The DaVinci Code

[Tiger]

Originally Posted by stimpee

Yeah, the facts, cos the bible is the Truth, right?

NO, the Koran is..............ask Adrian

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by matt

... their biggest worry should be that the inevitable success of the film is only going to encourage dan brown to write more terrible books

Too late!

I have been seeing adverts for something called "The Dan Brown Readers Companion" or "Book Companion" or some such shit all over town.

So now not only are you encouraged to buy his crappy books, but also you have to buy another crappy book to help you read his crappy books.

I read the Da Vinci Code cos of the hype. I was impressed with the plot, although the ending was clear to me about half way through, but unimpressed by his writing style. I will prolly see the movie though to see what they make of it.

BTW - and this is the wrong thread - but if anyone felt like me "nice plot, shame about the Sun Reader prose", try Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. I am reading it at the moment (thanks for the tip, Lloyd) and it is eminently more satisfying to read something that is beautifully written, with strong, believable characters.

[mmm skyscraper]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

try Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. .

I really like that book. Read the Illuminatus! Trilogy by by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson next and you'll pretty much have all you need in the way of conspiracy theories.

[holden]

Originally Posted by stimpee

Yeah, the facts, cos the bible is the Truth, right?

Fair enough. But i was referring more to Jewish history and art history. Facts surrounding Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and "Last Supper", the collation of the books of the Bible and early Christian practices recorded by Jewish historians e.g. Josephus.

But i think this thread is about the movie, right?

[myrrh]

Originally Posted by Tiger

NO, the Koran is..............ask Adrian

No doubt about that.... Though, for the record, there is some Truth in the Bible too. It just that a lot of it has been corrupted.

I never read the Da Vinci Code, but will probably go check this out on the weekend. I think it will probably be an alright flick. I totally agree too, that there are a whole lotta people thinking that this is how things went down, and all. It's kinda sad, actually.

I think that the reason that the Church gets in a big uproar about these kind of movies is because it makes people question things about their doctrine, and the Church cannot provide answers to these questions.

When these questions go against the very root of the Christian faith (i.e. the Crucifiction), you are going to obviously (and understandably) get people in a uproar.

For example, you have Islam (via the Qur'an), which confirms that Jesus was the Messiah; mentions the Last Supper; mentions the miracles Jesus performed; mentions more about Mary (his mother, not Magdelene) then the entire Bible (chapter 19 of the Qur'an is called "Mary"); then goes on to negate the Trinity, and say that Jesus was never crucified.

On top of this, you have early Christian sects that believed Jesus was never crucified, and all the other gospels coming out now that mention this kind of thing as well. And when the people that are researching these things are Christians, you can see where issues arise. That being that when the Churches own followers are questioning what the Church is telling them, and the Church cannot provide a logical rebuttal, then only left for them to do is call it blasphemy.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I'm having issue with those who are calling the entire work of DaVince Code to be fiction. Brown documents reference points for readers to do back up history checks. Same documents the top of the information-brain-food chain have used in the past to back up their arguments, NOW that the common populace is given the same said info., it's being called fiction.

[b.miller]

HE DIED FOR OUR SINS!!!!!!!!


or at least that's what Axl Rose's T-shirt told me.

[grady]

And he had wheels and wings. (we're still talking about Jebus right, or are we back on Dan Brown)

[grady]

Originally Posted by ffolkes

wrong, he was nominated for a beautiful mind but didn't win. the oscar went to denzel washington (rightfully so) for training day in 2002.
russell won his golden statue a year earlier for gladiator. i agree on your comment about the insider though

oh and fuck ron howard too.

thanks for the heads up ffolkes. I updated my post accordingly and even double checked it again as I didn't know where the hell my mind was other than bashing opie.

But yeah, it's good to know others think the same about crowe and The Insider.

[Kennrr]

Originally Posted by grady

thanks for the heads up ffolkes. I updated my post accordingly and even double checked it again as I didn't know where the hell my mind was other than bashing opie.

But yeah, it's good to know others think the same about crowe and The Insider.

god has already punished him with baldness, why must you bash him any further?