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Sheilaree
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07-19-2002

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sheilaree a private message Print Post    
Is anyone going to see it. I had heard the Catholic Church wants you to boycott it. I want to see it just to see what the hype is about the movie, which I already know some of it.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i have read the book and definitely will see it! i don't care whether or not any of it's true, it's just a compelling story.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I haven't read the book. I'm strongly leaning towards seeing it.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I haven't read the book yet. I'm going to read it first before seeing the movie.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
I've read the book ,as has my husband and daughter, and we are all going to see it.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I want to see the movie, before reading the book. LOL I know the premise, but since its supposed to be a convoluted story, I want to have it laid out for me clearly, then the book should be easier to enjoy and I can get more depth out of it. I saw the author's website for the book a while ago, and that was absolutely fascinating.

Dh HATES going to the movies... but he really wants to see this one!

Sheilaree
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07-19-2002

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sheilaree a private message Print Post    
I think I would rather see the movie, then read the book, I have the book too. I agree I don't know whether it just a novel or for real. I bet you will get alot of people to go see it, and she what the hype is about

Maris
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03-28-2002

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I have read the book, want to see the movie but I am not thrilled with Tom Hanks being given the role. I dont know I expected someone younger to get the part. Hanks just doesnt strike me as the tweedy, intellectual professor type.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
i agree, maris. and his hair looks awful! makes him look seedy instead of tweedy. LOL

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
I recently read the novel (and here I was figuring I was the last person in North America to do so!) and will probably see the movie. I was brought up Catholic and over the years have read quite a few books about St. Mary Magdalene as well as Grail lore, art, and ancient mysteries so The Da Vinci Code turned out to be a bit anti-climatic to me. Meaning there weren't a whole lot of "wow, I never heard that before!" moments. And it was a little frustrating how looooong it took the characters to figure out or explain some things.

And yeah, I like Tom Hanks but somehow he doesn't match my mental image of what's-his-name from the book.

P.S. I finally saw Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire this weekend!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 12:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Sat in the first row of a press conference that featured Tom Hanks and think he'd be perfect as a tweedy prof. JMHO. (He was a bit doughy/pudgy- looking at the time, but that was quite a few years ago.) The press conference was for his film THAT THING YOU DO.

ETA - I can see Hanks as a prof. BUT since I haven't read the book, I have no idea if he'd fit the bill as the main character. Or even how old the character is supposed to be. (But another one who comes to mind is lanky Jeff Goldbloom...) but again, I am only thinking of professors... not the main character of DV CODE.

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
calamity, i have read all of dan brown's books and find him to only be a so-so writer and his books incredibly predictable. that is very disappointing to me.

Reiki
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08-12-2000

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reiki a private message Print Post    
I will probably go see this one. I enjoyed the book. Don't know if already knowing the "secrets" will make the movie less enjoyable. I am looking forward to seeing Ian McKellan in this. Also looking forward to Paul Bettany as the albino.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I haven't read the book but may see the film if the reviews are good. Or I may go see MI:III if those reviews are good. Depends on my mood.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Monday, May 01, 2006 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
I don't see many movies in the theater (I wait for the DVD), but I will definitely go to see this one! I read the book, and I can't wait to see what they did with it!

Bbfanatic
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bbfanatic a private message Print Post    
It does not sound interesting to me. BUT, my mom wants to see it. We usually have girls day out to the movies and chinese food when we get a break. I will probably go with her. Hanks does have some unfortunate hair in this movie.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Friday, May 05, 2006 - 5:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
It will be interesting to see how the book translates to a movie. I just read the book (because everywhere I turned people were talking about it and I felt left out) and I don't think Tom Hanks really fits the character. He'll do a great job, of course, because Tom Hanks can play any character. But, the book describes him as being the Harrison Ford as Prof. Indiana Jones-type. He's the professor who has all the young women clamoring to take his classes. I don't see Tom Hanks as that type...particularly from the scenes I've seen of this movie. Anyway, in the book a lot of the exposition seems to be done through the character's memories, and I wonder how they'll do that in the movie.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Friday, May 05, 2006 - 6:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
I don't think Hanks fits the character AT ALL (and I think he's a great actor). As I read the book, I was picturing someone like a James Woods or Jeremy Irons type of guy. Thinner, older looking (like an early greying person).

I also don't like Audrey Tatou as Sophie. I can't say who I pictured while reading, but from the clips I've seen of the movie, neither one of them fit their roles.

The guy who I pictured as the elite banker was the guy from The Matrix 2, who had the wife show them the way to the key maker. The pompous French guy.

I pictured a thinner Jim Gaffigan as Silas.

Tom Hanks looks like he just came from spoofing Travolta in Pulp Fiction, in this movie. That long hair is TERRIBLE.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Friday, May 05, 2006 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Marysafan a private message Print Post    
I had envisioned Harrison Ford in the role. I don't plan on seeing the movie, but enjoyed the book very much.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Friday, May 05, 2006 - 5:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I am with all of you, Didn't see Tom hanks in the role, a younger Harrison Ford or even Jude Law. I thought Jude Law would be perfect.

Wendo
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08-07-2000

Friday, May 05, 2006 - 8:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wendo a private message Print Post    
Ditto, don't see Hanks as Langdon. Boo!

I'd rather see Harrison Ford in the role.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Saturday, May 06, 2006 - 3:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Jude Law, didn't even think of him, but I like that idea. I think Hanks is a little older than I pictured Langdon. Same think with Harrison Ford...now Harrison Ford 15 or 20 years ago would have been perfect (since that's how Langdon's described). Some of the names that came to mind this morning were Bill Pullman, Jeremy Northam, Heath Ledger....there were actually several more, but I'm drawing a blank on it now.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Saturday, May 06, 2006 - 9:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
Tom Hanks isn't what I pictured while reading the book BUT...since seeing the previews, I can see it now. And he is such a great actor, I know I won't be disappointed.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Sunday, May 07, 2006 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Hanks was on Saturday Night Live, I caught about the last half hour and he was FUNNY!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, May 07, 2006 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
here's the real davinci code

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