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Post by taylorsman on May 6, 2006 12:20:11 GMT
The long awaited Da Vinci Code movie is being released in just over a week. Will you be going to see the movie or was reading the book enough for you or are you one of those simply not interested in this ?
I have read the book and for that matter "Holy Blood and Holy Grail" which preceded it and can't wait to see the film although I am not a great Tom Hanks fan, not that this will make any great difference as far as I am concerned.
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Post by vadro on May 6, 2006 12:38:39 GMT
I have read "Holy Blood and Holy Grail" and obviously the "Da Vinci Code", plus the others Dan Brown's books. I will definetely go to see the movie.
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Post by corab on May 6, 2006 13:18:43 GMT
Definitely. Read HBHG and some Lincoln/Baigent & Leigh's books, as well as all of Dan Brown's books so far. I'm not a great fan of the 'writing-to-a-formula' style, but the books make for an enjoyable holiday read.
Having spent some time at Rosslyn Chapel when the film was being shot, I am curious to know how the filmmakers overcame the obvious difficulties of the set!
From what I've seen so far I'm not convinced of Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, but who knows ...
Cora
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Post by munkholt on May 6, 2006 21:57:18 GMT
Read the book – it's pulp. Not very well written, characters that are thinner than paper-thin, but still quite entertaining overall. And I always felt that the real-time pace was cinematic. Langdon is described as Harrison Ford-esque, which is more of a "ruggedly handsome" look that Hanks', which seems to be stuck in Botox Mortis. Sad. And I'm sure Ron Howard is capable of pulling off a "capable handicraft, true to the source, without too much creative input"-version: a perfect fit. It will be the book set to pictures: still pulp, but with a Hollywood-budget.
Edited to say that's a "yes".
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Post by rbartlett on May 6, 2006 22:31:53 GMT
No way- I'd be so embarrassed, what if someone actually saw you going in to see it? You'd either have to lie or kill them..
Forget it, it's just not worth the humiliation
S&F
Richard
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Post by ruffashlar on May 6, 2006 23:28:41 GMT
I voted Definitely yes, because even though it's a gigantic tottering pile of codswallop, it's got Audrey Tautou in it!! Also, Paul Bettany is good in anything (even though he's married to Jennifer Connelly - the swine!); and Ian McKellen just did it for the money - which is the best reason of all, don't you think?
However, personally, I'd liked to have seen Charlize Theron in it, just because I happen to think she's scrumdiddlyumptious.
Apart from that, perhaps Alexei Sayle as the albino monk, Alfred Molina as Bezu Fache, Pete Postlethwaite as the dead guy in the Louvre, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Langdon, Stephen Seagal as Leigh Teabing. What d'you think?
Anyway, it can't be as bad as Showgirls, can it? And look what a video bestseller that is!
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Post by ingo on May 7, 2006 12:04:42 GMT
Why not? The book is far away from any kind of history but it was good and exiting entertainment like all DB books. In even watched the Nicolas Cage film "National treasury". ;D
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Post by ruffashlar on May 7, 2006 16:03:28 GMT
The book is far away from any kind of history but it was good and exiting entertainmentIs this Showgirls you're talking about?
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Post by rza008 on May 7, 2006 16:26:08 GMT
I think the book was brilliant, a brilliant Story Thats all it is, a novel based on a few truths, but thats it. Too many people are looking into it, The author has never said it was a fact, i suppose even if he thought it was he couldn't proove it. really good novel though in my opinion, and I can't wait to see the movie, won't be as good as the book though
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Post by leonardo on May 7, 2006 18:08:33 GMT
I voted definitely yes. No surprises there Should be interesting to see how it turns out: will it be faithful to the book, etc. Not sure though if Tom Hanks is the right man for the lead role. Time will tell. But I feel Audrey Tautou will add a sense of authenticity to the role of Sophie. Sir Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing is I feel an inspired choice. But I had hoped though they would have considered John Cleese for the part. I don't know why but he kept running through my head as I was reading Teabing's part in the book
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Post by mrmason on May 8, 2006 6:15:41 GMT
I voted other as I will probably wait until it comes out on dvd. Still havn't even read the book.
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Post by jason on May 8, 2006 7:21:50 GMT
Why not? The book is far away from any kind of history but it was good and exiting entertainment like all DB books. In even watched the Nicolas Cage film "National treasury". ;D And as an instructor at the Masonic Leadership Institute told us "we have a giant oppertunity for recruitment never before witnessed in our time with this movie". Not to say you want people who buy into this totaly but there will be a lot of people talking about Freemasonry after this. All we have to do is be in a position to recieve these inquiries. More people will notice your ring, etc and approach you. I will go for the entertainment value but also to attempt to be in the right place at the right time.
