Culture. The Da Vinci Code Movie

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    Anyone seen The Da Vinci Code yet? I thought it was terrible. Although, I can't tell whether the film seemed so flimsy because I'd read the book, or simply because it was a pile of trash.

    So many people have read the book, it's hard to find someone who can judge it solely as a film. Anybody seen the film, having not previously read the book?
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    I can't be bothered with it... walked into HMV yesterday and there was a display stand with Da Vinci Code soundtrack, book, board game, playstation game etc etc... Big blockbusters really turn me off.
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    Looks gash.

    Book was fun enough, but hardly a work of genius. I have to agree with this guy when it comes to Dan Brown's literary credentials:

    he writes like the kind of freshman student who makes you want to give up the whole idea of teaching

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    Think I'll wait until it comes out on DVD.
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    It was terrible. I wouldn't even bother when it comes out on DVD if I were you.
    Total predictable toss.

    Having said that I haven't read the book.
    I'm sure that's a load of toss as well though.
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    Some fine acting let down by the Hankmeister and a rather dull finish.
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    The books the biggest load of shit you'll ever read. Hackneyed, unimaginative crap.

    I don't expect the film to be much different.
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    The books the biggest load of shit you'll ever read. Hackneyed, unimaginative crap.

    I don't think it was ever meant to be anything other than a literary equivalent of a hollywood blockbuster movie. It's pretty good as a stupid mindless escapist read if you ask me.

    Although, I don't really read fiction, so I guess I'm not qualified to really judge.
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    I understand a lot of people enjoyed it, but it's a book for people who don't read, which is a massive oxymoron.

    Theres plenty of hollywood style writers who are masters of language, plot, humour, characterisation, suspense, and the rest, who don't write shite books.

    Jeffery Deaver and Dean Koontz hit me straight off the bat.
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    Im reading Velocity by Dean Koontz at the moment and find him to be a little OTT in terms of his level of description. At first it was refreshing to have everything described in great detail, but it becomes rather testing as you progress. Its like when someone is telling you a story and they are waffling on and on about nothing and you just wish you had a fast forward button.

    Maybe I just have a short attention span due to information overload and watching too many movies.

    I went to see the Davinci code last night having not read the book, I thought it was quite good. I think most films made from books will never be as good as the book in most peoples eyes. I thought Hanks was pretty good as I was expecting him to be terrible. I often find films I think will be terrible before seeing them turn out to be rather good and vice versa.

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    If you think Koontz isa bit ott, try reading the lord of the rings. I love big books, but that had such a high tedium to good stuff ratio I didn't even bother finishing it.

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    I read the first two books and half of the third plus the Hobbit before I'd had enough. That was a long time ago when I was a wee whipper snapper and I can't remember them well enough to compare.
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    It's an airport novel that's been made into a mediocre movie. I'm totally fed up with people over-analysing it as a literary or factual work of great meaning - it's fiction, for christs sake. It's not filed under "Reference" in Waterstones, is it?

    Whilst the book is an entertaining page turner with an unusual premise, the movie plods along like a fat gendarme. I think the main problem is that the book relies on a sense of initial confusion and subsequent discovery by the reader, whereas the movie feels patchy and suffers from too much exposition and too little inner monologue to explain the leaps of logic made by Langdon.

    I've certainly seen worse films, but I've seen a hell of a lot better too.
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    I haven't seen the film yet but after I have, I intend to lay the blame for how poor it was squarely on the shoulders of Ron Howard. I've sat through some boring stuff with Ron's name on it - A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Ransom. All had great potential squandered at the hands of Ron.
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    truly awful film... clearly made for people with a mental age of 5, as there was not one detail that was not implicitly explained and just far too long..

    Theres not many films that I never want to see again but this is one of them.

    Umm and good to know that in film-land the mona lisa is not behind glass and you can wander in and out of the louvre as you please...
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    I didn't read the book because there was so much hype around it, figured it would be a disappointment.

    Downloaded the film to give it a go and although it was pretty decent quality when they started to speak in Italian the subtitles came up in Russian so after about 10 minutes I was completely lost and ended up deleting it.

    Just proves that stealing films ain't cool haha

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    hmm, that may have made the film a more interesting mystery to solve though!
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    I liked it. Must be 5.
    That said - I've not read the book and just need an escape from a hellish day in the office.
    Tho; preferred MI:3 the week before.
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    "Umm and good to know that in film-land the mona lisa is not behind glass and you can wander in and out of the louvre as you please..."

    Haha. Wasn't that in the book too? Always thought that was a bit odd.
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    I tried reading the book but after a few chapters realised it was just a trashy holiday novel so I ditched it. I watched the film last week. It was ok - nothing special. I dont think the film itself warranted such an ad campaign. I suppose they just wanted to try and catch the same excitement the novel created (although god knows why). Mission Impossible was ok as well. Nothing to get excited about.

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