Da vinci Code

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I'm really looking foreward to seeing this movie. I read the book a couple months ago and really liked it, but I know it was stirred up a lot of contraversy. What are your opions on the book/upcoming movie?

One thing that I think people seem to forget is that it is a FICTIONAL novel. Dan Brown isn't saying this is what happened, it's just fiction.

[undertone]

i liked the book, right up until the end. it was fast paced and well planned. I think the movie will be good. i agree with you however. its fiction, a good story. even if it were true (which is a long bomb) then how does this book prove anything?

[Sorrow]

Books are interesting, albeit a bit stolen from holy blood / holy grail.

I'm not much of a Tom hanks fan so don't know what to expect of the film ...

[dragonfliet]

Great book and definately not stolen from Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

One was a non-fiction book (though most of it is based on evidence that was completely false: all of the "priory documents" have since been proven to be a hoax) and one was a fictional story that took elements from a number of non-fiction books and mashed them all together in incompatible ways to create an interesting story.

I'm moderately excited about the movie. Ron howard is a strong director, Audrey Tautou owns my heart and Jean Reno is badass. I'm also a Hanks fan, but I never really thought he was right for this. Time will tell. Also, Paul Bettany is creepy as all get out. Should be at least a fun movie if not perfect. I'm curious how much they will change and how well that will gel with cohesivenes?

~Jason

[Dead-Inside]

The one thing that annoys me the most is that people take the book as fact when it is mostly half-truths and all lies woven together to form a conspiracy book of sorts (Yeah, okay, so it's not exactly like a secret assassins club but still).

Am looking forward to the movie though.