Da Vinci Code

[Mr66]

Who's read it?
Who thinks the film will be better?
What do you think of the casting?
Is Angels&Demons a better book?
Who's sick of it already?

[Coorong]

Read it, Fastinating, got all four of his and currently reading Angels and Demons.

Cant wait for the movie. Had my doubts about Hanks, but saw some of the scenes on the net and reckon he will be great. Looking forward to seeing Silas, the strange rich Englishman and ofcourse P.S.

[stan]

Its a good read, i enjoyed it. Looking forward to the movie as well.

[TroyGFC]

If Tom Hanks I think it will be an okay film even if the story is something I have little to no interest in but if the cathlocs hate it, it might be worth the peak when it comes out of tv.

[MightyEagles]

Haven't read it, but will go and see the movie.

[MightyEagles]

TroyGFC, it's not that Catholics don't like it, a lot have read it and enjoyed it. The thing about the book and the movie is that it is fiction and not based on fact.

[Magpiespower]

Don't see what the fuss is all about really.

'The Last Temptation of Christ' touched on similar themes more than 50 years ago...

[mick]

Won't be seeing it until its on DVD. I read the earlier book that the story is alledgedly based upon, that resulted in the court case. It was a load of shite. However, the Pope and his mates have guranteed the success of this movie by their negative comments, they should get a percentage of the profits !!

[Magpiespower]

The Passion of the Christ was the US box-office champ last year.

I'd expect The Da Vinci Code to do similar business.

Now, where's that big budget remake of The Ten Commandments?

[Jimmy]

read it, enjoyed it, cant wait for the movie...checked out who is playing the roles other than hanks's and funnily enough, had their faces in my head when i was reading it...

also, hanks will be a great choice and i think he will be very good. big fan of his.

may 19th it opens here, what about back home?

i wanted to see sophie marceu play neveu instead of that other chick...sophie is sexier

[RustyCage]

Haven't read it, wont read it. Wont see the movie. No interest in it. Sick of all the crap already.

Whats it about?

[Coorong]

If you dont want to read it/see it, sick of all the crap about it, WHY ask what its about Is you name dingaling?

[RustyCage]

If you dont want to read it/see it, sick of all the crap about it, WHY ask what its about Is you name dingaling?

I ask because Im not going to read it, or see the movie! I have a really vague understanding of what its about, but can someone give me the general gist of it?

[therisingblues]

Those that haven't read the book, please avoid the following, as I have undertaken to describe the salient points and ending for PAFC1870:

An expert in iconology follows some clues left to him by a recently extinct cult claiming to protect the truth about Christ from the Roman Catholic Church. Hot on his heels as he dashes from task to task is the Parisian Police, curators of well known sights across Europe and a strange beast with sharpened teeth and scales down his back, these are all being manipulated by the Roman Catholic Church in their quest to cover up their rotten secret that Christ never turned water into wine as it is alleged but actually turned it into vinegar to flavour all the fish that he produced, and the Priests of the Roman Catholic Church have sworn to protect their one indulgence allowed to them by their Church by continuing the facade that it is the Blood of Christ they are drinking. As the hero of the story (name-"Pippin" played by Hanks) gets closer to the truth he is suddenly taken prisoner by a family of Mormons, whose actual purpose was to save him from the strange beast with scales down his back, they unfortunately had to knock Pippin out as he struggled so much. It was for his own good! Unfortunately, one of the Mormons let it be known that the entire family was allergic to chocolate, just before they knocked Pippin out, with the result that when Pippin came to, he consumed all of his emergency chocolate supplies and urinated in a pot of tea which he then offered to the Mormons to drink. It wasn't until after they each had drunk a little and were well into their death throes did they inform Pippin that they had in fact saved his life from the strange beast with sharpened teeth and scales down his back. On hearing this, Pippin is filled with rage and remorse for his actions and decides once and for all to confront the strange beast, which he does in the dramatic finale, marked by a cameo appearance from the KGB, who in a twist of fate actually kill each other in a sudden cross fire. Pippin manages to tear all the sharp teeth out of the strange beast's mouth, then teaches him to eat soup the rest of his life, because he doesn't want him to starve to death. But as he turns his back the strange beast puts Pippin through a blender and drinks him, inadvertantly making him a thousand times more powerful. To some people Pippin is a dream, to others, a nightmare! Pippin begins his dark revenge against the Catholic Church by publishing its secrets on the front page of the New York Times and the Priests of the Catholic Church must forever after drink vinegar at the altar.
Quite a good book really, sorry I hope I haven't spoiled the ending for you.

[Mr66]

Glad to see we 2XBlues fans can still haven't lost our SOH.

[Coorong]

Went to the premier today with my wife (both of us have read the book) and am now reading the other three.

My Opinion. Fantastic, would have sat through a second screening
My Wife: not as spectacular as she had hoped but extremelly good.
Both of us: for a change the movie story line follwed the book.

I think you have to read the book first to appreciate it. Personally dont think you can do it the other way around.

[Mr66]

A lot of people who have read all of Dan Brown's books will say
that 'Angels & Demons' is a better read.
I do too, but I read A&D first, which set out the structure of the Da Vinci code.
Deception Point & Digital Fortress have similar twists.
All good reads though.

[MightyEagles]

Saw it today and it was pretty good. I don't know why people are knocking it for.

[dinglinga]

Now, where's that big budget remake of The Ten Commandments?

as long they have the guy with the ghetto blaster walkin by in the set

[Booney]

Da Vici code,you idiots,it's called SOCCER! 998