Fans out in force for Da Vinci premiere : Mail & Guardian Online

Die rolprent, The Da Vincie Code, begin vandag draai. Hoe is die ontvangs? Hierdie artikel gee 'n aanduiding:

Amid an unprecedented amount of hype and hoopla for an opening movie at the Cannes film festival, it took the inimitable Ian McKellen to knock Dan Brown and his swollen bestseller down to size with a single word -- "codswallop".

McKellen, who plays the Earl Grey-loving grail expert Sir Leigh Teabing in The Da Vinci Code, said before the film's world premiere on Wednesday: "While I was reading the book I believed it entirely. Clever Dan Brown twisted my mind convincingly.

"But when I put it down I thought, 'What a load of ... [eloquent pause] potential codswallop."