The Da Vinci Code (Movie)

I guess it is good that at least the Vatican isn't offering a reward for someone to take out the author. I just think it is funny that the Vatican is in such an uproar over the movie. It is a work of fiction for crying out loud.

 

Can you recommend any books like Da Vinci, and Angels and Demons with a similar writing style or themes? I havent read Angel and Demons, but I will.

I'm making a summer reading list, and I enjoyed Da Vinci up until the last 15 chapters or so. It kinda seemed that Dan Brown was writing the book, with the movie in his mind already.

 

I have absolutely no desire to see this movie, and now that the early reviews are in, I have even less desire to see this movie.

 

Angel and Demons and Da Vinci are almost the same book. Both fun to read.

 

Do you think the Jews would say the same thing if a work of fiction came out denouncing all their beliefs? Or...hmmm...maybe the Muslims?

 

So because other religions would have a hissy fit then that makes it ok for Christians? I would think we would want to hold ourselves to the highest standard. I'm a Christian and loved the book. I read it for was it was, a work of fiction. It was supposed to be fun and it was. Stop whining.

 

never read Da Vinci Code. but for some reason, i am excited to see this movie.

 

I haven't read the book because usually, when lots of people who don't normally read are suddenly reading, I tend to be suspicious about the book. I am interested in the movie because it is Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Ian Meckellan, Jean Reno, etc. I'm worried about the ratings so far, but I'll decide for myself on this one.

I am completely tired of all the bs around this though. Jesus, my mom watches this Catholic channel most of the day and she is so against the book and the movie and is enjoying all the priests and theologians who are b****ing about the book and the movie. Her and all these people just think so poorly of others if they think that the average person can't seperate fact from fiction.

I'm gonna watch it on Friday and then I'll go home and tell her the whole movie.

 

Well Rushdie is at least still breathing. Muslims are a little touchy too about any bad ink that crosses their path.

As for the Jews, well they are still waiting for the Messiah, so pretty much the entire New Testament is an affront to their old school religion.

Let's see the Koran says that Jesus was only a prophet and not the Son of God, so there is another book saying Christianity is false.

Maybe we are on to something on why the Middle East is that way it is?

 

I will be seeing this next weekend, I never cared what the critics write about a movie because those are not normal every day people.

 

I'm pretty sure the producers won't give a wart off a frog's ass what the critics think. This movie is going to bring in some serious cash.

I think those early reviews from Cannes are a little biased, though. No self respecting film critic is going to give a big budget hollywood movie a good review at a film festival. He'll lose all his credibility.

I'll be there Sunday afternoon to avoid the big crowds...

 

Audrey Tautou is beautiful. I'll watch it just for her.

 

And I think the Catholic response has been measured. Should we embrace it? No. It's an insult. It says our whole faith is a pile of lies. I don't think its a far stretch for Catholic leaders to call for a boycott. We're doing it peacefully. After all, Christ eventually had to throw the money lenders out of the temple. He didn't just sit there like a goon while his faith was desecrated. At the very least the issues (if we can call them that) provide for an interesting discussion between folks on why these are lies and what the church really believes.

As far as it being fiction...there are far too many Don Quixote's out there for me to shrug off a work of fiction as something that doesn't effect the way we live. Brings up the whole question...does art imitate life, or life art...

 

Definitely not trying to move this to D&D, but out of curiosity doesn't Christianity also say that the world is only thousands of years old and a bunch of other stuff that we now know to be factually incorrect (obviously this is the same with any major old religion, of course)??

 

Did you read the "Left Behind" books?

 

Fortunately, Mr. Cameron and I have not had the chance to get acquainted.

 

I think the Christian reaction is interesting. It seems most churches, Catholic and Protestant, want to see the movie as a teaching opportunity, to teach their congregants and the wider world about the roots of the church and why they believe what they believe. And some congregants embrace that while others see it as an assault to be incensed about. So, you have a bunch of Christians either not reading the book to enforce a boycott or else reading it to equip themselves for evangelism. It doesn't leave much room for Christians to read it for diversion or else not read it because it's not worth the bother.

 

I wonder how many of the critics actually read the book before seeing the movie. I bet most of them didn't and didn't know what to expect going in.

 

As an aside, there is alot of interest from the general public in all things Jesus related. Who is to say if _The Da Vinci Code_ started the wave or caught it.

Beliefwatch: Good Word
May 22, 2006 issue - Jesus has always been able to move product, especially books. On average, every 1.6 seconds a new English-language Bible is purchased. Joel Osteen's "Good News" philosophy just earned him a multimillion-dollar book contract. And Rick Warren's "The Purpose Driven Life" (message: serve Jesus) has sold almost six times as many books as "The South Beach Diet" (message: serve high-fiber foods).

What's curious is how many of the Jesus books reject or revise Bible teachings and pose radically different versions of Jesus' story. Books on the extended New York Times best-seller list posit that: Jesus survived his crucifixion ("The Jesus Papers"); Judas' betrayal was a collaboration with Jesus ("Gospel of Judas," "The Lost Gospel"); John the Baptist was a twin Messiah ("The Jesus Dynasty"), and Jesus' words have been grossly misinterpreted ("Misquoting Jesus"). This doesn't include the Holy Mother of all Jesus Revisionism books, "The Da Vinci Code," which (spoiler alert!) says Jesus married Mary Magdalene and sired a baby. Alternative visions of Jesus are not new. The earliest Christian movements were riven with competing understandings of what Jesus meant, and the generally accepted Gospel story has always contended with rival interpretations. In antiquity, the authors were burned as heretics; now they get hefty book deals. These books are rising with a general boom in religious-book sales. "The fallout from 9/11, the political power of the religious right, and broader retail availability of these books have combined to produce a 'perfect storm' for religion books," says Lynn Garrett, religion editor of Publishers Weekly. "That's especially true right now for books about Jesus, reflecting a continuing fascination with figuring out who he really was."