And It was great
Go watch it
Go watch it
So, I just came back from the Premiere of Angels and Demons
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Let me finish the book first!
have you read the book?
if so did it follow along well?
if so did it follow along well?
Did you give it a "10"?
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Honestly, it was a great adaptation.
There was a special screening premiere earlier this week, attended by nuclear physicists. I won't go into detail about their remarks, so as not to spoil the plot for those who haven't seen it yet or read the book but, let's just say they said the science was 'flawed', but they loved it as a straightforward adventure film.
No thanks, I can't stand anything having to do with Dan Brown and his so-called writings.
Without presuming to read anything into the myriad reasons someone might choose not to read Dan Brown's stuff, I think Salman Rushdie summed up the situation well:
"Do not start me on 'The Da Vinci Code,'" Rushdie said. "A novel so bad that it gives bad novels a bad name....But, as for the basic question "Should you kill people because you don't like their books?" Rushdie said no.
"Even Dan Brown must live," he said. "Preferably not write, but live."
While I haven't seen the movie and won't till it hits DVD or TV (wait a sec I canceled my cable 4 months ago). Belay my last. I won't see it till I get around to it. I did enjoy the book, mainly because I love Rome and the Vatican City. The book, while not great literature, was a mindless and entertaining read. Something to kind of zone out and read after a long day at work.
I spent a little time there and the places in the book brought back many fond memories. I'd love to be in Rome sitting on the Spanish Steps eating gellato! I had some great times hanging out on those steps in the evenings. One night there were a couple hundred people there, a few (5 or 6) guys had guitars. One of them started playing "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd. The other guys starded playing along. Then someone started singing it, and then more people joined in. It wasnn't long till most of us were singing "Wish You Were Here" in unision.
Sorry, I got caught up in a memory.
I spent a little time there and the places in the book brought back many fond memories. I'd love to be in Rome sitting on the Spanish Steps eating gellato! I had some great times hanging out on those steps in the evenings. One night there were a couple hundred people there, a few (5 or 6) guys had guitars. One of them started playing "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd. The other guys starded playing along. Then someone started singing it, and then more people joined in. It wasnn't long till most of us were singing "Wish You Were Here" in unision.
Sorry, I got caught up in a memory.
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I'm not rocket scientist, but I was skeptical about the science in the movie
The physics in the books was complete crud, I'm not surprised the movie was also flawed.
I do a pretty good job of being able to suspend reality for 2 or 3 hours, so I am generally able to enjoy a lot of movies. What I don't like is when a movie is completely different from the book, often for no good reason at all.
I love grade Z shlock/trash movies, and love watching some of the so-called "worst movies ever made", but only if they're MEANT to be campy, or at least tongue in cheek. I was on a date with a girl that really wanted to see the Da Vinci Code, and I literally felt myself becoming dumber and dumber by the second. I was mortified.
When we went back to her house, I saw that she had the book sitting on her coffee table, and I skimmed through it and read some of the most clichéd hack work this side of a pornographic Beeline novel. Needless to say, that was the only date I went on with that girl, thank God.
So in all fairness, I can't comment on the sequel, as I'm in a sustained relationship with a woman that has no desire to see it.
When we went back to her house, I saw that she had the book sitting on her coffee table, and I skimmed through it and read some of the most clichéd hack work this side of a pornographic Beeline novel. Needless to say, that was the only date I went on with that girl, thank God.
So in all fairness, I can't comment on the sequel, as I'm in a sustained relationship with a woman that has no desire to see it.
I love grade Z shlock/trash movies, and love watching some of the so-called "worst movies ever made", but only if they're MEANT to be campy, or at least tongue in cheek. I was on a date with a girl that really wanted to see the Da Vinci Code, and I literally felt myself becoming dumber and dumber by the second. I was mortified.
When we went back to her house, I saw that she had the book sitting on her coffee table, and I skimmed through it and read some of the most clichéd hack work this side of a pornographic Beeline novel. Needless to say, that was the only date I went on with that girl, thank God.
So in all fairness, I can't comment on the sequel, as I'm in a sustained relationship with a woman that has no desire to see it.
It's funny cause it's true!
Without presuming to read anything into the myriad reasons someone might choose not to read Dan Brown's stuff, I think Salman Rushdie summed up the situation well:
"Do not start me on 'The Da Vinci Code,'" Rushdie said. "A novel so bad that it gives bad novels a bad name....But, as for the basic question "Should you kill people because you don't like their books?" Rushdie said no.
"Even Dan Brown must live," he said. "Preferably not write, but live."
A smart man that Salman Rushdie is.
I love grade Z shlock/trash movies, and love watching some of the so-called "worst movies ever made", but only if they're MEANT to be campy, or at least tongue in cheek. I was on a date with a girl that really wanted to see the Da Vinci Code, and I literally felt myself becoming dumber and dumber by the second. I was mortified.
When we went back to her house, I saw that she had the book sitting on her coffee table, and I skimmed through it and read some of the most clichéd hack work this side of a pornographic Beeline novel. Needless to say, that was the only date I went on with that girl, thank God.
So in all fairness, I can't comment on the sequel, as I'm in a sustained relationship with a woman that has no desire to see it.
Try reading the book instead of skimming through it before you decide it's a piece of trash. It's a work of fiction. Get over it.
Over what?
Oh, I see that you threw in "it's a work of fiction", so you must think I forgot it was a fantasy and that's why I thought it was a clichéd hack job? No sir, it was strictly Dan Brown's writing that convinced me of that.
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Okay... fiction is, well, fiction. But the best fiction writers do bounds of research and try to ensure that the great majority of facts that can remain within the bounds of history and physics are upheld. Why? Is it because they have integrity? No, it is because the best fictional stories must still be credible enough for the audience to believe they could happen.
So when we watch anything that is know to be science fiction, we suspend some of our "that can't be real" for some of "I sure wish that could be real". I would love to tell the replicator I would like a nicely grilled Filet Mignon and all of the trimmings and seconds later pull it out of the contraption. Dan Brown goes beyond each of these.
So when we watch anything that is know to be science fiction, we suspend some of our "that can't be real" for some of "I sure wish that could be real". I would love to tell the replicator I would like a nicely grilled Filet Mignon and all of the trimmings and seconds later pull it out of the contraption. Dan Brown goes beyond each of these.
Another rookie mistake- failing to capitalize on the fact that female Dan Brown fans are easy.
Whatigottaexplaineverythinghere?
