Just got home.
VERY pleased with the movie. It stuck nicely to the book 99.99% of the way. A&E is showing a very nice series of documentaries on stuff to do with this book btw over the weekend.
DaVinci Code (No Spoilers PLEASE! But read at own risk.)
heh
ok, i loved the book, but i thought this movie really sucked. i didn't like the acting or directing. they should have changed it up to make it a good movie.
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Miax OOC: 'Your blood freezes as you hear the rattling death cry of Shevarash.'
Miax OOC: 'Your blood freezes as you hear the rattling death cry of Shevarash.'
Gormal wrote:The movie really showed how poorly Brown develops his characters. I saw it with my girlfriend, and afterwards she couldn't remember who played Langdon without thinking about it. I thought that even McKellan's role was weak. She enjoyed it, I didn't.
Shouldn't you say, i have a goatfriend?
Okay Sok... you have a goatfriend.
But soon she'll be your wife!
But soon she'll be your wife!
Gormal tells you 'im a dwarven onion'
Gormal tells you 'always another beer-soaked layer'
Inama ASSOC:: 'though it may suit your fantasies to think so, i don't need oil for anything.'
Haley: Filthy lucre? I wash that lucre every day until it SHINES!
Gormal tells you 'always another beer-soaked layer'
Inama ASSOC:: 'though it may suit your fantasies to think so, i don't need oil for anything.'
Haley: Filthy lucre? I wash that lucre every day until it SHINES!
I thought the book was above average, but certainly not hype-worthy. It suffered heavily from flat characters... the code was the only character in the book with a shred of personality. After I read the book the first time, I found myself wondering why certain characters (Bishop Aringarosa) were even in the book at all. Even the main characters were faceless drones who existed only as a sounding board for the real gem of the book, Brown's Jesus story. You ever get the feeling like a character is explaining something to YOU rather than the person he's talking to? I felt like that for 99% of the book.
I also wasn't a big fan of the Lost-esque forced suspense. Seemed like every chapter (and there were 100 chapters) ended with some kind of unnecessary, manufactured cliffhanger. Then we got six paragraphs about the stupid police chief tearing his hair out, and the action flipped back to the story. It led for a very disjointed feeling, and the fake tension never released for more than a few pages before we got fed some other bullshit climax and another dull chapter about Sophie's half-assed flashback or Langdon's insipid copy editor.
With all of that under the surface, I can't imagine watching a butchered movie version of the story. Besides, I already know the theory and conclusion of the Jesus story presented in the book, why do I need to watch Tom Hanks with Steven Segal hair run around France for two hours?
I also wasn't a big fan of the Lost-esque forced suspense. Seemed like every chapter (and there were 100 chapters) ended with some kind of unnecessary, manufactured cliffhanger. Then we got six paragraphs about the stupid police chief tearing his hair out, and the action flipped back to the story. It led for a very disjointed feeling, and the fake tension never released for more than a few pages before we got fed some other bullshit climax and another dull chapter about Sophie's half-assed flashback or Langdon's insipid copy editor.
With all of that under the surface, I can't imagine watching a butchered movie version of the story. Besides, I already know the theory and conclusion of the Jesus story presented in the book, why do I need to watch Tom Hanks with Steven Segal hair run around France for two hours?
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Shar: Leave the moaning to the people who have real issues to moan about like rangers or newbies.
Corth: Go ask out a chick that doesn't wiggle her poon in people's faces for a living.
Shar: Leave the moaning to the people who have real issues to moan about like rangers or newbies.
Corth: Go ask out a chick that doesn't wiggle her poon in people's faces for a living.
*laughs*
I was the one that hated the last HP movie, so who is accounting for taste eh?
Its been two years since I read the book, so maybe that cushioned some of it. :P
I still liked the movie.
Prolly cus I was drooling over the scenery, and I don't mean the actors.
I was the one that hated the last HP movie, so who is accounting for taste eh?
Its been two years since I read the book, so maybe that cushioned some of it. :P
I still liked the movie.
Prolly cus I was drooling over the scenery, and I don't mean the actors.
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You group-say 'my chars will carry the component on them if I can.'
Inama group-says 'hopefully they'll have some sort of volume discounts on ress items for people like you'
You group-say 'oh? Ya think? *giggle*'
Inama group-says 'they could at least implement frequent dier miles'
Suzalize group-says 'oh, eya's over weight i bet'
You group-say 'my chars will carry the component on them if I can.'
Inama group-says 'hopefully they'll have some sort of volume discounts on ress items for people like you'
You group-say 'oh? Ya think? *giggle*'
Inama group-says 'they could at least implement frequent dier miles'
Suzalize group-says 'oh, eya's over weight i bet'
sok wrote:Gormal wrote:The movie really showed how poorly Brown develops his characters. I saw it with my girlfriend, and afterwards she couldn't remember who played Langdon without thinking about it. I thought that even McKellan's role was weak. She enjoyed it, I didn't.
Shouldn't you say, i have a goatfriend?
Then Gormal stopped in his tracks
And he said, hey goat!
Would you like to live with me?
Ive got a house with a pick-up truck
In a place across the sea
Goat said, sure, why not, Ive got no family
You seem like a nice guy
So they went off to america
The home of the apple pie
Sunamit group-says 'imrex west, tibek backstab touk i think his name is on entry'
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