What does everyone think of The Da Vinci Code?

I agree - the book was much better than the movie. That said, however, there are a lot of bashers of this movie out there and I really don't know what the fuss is about. I didn't think it was THAT bad, although I had already read the book at the time so I knew what was going on. And I have to admit, even though I had already read the book, there were sometimes in the movie where I was confused, because, as you said, they left out a lot and I was expecting that next part to happen but it never did, and it felt very rushed. However, while I do think the book is a great read if you're bored and in need of a thrilling page-turner, I don't think at all that it is a great piece of literature and I highly doubt it will go down as one of the great clics of our time. But I guess it made money and that's really all they care about... :-D