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[maggiesmommy GayLee]

ok, you said anything goes...and i know there is a whole board dedicated to this, but i wonder what you all think of the DaVinci Code...did you read the book, are you gonna read the book, are you gonna see the movie? 
over on the DC board, they are 99.9% whack jobs and i have no interest in even being there, BUT they are BUSY!!!! posting, bam,bam,bam...hard tp keep up, might be what we see when BBM comes out on ppv
SO...i wanted to get you take on it...
gaylee

[slayers_creek_oth]

I saw it....I liked it...

[vkm91941]

ok, you said anything goes...and i know there is a whole board dedicated to this, but i wonder what you all think of the DaVinci Code...did you read the book, are you gonna read the book, are you gonna see the movie? 
over on the DC board, they are 99.9% whack jobs and i have no interest in even being there, BUT they are BUSY!!!! posting, bam,bam,bam...hard tp keep up, might be what we see when BBM comes out on ppv
SO...i wanted to get you take on it...
gaylee

I plan to see the film on Tuesday.  I am an avid reader and tried my best to get through the book but it was just too much I quit about 100 pages in.  I cannot see why it sat of the NYTimes Best Seller List so long!.....    So I'm hoping the film will redeem it all for me, althought early reviews are VERY mixed.  I like the actors, esp Ian Mckellan, Paul Bettany and Tom Hanks ....so we'll see I'm going to give it my full attention and dare it to draw me in an entertain me.  I'll let you know

[j.U.d.E.]

I will go see the movie! I've read the book and liked it a lot! I don't read 600-page books often, but this one was a very easy read, I thought. I actually bought the book in the summer of 2004(!) before all the hype! I read the summary on the back of the book and liked it. Now, with the film being released I promised myself to read the book before going to the movie. I did. I was on a waiting list for Wednesday to see it in a World Première in Brussels, but I wasn't called back.. But that's okay. I'll go see it over the week-end or next week.

Victoria, I like those three actors too. Not sure about Audrey Tautou, though.

~ j U d E

[slayers_creek_oth]

I will go see the movie! I've read the book and liked it a lot! I don't read 600-page books often, but this one was a very easy read, I thought. I actually bought the book in the summer of 2004(!) before all the hype! I read the summary on the back of the book and liked it. Now, with the film being released I promised myself to read the book before going to the movie. I did. I was on a waiting list for Wednesday to see it in a World Première in Brussels, but I wasn't called back.. But that's okay. I'll go see it over the week-end or next week.

Victoria, I like those three actors too. Not sure about Audrey Tautou, though.

~ j U d E

I never read the book but my aunt is currently reading it and is having a hard time putting it down.  She loves it...completely drawn into the story and she is also looking forward to seeing the film. 

When critics said that there is little to no chemistry in the film they were right...but in this particular film I didn't necessarily feel it was vital to the story....I felt there was enough chemistry between the actors to get the story told.  Its also a little slow at first but IMO good nonetheless...

[j.U.d.E.]

I never read the book but my aunt is currently reading it and is having a hard time putting it down.  She loves it...completely drawn into the story and she is also looking forward to seeing the film. 

When critics said that there is little to no chemistry in the film they were right...but in this particular film I didn't necessarily feel it was vital to the story....I felt there was enough chemistry between the actors to get the story told.  Its also a little slow at first but IMO good nonetheless...

Same here. I couldn't put it down. I usually take ages to read a book - I'm a slow reader (always with a pencil in my hand) - but this one, was easy! I'm not saying I understand all the religious symbolism and background - far from it! - but Dan Brown has a writing-style that flows. Entirely different to A Proulx' style in 'BBM'.

There's been so much bad critics about this film and so much hype, but I will look beyond that. I want to 'see' the story I've read and the fact that there is no chemistry, well, doesn't really matter (if true).

I like slow films. I mean BBM is slow-paced. I like it. Looking forward to seeing TDVC!

~ j U d E

[Front-Ranger]

I read the book several years ago. Quite a page turner. But then, I read Angels and Demons while in Rome (part of it is set in Rome). I thought it was the hit, not DV. Then I read Deception Point and began to grow tired of the formula. I will see the movie at some point but have several others on the list ahead of it (as well as watching my BBM DVD again). I would have liked to see a different director and lead, such as Kevin Kline.

