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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 12:32 pm
dh & i just got home from seeing the movie. it has been long enough now since we read the book that we weren't too disappointed in it. the most distracting part for me was how horrible Tom's hair was. it looked nasty and in desperate need of washing as well as cutting. overall we liked the movie. it wasn't a great movie but a good movie. it was worth the price for a matinee. the theatre wasn't packed but mostly full. the lobby wasn't busy either when we got there for the 1:30 show. but, the lobby and halls were jammed with folks waiting to get in when we left. we have only been home about 20 minutes.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 2:19 pm
I enjoyed the film very much. I was not put off by Tom's hair. It really went with the character. I found all the acting to be topnotch. Paul Bettany, I can't see him be anyone but Silas and he was very good in the part. You had to love Ian McKellan even though you knew what was up with him. You could tell the people in the audience that had read the book and those who hadn't. There were a lot of ooohs and aahs at parts that we knew we were going to happen. It is a long, wordy movie but I found the deviation from the book was not that bad. You really can only cram so much in 2 and a half hours. There were a lot of things from history to describe. The shots in the Louvre were amazing. I found myself just dying to visit it. The theater was full when we went at 10:55 this morning and there were lines waiting to get in when we got out and it's showing on 4 screens. I think it will do well for itself.
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 3:33 pm
Found this link to a "Virtual Tour" of The Louvre and thought you all might enjoy it. Once you've selected your floor, you'll get a menu of wings & rooms from that floor. Click on the Quicktime Icon to open up the Quicktime Virtual tour of that room.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 5:58 pm
i just got back from the movie, too, and i liked it. it is an interesting theory. i haven't read the book, but now, i think i might.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, May 22, 2006 - 8:58 am
Five of us went yesterday to the early show - at noon, to see the DaVinci Code. We went early, to avoid the crowds and we did. The theatre was maybe a third full. Some had read the book and some had not. I read it on Friday. We all had different expectations of the film. Anyhow, we all loved the movie. It was fun sitting next to my dh who kept poking me and whispering his guesses, (he has NOT read it) while trying to figure out the clues. LOL. I kept having to remind him that the book was fresh in my mind, and I KNEW this stuff. ROFL. And frankly - while the book was a quick and exciting read, it left me feeling that things were unresolved, and I was annoyed and felt cheated. The film for me was totally satisfying and left me feeling that things were properly tied up in a neat little bow. Which is how I like things, thank you very much. GRIN. Oh and I thought Hanks was perfect in the role. AND although his hair was a mess, it seemed appropriate for a preoccupied professor and a guy on the run! So there. (wink)
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:48 am
I saw it yesterday too, and I liked it.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, May 22, 2006 - 1:15 pm
You read the book in one day? holy mackeral,cow & guacamole 
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, May 22, 2006 - 7:06 pm
Oh my goodness. I hate to admit this, and I know that this will engender the best belly laff y'all have had in a while, but I have to admit this... I fell asleep reading the end of the book and thought the second to last chapter was the ending! Tonight, discussing the story with my dh, who saw the film with me, but hasn't read the book, well I went back to the book to check something we were discussing - A discrepancy between the book and the film. And that's when I was shocked to discover that I'd totally missed the last 2 or 3 pages, thinking that the book ended at a certain point... THAT has NEVER happened to me before, and why it would happen with this book I dunno, but I fell asleep thinking I'd finished it. ANYWAYS, ahem. My point is that the book wraps up at the same point as the movie, and I feel like a TOTAL dunce for griping about how unsatisfactorily the book ended. I can't tell ya how embarrassed I am, but I just had to come clean about it. Well everyone should have a moment of humility ... and this is mine. LOL
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Monday, May 22, 2006 - 7:47 pm
I went to the matinee which was less than half full. I did not read the book, but guessed about 20 minutes into the film that she was a descendent of Jesus. I was hoping that the punch line would be that Tom Hanks was also. Movie was a C+; dark, slow, too many car chases, and cardboard characters. I had seen on the History channel the special on the possibility of Mary Magdeline's family which was very interesting.
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Gradstudent
Member
07-10-2005
| Monday, May 22, 2006 - 10:43 pm
I went to a late showing (very late) and loved the movie. I thought it was very well done, and enjoyed it immensely. Of course, I loved The Terminal, too - so it may well be a Tom Hanks thing for me. (I even liked Tom's hair...)
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 7:09 am
What is wrong with Tom's hair? (I LOVED Terminal!!!!) I love almost all of Tom's movies. I have followed his career since Boosom Buddies. I think he's cute. He's like John Travolta, gets better looking as he gets older.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 7:17 am
zmom, tom's hair was greasy/oily and in dire need of washing throughout the entire movie even before they went on the run. it looked nasty and unclean as well as in need of a good cutting. but, that is just my opinion.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 10:21 pm
Well, I would say that is more of Hair/makeup person rather than Tom. I kinda like his hair long. He's a cutie.
