The Da Vinci Code

littlelies7 · #1 07-23-2004, 08:40 PM

I heard from several resources that the book is going to become a film!

Here's a site with some recent info:

http://movies.go.com/movies/D/davinc...004/index.html

I'm rooting for Hanks to get the lead role.

Josh2003 · #2 07-24-2004, 12:46 AM

I'm reading The Da Vinci Code right now, and can't believe how great it is. I heard all the hype, and am finding out that it's all true.

The book reads very much like a movie. Which I think is both a good and bad thing. It's good because it's easy to follow...but bad because it seems almost too simple. Like I'm reading a screenplay.

darklinensuit · #3 07-24-2004, 12:51 AM

I heard Ron Howard is directing. I don't care for many of his films.

I'm ticked that I've been teaching a unit on the Great Goddess for years, and this year parents thought I was just riding a trend. Interesting stuff.

- Jake

ShamHy89 · #4 07-24-2004, 10:25 AM

I read this book and it was quite interesting...though a little difficult to believe at times. I agree with Josh, the book really reads like a movie and you can almost imagine the scene changes and camera angles as you read it. I only hope that the movie stays true to the story, though I'm guessing I'll be dissapointed.

Shamus

hayley · #5 07-24-2004, 11:58 AM

I wasn't a fan of the book... I thought the writing was pedestrian and I really didn't LIKE how it read like a movie.

That said, it might make a good one. Kate Beckinsale isn't a bad choice to play Sophie if you give her red hair. The story was interesting, and it's been nice to see the goddess issues now brought out into the mainstream through it, although like Jake said- it's unfortunate that those who have had a long interest in the subject now are lumped as bandwagon hoppers.

darklinensuit · #6 07-24-2004, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by hayley

I wasn't a fan of the book... I thought the writing was pedestrian and I really didn't LIKE how it read like a movie.

That said, it might make a good one. Kate Beckinsale isn't a bad choice to play Sophie if you give her red hair. The story was interesting, and it's been nice to see the goddess issues now brought out into the mainstream through it, although like Jake said- it's unfortunate that those who have had a long interest in the subject now are lumped as bandwagon hoppers.

And while I liked the book for what it was, there are better works on he subject for sure.

- Jake

amber · #7 07-24-2004, 05:26 PM

Kate Beckinsale? Oh, hell no!

Julianne Moore is too old I suppose. I would like a stronger actress, with a little less softness...Kate is very charming and pretty, but...

Amber

Josh2003 · #8 07-24-2004, 11:21 PM

Keep in mind that Sophie is French...so I'm hoping they cast some obscure French actress. Or even Audrey Tautou, whom I LOVE...even though she doesn't have red hair or a curvy build, as Sophie is supposed to have.

darklinensuit · #9 07-25-2004, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Josh2003

Keep in mind that Sophie is French...so I'm hoping they cast some obscure French actress.

That was my first thought. Other than Meryl Streep, few famous actresses can pull off an accent without really distracting you from the rest of the movie.

- Jake

Wild_Heart03 · #10 07-25-2004, 01:01 AM

I've heard so much about this book and have yet to read it... maybe I should get it for my trip to California this week!

darklinensuit · #11 07-25-2004, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Wild_Heart03

I've heard so much about this book and have yet to read it... maybe I should get it for my trip to California this week!

It's a quick & easy vacation read if you don't mind carrying a hardback. (Personally I hate mass market size, so I'm used to carrying hardback books, but I know a lot of people hate to travel with them.)

- Jake

GypsySorcerer · #12 07-25-2004, 01:17 AM

It's been on my to-read list since it's been out. Hopefully, I'll get to it before the summer's over.

ShamHy89 · #13 07-25-2004, 10:36 AM

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Keep in mind that Sophie is French...so I'm hoping they cast some obscure French actress.

I'm thinking I'd like that chick who played the French princess in Braveheart. Her name eludes me, but I believe it may be Sophie too.

EDIT: Her name is Sophie Marceau. I thought she ruled in that flick.

Shamus

fleetfootmike · #14 07-25-2004, 10:54 AM

The book annoys me, which I'm aware places me in a minority...

I find him guilty of being dishonest with the reader: specifically, he places you, the reader, in a character's head, and privy to their innermost thoughts, for the duration of a chapter. Right up to the point where they see something horrifying, dramatic, important, at the end of a chapter. At which point he suddenly stops allowing you that insight, for what to my mind is a cheap attempt at suspense, and switches viewpoint character for a dozen pages.

Repeatedly.

To my mind, this is, as I said, being dishonest with the reader: offering something (the intimacy with the character's thoughts), and then taking it away again to play with the reader's emotions.

darklinensuit · #15 07-25-2004, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by fleetfootmike

The book annoys me, which I'm aware places me in a minority...

I find him guilty of being dishonest with the reader: specifically, he places you, the reader, in a character's head, and privy to their innermost thoughts, for the duration of a chapter. Right up to the point where they see something horrifying, dramatic, important, at the end of a chapter. At which point he suddenly stops allowing you that insight, for what to my mind is a cheap attempt at suspense, and switches viewpoint character for a dozen pages.

Repeatedly.

To my mind, this is, as I said, being dishonest with the reader: offering something (the intimacy with the character's thoughts), and then taking it away again to play with the reader's emotions.

My bigger problem with it was that I read Angels And Demons and it's the same book.

- Jake