DaVinci Code

mcmad said:
nuff said ;)
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You found The Chamber interesting hahahaha?

Grisham is pretty dull apart from a few select books. It's like, what books do people's Dad's read? They're either Grisham or Clancy men, because they don't have time to search the book store for a decent book, so they pick up the one that's on the first table as they walk into the book store :p
 
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Carzy said:
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You found The Chamber interesting hahahaha?

Grisham is pretty dull apart from a few select books. It's like, what books do people's Dad's read? They're either Grisham or Clancy men, because they don't have time to search the book store for a decent book, so they pick up the one that's on the first table as they walk into the book store :p
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more intersting than davinci code yes, then again, I prefer jeffrey archer to dan brown...
 
Carzy said:
The fact it's sold 40 million copies doesn't really mean much. Harry Potter has sold loads and those books aren't exactly good.
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Well I haven't read any of the Harry Potter books but again I don't think it matters much since they are so popular, both for kids and adults.

Carzy said:
I think you answer your own point almost:
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True, although I don't think it's a bad thing.

Carzy said:
Same with Harry Potter (which is a kid's book). I haven't read the Da Vinci code so I can't properly comment, but half the attraction is probably because people would just love there to be some massive conspiracy going on within the church. People love conspiracy theories for some reason :confused:
And while I'm on Harry Potter, it's a bit of a travesty that it's so people when other fantasy series which are infinity times better don't sell nearly aswell.
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Certainly the attraction about the conspiracy was one of the reasons I bought it so no doubt many others did the same. There was also an interesting commentary by Borris Johnson on the movie/book:

The reason this piffle is such a howling hit is that it resurrects the great unspoken doubt in the minds of all Christians, that has existed ever since the doctrine of the Incarnation. It is about whether Christ can really be man and God at once.
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His commentary is on The Telegraph web site but I don't know if you have to register to read it.
 
Yea that's the thing, I'm not Christian, so Jesus could be the son of man, a donkey, and Zelda from the Legend of Zelda at the same time and it wouldn't bother me much :p
 
ironically, i think it will do much better cause of the churchs opposition to it and certain bans...

personally, it looks rubbish. the book was poor (what a waste of a day of my life.)
 
Nitefly said:
C'mon people, thats rubbish. Although I wasn't a fan of the writing style, it was in no way a POOR book. Why was it poor? Thats just another example of people saying popular thinks are rubbish or uncool.

Its not a great book, not even a very good book, but its a fair 7 or 6 out of ten. A long was from 'poor'.
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quoted for truth

i hate it when people just try and slate a book/film/album just because they think it makes them a little 'different' and away from the mainstream.

the critics couldn't wait to slate this film, i sure they all had wet dreams seeing their headlines "the davinci code sucks".... :rolleyes: i'll make up my mind once i see it, but im sure it will be far better than what they're saying.
 
Haha, yes. Dan Brown, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Jeffery Archer, Andy McNab... they all belong firmly in the pile of "books what you don't have to think to read". That's not necessarily a bad thing, and I've enjoyed a couple of Jeffery Archer books myself, but don't delude yourself that you're reading something of any artistic merit whatsoever.
 
Arcade Fire said:
Haha, yes. Dan Brown, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Jeffery Archer, Andy McNab... they all belong firmly in the pile of "books what you don't have to think to read". That's not necessarily a bad thing, and I've enjoyed a couple of Jeffery Archer books myself, but don't delude yourself that you're reading something of any artistic merit whatsoever.
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yup, definate airport lounge fodder
 
Arcade Fire said:
Haha, yes. Dan Brown, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Jeffery Archer, Andy McNab... they all belong firmly in the pile of "books what you don't have to think to read". That's not necessarily a bad thing, and I've enjoyed a couple of Jeffery Archer books myself, but don't delude yourself that you're reading something of any artistic merit whatsoever.
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The only auther out of that lot i can even begin to read is Tom Clancy.
Even then, only Rainbow 6 and Debt of Honour.
 
maybe this is another waterworld? or postman?

They got absolutly slated buy I like both films :) maybe i'm just weird but for some reason, I can deal with talky films quite well :)
 
Sure it's a reasonable story... but it's poorly written, in a rather unimaginative style. I can imagine that puzzles etc don't translate well to the medium of film as well.

I don't want to sound elitist, but those regarding The Da Vinci Code as "the best book ever!!!one" or similar high esteem seem to me to be those who are not particularly well read with regards to the world's literature.
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nealw said:
the critics couldn't wait to slate this film, .
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That's why they are called critics and thats what they do- criticise badly anything people wants. I wonder if all the worst critics in history can get together and make a movie or write a book then we can all criticise their work and label it as rubbish or poo.

The more they slate it imo, the more it will do well at the box office. :D
 
Phoenix211 said:
maybe this is another waterworld? or postman?

They got absolutly slated buy I like both films :) maybe i'm just weird but for some reason, I can deal with talky films quite well :)
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In what sense are they 'talky' films? :confused:
 
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