HAVE A CRACK AT THE CODE

The Davinci Code has just hit cinemas in HK and let me tell you............they're lining up from Yuen Long to see it. After searching every cinema this side of Guandong, we finally got tickets to see it at Cyberport the other night, I'd have to say all the hype was probably just that.

Having read the book, I was intrigued as to how they'd capture the thrill aspect of the story on film. Tom Hanks is always the master, and so I was confident going in, that he'd pull off the roll as Robert Langdon...however it was a lesser light who took the honours in my view (a.k.a sophie neveu). Many of the scenes were uncannily similar to what I'd imagined as I read the book. The re-created scenes from Roman times were excellent...Ron Howard built the suspense in all the right places, and yet something was not quite there. Is it the old 'film never lives up to text' syndrome? Do we go in expecting way too much? Is it the shock factor of not knowing what will happen that thrills us?

Whatever the mysterious explanation is, this will have to go down as one of the those movies that just didn't quite live up to the authors lofty standards. However I think this film will definitely cause millions of people to delve deeper into their own beliefs about our purpose here on earth, and to consider the true significance of Jesus' existence.