Oh my god, Oh my god, I finally, finally, finally watched the movie. I had been going crazier by the day for not watching the first day first show. I was annoyed, I felt bad that I could not go watch the preview, even after my friend's invitation; invitation to watch the movie with him, invitation to pick me up from home and drop me back! Oops...I live next door to the PVR! Its almost a pajama party if I had to go for a movie!
Anyway, looking at my state, my best friend Al decided he take me to watch the movie. We set a date and a date it was. It was the 2250 show. Al came home at 2100 hrs and we thought a couple of drinks before the movie will not do us any harm. So there I go...opening a fine single malt and chilling out with my buddy. My better half joins us and he gets his friends over as well! So before could finish one drink, it was a total party! And I was humming..tonite is party time, its party time tonite! We spoke and laughed about musings, ravings, about legal and media professions, and whow...before we could realise it was 2300hrs! And we are already late by 10 minutes for the movie. Oh no! how I cursed myself. I so wanted to watch the curator die, I so wanted to watch the grand entry of Sophie Nevue. I did not know how we managed to run so fast to the movie hall. It took us exactly 3 minutes from then on to reach the movie hall. I thought I had lost 500 grams by then and Al decided he'd skip his morning kick boxing class for the next 3 days!
We wait in the queue and oh no...this was the longest queue ever! In fact there were just 6 people I would have counted in front of me, but it seemed as though we'd get to our seats just during the interval. And lo behold! to our surprise...the movie is delayed by half hour. And there we go...breathing a sigh of relief, panting, sweating and feeling thirsty, all at the same time! We get our pop corn pepsi combos, trying to get a place to sit near the candy bar. And there's no place! The waiting area is full of Da Vinci enthusiasts, some first timers, some who have seen it 3 times before, many who have read the book twice or more, and wanting to watch how Ron Howard has captured the essence of Dan Brown's fictional versions of Mary Magdelene, Holy Grail and Christianity. And Al and I were one of them, the last kinds. We now patiently watch as people are talking, capturing various interpretations and not saying a word, while we munch on crispy corn and chilled pepsi.
Finally, after a half hour wait...we enter the hall, and grab our seats! And the rest is history. Well well, I don't think I am going to get into the story in detail. Its not necessary. Its for you to watch and interpret the way you want. As for me and All, this was the greatest movie ever made, after Matrix, and the entire story is so mind boggling. The way Ron has depicted the secret cult, the way Tom Hanks has played Robert Langdon and the way Tautau spoke Frenchie English! Ah...so awesome...and so real. Not to forget the sets, the churches!
Beautiful is the word. I was totally impressed. Luckily I did not have the reviews and critical analysis stuck in my head. Thankfully that helped!
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