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• I enjoyed the book. . . - mkuller 09:33:15 05/22/06 (3)
  In Reply to: For those who READ "The DaVinci Code" . . . posted by mr grits on May 20, 2006 at 15:38:08:

  ...and enjoyed the film.

  While it won't garner any Academy Award nominations, I found it interesting and well done, given the difficulty of translating the book to film.

  Certainly they took some shortcuts - how many books have seen translated literally word for word into a film?

  But the result is fairly true to the book - which is why the Catholic Church called for a boycott.
  
  

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  • oh please... it's not just about translation from a book to a film.... - Mellson 14:10:08 05/25/06 (0)
    In Reply to: I enjoyed the book. . . posted by mkuller on May 22, 2006 at 09:33:15:

    actings are robotic... cutting/editing managed to put in some trash into the movie.... sound/effects are so so only...

    it's a MOVIE and no "movie languages" were used above a average standard at all..

    Mellson
    Happy Happy living...
    
    

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  • Re: I enjoyed the book. . . - rico 12:12:08 05/22/06 (1)
    In Reply to: I enjoyed the book. . . posted by mkuller on May 22, 2006 at 09:33:15:

    "Snow Falling on Cedars" and "Mystic River" are extremely close to their reapective books.
    
    

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    • Snow Falling on Cedars.. . - mkuller 12:51:59 05/22/06 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: I enjoyed the book. . . posted by rico on May 22, 2006 at 12:12:08:

      ...IMO, the film failed to capture the poetic, lyrical feeling the book conveyed.
      
      

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• it is... - Mellson 18:07:43 05/20/06 (3)
  In Reply to: For those who READ "The DaVinci Code" . . . posted by mr grits on May 20, 2006 at 15:38:08:

  Two points...

  by including opposite side of the argument in the film, producer/director and the script writer have no balls at telling the story like what it is...

  
  secondly, the biggest problem is this..anagram was never explained as to what it means to Leonardo... Mona Lisa was never explained as an anagram and this is to established the importance of Leonardo Da Vinci....else... who cares about The Last Supper, all the clue solving and the importance of divine feminine energy as represented by Mary M. and all the arts and history etc??

  so the movie didn't sell the story strongly, and it included what was never there to weaken its own argument.... it's bleached and dry washed..

  plus the lusy directing and acting, it's a stinky bumb of the century..

  Also, cutting/editing is a patch.

  yeah I am still angry...LOL.....;-) I never thought it could be taht bad...

  Mellson
  Happy Happy living...

  
  
  

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  • Clearly a bad movie . . . why did they even think it was worth releasing? - mr grits 22:13:35 05/20/06 (2)
    In Reply to: it is... posted by Mellson on May 20, 2006 at 18:07:43:

    Sure, the subject matter will drag in the curious but it will be interesting to see what the numbers are for the weekend.
    Ex nihilo, nihil fit . . .
    
    

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    • Well, for starters it made 77 million 1st weekend domestic box office, NT - DavidLD 13:22:31 05/22/06 (0)
      In Reply to: Clearly a bad movie . . . why did they even think it was worth releasing? posted by mr grits on May 20, 2006 at 22:13:35:

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    • Re: Clearly a bad movie . . . why did they even think it was worth releasing? - Wendell Narrod 16:01:47 05/21/06 (0)
      In Reply to: Clearly a bad movie . . . why did they even think it was worth releasing? posted by mr grits on May 20, 2006 at 22:13:35:

      Why? Because it made $224,OOO,OOO on opening weekend. I thought it was boring. It was not the bomb of the century. That's just a silly statement.
      
      

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