The DaVinci Code was the first Dan Brown book I read. The movie was a big disappontment, very choppy and disjointed. I enjoyed the book Angels and Demons much more than DaVinci Code. I wasn't expecting much given the first movie but WOW ... I was blown away. The changes to the book were reasonable to move it along. It would have been IMPOSSIBLE to fit that book's detail into 2.5 hours. GREAT JOB by Ron Howard ... he clearly learned from his DaVinci mistakes. Remember, in most cases with detailed mystery/suspense stories, THE BOOK IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE !! (unless of course you have Hitchcock as director!)