Posted on 05/17/2006 7:19:19 AM PDT by Reaganesque
It'll probably still do well because there's a built-in audience for it among those who read the book. And I don't think most of them care whether it's any good or not. It's like a cult.
I told them they should have done the "Code" as a comedy, but they never listen.
I found the book an enjoyable read. I have always liked the subject matter concerning the holy grail and possible meanings and its impact. For a better read concerning the subject matter check out Umberto Eco's "Focualts Pendulum". Another good Eco book is "The Name of The Rose". Generally what makes a good book is the suspense of multiple characters and plot lines. Movies have difficulty following more than two characters and one plot line. Good suspense books generally lay at least two plausible plot lines and will include several characters.
In a "sophisticated" crowd like Cannes, it is necessary to hoot and whistle and laugh loudly at inappropriate times to outdo the next fellow is displaying one's sneering, derisive, contempt for something that the common people may find amusing.
Bite me.
"Gone With The Wind?"
Tarentino is a great movie maker.
OK ... what exactly is this "DaVinci Code" all about?
I have'nt read the book and don't intend to.
Is it some treasure hunt thing, little clues in his paintings or something? Whats all the hoopla about this book and now movie?
One of my favorite movies of the past few years was 'National Treasure', and that director was able to lead the audience from clue to clue very nicely. And it's PG, too.
20% rotten so far.
Awesome! I particularly liked the line, "So dark the con of Dan Brown". LOL! Five reviews posted there and the most positive is the one that describes it as just short of being boring. Given the built-in liberal sympathies of most critics, there early negative reviews indicate that this film may be a real turkey.
"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."
Well put, Amen brother.
RON Howard's splendid "The Da Vinci Code" is the Holy Grail of summer blockbusters: a crackling, fast-moving thriller that's every bit as brainy and irresistible as Dan Brown's controversial bestseller…
Of course, you can take the opinion of anybody who found Dan Brown’s book “brainy” for what it’s worth.
I felt that while reading the Da Vinci Code that that author was trying to write a novel that would be made into a movie. I actually like some of Dan Brown's other books better.
I thought that the movies The Godfather and Jaws were good adaptions of the books. Actually, Jaws the book had some interesting plot details that did not make the movie (mob connections and affairs).
Basically, the book claims that Jesus wasn't really the Son of God. He was just some prophet who married Mary Magdalene and fathered kids. The early church fathers made up all the stories about miracles, the crucifixion, the resurrection, etc, and have been lying to us ever since. Leonardo da Vinci supposedly knew about this scam and hid clues to reveal it in his painting of The Last Supper, which leads to other clues, and other clues, etc.
The film's tagline is "So Dark the Con of Man". So instead of Jesus being the Son of Man, everything the Gospels tell us about him is supposedly an evil con by the Catholic Church to gain power and money.
There's more to it than that, but that's the basic plot.
"For whatever reason, NBC and MSNBC have been hyping this film for a while. Maybe other stations also."
They also hype every left wing kook book that comes down the pike (Richard Clark, Mary Mapes, etc.) and it doesn't help them either as all their books flop. Here's hoping the same hyping has the same effect.
LOL! Granted, I haven't seen the film, but how did he find it to be a "crackling, fast-moving thriller" when those other critics cited it as talky, slow, and boring?
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