Film Review – The Da Vinci Code

Finally, The Da Vinci Code hits our screens. For those unfamiliar with the novel, it concerns the ironically-named Faithless’s assertion that God is a DJ.

Faithless are a band or collective who have been making stadium dance music for some time now. Their sacred cow-busting belief in God’s turntable skills has shaken the world. But how is this brought to the silver screen?

The titular Da Vinci Code is a form of programming used by Faithless’s creative leaders Rollo and Sister Bliss when organising their synthesisers and sequencers. It was through this code that they originally reached their conclusion about the nature of the Lord. Fittingly, it is through this code that the film is presented.

A knowledge of C++ programming is a bare minimum qualification for watching this film as it assumes a frightening degree of shared knowledge and doesn’t wait for stragglers. If you’re in any way intimidated by the idea of a motion picture’s visual half being solely characters used in computer programming then you’d better look elsewhere. The soundtrack is more accessible, although a second song other than ‘God is a DJ’ by Faithless would have been welcome.

The book conquered the literary world. The film is oblique and wilfully unengaging –perhaps one for true fans only.