The DaVinci Code

[adam]

There's an aspect of that in all things. Mark Twain said nothing ruined the pleasure for him of boating down the Mississippi as much as learning to do it properly, and that's the reason I decided not to take a job in the audio industry, after my training for it. I wanted to keep it as my passion, and I knew the nature of the work I'd be getting into, at an entry level, anyway, would kill it for me. There most definitely are jobs that allow people to combine their passion and their work (Scott? Aaron?), but those people are lucky; it's a tricky position to obtain, methinks.

[Eikman]

review of the daily mail:

As the world's dishiest police cryptologist, Audrey Tautou mangles the English language so badly that she is hard to understand.

ace. more reviews here.

[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by adam

There's an aspect of that in all things.

yeah that's true. i play music with a couple of friends, and ever since we've started recording or playing live it's become such a bitch at times that the last thing i wanna do is watch other bands playing live.

and even if i do, it gets all analytical as i pay too much attention to how they perform, with what gear etc. which again distracts totally from enjoying the actual music that's supposed to be the point. it kinda kills the mystery of everything.

[myrrh]

So, I went to see this this afternoon. I must have been expecting something more. I feel like it was a modern day Indiana Jones flick, but without the action sequences.

[cured]

Originally Posted by myrrh

So, I went to see this this afternoon. I must have been expecting something more. I feel like it was a modern day Indiana Jones flick, but without the action sequences.

I agree. How about National Treasure 2: The Holy Grail Mission, as it has been put so bluntly by the press.

National Treasure was full of action.

On the plus side, Audrey Tatou is my new wife.

"DaVinci" was ok but not without its eye-rubbing moments. And to think Sir Isaac Newton is one of my ancestors...I must be special!

[potatobroth]

it was meh.

[m.g.]

On a technical point of view, quite good (but that's the minimum expectable from a movie costing more than 100M$), 30 to 45 minutes too long (but this is just to explain you "before" what's going to happen "next" in case you wouldn't be able to understand it), mmm... what else?... Ian McKellen is an excellent actor... and... nothing else, really...

Well... if you don't mind that film makers believe that you have yogurt instead of brain, you'll probably like the movie...


ps : the best moment of the projection was seeing Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" trailer with Ceremony by New Order, loud, on a big screen... out here next wednesday

[Strangelet]

I saw this in Paris. The parisians laughed openly at it. rightly so. They will have to suffer an entire summer of american clue hunters taking the "da vinci code" walk by the louvre so they ought to get joy out of it where they can.

[cured]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

I saw this in Paris. The parisians laughed openly at it. rightly so. They will have to suffer an entire summer of american clue hunters taking the "da vinci code" walk by the louvre so they ought to get joy out of it where they can.

if nothing else, it is good for the economy...damn rude Parisians

(I apologize for our movies...well most of them)

[grady]

Finally got around to seeing it and to use potatobroth's post to convey my thoughts.

Originally Posted by potatobroth

it was meh.

Watching Hanks run around I was trying to imagine someone like Aaron Eckhart or someone else in his role of Robert Langdon.

There was the new Miami Vice trailer on the print I saw which was nice to see. There was also a newer trailer for M. Night Shamalamadingdong's next film Splash 2 er, I mean Lady in the Water that left a bad taste in my mouth.