JEERING, LAUGHTER AT 'DA VINCI'

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[Reaganesque]

Not exactly glowing reviews and this from critics who tend to share the same contempt for religion as Hollywood does. It will make some money initially from people curious to see what all the fuss is a bout but, as word gets out about what a stinker it is, it's Box Office will tank big time. Silence is the best strategy here. Let it die the natural and quick death it deserves

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[Eric in the Ozarks]

$125 million ?

[areafiftyone]

snicker snicker!

[small voice in the wilderness]

Another "NOBODY puts Baby in the corner" moment?? lol!

[tigtog]

Good books are generally hard to make into good films. The best film version of a good book I ever saw was "To Kill A Mockingbird". The director translated the book to film exceedingly well. His choice to make in black and white was brillant.

[zerosix]

Bad is still bad even to Hollywierd lefties.

[Atlas Sneezed]

The way I read it, the elite snobs who hated a popular book hate the movie even more. I predict a box office hit.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Being a "zombie" and causing film-goers to "burst out laughing at the movie's key moment" won't stop Hanks from stumbling his fat "bloated" a$$ on stage to collect his "Oscar" from the Jesus-hating Hollywood elite who are out of touch with America and completely devoid of any spiritual awareness whatsoever.

[woofie]

Opie,lets find Goober,Floyd,and Barney and go fishin ...We can forget all this other stuff.....

[Proud_USA_Republican]

I'm sure Tarentino and the rest of the liberal artisan Cannes cabal will ram this movie into winning the top award, just like they did for F911.

[Jhensy]

For some reason, this makes me really, really happy -- and I'm not the most religious person the world. I just hate phony Hollywood hype (especially from the bigoted left) and it's great to see their bullsh*t blow up in their face.

The left loses.... again.

[Bommer]

I don't think so. People are tired of paying $7.50 - $9.00 on Hollywod crap. MI3 is a classic example of that. I think this will bomb huge.

[Thom Pain]

I agree completely, "To Kill A Mockingbird" was the best ever & nothing else is even close. Loved the book, saw the movie and was so impressed I went back and read the book again.

[Chi-townChief]

Ronnie Howard & Tom Hanks = Opie and Mopey

[Quilla]

From another article:

The greatest controversy has been stirred by the book's central theme that Jesus Christ married and had children whose descendants still survive today.

Thus book's detractors will no doubt be comforted to hear that when Hanks reveals who is supposedly the last surviving descendant of Jesus, the Cannes audience couldn't hold back their laughter.

From the reaction of the audience, you'd think they revealed the last decendent to be President George W. Bush.

[MadIvan]

It was not a great work of literature. It was going to be a tall order for it to transform into a great work of cinema.

Regards, Ivan

[Dante3]

I'd say "Gone With the Wind" is the best film version of a book. "Black Hawk Down" and "Lord of the Rings" were quite good also.

As for the book The Da Vince Code, I didn't find it anything special. And there were these annoying sections where the author lectured to the readers, even included a plug for a film.

[justshutupandtakeit]

The great screenwriter, Robert McKee, maintains that the best books for movies are good but not masterpieces. Since it is almost impossible to improve on a masterpiece such efforts are difficult to carry off. But a not-so-well written book with a great story can be improved upon as a movie.

There are some exceptions: All the Kings Men, Lord of the Rings, etc.

[Reaganesque]

The phonyness of this film is quite obvious. It's like when Olivia Newton John released her "Let's Get Physical" song and people were offended by it's blatant, overt sexuality. When people expressed their outrage about it, she and her defenders tried to tell us the song was about "exercise." Suuuuure it was. And now we're expected to believe that "The DaVinci Codes" is merely a fictional tale told by people who have no interest in poking their finger in the eyes of Catholics world-wide. As Bill Cosby's Noah character once said: Riiiiight!

[Aquinasfan]

it's Box Office will tank big time.

I hope you're right, but I'm afraid that it's going to be the biggest movie of the year.

People want an excuse for their religious indifferentism and TDVC serves that need, facts be damned.