
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