The Da Vinci Code

[pdaddy]

Are there any reviews out on this film yet or still too early?

 

[EnderJE]

Everyone dies.

Oh wait. There's a spoiler in this post.

 

[pdaddy]

Everyone dies.

Oh wait. There's a spoiler in this post.

 

[foreigngirl]

I havent seen any yet. But I hardly wait to se how the movie is gonna be. So far, the best book to movie is The Green MIle

 

[pdaddy]

I havent seen any yet. But I hardly wait to se how the movie is gonna be. So far, the best book to movie is The Green MIle

I didn't get the chance to read the Green Mile before viewing the film, thought the movie was just so-so.

Da Vinci Code was a great read just hoping the film can live up to the book. I actually just saw a review on CNN a sec. ago and they were all raving about it, hope it stays in this general direction.

 

[foreigngirl]

I didn't get the chance to read the Green Mile before viewing the film, thought the movie was just so-so.

Da Vinci Code was a great read just hoping the film can live up to the book. I actually just saw a review on CNN a sec. ago and they were all raving about it, hope it stays in this general direction.

When is it suppose to come out?


THe Green Mile (the book) was really good. The movie did it justice. I liked it a lot.

 

[pdaddy]

When is it suppose to come out?


THe Green Mile (the book) was really good. The movie did it justice. I liked it a lot.

"Tom Hanks will indeed star in "The Da Vinci Code," Columbia Pictures confirmed Tuesday. Hanks will play the role of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who, along with the granddaughter of a murdered curator, races accross Europe to uncover a mystery hidden in artworks of Leonardo Da Vinci. The movie will be released May 19, 2006. Ron Howard has signed on to direct, with Akiva Goldsman adapting the screenplay. The movie is based on Dan Brown's novel of the same name."

 

[foreigngirl]

cool. Lets hope Hanks is gonna do a good job as usually

You know Dan Brown is about to write another book with the same character, but something about Solomon this time?

 

[pdaddy]

cool. Lets hope Hanks is gonna do a good job as usually

You know Dan Brown is about to write another book with the same character, but something about Solomon this time?

No I haven't heard that, I've read all his other books, I hope it doesn't turn into an Encyclopedia Brown type series. Have you read Digital Fortress?

 

[foreigngirl]

No I haven't heard that, I've read all his other books, I hope it doesn't turn into an Encyclopedia Brown type series. Have you read Digital Fortress?

no, I only read Angels and Demons and THe Da Vinci Code. The othe rtwo didnt really appeal. Is it any good?


Also, I think Stepjens King "Cell" is suppose to be good

 

[pdaddy]

no, I only read Angels and Demons and THe Da Vinci Code. The othe rtwo didnt really appeal. Is it any good?


Also, I think Stepjens King "Cell" is suppose to be good

It was good up untill the end, kind of an unrealistic scenario; besides that I would recomend it.

I have never read a Steven King book, it almost hurts to type that but for some reason I just never have. I think I enjoy the more up and comming or obscure writers. If I read one now I would feel like I was jumping on the bandwagon.

 

[foreigngirl]

It was good up untill the end, kind of an unrealistic scenario; besides that I would recomend it.

I have never read a Steven King book, it almost hurts to type that but for some reason I just never have. I think I enjoy the more up and comming or obscure writers. If I read one now I would feel like I was jumping on the bandwagon.

What about Dean Koontz's "Watchers" or James Patersons "The Lake House", "When the wind blows" and "Maximum ride"?

 

[pdaddy]

What about Dean Koontz's "Watchers" or James Patersons "The Lake House", "When the wind blows" and "Maximum ride"?

That was one of his first publications wasn't it, something about mutants, was that the one made into a movie? I read everyone of his books up untill the mid ninties, started seeing too much repitition in his writing style and needed a change. I would love to get back to him though. Koontz that is...

I know I've read Patterson a while back as well but to be honest can't really recall. When I get on a reading kick I'll go through a stack of books in the matter of a couple of months, I've meant to start notes on ones I've read and authors I prefered but can't keep up on most without rummaging through them all.

 

[Lestat]

I think it will be pretty good, a very condensed version of the book though.

 

[mekannik]

I have a feeling the movie will outdo the book. Personally I thought the book was mediocre at best. Interesting story/plot. But it lacked depth and complexity. It seems odd to me that a best seller can be read in one day, while a classic (i.e. Red Badge of Courage, Tom Sawyer, 1984) need a couple of days to read and digest.

Should be interesting to see how all the Knight Templar symbolism is brought into play.

 

[pdaddy]

I have a feeling the movie will outdo the book. Personally I thought the book was mediocre at best. Interesting story/plot. But it lacked depth and complexity. It seems odd to me that a best seller can be read in one day, while a classic (i.e. Red Badge of Courage, Tom Sawyer, 1984) need a couple of days to read and digest.

Should be interesting to see how all the Knight Templar symbolism is brought into play.

