Ron Howard: No 'Da Vinci Code' Disclaimer

NewsMax ^ | 5/12/06 | NewsMax

[E-Mat]

"...how about I write a book about your mother and portray her as a lying crack-whore?"

LOL! That about sums it up.
LOL...

[Hayzo]

They should have had a disclaimer for all straight people for Brokeback Mountain

[PeterFinn]

Remember that when you start having DUmmies tell you it's real. How may of those retards told us we needed to stop global warming because of what they saw in The Day After Tomorrow? For the soft minds that vote Dhimmocrat and think that socialism is "economic justice" this movie will incite them against Christianity even more than they already were. And then those very same people will bitch and moan if their precious islamofascists are presented in anything other than a favorable light.

[PeterFinn]

GO GET 'EM!!!!!

[Invincibly Ignorant]

You're so much more brilliant than everyone else. Can I touch you?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I don't believe in disclaimers for people who are too easily offended. I still like "Apollo 13" and I liked "A Beautiful Mind." BTW, Ron Howard is the executive producer of 24. I won't be seeing this movie, but that won't stop me from enjoying his other work, any more than "Munich" stopped me from liking "Band of Brothers."

BTW, Rosemary's Baby was and is a great satire of what we would today call yuppies.

[PeterFinn]

"You're so much more brilliant than everyone else. Can I touch you?"

LOL!!!

I'm just a master of the obvious is all.

[bobdsmith]

I am disturbed that so many Americans put so much truck in the historical "accuracy" of Da Vinci Code, a book which I read and found profoundly overrated. However, fiction CAN be very truthful and illuminating, such as Michael Crichton's "State of Fear," a must-read for all high school students and FReepers.

Ironically I also find it disturbing that many people put so much truck in the scientific "accuracy" of State of Fear.

[Energy Alley]

and the movie Mars Attacks didn't come with a disclaimer either... seriously guys, just get laid.

[Jaded]

You'd be surprised.

[ladyinred]

Of course not because so many people do believe it is true, and many more want others to think so. We are not all stupid out here Ron!!!

[conservative blonde]

But no one has the right to drag Christian beliefs in the mud either. This book is trash and should be called what it is a fantasy. There are so many people ignorant of Who Jesus is. This film will just add to their ignorance as they believe they are really seeing truth. How sad.

[Jaded]

You'd be surprised by how many Protestants think it's the truth.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

"Henry Winkler is Jewish."

No way the Fonz is Jewish. He's as Italian as that guy with the funny hat in those Marx Brothers movies.

[Dane]

BTW, Rosemary's Baby was and is a great satire of what we would today call yuppies

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see that movie as a satire, but more of a reflection and celebration of 60's "values"(I know an oxymoronic term).

[spatso]

My notional thought of faith fragility was directed more towards the idea of a maturity in faith rather than a depth of belief. I did not mean to imply that people would lose their faith as result of reading the book. In terms of being offended, it is pretty mild stuff.

[Gumdrop]

Ron Howard: "Hey Fonz, F-you you stinking papist! Go worship the pedophile whore of babylon!""

Henry Winkler is Jewish.

I think you missed the point. The character Fonzarelli is obviously supposed to be an Italian-American, thus probably a Catholic. The statement is aimed at the Fonz, not at Henry Winkler.

[samadams2000]

So Opie grew up to be a bad boy huh? Little Richie is a sh*t disturbing liberal? Sad...So sad...

[spatso]

It depends on which Jesus you are talking about. I love the Jesus of Mark who goes to the cross, beaten, betrayed and scorned. Mark portrays a profoundly human Jesus that suffers the wound of a broken humanity. I am not nearly as enthusiastic for John's account. John's Jesus is shaped by a higher Christology. I am not able to connect with John in the same way as I can with the synoptic gospels. Dan Brown gives us fluff. Mel Gibson, on the other hand, rips the essence of Mark right off the gospel pages and gives a riveting moment of theater. On the whole Christians are doing fine. I hope the movie turns out better than the book.

[Antoninus]

Henry Winkler is Jewish.

Yeah, but Arthur Fonzarelli wasn't.