i think the movie makes a good companion to the book in terms of showing you what some of the art/locations look like, similar to the illustrated version. it wasn't a great movie but considering all the stuff they had to cram into it i think they did a good job. i reccommend it probably more so if you read the book first.
Saw the movie last night. I was cautious and not expecting much from all the negative reviews, however I enjoyed it. It was a decent movie that kept you thinking. There were a few confusing parts though (mostly with the details of the different groups and what everyones agenda was.) This was probably due to the fact that I have never read the book. However these minor details did not detract from the picture. I would give it a B rating. Its worth the price of admission.
Yes, but the scoring system they use tosses out the highs and the lows, thus making a true rating. And you get a much larger sampling of voters in there. DD
I've read Brown's earlier book involving his character of Langdon, Angels and Demons, and did enjoy that. (Another book the church does not like) I did not get a chance to read Da Vinci Code even though I've bought it and its sitting in my desk. Saw the movie last night and enjoyed it. I dont think it will win any awards but it was worth paying to see at least once. Outside the theater here in L.A. there were plenty of protestors with signs trying to get people to not watch the movie. They were harassing us in line. Oddly enough of the people who I saw it with, none were christian so we all had a good time harassing them back.
Never read the book but I liked it. I liked the dialogue and the concept. Very thought provoking. Worth my money even though the girl paid Girl read the book and she loved the movie. Don't know why this movie got such bad reviews though.
I didn't like the movie that much. There wasn't any real dialogue. Most of the time, the characters were just giving speeches explaining the history of it all. I felt like I was at a history lecture.
This is exactly what I've been talking about with regards to critics. This is EXACTLY what the book is so if you don't know that going in you're going to be disappointed which affects your view of the movie.
Funny, a lot of the reviews I have read say the movie stays away from any real discussion (avoiding intellectual intrigue for physical chases and the like) and the movie is too dumbed down. But I will niether watch the movie nor read the book so I suppose I will never know.
Then it should've stayed a book.. If you have to read a book in order to understand it's movie format.. should've stayed a book.. A movie is suppose to stand on it's own, and therefore be criticized by itself, from presentation to end. To your previous post, if the book caused such a great 'to do', then the filmmaker should've been prepared to fullfill equal expectations, otherwise.. should've stayed a book. And, so far, in this thread, the reaction seems to be no different than the summarized collection of reviews from said critics, bad to shrugging praise..
Saw the movie today and can't say I agree with the general negative reviews of the critics. This movie was entertaining even if you're not eat up with the religious controversies surroudning the subject matter. For anyone seeing the film, (I'm an aetheist by the way) I would certainly advise not taking all of its subject matter as fact at face value and to look into topics such as the First Council of Nicaea, The Nag Hammadi, and numerous other topics for yourselves because the movie and book present much theory as fact. Too often we let our biases, whether it be the bias of faith in religion or the bias of faith inhistorical record lead us to conclude by ignoring possibilities.
man Da Vinci Code has one of the bigger spreads i've seen at rottentomatoes.com. 18% critics, 9% cream of the crop, very healthy 76% from users (which seems to be reflected in this thread). i mean the critics score is usually lower, but like 10-15%, not 54%. it'll probably shrink with more reviews, but that's kind of crazy. were both watching the same movie. oh, and it had the 12th biggest opening day ever with 29.5M according to box office mojo so i guess it's going to be making a ton of money. while i loved the book, the commercials haven't particularly excited me. maybe i'll like the whole product more. as for whoever has read angels and demons but has da vinci code on their shelf, you should probably enjoy this as well since they're basically the same book. i read it in the reverse order and still enjoyed angels and demons a lot just for all of the historical fact/fiction intertwined with story that you get from both books, even though i kept thinking "now where have i seen this plot element before?"
"was entertaining" "was good, not great" "worth the price of admission" This is about the most praise this film has gotten in this thread... and it's all very 'meh'.. Sounds like 'shrugging praise' to me. Which was the same kind of 'postive praise' it received from the critics.
Well, this is just an opinion, but 75% of the movies released are not entertaining, good, or even worth the price of admission. It has been a while since i have been able to walk out of a movie and say, gosh, that was a well spent 10 bucks. Usually, its just the opposite: crap that was bad, or man i should have rented that. Generally, if you read the book, you will probably like the movie. If you have not read the book, it might be a bit confusing at times, as was Lord of the Rings, Narnia etc. Unlike the Bourne movies, The Code stayed true to its inspiration and was not rewritten in hopes of not confusing the audience. This movie couldn't lose. If the people who read the book go see the movie, it will make millions and break all kinds of records. Those of you who didn't read the book probably won't go see it in mass numbers and probably won't like it even if you do. (see most movie critics). I'm not saying the movie is fantastic, but its pretty good . . . and the core audience will enjoy seeing the book translated to the big screen.
And, I agree with that opinion, however irrelevent to the discussion.. We can't very well compare The Da Vinci Code to movies we sum as 'craptacular', can we? It's not summer fire sales of CGI shlock, or half assed T&A screenplays. This movie's true inspiration, was not just a book. It was book that sold to many and was praised as 'great' in short, and stirred a lot of 'must do' talk. Did the movie do the same? No. Therefore, we can't really say it did stay, 'true to it's inspiration'. When the making of this film first leaked, it was hailed with anticipation and much 'to do' hype. Some even went as far as considering the role to be highly sought by hollywood's top actors, and if not, 'it should be'. My point wasn't to point out, "the movie sucks'. I have no opinion on it, as I haven't seen it. What I WAS pointing out to, was way back in the thread where people were blaming the critics/reviewing audience, when they should've been blaming the film. It caused great expectation and didn't meet them. From, everything I've said above, to 'worth price of admission', 'good, not great'.. You can't take a 'great book', as most consider it and seek out to make a movie that's just 'pretty good'.. Because, if that is the ultimate result of transfering literature to art, then it should've stayed a book.
