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OT: It's a BUST guys: DA VINCI
isabelle:
--- Quote from: claireluna on May 18, 2006, 11:29:47 am ---Books are always said to be better .
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And BBM proved it could be otherwise (i.e, AS good) :)
Kd5000:
Yeah, in my reader's group, someone suggested "I thought stuff like this went out with CHARRIOTS OF THE GODS in the 1970's." It was an interesing point. Charriots of the Gods, the book, made into the docudrama purported to show extraterrerstial influence in our history and possible breeding. It was interesting and very popular to read, but the docudrama not so. I believe in the 1990's, the author of Charriot of the Gods said he might have misconstrued things, not given out all the facts, etc. Who would have thought?
Gotta watch those film critics, there under pressure to trash this film, so some Vatican observers say... Intl newspapers don't want ppl to desubscribe to theirs because a film critic just loved the Da Vinci Code. I find it hard to believe in the U.S.A, but the leadinig Italian newspapers? Who knows.
rtprod:
--- Quote ---rt, have you seen C.R.A.Z.Y? (Not being released in the States, but still, since you are in the know...)
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I have not seen this one since it has not made it stateside yet, though I do know that it beat Deepa Mehta's excellent Water for the Genie. Am very interested in seeing it.
rt
vkm91941:
--- Quote from: rtprod on May 18, 2006, 10:59:46 am ---A little tip -- plodding, overlong, convoluted, unintentionally funny, self-important and boring.
>:( >:( >:(
There -- said it all in once sentence.
SKIP IT.
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NO disrespect intended rt but I rarely agree with critics...you say plodding, overlong, convoluted, unintentionally funny, self-important and boring.
Well this E*X*A*C*T*L*Y how I reacted to the book so sounds to me like Ron Howard and company did a bang up job with the material....what more can you ask. ::shrugs:: Rarely do books translate well to film unless there is an excellent screen writer. The HP series does it pretty well as does most of the Gresham novels but most disappoint mightly.
slayers_creek_oth:
--- Quote from: vkm91941 on May 18, 2006, 12:51:35 pm ---NO disrespect intended rt but I rarely agree with critics...you say plodding, overlong, convoluted, unintentionally funny, self-important and boring.
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Agreed! And like I said....I personally enjoyed it! Now don't get me wrong.....its no Brokeback....not even in the same universe but I did like it nonetheless...
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