it reminded me of Angels & Demons by the same author
i saw it months ago in the theater....wish i had seen Xmen
but i do like the publicitiy it got...hopefully it opens a few eyes

The book was AWESOME, I loved it.

But the movie.. Well, I must say I was terribly disappointed.

Here's why: the movie was a very watered down version of the book.

They changed major - MAJOR points in the movie. For instance: Robert Langdon in the book already knew the professor's theory on Mary Magdaline being the holy grail. Not only that in the book Langdon was in agreement.

In the movie it seemed Landon was as clueless as Sophie about it. Which is ridiculous.

Also... the ENDING.... PUH - LEEZE... they TOTALLY screwed up the ending!!!!! Along with almost every other important detail in the book, they altered and or changed completely. I normally love Tom Hanks, but he looked unhealthy and fat and sweaty in this movie. Not at all the Robert Langdon in the book who was suave, and handsome and smart.

I almost always hate movies made from books I've read though. Because I'm a stickler for details. Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice was a great book. But the movie.. Oh man.. don't get me started!!! If you haven't read the book that is a good movie at least in parts. But, when you've read the Vampire series..and see that movie it's pure sacrelidge.

When they change something important it upsets me.

The only movies I thought were decent representations of the books are

Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter series.

Yes there are changes from the books.. but not major ones. The story is still recognizable.

DaVinci Code - the movie was a total screw up in my opinion.

I thought little Opie Taylor would have done a much better job directing this movie.. but sadly...I didn't think so.


Thank You Lady Elaine for getting my blood pumping this morning.. LOL

LJ

good movie, not great but good. I own a copy if you want to see it let me know
almost in some respects like an old fashioned mystery, because of the nature of the mystery I think it stirred up lots of controversy.
It would be hard not to like Tom Hanks, but the hairdresser shoulda been fired......

Okay, yeah, I know, old thread, but reading the book and seeing the movie... liked the book better. More detail, although I got the symbolisms at the begining of the movie right before he panned them out. What does that mean? The ending of the book is better then the movie and explains why .. (what's that guy's name again?) .. was called.

Blessings,
Dasalyndel

A good work of fiction.

Has anybody read the other book that has Langdon in it?

I have Dasalyndel,

It's called Angels and Demons. This book is even better than The Davinci Code in my opinion.

Blessings,

LJ

I thought Angels and Demons was better too. I've read all of Dan Brown's books and I pretty much like all of them. His other books have women as the main characters

I loved the movie and the book. I didn't really think Langdon was as smart as he should have been for teaching at a prestigious university, but putting that aside the plot unfolded well. I was able to guess too much.

The only problem I have is that Dan Brown blatantly stole his plot, many of his characters and even exact wording from other people. Mostly from Lewis Purdue's 2 books The Da Vinci Legacy and The Daughter of God. The fact that he was let off the hook in court is appalling to me and I really hope that Purdue is able to appeal. Apparently he only wants due recognition, but if he wins this time he'll be getting plenty of money along with it.

I haven't read Purdue's books, but I hear they are much clunkier than The DaVinci Code - which was already rather clunky IMO.

Definitely worth reading and/or watching none the less. I love anything that stirs up Christiandom and makes people think instead of following blindly.

I did Not get to read the book, but from what i gathered from the movie, i too felt it was vague,i am the type of person that if you are going to tell something, tell it right and not leave it all in gray areas... there were too many dark scenes with dark rooms, tom hanks was even in the dark.
Anyway if i had to explain the movie to someone who had an open mind and wanted to learn of the symbolics here, i would not reccomend them watching the da vinci code. I am interested in reading the BOOK.

I liked it

MM,

I saw it a few months ago with my wife and we though it was okay. We're more book people though and I enjoyed reading the book more than watching the film. Tom Hanks I think was a pretty good casting and my wife certaintly didn't mind seeing him!

Woody