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Post by Siontific on May 8, 2006 7:49:06 GMT
I will go for its entertainment value. I wasn't that impressed with the other books he wrote. He started losing the plot and became too much "Raider's of the Lost Ark-ish" for me.
I just hope it lives up to the standard set by the Mission Impossible series!
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Post by mrmason on May 8, 2006 11:52:02 GMT
Hi Jason, I find it amazing that any part of our order would use this work of fiction to enhance membership in their area. The book is fiction, and it has nothing to do with freemasonry. We should be imparting positive information and the first thing we should be saying to potential members is forget Dan Brown, this here is the real deal.
I just wish I could time travel and be 15 years in front where hopefully all this nonsense is forgotten.
There thats my rant over ;D
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Post by rbartlett on May 8, 2006 16:31:00 GMT
I just hope it lives up to the standard set by the Mission Impossible series! At least you not setting the bar too high... S&F Richard
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Post by maat on May 8, 2006 23:38:02 GMT
Hi Jason, I find it amazing that any part of our order would use this work of fiction to enhance membership in their area. The book is fiction, and it has nothing to do with freemasonry. We should be imparting positive information and the first thing we should be saying to potential members is forget Dan Brown, this here is the real deal. I just wish I could time travel and be 15 years in front where hopefully all this nonsense is forgotten. There thats my rant over ;D Hi MrMason Overall I think there is a benefit to Freemasons and Freemasonry, if for no other reason than it has got the average person in the street starting to philosophize. It does not matter if the storyline it true or not. It is a vehicle for raising consciousness from the mundane to the consideration of 'other things'. I find it quite uplifting that it has probably led some to not take the Bible STORIES quite so literally. One thing leads to another once you start to seek, to start the journey - and I see this book as the start of a journey for many. Freemasonry is also a journey - one where some of the symbols and stories, as in the Bible, have explanations. I don't believe in co-incidences and I think this book presents an extraordinary opportunity for Freemasons. Maat
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Post by hollandr on May 9, 2006 1:59:01 GMT
I wonder how it is that the Da Vinci Code has become such a best seller.
Could it be that millions of people are no longer satisfied with conventional history?
Could it be that the material used by the Brown is magnetic in some way.
For those interested in time cycles, the same material was published in Holy Blood, Holy Grail about 1980 and had a big impact on parts of the intelligentia including in christian churches.
Now about 25 years later we have the same material making a similar impact but at the level of "the man in the street".
I wonder if there are other examples of an idea taking 25 years to become commonplace. Is 25 years a gestation period in human consciousness.
How long did it take ecological stewardship to come from the edge to the center of society? About a generation?
How about the idea that oil consumption was to be reduced? Perhaps 30 years from the early 70s price spike to Bush saying that the US needs to reduce oil consumption.
Cheers
Russell
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Post by staffs on May 9, 2006 6:04:27 GMT
CODE ... sounds more intriguing than HOLY doesnt it ?
On the bookshelf it is likely that seeing the word HOLY gives cause to believe that it is a religious type of book and may be hard reading whereby CODE gives over a thought of secrets and spies.
but that is just IMO
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Post by staffs on May 9, 2006 6:05:55 GMT
OTHER :
I will probably wait for the DVD but may well consider going to the flicks if the time is right.May well be a film my youngest who is 13 will enjoy.
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Post by mrmason on May 9, 2006 6:15:53 GMT
Hi Maat, I think we're going to have to disagree to some extent. While I am not against those wishing to find some inner hidden meaning into this story, I am concerned that we as a fraternity are willing to grasp at any old "cock and bull" story in order to enhance our membership. Should we really be that desperate. It may well prove a vehicle for those wishing to find out whether there was a bloodline, or an insight into something more spirituale, etc, but lets be truthfull the freemasons feature nowhere in this story. I remember the storm that was caused when "The Hiram Key" was first published. I even had one brother tell me it was the "Masonic bible". Now I could stand here and dispute until I'm blue in the face about the Templars link to Rosslyn and the Freemasons, but it will never change the fancyfull ideals of those who have never looked into the serious side of Scottish history with regards those subjects. I'm all for "Horses for Courses", and "Each to their own" but please leave my wonderfull order out of it. Are we really that sad that we need to wait until a work of fiction is published in order to get us out of a supposed hole. Don't get me wrong as I believe that Dan Brown is not at fault here, I just think that those people that are easily effected by the story should take a step back and think for a little bit before jumping in with two feet. By all means let people think that the Templars and the bloodline really exisited, that doesn't bother me, but when they are trying to make IMHO a false link to the Templars, Scottish Freemasonry and the Chapel then i tend to get on my soap box. It's only 7am and you've got me ranting again, it's not good for my heart lol
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