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Ron Howard: No 'Da Vinci Code' Disclaimer
NewsMax ^ | 5/12/06 | NewsMax

Posted on 05/12/2006 2:12:02 PM PDT by wagglebee

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121 posted on 05/12/2006 5:04:58 PM PDT by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%
He screwed up Apollo 13 in two other ways, too:

1. He implied that there remains lingering doubt as to whether or not Gus Grissom "scrwed the pooch" with regard to the exploding hatch that sunk the capsule. According to Gordo Cooper, in his autobiography, Grissom was rather quickly cleared of all culpability, and if there was any question as to that, Cooper said, folks needed to realize that proof was in the fact that Grissom was assigned to later missions; if there had been any doubt as to his reliability, he would NEVER have been on another project or mission.

2. The movie completely ignored Gordo's strong Christian faith, leaving the impression that he was a godless hedonist! Cooper doesn't complain about it in his autobiography, but reading it one becomes very aware of how important religion was in Gordo's whole make-up.

122 posted on 05/12/2006 5:21:23 PM PDT by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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To: Hayzo

They did, it was called a million-ton hype machine. If any straight people went to see that without knowing what they were getting into they must be from Mars.


123 posted on 05/12/2006 5:23:18 PM PDT by rattrap
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To: wagglebee

Attention Audience: The following movie is a work of fiction. There are no such things as warp drive, tricorders, sub-space communication, or instant teleportation and/or "beaming" of any kind. These technologies do not exist as portrayed in this movie.

A disclaimer like that ya mean?


124 posted on 05/12/2006 5:28:58 PM PDT by Bones75
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To: wagglebee
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, Howard rejected calls for a disclaimer, stating: "This is a work of fiction that presents a set of characters that are affected by these conspiracy theories and ideas. Those characters in this work of fiction act and react on that premise.

Ron, is one of my favored Directors and he made it plenty enough as to what the movie is all about.
See the highlights!

125 posted on 05/12/2006 5:34:49 PM PDT by danmar ("Reason obeys itself,and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it....... Thomas Paine)
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To: wagglebee

Lord of the Rings is fiction too. You need a disclaimer?????


126 posted on 05/12/2006 5:36:54 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (We want our day: A day without hearing SPANISH ...)
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To: Finny

Are you thinking of "The Right Stuff?"


127 posted on 05/12/2006 5:40:31 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sancte Joseph, terror daemonum, ora pro nobis!)
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To: Borges

A case can be made against disclaimers, but only if it's across-the-board on free speech grounds. The problem I have...and I think it's the problem most people here have...is that Politically Correct groups get disclaimers. But Christians, not being PC, don't.


128 posted on 05/12/2006 5:41:12 PM PDT by puroresu (Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
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To: Borges

BTW, I'm a big movie fan and I own some controversial films on DVD, including the aforementioned ROSEMARY'S BABY (great movie), THE BIRTH OF A NATION (great), and BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (great).

I understand opposition to disclaimers, and I try to judge films on their merit, though subjectively it's easier for me to do that with older films. BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN is pure Commie propaganda, but it's an excellent film. It has artistic and historical merit. I'm happy to own it on DVD, but I have no desire to own any recent leftist films. I have a hard time finding any artistic merit in them, and they're too Orwellian in their propaganda techniques. At least Eisenstein didn't insult our intelligence. There's a light year's difference between POTEMKIN and a piece of garbage like V FOR VENDETTA, or the normalizing of perversion in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN.


129 posted on 05/12/2006 5:54:13 PM PDT by puroresu (Conservatism is an observation; Liberalism is an ideology)
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To: Mears
I have no problem with his stance. The book is fiction, the movie is fiction . A disclaimer is not needed.

Agreed. Howard is not out of line.
'Better watch his back, though.

130 posted on 05/12/2006 6:24:33 PM PDT by b9 ("the [evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat Party] alternative is unthinkable" ~ Jim Robinson)
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To: kinoxi

It claims to be historical fiction.


