Da Vinci Code movie SUCKS WIND...

I hadn't seen a movie in forever, so I went to the matinee.

I didn't give it credence, just wanted to see the story line and get the gist of the buzz behind all of this.

In an objective criticism, this movie could have been so much better.

I am ashamed for Hanks and Howard.

The ending was especially void of closure and left me confused as to why the story was even written or shown.

Why present this story, if there is no reasoning behind it?

Now, excuse me while I flog myself.

Henry Franklin

[AndyK]

Everyone, mark this date on your calendars.

I totally agree with the previous post, except that I think he was too generous in his praise.

The Code is nothing more than a wallet-empting vaccuum cleaner.

[NarrowPathPilgrim]

Originally Posted by AndyK

I totally agree with the previous post, except that I think he was too generous in his praise.

The Code is nothing more than a wallet-empting vaccuum cleaner.

Amen! There was a time in America when Dan Brown would have been hung for writing that blasphemous book, it was considered treason, because it attacks the foundation on which our country was built, Christ. It is sad to see how secularized our society has become.

Sincerely, Zachariah Paul, Doty.

[AndyK]

Originally Posted by NarrowPathPilgrim

Amen! There was a time in America yeah, back during the pilgrims' era when Dan Brown would have been hung for writing that blasphemous book, it was considered treason, because it attacks the foundation on which our country was built, Christ it's a shame the founding fathers didn't see things that way. It is sad to see how secularized our society has become.

Sincerely, Zachariah Paul, Doty.

Thankfully, the Constitution now protects freedom of speech and religion, so dissenters aren't hung any more.

[David Merrill]

I sure enjoyed the book. I have not seen the movie yet.

Zachariah Paul;


The Magna Charta was founded by Knights Templar, the early Freemasons and Priory of Sion. It would be interesting for you to understand the reference to such in the Epistle Dedicatory. Sure, Dan Brown is backpaddling already considering the plagiarism suit by Michael Baigent (Holy Blood - Holy Grail) and why it failed. You cannot plagiarize a history book* short of copying it verbatim and for Michael to even bring up the cause was to cast doubt on himself as a historian. Why?

The answer to that is found in the rather undramatic ending to the DaVinci Code. That is likely Henry Franklin's reference in the movie:

The ending was especially void of closure and left me confused as to why the story was even written or shown.

If one has studied the historical accounts of the Bloodline the book is much more enjoyable; as is likely the movie. It is hard for me to imagine Tom and Ron producing a flop over the overall most popular novel in modern history. So I imagine it is lack of understanding the basis of Dan Brown's success that would bring such bad reviews.

I have James Garlow and Peter Jones' Cracking DaVinci's Code on disk and understand the Christian compulsion to negate The DaVinci Code. I am sure that feelings about the movie are equally hot and cold.




Regards,

David Merrill.


* Holy Blood - Holy Grail has about 50 pages of reference, notes and bibliography - sample attached.

[Livefire]

But if you dare say anything negative about govt and the courts you can be labeled as a terrorist and imprisoned indefinately and tried by secret military star chamber proceedings....Welcome to Amerika, the Patriot Acts and the Con-stitution of no consequence!

[Livefire]

Here's an interesting tidbit concerning the Priory of Sion....it was formed in 1956. Kinda shoots some holes in the premise of the Da Vinci Code.

http://priory-of-sion.com/posd/posdebunking.html

[David Merrill]

If true, the reputation of Pierre Plantard de Sinclair speaks to his antics. So be careful not to let the antics of one man, whatever he was trying to do debunk centuries of true history.

It would appear that Pierre tried to somehow capitalize on his connection to the Priory and create some fraudulent registries and a list of Grand Masters, fabricating the date of origin. I saw Stone Philips on Nightline speak about that. The article and link capitalizes on one man's dishonest actions.

However there are the fifty pages of references, notes and bibliography for Holy Blood - Holy Grail alone - plenty of which originated prior to Pierre's antics. This is cross-validated by other historians who use some of the same and also different reference materials. Additionally Dan Brown is probably genuine when he says he did not rely heavily on Holy Blood - Holy Grail anyway. For the most part, he simply mentions the book in The DaVinci Code. Primarily, since Holy Blood - Holy Grail is a history book by three respected historians people can find a gob of material supporting the existence of the Priory of Sion long prior to the 1950s.


Regards,

David Merrill.

Originally Posted by AndyK

Everyone, mark this date on your calendars.

I totally agree with the previous post, except that I think he was too generous in his praise.

The Code is nothing more than a wallet-empting vaccuum cleaner.

ROFLMAO!

Good one Andy.