The Da Vinci Code

[Axterix]

Originally Posted by Faltigoth

The Vatican isn't half as pissed as Opus Dei.

Read an interview with the head of the order. He's read the book and said he enjoyed it. He's not pissed about it at all, views it as any press is good press. And, of course, he pointed out that his order isn't what it is portrayed as in the book.

[zilkoril]

I'll be seeing this for the French hottie...

Dan Brown should die.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I hated the book. It took me five days to read it because I wanted to tear my eyeballs out after every chapter.

My problems with the book weren't even on its faulty factual basis. The writing was just fucking horrible, both structure and style. Small, one digit chapters that all end in whimpy cliffhangers, descriptions that use movie stars to describe characters, etc. It was high school creative writing quality...

Also, what's with all the "the writing wasn't great but it's a page turner" crap? No it isn't. The same people that think its a page turner are the same people that thought "March of the Penguins" was mind blowing. Watch the discovery channel for once in your life.

And the "mystery" was laughable. Every single clue had me wanting to bash my head in, the Isaac Netwon five letter password a prime example. Never once did I feel the characters were intelligent, never once was something really a mystery but instead, the unknown. A real writer is able to give all the information to the reader and still have the surprise be great because of the multiple possiblities set up within the mystery. All Brown does it hold back info to try to create a false illusion of mystery.

There...happy?

How the movie could be worse I don't know...but I'll probably see it, one friend or another will force me to I'm sure.

[Zaniel]

Originally Posted by Nebuchadnezzar

I hated the book. It took me five days to read it because I wanted to tear my eyeballs out after every chapter.

My problems with the book weren't even on its faulty factual basis. The writing was just fucking horrible, both structure and style. Small, one digit chapters that all end in whimpy cliffhangers, descriptions that use movie stars to describe characters, etc. It was high school creative writing quality...

What he said. There's nothing wrong with the basic premise of the novel it's just that Dan Brown is a god awful writer from a technical perspective. The actual sentences themselves just make it painful and boring to read, something I've rarely seen any author manage. Usually that sort of shit doesn't make its way past an editor.

[tjac]

Originally Posted by Nebuchadnezzar

Never once did I feel the characters were intelligent,

bingo. dan brown is not a good enough writer or smart enough human being to write about characters who are harvard symbologists.

[FanBuss]

The only way this movie would be good is if Ron Howard decided to narrate it.

[Gindaorshaman]

Im glad that I am not the only one who thought this book was not that good. Everybody I talk to loves this fucking book like it was the best story they have ever read.

[Eomer]

The sad part is, for the majority of the population, that's probably true.

I guess you can try to look at the positive: at least people are reading for once.

[Zanoan]

So who has actually seen the movie yet?`

[theawddone]

...why is this in the TV forum?

[Vorph]

I saw it...

It's better than the book, and probably a bit better than the critics are rating it, but not a lot. I probably would've enjoyed it more if I hadn't known everything that was going to happen, seeing as it follows the book nearly verbatim. And since it follows the book so closely, there's really not much else to say.

Theater was about 3/4 full at a 3:55 show (first show of the day, and there was no midnight one last night), something I've haven't seen since Star Wars III, so I'm guessing it will be doing quite well this weekend.

6/10

[Kan]

Saw It, it sucked. (I have not read the book btw)

Incredibly boring the acting is so bland and dull the story is so drawn out. Tom Hanks oddly was bad in this as was everyone else minus Ian McKellen and Paul Bettany. The story just kept going and going and going the only saving grace of it was the cool concept of it aside from that it's awful save a couple things. This was one of the only movies I was very tempted to just walk out on.

4/10 (gets a point for cool concept and another point for Ian McKellen and Paul Bettany)

[Hateyou]

Originally Posted by Kan

4/10 (gets a point for cool concept and another point for Ian McKellen and Paul Bettany)

1 + 1 =4 ?

[Matt the Gimp]

Originally Posted by Soriak

So it'd be nice to know if those critics who believe the movie sucked had read the book first.

You shouldn't have to read the book to the enjoy the movie. They are seperate entities.

[Kan]

Originally Posted by Hateyou

1 + 1 =4 ?

2 for the movie 1 for Ian and Bettany 1 for cool concept. Hate I kill you soon!