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Littlec
Member
11-14-2003
| Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 12:08 am
Tom's hair wasn't that bad! Do we remember castaway? YUCK!!! Granted he was stuck on an island on that movie but still!! Anyways, I read the book and still enjoyed the movie. However it was a loooooooooooooong book and a looooooooooooong movie.
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 7:15 am
I saw the movie yesterday and loved it! I also loved the book. I was surprised that the movie didn't seem to me to be as long as it really was. I kept looking at Tom's hair because I'd read Cndeariso's comments on it, but it didn't look oily or greasy to me. And it would have been out of character for him to think about combing his hair with all that was going on!
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Bzbee
Member
04-26-2004
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 3:51 pm
Saw Da Vinci Code yesterday afternoon and was totally entertained. I thought the chase stuff in the book was corny, but suspected it would go over better in a movie and was not disappointed.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:36 am
Saw this last night, and enjoyed it for the most part. I haven't read the book in a LONG time, so some of the inconsistencies didn't bug me; my boyfriend JUST finished the book, and he was bugged a lot more. I wasn't as bothered by Tom's hair as I thought I would be, and I originally thought I'd HATE Audrey Tatou in the role of Sophie, but she was decent. I thought the ending was a bit hokey. Maybe to appease the masses of protesters. I also didn't like the twist they put on Fache's story. It was a movie that kept me interested, but I would only recommend renting it.
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 12:47 pm
EE - I don't think the ending differed much from the book?? Just as a matter of curiosity, what part did you think was to appease the protestors  PS I also did not like the Fache twist - that whole making the Bishop a knowing bad guy thing was strictly movie. In the book he is a much more "unknowing" bad guy.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 3:55 pm
i haven't read the book for some time and what i remember from the ending was that Sophie's brother lived with her grandmother and the old dude that died right off the bat was really her grandfather. not sure how that would appease any protestors by changing those items though.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 8:20 pm
Seamonkey and I saw this today. I loved it! Granted I liked the book better, but as far as movies go, this is an excellent movie. why is the catholic church upset by this movie? I haven't followed the why.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 4:19 am
Z, as i understand it, it is the suggestion that Jesus had a wife or had sexual relations and that they would be trying to hide that information.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:23 am
Also the idea that Jesus has living descendants.
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:43 am
Well, that's dumb, it's a movie for crying out loud.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 8:30 pm
I would think the church would be upset at the suggestion that there's that cultish group of church leaders that would kill to keep the secret of Jesus's offspring. I saw the movie but didn't read the book. I enjoyed it. I'd give it a thumbs up.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 9:57 am
I actually couldn't wait for it to be over. Didn't like it at all. Unfortunately, I was with 3 other people who seemed to enjoy it. Didn't stir much talk amongst them, though, so maybe they didn't like it after all. Only one had read the book.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 10:43 am
Sorry Jan! I hadn't returned here til now! Well, the ending where she meets her brother in the book....I liked that better, but that wasn't what I was referring to. I thought Tom's "speech" at the end where he talked about what she should DO with this information, and how religion is everything to everyone, and all that politically correct rhetoric was what bothered me. I can't remember the EXACT statements, but I remember making a face to my bf at the time, and rolling my eyes. It's interesting that you read the book thinking the Bishop was "unknowing". I read it that he had a crazy loyalty and love for Silas, but he was still completely involved in the whole ploy, with Silas and teacher. Wasn't Silas' call saying, "all four senechaux said the same thing" the go-ahead signal for the Bishop to approach that council for money?
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 12:00 pm
IF my memory serves me correctly, EE ( which would be a shocker ), once the teacher took control of Silas , he and the bishop were forbidden to be in touch with each other. The bishop had no idea at all what silas was doing. Silas called the teacher to say ""all four senechaux said the same thing" not the bishop - then the teacher called the bishop and told him to get the money. I seem to remember that once the bishop understood that all this murder was going on - that is when he called in the French detective to put a stop to the murders ( in the book he did NOT say that Robert had confessed to the killings. ) at least that is how my CRS ridden brain remembers it anyway 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 12:22 pm
Other than the suggestions about a church cover-up of important details of Christ's life, the book was not all that negative about the church. Of course, that is a rather large "other".
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 3:51 pm
too true Jimmer - and that coverup was quoted as being in the time Of Constantine centuries and centuries ago!! He certainly didn't claim that today's church really knew anything about it.
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