Good fuggin point bro, does that just make older authors longer winded or better story tellers?

The older classic novels are more drawn out and derive their stories from a note-worthy event or situation evolving from a painted day to day living backdrop. Whereas most now are action/adventure. Storylines were once put together by emotion and thought rather than actions.

It follows movies as they were and are now today. Think about all of the CGI involved in cinamotography now, there can't be any lulls in action or the youth considers it drap and boring. People now-a-days require more stimulation to be entertained, plain and simple.

 

[foreigngirl]

That was one of his first publications wasn't it, something about mutants, was that the one made into a movie? I read everyone of his books up untill the mid ninties, started seeing too much repitition in his writing style and needed a change. I would love to get back to him though. Koontz that is...

I know I've read Patterson a while back as well but to be honest can't really recall. When I get on a reading kick I'll go through a stack of books in the matter of a couple of months, I've meant to start notes on ones I've read and authors I prefered but can't keep up on most without rummaging through them all.

lol..I am the same way. By today I cant even remember if I read a certain book or not. All those by Koontz and Patterson that I wrote are about mutants. The Koontz one is about the dog and the Patterson ones (all 3 are like series) are about kids with wings. Pretty good.

I know exactly what you talking about - that repetition thing and the need for change in stile. Thats why I need a brake from Koontz, Patterson, King and Johansen right now. Thinking of starting with John Saul next

 

[pdaddy]

lol..I am the same way. By today I cant even remember if I read a certain book or not. All those by Koontz and Patterson that I wrote are about mutants. The Koontz one is about the dog and the Patterson ones (all 3 are like series) are about kids with wings. Pretty good.

I know exactly what you talking about - that repetition thing and the need for change in stile. Thats why I need a brake from Koontz, Patterson, King and Johansen right now. Thinking of starting with John Saul next

Never heard of him, you made me do some research though and found some interesting reviews of his work:

-A most erratic writer, one great paragraph and the next three will be like a 5 year old wrote them......very irritating !

-John Saul is a name that you can will scare the pants off of you! Unlike Mr. King, John will not bore you on the descriptiveness of unrealted objects. Mr. Saul has one objective, to take the reader into the life of the charecter. My opinion is that John Saul is in a class of his own..

-I personally think John Saul is one of those writers that started out good, but is now forcing himself to write stuff quickly just so he will have a paycheck. He has gotten lazy, and I really can't stand any of his most recent work.

-John Saul is a genius. I read 99% of his books & can't wait until the next one. He doesn't describe something to death the way Stephen King does, that's why I can't get enough of his books.

Seems you either love him or hate him, lol. You'll have to let me know what you think after reading something from him since you seem to have similiar reading interests as I.

 

[foreigngirl]

Never heard of him, you made me do some research though and found some interesting reviews of his work:

-A most erratic writer, one great paragraph and the next three will be like a 5 year old wrote them......very irritating !

-John Saul is a name that you can will scare the pants off of you! Unlike Mr. King, John will not bore you on the descriptiveness of unrealted objects. Mr. Saul has one objective, to take the reader into the life of the charecter. My opinion is that John Saul is in a class of his own..

-I personally think John Saul is one of those writers that started out good, but is now forcing himself to write stuff quickly just so he will have a paycheck. He has gotten lazy, and I really can't stand any of his most recent work.

-John Saul is a genius. I read 99% of his books & can't wait until the next one. He doesn't describe something to death the way Stephen King does, that's why I can't get enough of his books.

Seems you either love him or hate him, lol. You'll have to let me know what you think after reading something from him since you seem to have similiar reading interests as I.

well, now I am hooked first on the books analizing the bible, apocriphas, freemasons and stuff like that. I start with Saul next. These books I found to have the best reviews, so I bought them: Black Creek Crossing, The God Project, The Unwanted, Sleepwalk, Hellfire

 

[coldblue1955]

i'll be seeing it since i'm a tom hanks fan.

 

[pdaddy]

well, now I am hooked first on the books analizing the bible, apocriphas, freemasons and stuff like that. I start with Saul next. These books I found to have the best reviews, so I bought them: Black Creek Crossing, The God Project, The Unwanted, Sleepwalk, Hellfire

Well I think you just sparked an interest in me with this writer, I keep reading a bunch of terrific things about him. Maybe we'll have to start the pdaddy&Foreigngirl book club, lol, we are a dying breed are we not?

 

[slickdadd]

It should be a decent popcorn flick, nothing much more. As the book was a popcorn book so to speak. Very interesting and refreshing subject matter for an action story of its kind, but like another post mentioned, not much else than that. Good for what it is though no doubt about it.

 

[foreigngirl]

Well I think you just sparked an interest in me with this writer, I keep reading a bunch of terrific things about him. Maybe we'll have to start the pdaddy&Foreigngirl book club, lol, we are a dying breed are we not?

yeah, I think so. Nobody in my life right now is into reading books. They would rather watch the movie