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The Da Vinci Code Movie
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War does not make one great.
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I'm quite disappointed the movie is getting mediocre reviews. I was looking forward to it, and it's rare for Ron Howard to disappoint.
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I'm not likely going to see the movie (definitely not in the theaters...I suppose its possible I'd get it from the library when its on DVD).
Simple reason: I'm not really interested in it.
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If only this book had been written 15 years ago - Harrison Ford would have been perfect. Or maybe George Clooney. I can even see Hugh Jackman in the role. But Tom Hanks? I love him, but he's not Robert Langdon.
Has anyone here read Angels and Demons? I read it before Da Vinci and preferred it.
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Well, it's not like I was hoping it would be a success, but I was EXPECTING it to be.
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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
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BTW....the movie is beautiful. To each his own but seriously....if you haven't read the book, I doubt you'll very much enjoy the movie. That and if all you are looking for is a smarter National Treasure. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION/THRILLER. It's dialogue driven. I'd say mystery is it's genre.
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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
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Originally posted by: JarHead413
Yeah I read Angels and Demons first sophomore year of high school and had to do a presentation on it for English. I didn't even know he had a book before it or after it and it was right before The Da Vinci Code mania blew open. A part of me preferred it (the nerd side) because it had lots more to do with insanely cool theories and facts revolving around science as well as awesome the religion parts of it. That and it had the very interesting ambigrams. A good fun read.
BTW....the movie is beautiful. To each his own but seriously....if you haven't read the book, I doubt you'll very much enjoy the movie. That and if all you are looking for is a smarter National Treasure. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION/THRILLER. It's dialogue driven. I'd say mystery is it's genre. Thanks Jarhead, you have restored my interest in the film. I'm going to see it tonight at the one and only Jamestown theater, AKA the 'Buffalo Theater'. Sheesh.
EDIT: I have just been informed by the missus that it's actually called the Bison Theater. My Bad.
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Then obviously the trailers are trying to lure in the summer blockbuster crowd.
A misrepresentational trailer? Never.Yeah I read Angels and Demons first sophomore year of high school and had to do a presentation on it for English. I didn't even know he had a book before it or after it and it was right before The Da Vinci Code mania blew open. A part of me preferred it (the nerd side) because it had lots more to do with insanely cool theories and facts revolving around science as well as awesome the religion parts of it. That and it had the very interesting ambigrams. A good fun read.
BTW....the movie is beautiful. To each his own but seriously....if you haven't read the book, I doubt you'll very much enjoy the movie. That and if all you are looking for is a smarter National Treasure. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION/THRILLER. It's dialogue driven. I'd say mystery is it's genre. Thanks Jarhead, you have restored my interest in the film. I'm going to see it tonight at the one and only Jamestown theater, AKA the 'Buffalo Theater'. Sheesh.
EDIT: I have just been informed by the missus that it's actually called the Bison Theater. My Bad.
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Then obviously the trailers are trying to lure in the summer blockbuster crowd.
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This movie was.........well, for lack of better words, stupid. And I was reminded very much of National Treasure.
The acting was flat (except for Sir Ian McKellan, of course), the dialogue was dull, and the movie itself boring. And I don't get bored by movies easily, first of all. I don't need lots of action in a movie for me to enjoy it. But this one was just......dull.
Not to mention that the plot itself was prepposterous. I actually laughed at the whole Last Supper painting revelation scene. But then again, that's just me.
Even though I say this movie is stupid though, I love it. I love it in the same way I love "Plan 9 from Outer Space"; it's so bad, so preposterous, so stupid, that I can't help but love it.
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C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.
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Oddly enough, both movies involved the Knights Templar. Is it some kind of unwritten rule that all movies involving the Knights Templar have to suck or something?
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I have not read the book.
I do not want to read the book.
I simply wish to watch the film and enjoy it.
Also, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to give the picketing nuns outside of my theatre
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Seriously though, Chalts, I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree on National Treasure. I thought that one was a turd. It was sort of like a half-ass Indiana Jones rip-off.
And speaking of indy rip-offs, there was a shameless one in Da Vinci Code near the beginning, where Silas smashes through the floor of a cathedral with a metal post. Sound familiar?
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Originally posted by: JarHead413
Yeah I read Angels and Demons first sophomore year of high school and had to do a presentation on it for English. I didn't even know he had a book before it or after it and it was right before The Da Vinci Code mania blew open. A part of me preferred it (the nerd side) because it had lots more to do with insanely cool theories and facts revolving around science as well as awesome the religion parts of it. That and it had the very interesting ambigrams. A good fun read.
BTW....the movie is beautiful. To each his own but seriously....if you haven't read the book, I doubt you'll very much enjoy the movie. That and if all you are looking for is a smarter National Treasure. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION/THRILLER. It's dialogue driven. I'd say mystery is it's genre.
Yeah I read Angels and Demons first sophomore year of high school and had to do a presentation on it for English. I didn't even know he had a book before it or after it and it was right before The Da Vinci Code mania blew open. A part of me preferred it (the nerd side) because it had lots more to do with insanely cool theories and facts revolving around science as well as awesome the religion parts of it. That and it had the very interesting ambigrams. A good fun read.
BTW....the movie is beautiful. To each his own but seriously....if you haven't read the book, I doubt you'll very much enjoy the movie. That and if all you are looking for is a smarter National Treasure. THIS IS NOT AN ACTION/THRILLER. It's dialogue driven. I'd say mystery is it's genre.
yeah Angels and Demons is the far better book. its Browns best book too.
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Originally posted by: Shimraa
yeah Angels and Demons is the far better book. its Browns best book too.
yeah Angels and Demons is the far better book. its Browns best book too.
That's not saying much. Angels and Demons, while an interesting plotline, had even more inconsistencies and factual errors than Da Vinci Code. Brown, rather than trying to pass theological theories as truth, simply made errors in physics, architecture, geography....you name it. Dan Brown, as an author, is terrific at making stupid people feel smart for having read the book, and smart people feel stupid for having read the book.
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