AAnnAArchy
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Opening 5-19-06
Please discuss only *after* seeing the movie. We have plenty of other threads for those of us who haven't seen the movie yet.
Edited by AAnnAArchy (05/18/06 05:29 AM)
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shawnbreit
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Just got back from my first viewing today. Going again tonight with friends. I am interested in what is hidden in the movie. For instance, there is a scene on a bus and I swear the 2 authors of "The Templar Revelation" are on the bus. I wonder what else fun I missed!
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Iceal
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I was so angry when i saw the movie. All because of three major flaws:
a) Silas' eyes, was NOT red
b) What happened to the cryptex? In the movie there was only one!
c) The most horrifying ending in ANY movie, EVER!! What went through Ron Howards twisted and insane little mind, when he said to himself: Hey! i've got a GRRRRREAT idea! why don't we change the entire "Rosslyn-chapter"? I swear to, what ever God i pray to, i was so angry when i saw it that i hit my friend, Bjarke who was sitting next to me, so hard that people starred at us...
Anyway, the rest of the movie was great, and i think Tom Hanks and co. did an exellent job!
-Iceal
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"On a hot summer night, will you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?"
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scubaone
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OK. It's time to say something. Having read the book and seen the film it is startlingly obvious that Dan Brown is not the most talented of writers but he hit on a great story and tells it efficiently and the movie is a fair reflection of that. I enjoyed them both. So to the critics, 60 million book sales can't be wrong and any Ron Howard and A list cast movie will hardly flop, particularly with all the free publicity kindly provided by world-wide church folk.
I'm a Christian and I follow my faith and I have to say it takes a lot more than an average novelist and a good movie to sway me away from that - something I think church leaders should give us some credit for. Especially when it involves a work of fiction and has never been claimed to be any more than that by ANYONE. Just correct references to
art, architecture, documents and secret rituals. But not the story.
Did the religious world go crazy when in Raiders of the lost Ark, Indy went in search of a TRUE religious relic the Ark of the Covenant, the treasure hunt which followed and the murder of the nasty Nazis at the end? The same holds for Indiana Jones and the last Crusade - the search for the Holy Grail no less - followed by treasure hunt and 800 year old templar nights protecting it - sounds kinda familiar huh? Joseph and his amazing technicoloured dream coat - based on a religious truth and turned into a musical - do i really think it happened that way - no, its a fictitious musical obviously, still running in theatreland across
the globe without religious protests to help market it. The Omen series was actually based on the BIBLE and other easily accessible religious documents and had more of a basis for being fact than most but no, its a made up story, a good yarn - we didn't need to be told then and we don't now. Devil's advocate, where Al baby screams that God is an
absentee landlord etc etc - did I shake with religious ury, no no no - its made up you see.
I could go on as could you - the point is very clear. Come on church people, have a little faith in your world-wide flock - we know its just a story and it seems to be you rather than us who needs convincing otherwise. You have
done far more to raise doubt over the truth we know and believe than Dan Brown ever could have. Have faith.
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MsVetra
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*****Spoilers ahead*****
I went to see the movie last night and here's what I think:
I found it to be a good quality screenplay of the book. It's dark and sleek, fast pased and gripping.The carachters are well played and convincing. The plot unfolds and flows brillantly.
Of course, a book *always* loses something when translated into a film, but the way The Da Vinci Code is written is so visual that I knew that, as long as the film was done sensibly, it would have been a fair portrayal of the book.
If I had to make one criticism I'd say that when Sir Teabing turns nasty, the viewer who hasn't read the book is left wondering why he's turning the gun against his friend Professor Langdon: why? Because in the book Langdon and Sophie tell Teabing that they definitely believe the Prior of Sion is right to keep the secret and they'd do exactly the same; well, in the movie, they don't - so what you see is Teabing 'going mental' without having discussed with Robert and Sophie the issue of revealing or not the Big Secret.
The Roslyn Chapel scenes are very different from the book, but if I don't necessarily believe that the movie version is wrong: it's just dissimilar - I'm not sure there is one account that I prefer...
Finally, my favourite carachter is definitely Silas: played absolutely masterfully!
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MsVetra
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Quote:
Iceal said:
I was so angry when i saw the movie. All because of three major flaws:
a) Silas' eyes, was NOT red
b) What happened to the cryptex? In the movie there was only one!
You're right: Silas hasn't got red eyes, however his eyes are the scariest icy light blue colour I've ever seen! Veeeeery spooky...
And yes, there's only one Cryptex, but it's the one that matters - the one that gets dramatically thrown up in the air and smashes onto the floor, for the horror of Sir T.
So you only have 1 Cryptex, but you still have all the drama, the intensity and the suspense...
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MikePhil
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Reged: 05/20/06
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My humble opinion is that the movie resumes the essential of the book; like someone said already books to movie adaptations usually make some details of the book disapear, but in this particular movie i believe the essential is there. Even being a novel, yes, the movie (like the book) does open your mind and makes you think about the real truth; and the truth im talking about doesnt need to be the Graal only.. i believe the Graal issue is just 5% of the iceberg, but thats chat for another topic i guess.
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AbbySinead
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One thing I noticed was when Langdon was at his book signing a cameo of Dan and Blythe was spotted.
Has it ever occured to us all that the symbols used by some of metals bands (IE Judas Priest and Queensryche), have a distorted Neptune staff? And the cover of Disturbed's album "Beleve" is covered in symbology? Are we surrounded by symbols of things relgious for a reason? A very good friend of mine has the belief that we are guided by the symbols we cross in life, be it a lesson to learn, or G-D navigating you to your purpose in life.
Are we just born to live and then die, or are we all placed here to do something meaningful, or G-D's bidding in a sense?
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Edited by AbbySinead (05/20/06 09:24 AM)
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MsVetra
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Quote:
AbbySinead said:
One thing I noticed was when Langdon was at his book signing a cameo of Dan and Blythe was spotted.
Wow, was it?!!!! D**n, I missed that!!!!
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SeppiGirl
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I missed them too! Shucks, I guess I'll have to drag myself to it again, darn it! 
My opinion, for what it's worth, is that it was a good enough movie, entertaining and intelligent. But I was bothered by the Rosslyn changes, it's not what I had hoped for Sophie Neveau. That being said, as Dan Brown was involved in the development of the movie, he must have known about the changes and approved of them so if he's happy, we must be too I suppose. Did anyone else feel like the movie tried too hard not to offend anyone, that the "point-counterpoint" approach taken, made too much of a big deal about the controversy and I personally felt like I was being spoon-fed counterpoints so that I would not take offense to anything presented. I just don't think that they gave the audience much credit there, I'm sure any intelligent, free thinking individual would get it. Hmmmm...then again, maybe it was very necessary, thinking about what people have already said about the book.
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