Posted on 05/28/2006 11:30:50 PM PDT by dangus
Dang it. I've got baseball, basketball and NASCAR on the mind tonight. It should have been Mike Ramirez.
I am just hoping people understand Dan Brown didn't even get the background history right in many cases
LOL
Do you mean the MSM orgasm over it didn't help the movie like they thought it would? That was enough reason for me to ignore it.
I would like to, but I can't find it, even though I went to the NYer's site... Do you have a link?
1. If Mary Magdalene is in the painting of the Last Supper instead of John, then WHERE IS JOHN??? Did he have a dentist appointment that day?
2. Why are the evil Cardinal and the albino monk loyal to Christ and the Church? After all they KNOW that Jesus was married and the Church is covering it up. They are fanatical followers of Jesus yet they are seemingly ashamed he was married and are tying to hide that fact from the world. I am totally confused as to their motive for even being Christians given that Jesus has disappointed them by being married.
3. For the sake of argument let us say that the young woman really was the last in the bloodline of Jesus. IMHO, So what???? What good is she to the world more than any other person? And what good to the world was the "real grail", ie, Jesus's baby daughter. Did she do something earth shattering? What did she DO? Was she sacred in some way more than any other human? What's the big deal about anyone who is related to Jesus? I don't get it.
4. If Jesus DID have sex, who would he cry out to in the middle of it? Himself?
(sorry, that one was probably planted in my brain by someone else...)
As a movie, I enjoyed "National Treasure" more. As a book, I enjoyed "Holy Blood - Holy Grail" more.
How can acting in a movie for several million dollars be a career mistake? According to this link, Tom Hanks is the highest grossing actor of all-time. His career won't suffer. This is the biggest film that Audrey Tautou has been in and she is being introduced to millions of Americans who will probably want to see her again. Therefore, I think your analysis is wrong.
Maybe that's where the phrase "Who's your daddy?" came from.
That indicates a film in trouble to me.
If that's not desperation, I don't know what is.
I remember when Ron Howard was a bench warmer on the very bad Burroughs (Burbank, Ca) High Basketball team. Looks like another case of shoot and miss.
That was my quote, though I think Dangus and I agreed on that point.
Tom Hanks could get any number of high paying roles in better films. Here, he got a miscast role in an overhyped stinker flop.
All the critics I read said Tautou was likewise miscast and sucked big time in this movie. If her career takes off as a result of DVC, I will concede that you were right and I was wrong.
Doesn't seem very "Christian".
It's a book, a story. It was a fun, easy, read - much like a Tom Clancy or Star Wars FICTION Novel. I don't see you all sitting around carping and sniping at George Lucas because "his x-wing fighters fly in space like there is actually an atmosphere!!!"
I must admit that, many times, the pettiness and sheer smallness of the way some folks think around here is downright embarassing.
And, don't bother checking my sign-up date....I've probably been here longer than you!
Virtually all films fall in box office by at least 60 percent after a blockbuster opening weekend. Da Vinci has done much better than expectations in the US; and its foreign box office is about twice that of the US, breaking records in places like Japan, Germany, Italy and many smaller countries.
So, you're like so very open minded, eh dude?
Yes, I am "open-minded". If that means that I allow new information to come into my brain and be processed and incorporated into my world-view - rather than spitting out the same platitudes, insults and one-line derisions everyone else is saying - in order to make myself feel accepted - the YES, I am VERY open minded.
It increases tourism in the south of france. It's been slacking of late. Have you seen the websites? They are all the same, in effect, "In search of the feminine Goddess in the south of france."
Not to mention you "must" have a renewed interest in DA Vinci who's paintings are all in Paris...right? You know..the guy who was at the last supper...for real!!!/s
In fairness, George Lucas and (most of) his groupies don't go around pretending that Star Wars is anything other than what it is. The DVC, on the other hand, takes itself very seriously, and many of of its fans have taken it as a historical and spiritiual manifesto. You might not be in that group, but plenty of folks are. We even have a few at FR. They consider The DVC to be a novel built around a fact-based debunking of the "greatest cover-up in human history."
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