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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Follow Ups
- I enjoyed the book. . . - mkuller 09:33:15 05/22/06 (3)
- oh please... it's not just about translation from a book to a film.... - Mellson 14:10:08 05/25/06 (0)
- Re: I enjoyed the book. . . - rico 12:12:08 05/22/06 (1)
- Snow Falling on Cedars.. . - mkuller 12:51:59 05/22/06 (0)