Frankly, I wasn't too thrilled by it. Hanks & Tautou lack the needed chemistry for the lead couple. The romantic angle was totally left out. Quite frankly, I thought the actor best suited for the role was Russell Crowe. Langdon is depicted as a pretty athletic yet brainy chap and Crowe quite clearly fits the character better if you go by his physique & his prior experience playing such characters. Did Ron Howard just tire of Crowe after 'A Beautiful Mind' & 'Cinderalla Man' ?? We'll never know. The best part arguably, was the final scene of the movie & I don't mean it in a sarcastic way. Robert Langdon's (poignantly enacted) realisation of the location of Mary Magdalene's sarcophagus at the picturesque Louvre museum, accompanied by the truly amazing "Chevaliers de Sangreal" by Hans Zimmer in the background is cinematographically majestic indeed. The crescendo of the composition fits in perfectly with the unraveling of Sauniere's verse:
The Holy Grail 'neath ancient Roslin waits.
Adorned in masters' loving art, She lies.
The blade and chalice guarding o'er Her gates.
She rests atlast beneathe the starry skies.
The Louvre was undoubtedly high on my "Places to visit when in Paris" list, and now it just may have displaced Eiffel Tower as #1. And of course, Chevaliers de Sangreal has gone straight to my iPod.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
Innocent until proven guilty...
I am not a face reader. Believe me, I have made my share of mistakes when it comes to reading people, some of them very gross....mistakes not people.
In an unprecedented move, the Duke University Lacrosse captain who was indicted today gave a stirring speech to the media, proclaiming his innocence. While, it wasn't quite poignant, it did have an air of innocence to it. I don't know if twenty three year old sportsmen can give that amazing a performance if indeed the whole thing was staged but his actions do speak louder than his words. His complete cooperation with the Durham PD from day one, his voluntary polygraph test, the DNA tests which failed to prove his involvement - all point to one of two things - either the rape did not happen OR the police simply got the wrong guys.
Three lives (four including the unidentified victim, if she is indeed a victim) are going to be invariably altered over the course of this trial. Whether this was justified or not, only time will tell.
In an unprecedented move, the Duke University Lacrosse captain who was indicted today gave a stirring speech to the media, proclaiming his innocence. While, it wasn't quite poignant, it did have an air of innocence to it. I don't know if twenty three year old sportsmen can give that amazing a performance if indeed the whole thing was staged but his actions do speak louder than his words. His complete cooperation with the Durham PD from day one, his voluntary polygraph test, the DNA tests which failed to prove his involvement - all point to one of two things - either the rape did not happen OR the police simply got the wrong guys.
Three lives (four including the unidentified victim, if she is indeed a victim) are going to be invariably altered over the course of this trial. Whether this was justified or not, only time will tell.
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