If I were to rate them on Outcry Production, it'd be in this order: Passion of the Christ . . . Da Vinci Code Last Temptation of Christ . . . Harry Potter Narnia The Passion was far and away the most controversial. If you think a bigger stink was made about Harry Potter, you weren't paying attention.
A lot of the passion's "outcry" was fabricated by Mel Gibson in order to get free pub, who told tales of conspiracies of....guess what, Jews, out to stifle him and imaginary insults.
The Anti-Defamation League was conspiring with Gibson to make him millions? And all the posters on this BBS who were concerned about the anti-Semitic violence that might result from a Passion play -- because that's what Passion plays do, they incite violence against Jews -- Gibson made all that up too? OmegaSupreme being worried that the Satan-of-indeterminant-gender was an anti-gay message, that was Gibson posting as OS?
The ADL's got involved in response to the interview which I was discussing where Gibson said he was going disembowel Frank Rich and kill his dog. Gibson himself started the whole thing by taking a combative, baiting, attitude, closing off all screenings and not letting critics see it, which Rich called him o ut for. Why? Let's ask Mel himself: "It's only logical to assume that conspiracies are everywhere, because that's what people do. They conspire. If you can't get the message, get the man." LOL, why are you defending him? He "outcried" his way to the bank.
First, I was not equating Harry Potter with Passion, but he did bring up Narnia. Second, I think you are forgetting what went on during the Last Temptation. PS - also remember that some of the protests for "The Passion" were about Gibson's "glorification" of violence.
I was just going from the list of movies you provided and that you said that "DVC, Last Temptation of Christ, Harry Potter, etc." created a bigger uproar than Passion or Narnia. You may be right about The Last Temptation of Christ. It's the oldest of them, and dimmest in memory. As for people being upset about the violence in The Passion, The Passion gets credit for that too in the Outcry Production Meter because of the argument that the Religious Right was being hypocritical in decrying violence in movies and then championing one that featured violence in spades.
Never read the book but I have to agree after seeing the movie, the story's hook is the main reason that people read the book as least IMHO. If you remove that portion of the story and replace it with something else it's a pretty basic story
So what you are saying is that if you take the conspiracy theory out of a conspiracy theory book/movie/story/etc. that it is a pretty basic story? Well no **** sherlock. That is what the whole freaking thing was about. The DaVinci Code was one of the most entertaining reads that I have ever experienced whether he stretched the truth or not. I didn't really care if he "lied" in a work of fiction or not because I knew that when I started reading it, that the ENTIRE story was fabricated, hence the term "work of fiction." How about reading it prior to making judgements?
You missed the point, I meant if you took out the Jesus being married as the crux of the conspiracy (the hook of the whole story) and replaced it with some other conspiracy idea, I really don't see a need to get angry about it, I have my opinion and you have yours, also I stated that I hadn't read the book as was stating my opinion off the movie which I did see
i think he's saying Jesus sells books. he'd be right. he's saying the allure of the story is the fact that the conspiracy is about christianity.
That is true. Dan Brown is kind of like Mike Jones in the sense that he's there to sell himself, not to present the best form of his art. The short chapters, the rather elementary sentences (in construction and diversity)...it was, compared to other great novels, kind of poorly written...IMO
i think you are right max. i also believe dan brown has an agenda. i haven't read the book or seen the movie and have no plans to do so. still, i don't see what the big deal is, c'mon who cares what this clown says or thinks.
I'm not getting angry, I just think that it's silly to make that statement. I just think that some people have to knock something because it is popular. I agree that if the conspiracy had been about Area 51 for example that it wouldn't have been a big deal. That's because that "conspiracy" has been beaten to death. This is something new and sparked the interest of millions of people. The way he intertwined everything in the book is what made it fascinating. He told a fantastic yarn, so well that many believed that it may be true. I know I researched quite a bit of the information because he made it sound so real. Add that with the fact that there is similar information out there, it is very convincing. I feel that it only makes sense that if you take any great story and changed the main idea, it probably isn't going to be as great.
I think it has more to do with the fact that it is a conspiracy that many people had never heard about. Everyone likes a good conspiracy.
Thought I'd find this subject in D&D... I haven't read the book or seen the movie, but I am preaching a sermon this coming Sunday - "The Da Vinci Code, Books on earth, Books in heaven." Catchy
