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OK, PB or whomever may have seen the Da Vinci Code....lets have the goods. Is the Da Vinci code worth seeing? I am hearing some bad things about it, but so what...I wanna know what you thought?
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Some people just don't get it, they don't get it that they don't get it.
I had the right to remain silent.......but I didn't have the ability.
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You read the book lem ? IMO it was a bit cack compared to the 'spiracy factual book "the holy blood and the holy grail" that Dan Brown ripped it off from.
Can't imagine the movie's much cop when the book was such a duffer.
It's been critically slaughtered at launch over here in the UK.
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We went to the Arclight cinema in Hollywood, which is a HUGE screen
I really was really entertained ... Hanks was understated in his performance and this allowed the other actors to *shine*
I am prejudiced ... I loved the book ... and this may be why I enjoyed seeing the film so much
We took our daughter's boyfriend as our guest
He did not read the book ... he was a little "lost"
because the premise and context is so complex
I'm gonna see it again ... just for the beauty of the European locations
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I thought it reeked. You read any Umberto Eco ? MUCH better IMO !
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It's a best selling novel ... so the reek is subjective
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80% of people have affairs, popularity don't make 'em good ! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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An article in the paper this morning said 80% of the people asked in Europe and GB believe the book is a true expose of an actual cover-up by the Catholic Church.
But less than 2% of Americans do in the same survey.
Interesting, but I have no idea what it means, if anything.
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80% of people have affairs, popularity don't make 'em good ! darn that was funny! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Sump'n funny is certainly going on. I've read a few factual/theory books. Church/ Freemasonry/ Knights Templar / preure de sion / opus dei blah blah. all good fun. Doesn;t prove anything but the old tenet "opinions vary" IMO ! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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My H was a radio talk show guest yesterday when we went to the theater ... he got selected to speak ... but since I was not listening to the radio (I was in the bookshop) I did not hear him
he basically said in reference to the controversy
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"If you go to see the movie King Kong, you walk away knowing this was a movie trying to entertain you NOT trying to educate you, the audience about ape behavior ... DaVinci is the same thing ... simply entertainment, not an attempt to educate or debate the church's teachings."
leave it to my husband to bring King kong into the conversation about THIS movie
so funny my man
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My son said something very similar but without the King Kong. He said the movie was pretty good, but liked the book better.
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An article in the paper this morning said 80% of the people asked in Europe and GB believe the book is a true expose of an actual cover-up by the Catholic Church.
But less than 2% of Americans do in the same survey.
Interesting, but I have no idea what it means, if anything. It means Europeans are dumber than Americans >duck & run< <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />
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And EVERYBODY's dumber than texans ! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Pep, with all due respect, it's vulgar, in my humble opinion. "Facts" used to "support" the premise have been proven false (see the History Channel special that examined the facts, for example).
Beyond that, consider the vulgar attack on Christ and the offensiveness of it, along with so many other things that have been "excused" in the name of "Art." Maplethorpe "exhibit" anyone?
Consider the reaction if the "subject matter" were Mohammend for example.
People who want respect should act in a respectful manner, wouldn't you think?
But consider the treatment Mel Gibson received for The Passion and compare that to the slander and false accusations of Ron Howard and Mr. "Garp"
The sad thing is that so many will simply accept that garbage as "fact" since in was in the movies. The intellectual depth of much of the public is astounding. South Park, that icon of wisdom and intellectual depth, wouldn't dare to put on a simple picture of Mohammed, but they, and many others have no problem blaspheming Christ.
Supporters of such garbage really should, in my opinion, examine themselves. It's getting so bad that the jerk in charge of Iran wants all non-Muslims to wear color coded identification, ala Hitler and the Jews.
That's enough. I'm getting hot under the collar over the blatant sin against God and the supporters of such activities.
Art? Not even close. "Rationalization" for disgusting behavior intended to slander and hurt many people...sounds very familiar to another use of "rationalization."
European,s opinions? Tell it to the French and their retreat from Christianity and support of Muslim imports. Reaping what they have sown comes to mind.
Enough...I'm starting to have a "rant."
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rant on ...
it's a movie and a fictional story
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rant on ...
it's a movie and a fictional story
Pep Yes exactly....why can't people just see it for what it is. Some entertainment. I loved the book, and I am certainl I will love the movie. I am a catholic and for the life of me cannot understand why everyone has their panties in a bunch over this movie. "Get over it"... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Lem
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I had the right to remain silent.......but I didn't have the ability.
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I am a catholic and for the life of me cannot understand why everyone has their panties in a bunch over this movie. "Get over it"... you ARE?? so am I ... who knew? I am the only Catholic Susan ever met ! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> ... just kidding ... I'm the 2nd BWHAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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