[ProwlAmongUs]

I plan to see the movie. I read the book last summer, and I liked it for the most part. I thought it was a bit over-done in spots, but overall ok. I believed then that it would make a decent movie. I discussed the book with an English professor friend of mine, and her opinion is that it's a good read, but, "Brown is not a great writer. He depends on tired cliches and leaves the reader hanging at the end of chapters in a way that's immature and tired." Despite her opinion, I'm sure he's laughing all the way to the bank.

[slayers_creek_oth]

I'm takin my wife and brother to see it tonight...so we'll see what they think...

I am now eager to read the book...

[maggiesmommy GayLee]

I read it last winter..a page turner, butits my kind of bkke..can't wait to see movie..am going with girls at work...but we are the same group fo sinners that love BBM, the "christian" extremeists are leaving "christian" pamphlets all over the office, telling us that we will be forever cast into hell if we see it...why is the church protesting SO much,. i don't get it..how can you refute FICTION??  AND i think they re calling more attention to it than if they just ignored it...AND...if all of it was true...SO WHAT? what difference would it make??? doesn't the bible say that jesus was sent to earth to live as a man?? if you believe that, then why would the premise of this movie compromise your beliefs or be a bad thing...?? sorry, for draging this out, but i am really bothered by the "christian" reaction to all og this...
i might sneak to see it with hubs this weekend, BEFORE i go with the girls...we'll see...anyone who sees it give yhour opinion...
and i DO agree that brown is no grishom, and after now reading A&D and Decption point and now finishing up Digital Fortress..i agree that he uses the same format to tell different stories...hohum....but i am looking forward to seeing Hanks in a Ron Howard film...hell, or no hell...

[slayers_creek_oth]

My wife didn't love it but then again she only likes chick flicks and films that her cry...it just wasn't her kind of movie...

But my brother LOVED it....wants to see it again tonight...LOL  He said the same thing I did....a little slow and little chemistry but he enjoyed it all the same....

[j.U.d.E.]

Saw it yesterday. The theatre was PACKED!! No major reactions, only when - spoiler ahead! - Silas is in the Villette château and attacks.. the crowd jumped. - end spoiler

I thought it was well done, but faaaaaaaaar too dark all the time. I find that exhausting and they left too many things out (I believe it was because of time constraints) and they kind of changed the ending.. Spoiler ahead! - in the book they is nothing about J. Saunières not being Sophie's grandfather. Yet, in the film R. Langdon says something about J. Saunières not being the real grandfather.. What was that change for?! Also, now thinking about it - the whole book/film did not make sense.. Because having Rorbert and Sophie chase after the code to find the Holy Grail, was because nobody else, except the 4 killed sénéchaux, knew where to find it and this knowledge had to be passed on to a 'worthy' person. But at the end we find out (in the book, that is), that Sophie's grandmother (and Sophie's brother) is alive and knows VERY WELL where the Holy Grail is! More suprisingly even, she 'tells' Robert, instead of Sophie, her granddaughter...!? Or did I get this all wrong..  - end spoiler

I went with two friends. One that had read the book, the other hadn't. The one that had, thought like me, that too many things in the book, were left out in the film. The other friend, who hadn't read the book, said the film was over-loaded with information and it made it hard to 'get' all the info/details..

~ j U d E

[MaineWriter]

I liked the book but from the tenor of the reviews, I didn't think I would care for the movie. Then my 18 yo son went and said it was lousy so I think I will wait for the DVD, if I even bother with that.

L

[j.U.d.E.]

I'd probably say, don't bother with the DVD, but I think I will get it. Just for the extras (if they are any) - the making off and stuff..

~ j U d E

[delalluvia]

Read the book, read many of the sources of the book, saw the movie, liked the movie.

I agree, there was no chemistry between the actors, but it wasn't necessary as their relationship wasn't what it was in the book.

The book was so fast paced, but the movie dragged even though it is just one long chase movie.  The exposition that is read in the book, has to be said in the movie if it is important, so there was a lot of talking.

I like the subject matter and some very important things got said and some very important things were declared that disappointed me, but que sera sera.

The good the movie will do, outweighs the bad IMO.