abierman said:

ok, ok, that wasnt the BEST movie... but, he played THAT role as best he could, i mean, lets face it, the idea was stupid to begin with - cant blame him for that

nakedpianoplayer said:

well, he obnoxed the shit out of me.....

abierman said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

I still dont think it will be as good as the book, I have my own version in my head and fear the movie will spoil that

SammiJ said:

they were page turners for real.. and the ppl who dont like Dan Brown, well doesnt matter.. they passed my time and I enjoyed reading them and discussing all the facts/fiction/possibilities later with friends and family..

the ending of the book was crap, so I bet the film won't be much better.....and Hanks won't be adding to it....

I will see it though.

nakedpianoplayer said:

it wasnt a great movie, granted, but was a happy go lucky kinda saturday afternoon movie you could watch with your kids..

abierman said:

DEBBIE DOWNER!!!
BAH!!! HUMBUG!!!

abierman said:

Harsh words abierman - so why will you go see it?

nakedpianoplayer said:

the *idea* is based on a true story..

SammiJ said:

Tom Hanks has one expression - "Im so sincere."
I'll probably watch it though.

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REDBABY said:

because I read the book, the concept of the book is an interesting (controversial) one.....I liked the book, until the end which was disappointing.....can't see how the movie would change that.

Also, I wanna see what the Vatican will be pissed about!
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Well,

to add to this mishmash of opinions, I loved the book! The momemtum was definitely there, whether the writing was great or not. Interesting that other people dont think Hanks is perfect for the role, I too was disappointed when he was announced I had envisaged someone maybe not quite as adventurous as Harrison Ford...but maybe with a bit more something to him like Gabriel Byrne Thats who I had in my head anyway!

I hope the movie wont disappoint, there are so many people with high hopes for it!

susannah said:

Good choice susannah

Gabriel Byrne would have been a better choice, yes.....but he already was in that Stigmata-movie and that crap one with Ahnold.....also about religion, so I can see why they didn't pick him.

abierman said:

Usually that sort of thing sticks with actors, though, dont you think? It could have gone either way - he couldve been offered the same roles for the rest of his career or he couldve never done anything like it again.

I havent heard any gossip on the matter, but I would imagine anyone who was offered the role wouldve seen it's potential and not turned it down!

i just want this whole Da Vinci Code project to go away already
it's getting on my last nerve. i don't like the book at all and
i hate that it became such a success more than a year after i'd
initially read it (got it the day it first came out) and filed
it under "ok but a complete re-write of "Holy Blood Holy Grail"
with a very thin sugar coating and a horrible horrible ending..

having said that, i am looking forward to go see the movie cuz
i'm just contradictory like that

abierman said:

why was the ending disappointing?

I have always wondered that?

Is it cos she is one of Jesus' ancestors, and you found that far fetched, or cos it ended abruptly, or other?

abierman said:

OMG my sister suggested that and Gabriel would be more credible to that part rather than Hanks IMO

REDBABY said:

Thats what Im saying!

REDBABY said:

it's the fact that you can see the end coming a mile off. because of
the way it's written and all fingers point in one direction.

having read holy blood holy grail years before it was clear that the
end would be the revealing of at least one of them to be a decendant
of christ.



the same thing goes for "Digital Fortress", it's a nice enough book
up until about halfway and then you just know how it's gonna end in
every detail.

although i have to hand it to Dan Brown, he manages to end each and
every chapter with a bit of a cliffhanger and it does make you keep
on reading, even if you wouldn't really want to.

i think he's crap to be honest, but he's a master at making you read
his crap

IstenSzek said:

I can appreciate that but I think ppl who have read "Holy Blood Holy Grail" before hand will always be critical of Da Vinci Code, anmd thats just the way it is..

fact is "Holy Blood Holy Grail" is more factual where as Da Vinci Code is fiction and has appealed to many many more ppl who would not even entertain reading a book about religion and Jesus.

I think thats the real point here, Da Vinci Code has opened up so many ppl minds regadring history, religion, catholic church and never has it been discussed so openly before, cos usually its just a case of

*The bible says this.. and that is how it is - end of discussion*

But Da Vinci Code has opened up ppls minds to religion, Catholic Church and Jesus and maybe this way is more accpetable, or certainly MORE believable.. the woman being the pure one and the stronger abnd that Jesus was inlove and had a family

IstenSzek said:

crap or not.. its him laughing all the way to the bank and NOT YOU!!

IstenSzek said:

exactly like me.....

REDBABY said:

true. i kind of forget about that in my unbiased hatred for Dan Brown

but yes, it is a good thing that it got loads of people to think. and it
is also interesting as a sort of cultural phenomenon that a book can have
such an effect on a global scale and produce such mass hysteria among the
kind of people who never read anything normally.

honestly, for the last two years i haven't been in a single home where
this book hasn't been on the shelve.

i read somewhere that he was excommunicated by the catholic church for
it as well.



they must have been so pissed off that the book did so well. actually,
i think i'm starting to warm up to it a bit now lol.

abierman said:

REDBABY said:

next you going to tell me that jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and that Judas was told to grass up Jesus up by Jesus himself.

IstenSzek said:

so its a book

so its fiction

me having been brought up in a convent school for 14 years finds his theories quite refreshing compared to the bible being drummed into your head 9 hours a day

REDBABY said:

i agree. i just start to foam at the mouth when i hear someone
mention it and lose all sense of nuance and reason. it's just
one of my irrational pet peeves.