The Da Vinci Code - Full trailer released
12-15-05, 04:00 AM
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Right. 
Most of the books that are really worth reading cannot be adapted into movies directly. The Da Vinci code's strengths, on the other hand, are mostly cinematic.
Most of the books that are really worth reading cannot be adapted into movies directly. The Da Vinci code's strengths, on the other hand, are mostly cinematic.
12-15-05, 04:08 PM
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I can't believe I'm saying this, but unless the movie's horrible there's no point in picking up the novel. There's nothing of literary merit in it, and it reads like a screenplay anyway.
Save your reading time for an author of real accomplishment, not some paperback writer. Say, someone like Philip Roth, whose best work is lost in the various bland/defanged translations to the bigscreen.
Save your reading time for an author of real accomplishment, not some paperback writer. Say, someone like Philip Roth, whose best work is lost in the various bland/defanged translations to the bigscreen.
12-15-05, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by fumanstan
I agree, I was a bit worried about Hanks in the role, but the shots of him from the trailer don't seem too bad.
12-15-05, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyler_Durden
Right. Most of the books that are really worth reading cannot be adapted into movies directly. The Da Vinci code's strengths, on the other hand, are mostly cinematic.
Most of the books that are really worth reading cannot be adapted into movies directly. The Da Vinci code's strengths, on the other hand, are mostly cinematic.But Freddie Prince was so terrible that I walked out halfway through and failed my final.
Moral: The boring books are the best ones.
12-16-05, 03:25 AM
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If you haven't read the book, I would wait. Movies tend to disappoint those who have read the book, but the book is still good for those who see the movie first....often better.
I didn't think a lot about the book, but this definately looks like a good show. Agree with the concerns about Tom Hanks, but he generally is better than I expect, so I'll bet it works out great.
I didn't think a lot about the book, but this definately looks like a good show. Agree with the concerns about Tom Hanks, but he generally is better than I expect, so I'll bet it works out great.
12-16-05, 04:20 AM
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I think "so dark the con of man" is really telling us what Tom Hanks's next film will be...
Tom Hanks: Fear Condo (Like Panic Room, only set in an oceanside condominium)
-or-
Tom Hanks: Afro Coned (maybe he's going to be in the hip-hop version of the Coneheads?)
-or-
Tom Hanks: Def-con Oar (A row-boat comedy?)
Or is it possibly a clue to who stole his Pepsi: Frenchman Took Soda?
I guess we may never know.
Tom Hanks: Fear Condo (Like Panic Room, only set in an oceanside condominium)
-or-
Tom Hanks: Afro Coned (maybe he's going to be in the hip-hop version of the Coneheads?)
-or-
Tom Hanks: Def-con Oar (A row-boat comedy?)
Or is it possibly a clue to who stole his Pepsi: Frenchman Took Soda?
I guess we may never know.
03-22-06, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by The Valeyard
Add me to the list of people who want to read the book after seeing the trailer.
Looks good.
Looks good.
I noticed the highlghted letters in the trailer too, except I think I saw a different trailer at the cinema to the one put up here, which didnt reveal as much.
Maybe the UK cinema one was more of a teaser.
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03-22-06, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Achtung
Personally I liked the previous one more from a style point of view.
03-22-06, 10:55 AM
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Anyone else think that the trailer makes Langdon seem kinda out of it. He knows everything about symbology and the whole 'history' of it all. But when Teabing is talking, the trailer is cut to make Langdon seem like he knows nothing.
Trying not to put any spoliers (except from what is in the trailer) in here...but the people who have read the book will know what I mean.
Trying not to put any spoliers (except from what is in the trailer) in here...but the people who have read the book will know what I mean.
