Wow. What a film.
What an awful, awful film. A terrible
disappointment.
It wasn't high on my radar at first.
But it did so well at the box office, and so many people recommended it to
me, that I felt I had to go. They said it was like "The DaVinci Code."
Like hell. It wasn't like "The DaVinci
Code." It was like crap.
Look, I'm not a historical purist,
especially when it's dressed up like a fun adventure and doesn't take itself
too seriously. (Well, except for "A Knight's Tale.") I've read a million
variations of the Knights Templar, and I like them. So I went into this
expecting a nice action/adventure. But my problem wasn't with the
historicalness. It was everything else. Diane Kruger (most recently seen as
Helen in "Troy") is okay but not stellar. That would be forgivable if that
was the film's worst flaw. Nic Cage delivers a truly bad, wooden performance
- no, not just bad by the high bar he's set with previous wonderful
performances. Bad by any standard. Terrible writing, terrible dialog.
Overall, a great disappointment.
My Rating: 3
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