Da Vinci Code...
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I heard Jean Reno was going to be in it too (and Tom Hanks, of course.)
As much as I don't really want to, I'm afraid I'm going to like this movie quite a bit with such a good cast and a relatively talented director (although the book had stilted prose and the screenwriter, while proficient, writes very clumsy dialogue.)
I heard Jean Reno was going to be in it too (and Tom Hanks, of course.)
As much as I don't really want to, I'm afraid I'm going to like this movie quite a bit with such a good cast and a relatively talented director (although the book had stilted prose and the screenwriter, while proficient, writes very clumsy dialogue.)
Kirk Gillock
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Amelie is back? Hmmmmm Amelie NEVER left!
If you haven't seen the movie, buy it today. It's a work of art. Every frame is perfection.
Amelie is back? Hmmmmm Amelie NEVER left!
If you haven't seen the movie, buy it today. It's a work of art. Every frame is perfection.
Monglane
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Tautou as Sophie ? Hmm... casting error, if you ask me. She's certainly charming, but not strong enough for the part, I think.
Jean Reno will be great as the French cop, that part is tailor-made for him.
Let's hope the screenplay will dispense with some of the book's most blatant absurdities !
Tautou as Sophie ? Hmm... casting error, if you ask me. She's certainly charming, but not strong enough for the part, I think.
Jean Reno will be great as the French cop, that part is tailor-made for him.
Let's hope the screenplay will dispense with some of the book's most blatant absurdities !
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Aren’t the blatant absurdities what made the book such a best-seller?
Aren’t the blatant absurdities what made the book such a best-seller?
Monglane
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Hi David,
I wasn't referring to any of the religious elements of the story, which don't bother me at all--although they're neither new nor original, and Brown didn't do too good a job mixing and mushing and trying to amalgamate various theories that have been floating around since the 70s.
I wasn't even referring to the "paintings" parts of the plot, which are rather cute and entertaining--no, I was referring to the fact that Dan Brown obviously didn't see fit to come to Paris to do just a little bit of on-site research, which results in a large collection of mistakes and physical impossibilities in the first part of the book, such as having a car zip through the Tuileries gardens... which are enclosed all around by a very large, very high and very sturdy wrought-iron fence... and regularly interrupted by large flights of stone stairs... ;D
As regards escaping the museum through a toilet window opening on the outside... :
Oh, well... I'm sure Tom Hanks will make an excellent professor of symbology/Indiana Jones ! 
Hi David,
I wasn't referring to any of the religious elements of the story, which don't bother me at all--although they're neither new nor original, and Brown didn't do too good a job mixing and mushing and trying to amalgamate various theories that have been floating around since the 70s.
I wasn't even referring to the "paintings" parts of the plot, which are rather cute and entertaining--no, I was referring to the fact that Dan Brown obviously didn't see fit to come to Paris to do just a little bit of on-site research, which results in a large collection of mistakes and physical impossibilities in the first part of the book, such as having a car zip through the Tuileries gardens... which are enclosed all around by a very large, very high and very sturdy wrought-iron fence... and regularly interrupted by large flights of stone stairs... ;D
As regards escaping the museum through a toilet window opening on the outside... :
Oh, well... I'm sure Tom Hanks will make an excellent professor of symbology/Indiana Jones ! 
Frizzle Fry
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[quote author=TC link=board=movies;num=1106513115;start=0#7 date=01/24/05 at 12:41:40]I am not excited about this film at all. I loved the book (though Angels in Demons was far superior in my opinion.)
Some books are just better when they visually exist in your head.[/quote]
I have the Da Vinci Code, but haven't read it. I did enjoy Angels and Demons, though. So, should I read The Da Vinci Code or wait for the movie? Not like I have a lot of time for reading anyway...
[quote author=TC link=board=movies;num=1106513115;start=0#7 date=01/24/05 at 12:41:40]I am not excited about this film at all. I loved the book (though Angels in Demons was far superior in my opinion.)
Some books are just better when they visually exist in your head.[/quote]
I have the Da Vinci Code, but haven't read it. I did enjoy Angels and Demons, though. So, should I read The Da Vinci Code or wait for the movie? Not like I have a lot of time for reading anyway...