First DA VINCI CODE Movie Review !

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Holy Blood, Holy Grail is simply a hypothesis presented by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln,
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One More interesting Fact ! Remember Leigh Teabing frm da vinci code ? Guess what, its an anagram ( jumbled words ) of Michael Baigent and richard Leigh ! Baigent-leigh : Leigh Teabing ! I bet many of u did'nt knew this ! Did U ? This also indicates that Da Vinci Code Borrowed heavily from the holy blood, holy grail !
 
The main problem with DVC is the fact that before 1956. no one had heard of the Priory of Sion. According to official sources, it was formed only in 1956. There is noe evidence that it exsited before that time.

Bluff said:
One More interesting Fact ! Remember Leigh Teabing frm da vinci code ? Guess what, its an anagram ( jumbled words ) of Michael Baigent and richard Leigh ! Baigent-leigh : Leigh Teabing ! I bet amny of u did'nt knew this ! Did U ? This also indicates that Da Vinci Code Borrowed heavily from the holy blood, holy grail !
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That is oooold news..... It has been discussed many times over...
 
Yup ! Hope so ! Its the Next Change at Innovative ! Gonna bunk my college on friday ! Now that the Review is Good I am gonna watch it First day first show ! :)
 
I think one of the authors of the holy blood holy grail admitted that he got infromation from someone who later confessed it was all fake...

Everybody will tend to believe that the sangreal documents exist for real but there is just as enough proof stacked against it as much it has for its existance.

Nothing can be said for now, but Da Vinci Code has taken the popularity of the grail to global level.
 
params7 said:
I think one of the authors of the holy blood holy grail admitted that he got infromation from someone who later confessed it was all fake...

Everybody will tend to believe that the sangreal documents exist for real but there is just as enough proof stacked against it as much it has for its existance.

Nothing can be said for now, but Da Vinci Code has taken the popularity of the grail to global level.
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Nah we'r talking about the evidence regarding the geometry in the lanscape at Rennes-le-Chateau. The don't really care for the religious theories put forth since it would be hard to provide evidence in such cases. For the other part there is conclusive and hard evidence though.
 
well everyone has been waiting for the movie... thnx for the info there bluff... i will post my review when i see it...:D
 
well I am Really Pissed of Right Now :@ :@ ! wanna know why:( ? Actually I saw Da Vinci Code at IsoHunt and I straightaway started downloading it :ohyeah: ! Finally it has been downloaded and guess what, its not Da vinci code the movie but instead its some cheap documentry on Da Vinci Code :@ :@ :@ :@ :@ ! Wated My Time ! Boy I was so excited :( ! A Real Piss off :ashamed: ! I Posted this just to warn other members ! Do Not Download Da Vinci CODE from any of the torrents sites as its not the Tom Hanks Movie but some cheap Documentry !:(
 
Da Vinci Code gets terrible reviews

I certainly can't support any calls for boycotting or protesting this busy, trivial, inoffensive film. Which is not to say I'm recommending you go see it.
Nytimes

Director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have conspired to drain any sense of fun out of the melodrama, leaving expectant audiences with an oppressively talky film that isn't exactly dull but comes as close to it as one could imagine with such provocative material.
Variety

Da Vinci never rises to the level of a guilty pleasure. Too much guilt. Not enough pleasure.
The Hollywood Reporter

Laughter rippled through the theater near the end of the film at the Cannes press screening Tuesday night when Hanks' character, symbologist Robert Langdon, reveals a key secret to co-star Audrey Tautou with ponderous melodrama.
From then on, critics who had sat largely in polite silence for more than two hours tittered at will as the final scenes played out.
Signonsandiego
Rotten Tomatoes says it's pretty rotten. Over here.

Also the theories presented in the book doesnt stand any ground. I know that people love conspiracy theories but a little investigation reveals that it is just fiction( as it was intended to be).
If you are interested read How The Da Vinci Code Doesn't Work.
 
Da Vinci Code gets terrible reviews

I certainly can't support any calls for boycotting or protesting this busy, trivial, inoffensive film. Which is not to say I'm recommending you go see it.
Nytimes

Director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have conspired to drain any sense of fun out of the melodrama, leaving expectant audiences with an oppressively talky film that isn't exactly dull but comes as close to it as one could imagine with such provocative material.
Variety

Da Vinci never rises to the level of a guilty pleasure. Too much guilt. Not enough pleasure.
The Hollywood Reporter

Laughter rippled through the theater near the end of the film at the Cannes press screening Tuesday night when Hanks' character, symbologist Robert Langdon, reveals a key secret to co-star Audrey Tautou with ponderous melodrama.
From then on, critics who had sat largely in polite silence for more than two hours tittered at will as the final scenes played out.
Signonsandiego
Rotten Tomatoes says it's pretty rotten. Over here.

