Just got finished watching The Da Vinci Code

[jekajekalynn]

It was a pretty good movie. I don't get the beef with what critics said about it... Of course, critics tend to like art-house movies that only 4 ppl in a village in France has seen...


Now I have to read the book...lol


Even if you didn't buy into the dogma, it was a great detective story. It provocate some 'what if' questions in my head too.. So I did some of my own research.. and found out basically.. Gnostic Christianity is... to put it bluntly.. weird.. almost Kabalah-ish. I'll go back to my regularly scheduled view of metaphysics now thank you very much..

 

[MELSMICE]

I read the book first & then saw the movie. I enjoyed the movie, but thought it may have been hard to follow if you didn't read the book first.

You seemed to enjoy it though & have not read the book, so maybe I'm wrong about that!

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

Sorry I have to agree with the critics - I didn't like the movie but I loved the book. I might have enjoyed it better had I not read the book before I saw it. Reading the book though I never pictured Tom Hanks as Langdon and that pretty much ruined it for me - lol

 

[Papa Deuce]

It was a pretty good movie. I don't get the beef with what critics said about it... Of course, critics tend to like art-house movies that only 4 ppl in a village in France has seen...


Now I have to read the book...lol


Even if you didn't buy into the dogma, it was a great detective story. It provocate some 'what if' questions in my head too.. So I did some of my own research.. and found out basically.. Gnostic Christianity is... to put it bluntly.. weird.. almost Kabalah-ish. I'll go back to my regularly scheduled view of metaphysics now thank you very much..

See, the deal is the movies stinks, IMO, comapred to the book. Had I never read the book, I might have thought the ovie was "ok", and not horrible!

 

[Anewman]

Saw movie, liked it so much I read the book(which was OK).

Angels and Demons lends itself to being a better movie, it has a little more action mixed in with the same type of great detective story.

 

[disykat]

Like others, I loved the book but can't imagine I would have followed the movie well if I hadn't read the book.

 

[momrek06]

I saw the movie in MAY and just came from the LOURVE....it just is so absolutely fabulous. I hope everyone can visit the LOUVRE one day.

Walked right up to MONA LISA and starred right at her and she did stare back at me.

 

[Aimeedyan]

Thought the book was okay (poor writing) but thought the movie was terrible. Talk about horrible acting! Tom Hanks was wasted in it, IMO, and a total dud of a character. I was glad I had read the book prior, too, since the movie is so butchered.

I think you'll find the book to be much better - at least I hope so!

 

[CourtasanSatine]

But I have to admit the villian had good casting

 

[hellokitty86]

I just got the book but haven't read it yet. Haven't seen the movie, either.

Are there any scary parts? I know its suspenseful but I dont like watching scary/gory movies. Anybody have comments about that?

Just wondering.

 

[momrek06]

I just got the book but haven't read it yet. Haven't seen the movie, either.

Are there any scary parts? I know its suspenseful but I dont like watching scary/gory movies. Anybody have comments about that?

Just wondering.

I did not find it scary at all, but the villian is really really creepy....

 

[DisnyMama]

DS and I listened to the book on CD while driving from Calif. to Texas in July. We loved it. I can't picture Tom Hanks in that character though and still haven't seen the movie. We also listened to "Wicked". Now that was a book!! Very involved and I can't imagine they put all of it in the stage production. No way. There's a lot of stuff you would never want your kids to see. Uhh! Uhh! It's so wordy I could never have read it. Sorry to hi-jack and throw this in.

 

[Planogirl]

I liked both the book and the movie. I enjoy the mystery of it all though.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

i read the book before i watched the movie. and when i was reading the book, the codex that they found and were trying to decifer....took CHAPTERS AND CHAPTERS AND CHAPTERS to figure out and then ......well i won't get into too much detail but when they opened it, i stopped reading it for about 3 months because i got so angry lol.

but then they announced the movie was coming out, so i had to read it.

i thought both the book and the movie were very good. i enjoyed it. i don't get what critics saw wrong with it, either. the only thing i didn't like, i don't think Tom Cruise portrayed how they wrote his character in the book. he still played him good, but he didn't look a thing like him.

the Gnostic religion isn't that bad. they're a bit more leniant(sp?? sorry!) than the Christian religion is, but i really haven't read too much into it.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

DS and I listened to the book on CD while driving from Calif. to Texas in July. We loved it. I can't picture Tom Hanks in that character though and still haven't seen the movie. We also listened to "Wicked". Now that was a book!! Very involved and I can't imagine they put all of it in the stage production. No way. There's a lot of stuff you would never want your kids to see. Uhh! Uhh! It's so wordy I could never have read it. Sorry to hi-jack and throw this in.

Wicked is actually a VERY good play. it's one of my favorites. i haven't gotten thru all of the book yet, but they omitted a lot of not so kid friendly parts from the play.

 

[Cindy B]

Enjoyed the book as fluff--but the movie, well it was so bad I turned it off after a 1/2 hour two separate times.

 

[Oreo Cookie]

I really enjoyed the book, and thought the movie was okay, maybe a 5 out of 10. I always tend to enjoy the book much more than the movie. I think we all develop our own images of what the characters and places look like, and for me the movie is always different than my imagination. For example, I would never of pictured Tom Hanks as the Harvard professor. Hanks is an exceptional actor, but in this movie I thought he tanked. Also, a lot of times there are changes in what happened in the book and what happens in the movie.

I do agree with the other poster about Angel and Demons. I really enjoyed the book, and I think it would turn out to be a better movie, but the lead role needs to be recast.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Sorry I have to agree with the critics - I didn't like the movie but I loved the book. I might have enjoyed it better had I not read the book before I saw it. Reading the book though I never pictured Tom Hanks as Langdon and that pretty much ruined it for me - lol

Same here.....

 

[meandtheguys2]

I didn't like the book (but I'm not into conspiracy theories in general), but haven't had a chance to see the movie, yet. Will rent it sometime this winter.

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

i thought both the book and the movie were very good. i enjoyed it. i don't get what critics saw wrong with it, either. the only thing i didn't like, i don't think Tom Cruise portrayed how they wrote his character in the book. he still played him good, but he didn't look a thing like him.

the Gnostic religion isn't that bad. they're a bit more leniant(sp?? sorry!) than the Christian religion is, but i really haven't read too much into it.

Ummmm...Tom Cruise wasn't in The Da Vinci Code. Maybe you are referring to Tom Hanks who had the lead role as Langdon. I like Tom Hanks but he was not right for this role. Totally not who I pictured when I read the book.