Da Vinci Code Redux

[Tuomas]

 





Anyway, ignore me.

I actually go to church regularly. Now that I think of it, I actually have a bible in my drawer :o Anyway, I haven't read the book, but certainly I would never consider something made out of entertaining purposes offending in any way. That would be silly. THis hype tends to extend to the worst books, usually, and what I've read, I have no great expectations regarding this one. I might see the movie, on tv that is, but nah, my sister, brother and mum read the book, and they all said it was bothing boring and dull. I'll trust them on this.

[TheYak]

The link several posts before,  while shedding light on some of the more glaring inaccuracies of the book, is  so blatantly pushing its own agenda that its resolutions become questionable.  It's at least as much a pointing out that Dan Brown pissed himself as it is kicking sand in his face as well.  It's a work of fiction, those declaring it as the penultimate argument against the myth of Christianity are every bit as simple-minded as those protesting a whimsical mystery story loosely based around facts.  It's the reverse of a previous thread taken to hyperbole.  People are looking at the greyscale pencil drawing and proving vehemently to others that it's not a real boy. 

As for the movie, haven't seen it yet.  I found the book an entertaining read though I was mentally refuting some of its statements of "fact" due to my upbringing.  Regardless, I'll check out the flick.  I do know that after seeing the movie, quite like after reading the book, I won't be leaving the story thinking, "By gum, he's finally proven that Christianity is wrong, and DaVinci's goal was to show us the way!" 

[passer-by]

I'd never notice it was a book about christianity if I hadn't seen the newspapers... When I first read it I thought it was about a mysterious murder, intrigue and politics, some medieval scrolls with unreadable codes and a professor who would do anything to avoid marking the final exams' papers...

Silly me...

[SSH]

Of course those in the true bloodline keep the initials J and C...

Not to mention his name being an anagram of "Pheer yo* Christ Son"...



* j is pronounced as "y" in many langauges

[Vel]

In my opinion, The Da Vinci Code is a very very very mediocre book, no more, no less. I don't quite understand how it has managed to become such a well known work and a bestseller. The characters don't have any sort of development or whatsoever, they are totally indistinguishable, stereotypical and boring.
In GK3, however, there is much character development, and I'd say it has a much better developed plot than DVC. It doesn't just copy "Holy Blood, Holy Grail', it takes its ideas further and mixes them with mythologies, astronomy, mathematics, history.
The reacions of the churches throughout the world towards the movie(Even the Bulgarian Orthodox church made a statement against it) are totally inapropriate - they are just making the ratings of the movie go through the roof, although if most critics are to be trusted, it is nothing special. Tickets for the near 2-3 weeks here are pretty hard to find, though.

[passer-by]

Of course those in the true bloodline keep the initials J and C...

Dangerous secrets are not to be revealed SSH...
Tsk tsk
You are the only responsible for what may happen to you...

I don't quite understand how it has managed to become such a well known work and a bestseller.

The writer was clever enough to name some organisations . They reacted, it made the first pages and the rest is history.
Publicity, publicity, publicity...

[Haddas]

The movie better feature 50's batman style directing. And a Batman-like transition. Only with Tom Hanks head.

[Krysis]

I try to avoid anything Dan Brown made. Seems most people didn't like the book as a book and the only reason it sells is that hype about it. I don't care if Jesus was married, gay or some sort of alien. I know enough about him to know what he is and what he's not. So I don't care.

[Gord10]

I have just seen the movie (probably before most of you all; the advantages of the GMT ).
I had loved the book.
But I didn't like the movie. It was too short to tell the whole story; I would made it much longer and seperate the movie into two volumes like Kill Bill. All the character descriptions were weak and the important events happen very frequently, like an action film instead of a thirller. I was not any surprised to learn the director of the film had never read the book.

[Steel Drummer]

Well what's the big deal about it? No one here has said it's some kind of 'bestseller' so what's so great about it? And what, really, is "The Da Vinci Code' that the book's about?

[MrColossal]

All those answers are on the internet, check Wikipedia.

[Radiant]

Well what's the big deal about it? No one here has said it's some kind of 'bestseller' so what's so great about it? And what, really, is "The Da Vinci Code' that the book's about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Vinci_Code.

Basically, the story's about a centuries-old conspiracy within the Catholic Church to hide certain (alleged) truths from the public, most notably that Jesus was married to Mary (no, not his mother, one of the other Maries). The book asserts to be a true account, but the author asserts it to be fiction. Several people strongly believe either way, and the church is not amused.

At any rate, thanks for this thread, I believe it saved me from spending cash and some precious free time on seeing a terminally boring movie.

[Afflict]

If there is no book written about me, does that mean I never happened?

