The Da Vinci Code --> Nov. 14th!
11-15-06 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by baracine
The film was a big disappointment for the people who had read the book.
11-15-06 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by JLyon1515
Maybe for you it was, but it wasn't for me. I read the book, and I liked the film perfectly fine. I wasn't expecting it to be *exactly* like the book, because I think that is an impossible feat with any book to film.
(1) to change Sophie Neveu's backstory so much that at the end her character doesn't have the consolation and emotional closure of being reunited with people she knew and loved; and
(2) to make Commissaire Fache into a member of the Opus Dei who is also a pathologically violent, easily-misled chump.
A good question to put to Jean Reno in the extras would have been: «Monsieur Reno, how does it feel to have been contractually obligated to play a part that demeans and makes hateful the sympathetic character you had been signed on to play on the basis of the book's success, especially considering that Dan Brown wrote the character with you in mind?»
Here is Bézu's part as it was written in the book ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezu_Fache ):
Spoiler:
After reading and liking the book which depicted a well-meaning, good-hearted and competent police commissionner struggling against impossible odds and racing against the clock to get his facts straight, I didn't go to the movies expecting to see the adventures of a one-dimensional, sadistic, heartless, proto-Nazi, benighted, blundering French policeman who is also a gullible religious fanatic.
Bottom line: Howard and his screenwriter don't understand fiction, they don't understand reality and they don't understand films. They only understand making and breaking deals.
Last edited by baracine; 11-15-06 at 11:25 AM.
11-15-06 | 01:51 PM
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I can't even remember the last time a movie was exactly like the book without some major change that people piss and moan about. I would think we'd be pretty used to it by now. I never read the book and really enjoyed the movie.
Last edited by freshticles; 11-15-06 at 01:54 PM.
11-15-06 | 02:24 PM
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Is this being released on Blu Ray? I haven't seen any information about it. It really would kinda surprise me if Sony's biggest film of the year isn't on their HD format.
11-15-06 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JLyon1515
Maybe for you it was, but it wasn't for me. I read the book, and I liked the film perfectly fine. I wasn't expecting it to be *exactly* like the book, because I think that is an impossible feat with any book to film.
I don't think the large amount of people that read the book were that put off by the movie, at least to the extent that is described by baracine.
I purchased the 3 disk set at Target today as well
11-16-06 | 08:13 AM
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I watched the film last night, and while it wasn't as bad as some critics proclaimed, I thought it was a little lackluster. But I think this particular book is a tough one to bring to the screen because its most interesting parts are the IDEAS put forth regarding religion, not the action. At least to me.
11-16-06 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bookcase3
I watched the film last night, and while it wasn't as bad as some critics proclaimed, I thought it was a little lackluster. But I think this particular book is a tough one to bring to the screen because its most interesting parts are the IDEAS put forth regarding religion, not the action. At least to me.
Let us all pray that Akiva Goldsman will not be allowed anywhere near the script this time.
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11-16-06 | 05:27 PM
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Dang, thought I stumbled into Movie Talk for a second....
11-16-06 | 07:45 PM
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From: Right now, my location is DVDTalk, but then again, you should already know that, shouldn't you?
Question: in the Wal-Mart 2-Pack with the "Creating THE DA VINCI CODE" bonus DVD, is the DVD case of the actual movie factory sealed (in other words, not just the outer box that holds both movie and bonus DVD, but the case for the movie itself)?
11-30-06 | 01:43 AM
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I'll second Filmmaker's question.
Also, same question for the Target set with the bonus disc. Is the actual movie factory sealed?
I bought both, but hope to be able to regift one of them if sealed.
Also, same question for the Target set with the bonus disc. Is the actual movie factory sealed?
I bought both, but hope to be able to regift one of them if sealed.
11-30-06 | 09:51 AM
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Trevor, I'll answer it for you, since I had to bite the bullet. At Wal-Mart, the case for the bonus DVD is NOT factory sealed. The case for the DVD of the movie IS factory-sealed. It has the exact same UPC code as any other widescreen copy of TDC out in the world. Therefore, you can do as I did and buy the bonus set, keep the bonus disc and return the factory sealed movie (which I bought as the 3-disc version from Target) for store credit. At Target, same story--movie DVD, with same UPC code as everywhere else, was factory sealed, the bonus DVD was not.
