Posted on 05/17/2006 7:19:19 AM PDT by Reaganesque
Quotes from early reviews of "The DaVinci Code" at Cannes:
"CANNES, France - "The Da Vinci Code" drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival."
"One especially melodramatic line uttered by Hanks drew prolonged laughter and some catcalls, and the audience continued to titter for much of the film's remainder.
Some people walked out during the movie's closing minutes, though there were fewer departures than many Cannes movies provoke among harsh critics. When the credits rolled, there were a few whistles and hisses, and there was none of the scattered applause even bad movies sometimes receive at Cannes."
Yahoo News
"A pulpy page-turner in its original incarnation as a huge international bestseller has become a stodgy, grim thing in the exceedingly literal-minded film version of "The Da Vinci Code." Tackling head-on novelist Dan Brown's controversy-stirring thriller hinging on a subversively revisionist view of Jesus Christ's life, director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have conspired to drain any sense of fun out of the melodrama, leaving expectant audiences with an oppressively talky film that isn't exactly dull, but comes as close to it as one could imagine with such provocative material; result is perhaps the best thing the project's critics could have hoped for. Enormous public anticipation worldwide will result in explosive B.O. at the start in near-simultaneous release in most international territories, beginning May 17 in some countries -- day-and-date with the official Cannes opening-night preem -- and May 19 in the U.S. and elsewhere."
Variety
" Several whistles instead of applause were all that greeted the end of Ron Howard's 125-million-dollar film, and worse than that, the 2,000-strong audience even burst out laughing at the movie's key moment.
"I didn't like it very much. I thought it was almost as bad as the book. Tom Hanks was a zombie, thank goodness for Ian McKellen. It was overplayed, there was too much music and it was much too grandiose," said Peter Brunette, critic for the US daily The Boston Globe. '
Breitbart.com
"Bottom line: A jumble of historical myth, religious symbology and international thriller-action makes for an unwieldy, bloated melodrama."
The Hollywood Reporter.com
Entertainment Tonight has jumped on the train big time.
http://et.tv.yahoo.com/about/14753/
LOL
I'd say the Godfather is also in that league. In fact, the movie is better than Mario Puzo's (admittedly good - not great) novel.
It will be. Bad reviews at Cannes mean very little to the American film-going public. Star Wars, Jaws, and E.T. never won the Palme d'Or.
I'll use the $7.50 to $9.00 for a tank of gas for my lawn mower.
I've been told by someone who knows, the last descendant is Jesse Jackson.
The main hook in the book for me wasn't the Jesus secrets or the thrilling action, but the semi-clever word puzzles, codes, anagrams, etc. They threw a new one at you every 2 chapters or so.
You can't do that stuff in a movie however. Without it, BOR-ing.
"As Bill Cosby's Noah character once said: Riiiiight!"
One of my all time favorite lines.
God: "Noah"
Noah: "Yes, Lord?"
God: "How long can you tread water?"
You noticed that too. The man IS getting really fat. His cheeks bulge and his hair is thinning pretty badly too. Really too bad cause I could overlook stuff like that if I like the person. Not anymore, he's definitely on my Hollywood shit list now
OMG! That RACISTS book and movie??? How dare you!!! /sarcasm still on. ;-)
Or Prince Charles. Should we get a pool going?
Maybe it's Keanu.
MI3 is making plenty of money, it's on the same pace as MI1 and MI2, if they'd have kept the budget around $100 mil like the first two instead of jumping to $150 mil nobody would even be questioning it's box office performance.
Actually, I think Oliver Stone's World Trade Center could be the biggest film of the year.
Go here for a link to the trailer and prepare to be surprised.
To be fair, Cannes critics cheered and applauded the wretched mess "Elephant" in 2003. Cannes has the sensibilities of Al Qaeda.
The leftist media will give this glowing reviews and fool a lot of people.
However, they won't be able to make it an interesting movie.
All the leftist stars will have to come out in force and praise the movie up and down.
Still, it will flop.
heh heh heh
It wasn't anit-Christian enough for the pervs and teachers of evil.
The Godfather, The Exorcist and In Cold Blood aren't bad.
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