The Da Vinci Code (2006) (SPOILERS possible - but use spoiler space)

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I agree! she was great!

-and ive actually started reading the book now..the film really got me interested in the whole thing...im up to chapter 13 :)
 
oh there is one change that I'm actually happe about :lol:
[sp]They don't kiss, like in the book ;)[/sp]



yep it's different than in the book, where he really was her grandfather and the guy that was a guide at Rosslin was her brother.

I finally saw the movie today and I have actually two more things to say about it:
1st. If anyone has something against the storyline, it should be about the book itself, cause the movie takes EVERYTHINg from it, I don't understaind all those people that complain about the movie being stupid, since it's all from the book :lol:

and second... I still can't get over Tom Hanks :lmao: the only thing I'm really happy about is that there was actualy more of Sophie than Langdon in it :lol: at least I felt that way.
All in all.. I thought it would be worst than it really was ;)
 
It's not doing so well over at Rotten Tomatoes. :( That's disappointing. It kinda takes the buzz of my excitement a bit.
 
Of course millions of people's lives would be changed. Their whole belief system would be shattered. Everything they knew to be true for 2000 years would all of a sudden be a lie. A blow like that is life changing.

I liked the movie. Of course the book had more details but I was suprised at how much they covered in 2 and a half hours.
My favorite performances were Audry's and Ian's. They stole the show, i think.

I'm too tired to write a whole review but I did like the movie and think it held up to the feel and story of the book.
 
Hi everybody, I just wanted to throw in my two cents. :wiggle:

Although I think they could've used someone else as Robert Langdon, maybe someone not famous yet (because the movie itself has already a lot of hype surrounding it, and doesn't really need big names, although they might help), I'm OK with Tom Hanks. He has proven he is a good actor, and I wouldn't underestimate his ability to transform into the role he plays. That said, we'll see how it really turns out.

However, I don't really like their choice of Sophie, and it has nothing to do with the actress herself. I believe Sophie Marceau would've been perfect or at least more suitable for the role.

One thing I think we can all agree upon is that all of us have different picturse of characters in our mind, and it is impossible to please everybody. So we just have to have faith in the people involved with the film, and in the end decide if we're going to the see the movie or not. Because, if the movie turns out to be something radically different from what I expected, I have no obligation to see it.

Sometimes a book can stay just a book.

Thanks for your time :flowers:
 
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I just finished reading "The Da Vinci Code" which btw I love it!! What an amazing book!! It took me just 5 days to read it all :D and since I knew there would be a movie, I don't know but I always pictured in my mind Robert as Colin Firth :sigh: I think he would fit perfectly. I dont see Tom Hanks as Robert at all...
 
Tom Hanks is a good choice, but he wasn't my first thought...

I liked the idea of Russel Crowe being in it...
 
I am so jazzed about this!

I just finished the book last week and I absolutely loved it. It's competing for favorite book ever. I saw the pictures that CBS posted and I am so excited. May can't get here soon enough. I think the people they picked will be spectacular. Audrey Tatou as Sophie is so awesome. I could totally see it as I read. Tom Hanks as Langdon was a little hard to get used to, but after I got really into the book, I couldn't see anyone else. Ian as Teabing is odd though since he's not overweight like Dan Brown wrote. But I think he'll be good regardless. :nod:
 
Knights Templar seek papal apology for 700 years of persecution

By Paul Kelbie
29 November 2004

Seven hundred years after they were denounced as heretics and condemned to torture and death, the Knights Templar are calling for a public apology from the Roman Catholic Church.

The secretive organisation which was formed at the time of the Crusades has written to Pope John Paul II requesting that the Vatican officially atone for the persecution of the order.

The formal request for reconciliation to the Vatican has come from an English-based sept and is signed by the "Council of Chaplains, for and on behalf of the acting Grand Master". The letter asks for "an apology from the Vatican for the persecution of our brothers of the Knights Templar and the torture and murder of our leadership, under Pope Clement V during the 14th century AD".

The Hertfordshire-based group, one of thousands of Templar lodges around the world, is hopeful of a satisfactory outcome. "There have been some unofficial responses over the telephone and we have received certain indications from officials within the church that leaves us hopeful that an apology might be forthcoming," said a member of the order.

The Knights Templar order was formed in 1118 at the end of the First Crusade to protect Christian pilgrims en route to the Holy Land. The organisation built up vast riches from booty it pillaged while fighting in the Holy Lands. Within two centuries the order, which enjoyed the backing of the Holy See and European monarchies, had become powerful enough to defy all but the Pope. By 1307 it had fallen foul of Philip IV of France who needed funds for his war against England. With the blessing of Pope Clement V, the king moved against the Templars on Friday 13 October of that year and had them all arrested for heresy. More than 2,000 Templars were tortured and forced to confess to crimes of homosexuality and sodomy; spitting and trampling on the cross; and devil worshipping. As a result King Philip was able to seize their money and assets and by 1314 when the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, was burnt at the stake they had ceased to officially exist.

Some of the Templars fled to Scotland, where they are reputed to have helped Robert the Bruce defeat the English at Bannockburn, and under his protection many of their rituals survived. Today many groups from Freemasons to the Cult of the Solar Temple claim the Templars as ancestors and the modern order still includes numerous influential members.

Now, with the 700th anniversary of its persecution approaching, sources within the Knights Templar claim the order wants to improve relations with the Catholic Church and win some sort of acknowledgement for the suffering inflicted.

There were signs last year that the relationship between the Templars and the Vatican was improving when, in a church behind the Colosseum, a Catholic priest presided over the first Knights Templar ceremony in Rome for 522 years.



Same here. :D

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The Da Vinci Code was brought up a couple times in a CNN Presents episode I just saw, "The Two Marys: The Madonna and the Magdalene". :D

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I loved Angels & Demons! The whole Illuminati plot was very cool, but I think that The Da Vinci Code is being made into a movie because it was the most controversial novel out of those two. :)

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Excuse me for getting political here...

But it will be very interesting to see if this even is released in the next few years (or year) given the current climate of this country and the fanatical Relgious Right taking over and their current censorship over anything they don't like, I.E. Saving Private Ryan.

Back OT...

I hope this isn't spoilerish...

But the book tackles the idea that Jesus Christ had a child with Mary Magadline and that the following heirs have survived to this day...

Something the Vatican and other religious and non-religious organizations would love to either keep quiet (out of fear of losing power), or use for their own means (controlling the vast majority of Christians).

The book is about the search/hunt for those heirs and their possible whereabouts as well as a murder mystery set in France.

Tom Hanks would NOT... And I repeat... NOT be my first choice.
 
"Angels and Demons" is a much better story in my opinion.

It has religous overtones and elements -- The Templar Knights, Masons and Illuminati -- But religious revelations aren't the focal point of the story like DVC.

I'd be really surprised if Ron Howard and Tom Hanks were NOT involved in the second one some way, but it would be a bold move if the second film in the Langdonverse was a completely different production team just to allow another vision of how this story might be told compared to DVC.
 
It is a good movie and I wouldn't mind seeing it again. Everything about it was good. Now, I will read the book!
 
Filming of a Hollywood movie based on the best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code is to take place at the Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh in September.

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[SIZE=3][B]New Pictures from Da Vinci Code UK Set[/B][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3][B]Nun upstages star Hanks[/B][/SIZE] Good Lord :rolleyes:

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I loved the book! and I cant wait for the movie. Too bad Westminster barred the cast from filming there. Anyway, I hope they could find another place to film. :)
 
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