<p>I just returned from seeing the new movie even though it had gotten such bad reviews and I just have to say I dont get it… there has been such an uproar from many religious areas about how its this and that and how it should be banned and what not but I just dont get it. It basically seemed like a good adventure action mystery movie. While I would say part of the controversy maybe also because of the book because of the detail which is lost in the movie but could someone please explain all this to me… Thanks</p>
<p>Seeing it Sunday evening. The buzz is that a lot of the book was gutted, reducing the movie to a more or less straight “chase” thriller.</p>
<p>I’m really annoyed. I had been deep into planning a novel about a critical infectious disease in the Renaissance. Working title was THE DAVINCI COLD.</p>
<p>TheDad, great project idea - sounds catchy!</p>
<p>How about search for the lost treasure: The Da Vinci Gold</p>
<p>Or discovering a cure for the cold … in the Da Vinci MOLD.</p>
<p>Then you’ll like this article about da Vinci spinoffs: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/business/media/20code.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/business/media/20code.html</a></p>
<p>It mentions the “Da Vinci Fitness Code” diet, based on the Fibonacci series. This is getting pretty hard to parody, folks.</p>
<p>chucknorrisrules, I finished the book about two weeks ago and I did not get what the big uproar was. I watched the movie last night and now I understand the main idea that many are upset about. </p>
<p>I read Angels and Demons first and thought that was decent. Began to read dvc not knowing it was about religion too. I probably wouldn’t have been interested.</p>
<p>So sorry, but ANGELS & DEMONS is execrable. The plotting is pure low-level hack and the and on a sentence & paragraph level it’s worse. It’s easy to see that it sank without a trace and was republished when DB hit the jackpot with THE DAVINCI CODE.</p>
<p>THE DAVINCI CODE shares many of the same flaws but not to the same degree and either Brown learned more about writing in the process of doing–not uncommon–or for this one he had an editor sit on him–fairly uncommon these days–and make him get it, if not right, better. The book is akin to a garment on a “full-figured” person, draped and arranged to conceal some of the flaws and highlight strengths.</p>
<p>Ron Howard said it best…it’s entertainment folks…if it bothers you stay home and talk with someone who saw it or don’t.
Brown is no Hemingway…but the popularity of the book indicates a universal desire to learn history in a soap opera/ adventure story style.</p>
<p>I didn’t read the book- because I looked at it and it just didnt seem my taste- but was vaguely thinking of seeing the movie because it is playing in my neighborhood and because Hanks was supposed to do a good job ( plus Ian Mckellen hawt!- oh and I just noticed it has Paul Bettany- just discovered him in a rental of The Knights Tale funny guy 
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<p>I did read that the whole Jesus <B Mary Magdalene is toned down from the book- in the movie is presented more as a theory rather than fact.</p>
<p>Da Vinci Code was a fun book, and not for the pseudo historical religious angle. It had good suspense, plot twists, and a tense atmosphere. I simply can’t understand why religious people are going nuts over it. It just questions a weak pillar in Christian history…and its a word of fiction. For Christ’s sake, get over it. I will go see the movie next week, but from what I have read and heard, Howard tries to appease the Christians, ruining the movie’s great potential. Why can’t today’s directors make a good movie just for the sake of it, instead of making it politically correct? I think Mel Gibson is a semi nut case, but I admire how he made Passion without much sensativity. Why couldn’t Spielberg do this in Munich (It had great potential till about the telephone bombing scence, but just became a politically correct case study from there on). As book adaptations go, I am looking forward to what will come of Without Remorse*, which is scheduled to come out next year.</p>
<p>horrible movie.</p>
<p>there was none of the pro-women stances that Brown took, none of the DaVinci puzzles that the book revolves around. Howard made the plot completely linear.</p>
<p>HORRIBLE</p>
<p>hm does this mean I have to go see mission impossible instead even though I can’t watch Tom cruise without smirking although I really like Philip Seymour Hoffman- or do I trek * all the way* to the Udistrict to see Friends w Money?</p>
<p>no its really not that terrible i would compare alot of it to the movie National Treasure so if you liked that one the majority of the film semi remined me of the Davinci Code its a good mystery adventure as long as you dont go into it with all sorts of religious bias or whatever</p>
<p>I enjoyed both the book and the movie. As in most book to movie translations, much is eliminated. This is always unfortunate but the movie still was an interesting mystery/thriller. The acting was good, I enjoyed the cast, and the scenes of Paris and London were beautiful. I did notice some outright changes in the movie which surprised me, would love to know the reason why. I’d recommend the movie. </p>
<p>Lastly, I just don’t get what all the hullabaloo is with the protests about this project. It’s clearly a work of fiction, it’s always been stated as such. Seems to me that those in the church who have called for bans and protests, have, if anything, made more people curious to see it. It was playing 21 times today at the multi-plex we went to, several screens, and most were sold out.</p>
<p>Just for the record, the catholic church did ban the book or movie. It is in the fiction section! It is not a historical document. I think it was a pretty good book, interesting setting and characters. Haven’t seen the movie, but my D said it wasn’t great… book better. Chucknorris, I agree with you about Mel Gibson.</p>
<p>well…it turned out that Da Vinci was actually a painter slave…</p>
<p>DA VINCI SOLD., it said on his doorstep.</p>
<p>JC, did you mean to say that the church did NOT ban the book or movie? If so, well, maybe not ban, because I mean, how could the church, any church, BAN a movie? They couldn’t. However, various groups within the Roman Catholic Church have, indeed, called for boycotts and protests (which is what I said in my previous post when I referred to people ‘in the church’). </p>
<p>What I meant by hullabaloo: </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/18/da.vinci/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/18/da.vinci/index.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/16/film.davinci.protests.ap/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/16/film.davinci.protests.ap/index.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/15/cardinal.davinci.reut/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/15/cardinal.davinci.reut/index.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/09/leisure.davinci.reut/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/09/leisure.davinci.reut/index.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/01/decoding.davinci.ap/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/01/decoding.davinci.ap/index.html</a></p>
<p>hmm…i was looking forward to seeing the Da Vinci Code but now I don’t know.</p>
<p>Hullabaloo?
wasn’t that the TV show that banned Pete Seeger during the early '60’s?</p>
<p>Oh yeah- that was [Hootenanny](<a href=“HOOTENANNY : Hootenanny TV Show”>http://www.tvparty.com/rechootenany.html</a> )</p>