ROFLMAO

OMG Zooty we dont exist!!! This is a conspiracy I tell YOU

[Krysis]

Well what's the big deal about it? No one here has said it's some kind of 'bestseller' so what's so great about it? And what, really, is "The Da Vinci Code' that the book's about?

I am pretty sure everyone else has heard about it... So here it is as far as I know without reading the book or anything. This is what the fuss is all about. Possible spoiler warning!!! Jesus was married and his offspring was protected by a hidden orden. And the church is evil or something. Ohh and the real reason Da Vinci got into all that art is becouse he wanted to hide secret messeges in his works and stuff....

Sounds silly to me, but some people like that world conspiracy/biggest secret around kind of crap. I can't be bothered reading it. Most people say the book isn't anygood (flat story, predictable characters and stuff.) and I am going to trust them on that.

[Afflict]

I have just seen the movie (probably before most of you all; the advantages of the GMT ).
I had loved the book.
But I didn't like the movie. It was too short to tell the whole story; I would made it much longer and seperate the movie into two volumes like Kill Bill. All the character descriptions were weak and the important events happen very frequently, like an action film instead of a thirller. I was not any surprised to learn the director of the film had never read the book.

Lol the movie was launched in South Africa Today, so this morning at 9 we could start watching it scary enough my office is in a big centre where there are cinemas and it was sold out all day! Anyway my point is is sa on a good GMT?

Cause the movie was available about 7 hours after this post. Maybe we are on the same GMT probably, Gord?

Anyway let me get back on topic. I think that all this should of happened in the making of the movie instead of going on and making such fuss once the movie is released? If they really were against it, wouldn't they of stopped it from being released rather than have it revoked?

This is the approach I would of took. Think about if james bond had that approach... Lets have the evil scientist shoot the planet with his planet exploda-murray thinga-ma-whot and then try and stop the huge ass nuke on its way to waste our puny planet... Yip that would make it "The Plan is not enough" or "Try Another play" or something... There would be no sequal as he's character would of been destroyed

What are your thoughts on this...

PS why did my post get locked couldnt they have just delted crappy comments? Cause its pretty much the same thread just without rappy comments?

[veryweirdguy]

I read the Da Vinci Code last year, after all the hype (I hadn't read any reviews of it as I managed to read it a month or two before my friends somehow). I agree with a lot of the comments here - Oranges is spot on about how Brown made it a page turner.

I was just talking to my pop just before I came on here about the same matter actually - he hasn't read it yet, and I basically told him that on the whole it's not a very well written book, but it's still a page turner. Personally I did enjoy the "historical" aspect of it, although I did take it all with a pinch of salt of course.

Haven't seen the movie yet, but I probably will if someone else asks me to. I'm not sure how it will convert to the big screen really - a lot of the interest in the book is about the explanation of the Holy Grail - the talking bits. Scenes and scenes of explanation of history can't be very entertaining I imagine. But I'll reserve full judgement until I, y'know, SEE it.

[Rincewind]

I have to say that I haven't read the book or seen the film, but I have read and enjoyed the "Holy Blood, Holy Grail"-book as well as played Gabriel Knight 3 and read a comic-book adaptation of the myth by Kari Läppenän that went in the swedish issue of "the Phantom"... Heh. :)Ã, So I haven't felt any need to read/watch any of them, really... Feels like it would be a lot of the same thing repeated all over again, much as Grundy said.

Although, I do have to say I was a bit disappointed and disillusioned when I stumbled upon this earlier today.
It sort of crushed all of my childish romanticised illusions concerning the whole mystery. Bah.
I actually enjoyed being duped into believing that there was a giant conspiracy with bloodlines and secret societes and pseudo-esoteric mumbo-jumbo. And now this whole mystery that I have been fascinated with since seventh grade turns out to be a hoax created in the 50's to attract tourists. Doube-bah.Ã, Why do they have to all the fun away?Ã, 
Oh well, can't win them all... Or any of them, come to think of it.

[Nikolas]

I've not read it, I've not seen it and I won't.

For some reason when I see a book thousand times in the tube in front of me, I have the tendency to judge it as being the Sun (for those of you not brittish: Tube: the underground system of London, The Sun: Probably the worst newspaper of London, full of goship and pics of NOT beuatifull women naked page 3).

Something that seems to provoce SO much thought and contradiction, cannot be so easily read while traveling. dunno...

And that gal in the  film does not look hot anymore as she did some years ago

[Afflict]

ROFLMAO

[Becky]

Something that seems to provoce SO much thought and contradiction, cannot be so easily read while traveling.

I dunno, on a three-four hour train journey, you can read a pretty much anything.