Also the theories presented in the book doesnt stand any ground. I know that people love conspiracy theories but a little investigation reveals that it is just fiction( as it was intended to be).
If you are interested read How The Da Vinci Code Doesn't Work.
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These are all Biased Reviews ! See The Movie urself and Then Decide ! :)
 
Geez..... saumil ! For u the DVC Novel wasn't interesting ?:O Man....I dont Know wats the meaning of interesting in ur Dictionary !
 
HUH DVC is an average novel, overhyped to the hilt. I dont expect much from the movie either..

Infact Dan Brown has written better novels then DVC
 
Bluffmaster said:
These are all Biased Reviews ! See The Movie urself and Then Decide ! :)
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I don't think that everyone can be biased. Here is a review published in an Indian news Paper ( The Telegraph India )

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The greatest story ever told has not translated to the greatest movie ever made.
Having seen The Da Vinci Code last night in Cannes at its first public screening anywhere in the world, I can say that Indian Catholics are quite wrong in seeking to have this movie banned. Strictly between us, if they can crack my code, the secret can be revealed – this is not a film to die for.

Certainly, it was a great occasion, being in the privileged position of being at the screening. There were more than 1,000 journalists from all over the world in the Salle Debussy and the Cannes authorities could have filled the place many times over.

We waited for 90 minutes before we were allowed in, which added even more to the sense of theatrical drama.

What I remember is that some years ago, when Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas had its first screening in Cannes, some in the audience clapped at the end. This time no one cheered.

Even as the final credits were rolling, journalists were starting to walk out. The producers, one felt, could, at least, have infiltrated some paid cheerleaders into the audience to encourage a feel good, “must see this movie again” atmosphere.

They failed. I am sorry to have to say this but somehow, at the end of it all, this film doesn’t quite work. At least, it didn’t for me.

I would be happy to see it again and probably will, at least a couple of times again, so I can, at least, be fair in drawing attention to the bits that work.

The central problem is that the book, so easy to read and a marvellous thriller at its heart, hasn’t quite translated to the big screen. This is a dark movie (not family viewing, really), with some wonderful sequences and a musical score as good as I have heard for a long time and of a high quality from the time the film begins.

But viewers in India, even if they have read the book, will find the narrative sequence hard to follow. This is because there really isn’t one.

The movie, in common with Dan Brown’s novel, begins with the murder in the Louvre museum in Paris — “Renowned curator Jaques Sauniere staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a Caravaggio.”

There is plenty of violence in Ron Howard’s treatment of the film but less real horror. The drawback in his treatment is that the story — and it’s a complicated one — is hard to follow. While the book is — let’s be honest about this — unputdownable, the film constitutes a number of sequences, some excellent, stitched together.

Occasionally, there are flashbacks and even history lessons, to explain the context and help comprehension but many viewers, especially in India, unfamiliar with the search for the Holy Grail, the Priory of Sion and the Knights Templar, will flounder.

Although Tom Hanks is excellent as American professor Robert Langdon, trying to decipher a murder in which he himself becomes the quarry, and French actress Audrey Tautou is easy on the eye, Akiva Goldsman’s screenplay has not quite captured the speed and magic of the book.

Since Dan Brown is credited as an executive producer, perhaps he should share the blame for an imperfect script.

Those of us lucky enough to see The Da Vinci Code last night were of the opinion that Sir Ian McKellen, as Sir Leigh Teabing, the English aristocrat who wants to steal the Holy Grail for his own purposes, lit up the screen. His part requires him to say at one point: “You can’t trust the French.”

Will the film offend devout Catholics? Of course, it will but, significantly, in the crucial scene, when Langdon tells the film’s heroine, Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), that she is a direct descendant of Jesus Christ, there were a few hoots of derision. For a director, nothing could be more cutting. Some others merely laughed.

There seems no reason why The Da Vinci Code should not be released in India (though the I&B ministry is vetting the film).

It merits six out of 10 if one is being generous. In a year’s time, we will all be wondering what all the fuss was about.

Those Christians who believe will not have their faith shaken by the gospel according to St Hollywood.

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Although this is unlikely, Howard responded earnestly to The Telegraph when asked whether he could reassure Indian Catholics in some way.

“Given the controversial nature of this story, there is no question that the film is likely to be upsetting to some people,” he began.

“My advice is that, firstly, no one is releasing the movie yet (in India). (Secondly, it) is not good to see the movie if you think you are going to be upset. Wait, talk to somebody who has seen the movie. Discuss it and then arrive at an opinion about the movie itself.

“But again this is supposed to be entertainment. It’s not theology. It should not be misunderstood as such. Yes, it stimulates conversation but that’s what good fiction does. And I think in that spirit it’s ultimately positive.”
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