[Froufrou]

~SNORRFLE~!

I saw several people posting here about the abysmal failure the book was...sad that Hanks finally is in a flop, though...

[dmz]

sad that Hanks finally is in a flop, though...
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77 million in the first weekend is hardly a flop. What was it, 250 million worldwide, so they've already doubled production costs (I thought I read it cost 125 million to make). In the first weekend, not bad.

Paying attention to critics is like paying attention to polls. Interesting to talk about buy ultimately meaningless.

[JamesP81]

Yeah, I was one of those. They kept telling me that the book must be good because of the number of copies sold.

I haven't read DVC. But I did read Deception Point and part of Angels and Demons. Deception Point is his finest work, and it's mediocre at best. Angels and Demons was so bad that I quit reading it after about 100 pages. And I never, ever, quit reading a book unless it's truly horrible. Angels and Demons took its place next to Battlefield Earth as one of the worst books ever. In short, Dan Brown just ain't a very good author.

[dfwgator]

sad that Hanks finally is in a flop, though...

You must have missed "The Terminal." Obviously most everyone else did.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

sad that Hanks finally is in a flop, though

"The Terminal" was also a flop, IMHO. I'm not a fan of Ron Howard's movies, so the fact that this one is getting panned isn't particularly surprising to me - I thought "A Beautiful Mind" was vastly over-rated and that was apparently Howard's best work.

[new cruelty]

sad that Hanks finally is in a flop, though...

Ladykillers, costing an estimated $60 million to produce and market; and earning just under $40 million domestic and $37 million foreign, wasn't exactly a hit.

[shield]

sad that Hanks finally is in a flop, though...

What about Opie...he has a flop, too. All I can call the director is Opie now...poor Opie he needs our prayer. I'll never go see another of his movies or Hanks. They've offended with this movie a majority of Americans.