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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject: The DaVinci Code... |
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Has anyone else read this book? I am half way through it and it sure puts forth a different spin on religion.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't red it yet. It is supposed to be a dynamite book.
I believe they are making the movie version now as well. |
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I was told yesterday that Tom Hanks will be in the lead role.
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Seems the Catholic church is coming out in a big way against this book. A Bishop or Cardinal type has told the flock not to buy this book or read it. There will be a special on Wednesday about the "real" DaVinci code. It will be interesting to say the least.
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Dan Brown has four titles in the top ten for sales in Edmonton last week. Two of them are the DaVinci code (different versions).
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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It's a great book.
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| Hey 'Bumi, I just picked up the book to see what the hell all the fuss was about. What was your verdict? |
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I'm in the middle of reading it. I can see why it ruffles a few feathers!!
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I thought the book was OK. Not the best "thriller" I have read and tell me who of you didn't figure out the word codes to open the cryptex before they did? They seemed rather obvious to me.
The movie didn't seem to go over well in Cannes. I think it will still be a blockbuster though.
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.
The year's most anticipated movie, "The Da Vinci Code" was a generally faithful adaptation of Dan Brown's monster best seller, spinning a murder thriller that stems from a cover-up of secrets about Christianity's roots.
While readers worldwide devoured the novel, reaction from Cannes critics ranged from mild endorsement of its potboiler suspense to groans of ridicule over its heavy melodrama.
"It's a movie about whether the greatest story ever told is true or not, and it's not the greatest movie ever screened, is it?" said Baz Bamigboye, a film columnist for London's Daily Mail. "As a thriller, well," he continued, shrugging.
"Maybe the next day I'll forget about it," said Igor Soukmanov of Unistar Radio in Belarus. "But today for two hours it was good entertainment. ... As a Hollywood movie, it's a very nice picture."
Critics got their first look at "The Da Vinci Code" a day before its world premiere at Cannes on Wednesday, when it also debuts at theaters in France and some other countries. The film opens worldwide over the following two days, including the United States on Friday.
Directed by Ron Howard, the movie stars Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou as strangers hurled together on a frantic quest for the Holy Grail after a series of murders is committed.
The filmmakers add some twists and variations here and there, but the general thrust of the novel remains intact, including its theory that Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene were married and had a child, which has prompted denouncements from many Christians.
The Cannes audience clearly grew restless as the movie dragged on to two and a half hours and spun a long sequence of anticlimactic revelations.
"I kept thinking of the Energizer Bunny, because it kept going and going and going, and not in a good way," said James Rocchi, a film critic for CBS 5 television in San Francisco and the online outlet Cinematical. "Ron Howard makes handsome films. He doesn't make bad ones, but he doesn't make great ones."
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.
Critics singled out co-star Ian McKellen, playing a wry Grail enthusiast who joins the search, as the movie's highlight, injecting hearty humor and delivering the most nuanced performance. Paul Bettany added a seething mix of tragic pathos and destructive zealousness as a monk assassin who carries out the slayings.
Bamigboye said all the actors were solid, but enthusiastically added, "I've got to tell you, Ian McKellen steals it. He slices all the crap away."
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I saw the movie. I agree with the critics that say Ian McKellen was the highlight of the film. I also think the ending of the movie was far longer than it should have been. It was better than what won the Oscar last year, but that is faint praise. I liked the movie but I also read the book.
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We haven't seen the movie yet, but Himself has read the book and as a wedding and funeral Catholic got a charge out of the whole premise. Myself, I think the Catholic Church oughta get a grip for a change.
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I just finished it. I don't have a religious gene so how true it may or may not be is irrelevant to me. Some of the symbology and stuff was a bit intriguing, but the book was kind of a dud to me. I made the mistake of mentioning that I had just finished the book this morning over breakfast at a restaurant. Turns out one of the people at the table was an Evangelical Christian and he got mighty puffed up about it and started quoting scriptures and stuff. Whoa buddy, relax! It's fiction!
Wouldn't hear of it. Claimed all the stuff was pure lies dressed up as truth, it's nothing but an attack on Christianity, and then he got into those damned Catholics... Yikes. It's 7:30 in the morning, we're on the road, I don't need this crap.
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