131 posted on 05/12/2006 7:25:29 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: Finny
I read both books too.

Read "Holy Blood Holy Grail", Davinci was simply a ripoff.

I even saw a ufo once, up close. I do not however believe it was from outer space.
132 posted on 05/12/2006 7:29:58 PM PDT by mmercier
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To: E-Mat
STAND WAY BACK OR YOU'LL GET BURNT! I always stand near the fire.
133 posted on 05/12/2006 7:32:17 PM PDT by mmercier
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To: kinoxi
Brown is peddling to the masses Elaine Pagels's theory of Christian history. Both authors want us to believe that the Catholic Church suppressed the true story of Jesus. Each believes about the Catholic Church what the average Muslim believes about the Jews, that they are evil.
134 posted on 05/12/2006 7:33:52 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: SHOOT THE MOON bat

Considering how the French have fared in warfare, divine paternity would be hard to prove.


135 posted on 05/12/2006 7:40:30 PM PDT by sine_nomine (No more RINO presidents. We need another Reagan.)
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To: doodlelady

A disclaimer was added to the film." The Gospel of John." which is a word by word filming of the Gospel. This was done because the Gospel makes the Jewish leadership look bad, far more than does Gibson's "Passion." All Howard has to do is to tell who the Gnostics were (are)and how this movie adopts their views, that orthodox Christians see matters quite differently.


136 posted on 05/12/2006 7:44:22 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: RobbyS

That would be fine if he were trying to proselytize.
It's not a documentary, it's a film from a laughably flawed book.
Have you read it?

Mucho ado about nada, imo.


137 posted on 05/12/2006 7:59:13 PM PDT by b9 ("the [evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat Party] alternative is unthinkable" ~ Jim Robinson)
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To: NYer

London Evening Standard...sounds like Tom is getting antsy too. I can't find the longer story I read today about him but he has collected about 10 religions in his illustrious lifetime.

Hanks reacts to Da Vinci critics
Tom Hanks in The Da Vinci Code

Hanks plays a Harvard professor in Ron Howard's film
Da Vinci Code star Tom Hanks has said the film of Dan Brown's controversial best-seller is just "a good story" that should not be taken too seriously.

The actor told London's Evening Standard newspaper the film was loaded with "hooey" and "nonsense".

"If you are going to take any sort of movie at face value, particularly a huge-budget motion picture like this, you'd be making a very big mistake."

The film has attracted criticism from religious leaders and organisations.

The Da Vinci Code receives its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.

'Scavenger hunt'

Leading figures in the Catholic Church have called for a boycott of the film, which they claim is blasphemous and an attack on their faith.

Author Brown's book includes a tale that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and had children, a secret bloodline that has been covered up by the Catholic Church.

But Hanks, who plays a Harvard professor in Ron Howard's film, said the film was "a lot of fun", likening it to a "scavenger hunt".

"We always knew there would be a segment of society that would not want this movie to be shown," he said.

But he claimed that it "never hurts" for a film to provoke "dialogue" about religious issues and history.


138 posted on 05/12/2006 8:02:41 PM PDT by Frank Sheed (Tá brón orainn. Níl Spáinnis againn anseo.)
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To: doodlelady
The book is not nothing if millions believe it is true. The film is not nothing if a major star and a major director choose to film it. Millions of people believe that Fahrenheit 9/11 is history. Million of people still believe what Oliver Stone told them is history. Long ago, millions of people believed that "Birth of a Nation" was the truth, and that belief led to the recreation of the KKK. Within ten years, the Klan numbered in the millions and blacks, Jews and Catholics all felt the sting of the lash. Movies have a great capacity to create myths, and this film presents the Gnostic myth.
139 posted on 05/12/2006 8:09:13 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: Pyro7480

Gads... you're RIGHT!!! Silly me.


140 posted on 05/12/2006 8:10:11 PM PDT by Finny (God continue to Bless President G.W. Bush with wisdom, popularity, safety and success.)
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