Despite knowing that The Da Vinci Code movie had not earned great reviews (Metacritic score of 48), we took it in late last week. I only read the book one year ago, so it’s relatively fresh in my mind. The movie was tolerable, but just a bit slow. That (lack of) pace is certainly a major reason for the poor reviews. Nothing characterized the book more than headlong pace and action… fast enough that you didn’t care about the nature of the writing. When the movie slows down, you start to notice its other weaknesses (the historical imaginings are a bit wild). But, are for so many worldwide, the book earned the movie a viewing.