I thought the book was better than the movie. However, I did not like Dan Brown's reducing masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and Isaac Newton's tomb to mere clues in a code. The movie will cause no change in those who are secure enough in their Catholic faith, but the number of such faithful is ever shrinking in secular America. It is also understandable why the movie is so popular in Europe, which is the one region of the world that may just be less religious than the East and West Coasts of the United States.

It looks like Brown is just getting started in the movie industry. His first work, Angels and Demons, could get the film treatment as well...