[b.miller]

i dunno.. I would compare DaVinci more with movies like From Hell or National Treasure... they have realistic backdrops but are pretty clearly just theories or outright yarns weaving them together. Of course neither of those movies made nearly as much money as DaVinci will ... but still, I'd say something like a Michael Moore movie has much more of a chance of being misinterpreted as the truth... at least Ron Howard doesn't pretend his movies are documentaries... he takes as much license as any other "based on real events" movie in hollywood...

Howard does succumb to sentimentality though... I personally think that's why Cinderella Man was such a bomb... everyone smelled the depression-era boxer's triumph a mile away and wasn't in a mood for any heartstring pulling of that magnitude. He's a good storyteller though and DaVinci is more of a fast-paced mystery than anything with character or love so the movie should be fun. it HAS to be better than Poseidon.