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Re: The Da Vinci Code

pinkpau — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:02:38 -0000

wow you guys are replying really late in the game .. :)

but to kat, i agree that one should refrain from comparing the book to the movie when watching the latter based on the former. but you have to admit that the DVC Movie, on its own, as a MOVIE, was a horrible cinematic flop. i mean, the angles! the script! the cinematography! yuck.

Re: The Da Vinci Code

Anonymous Two — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:40:41 -0000

I agree. The book was a bad fairytale.

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Anonymous — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:38:16 -0000

The movie was bad because the book is shite.

Re: The Da Vinci Code

kat — Sun, 28 May 2006 01:16:25 -0000

hi pinkpau I don't think you know me, I've come to know about your blog thru my friend, and that is quite a studied review on dvc.

i agree with the totally uncalled for 'sofia-cryptex-killing'. the atbash cipher was the best part of the book. and they just ran through the anagrams, urgh. i dont think anyone who hasnt read the book understood that.

but, really, people are comparing it too much to the book. of course the book is better. Since when has a movie been more successful than the book it was based on?

it is hard to convey the intensity and the impact of the book's meaning onto the screen when so many parties are offended by its release. To me, as a movie, it was tame but maybe it was exactly the kind of boring and unprovocative movie the producers might have wanted it to be.

I'm not touching on any sensitive strings here, but imagine if you were a Christian or a Catholic watching the movie and the bare, almost crude contradiction of the Church's stand about mary magdalene and Jesus was laid down full blast, how would you take it?

to viewers, just enjoy the movie and stop comparing it to the book, because the book has a more intellectual ground compared to the movie's grandiose and drama.

Re: The Da Vinci Code

MengZ — Wed, 24 May 2006 14:55:14 -0000

I watch the premium screening at sunway.

the only scenes i found that match the book is the opening when Sauniere was chased down and killed.
*i haven't finish the book yet.

The book itself is full of bullcrap.
the movie is juz an act, an simplify version , this is not a documentary movie.
i wont blame the sriptwritter.
not many in this world read about Leonardo Da Vinci and undestand what he has done in his great life.*his artwork/code/technique/design
Not eveyone know story about jesus christ and chatolic church.
so the sriptwritter have to make it short and...some how will make mistake.

This book is misleading in some way. : p

hehe.

Re: The Da Vinci Code

L.vo — Tue, 23 May 2006 19:03:31 -0000

eh, i thought it was better than the book.

1. Sophie not being Sauniére's granddaughter made perfect sense, and made it less unbelievable.
2. isn't Audrey Tautou simply the cutest thing?

Re: The Da Vinci Code

William — Mon, 22 May 2006 16:11:31 -0000

try creating a cryptex online

Re: The Da Vinci Code

hanna — Mon, 22 May 2006 14:22:15 -0000

i'd give it one and a half out of five, and that's because of ian mckellen (who is awesome) and paul bettany (who is also awesome).

Re: The Da Vinci Code

foreverjas — Sun, 21 May 2006 10:55:59 -0000

well..i think even if the movie is so so bad.. i think we should at least appreciate their effort in everything la.. thou the book raux.hehe.

Re: The Da Vinci Code

clem — Sun, 21 May 2006 07:50:42 -0000

My friends and I wanna watch it, but everytime we want to it's bloody full for the next 6 hours. =__=

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Cheneille — Sat, 20 May 2006 10:58:26 -0000

hello pinkpau!

been reading your blog for some time heh. feel like weeping every time because you're so eloquent, makes me wanna hide my face 6 ft under and never come up again :P

anyways, i watched Da Vinci Code too, and I guess the problem with us bookworms (or at least the ones I know so far) is that we can't stand film reproductions of our beloved stories, especially if they don't keep to the plot and replace important details with their own interpretation. Mine would be all 4 of the Harry Potter movies.

my main gripe with DVC would be Tom Hanks playing Langdon. WTF. I was expecting them to pick someone like Harrison Ford. oh well, at least the albino's hot, even though he's not supposed to be. :/

Re: The Da Vinci Code

foreverjas — Sat, 20 May 2006 09:28:02 -0000

so bad ark? i havent watch tht movie yet.hehe. izit above 18 ark?

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argee — Sat, 20 May 2006 08:11:31 -0000

heh, no english subtitles during frenchy...grrrh...

oh well, it's nice to listen to french anyway. *must learn* lol

Re: The Da Vinci Code

Bryan — Sat, 20 May 2006 02:14:15 -0000

I've not read the book but I watched the documentary of National Geographic about The DaVinci Code. They invited some experts and Dan Brown to explain some parts of the book, that's why I can understand the movie. :p

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turquoise — Sat, 20 May 2006 00:55:22 -0000

I so wanted to see the movie. I was still unfazed when my friend told me the book was better. then i read your review. I think I'll go and see another movie this weekend. they seemed to have squeezed out everything that people yearned for.

Re: The Da Vinci Code

pinkpau — Fri, 19 May 2006 14:34:10 -0000

george : yeah i'm still wondering why the heck his eyes were BLUE! maybe he's a special breed of albino .. or something..

jay : you're welcome!

reallybites : haha dont remember if it was uni or work, but it was sure as hell NOT boarding school!

alvin : hehehe i watched it, i watched it!

ianfluenza : yeah i watched it at times square's hugest cinema hall and it was FULL! times square's halls are NEVER full !!

calypso : no no no you must watch it! it's not good, but still a must watch :D

loud : OOH cant wait for that one either

KY : why!? watch it! :) it's a must-watch, albeit not a good one.

mervkwok : yeah i tried to do the same :(

argee : entertaining?! i was clutching my head going oh nooooo almost every 3 seconds! and the argument made me go wtf out loud! eh the one you watched .. did it have english subtitles during the french dialogue?

chuang : i wouldnt use the word fan .. haha i'm barely a fan of anything nowadays. i just like his writing.

kimberlycun : ooh she is hot :) yes, twas nice meeting you rowdy bunch!

chapree : like lightning!

bryan : seriously, you could catch everything? nothing confused you?! haha wow you're a prodigy. eh ...... your freeze thingy makes sense ... oh hey but maybe the papyrus is so brittle that it;ll break?

waifon : hehe yes come back and read this after you've watched, and let me know what u think. and of cos i was concentrating on the show 100%! i just happen to have a very good memory when it comes to complaining about things i dont like .. hahaha. and i'm going for Grease tomorrow, which is saturday

ginny : what, really?! then your friends are the ONLY people i know who liked the movie!

justakid : OF COURSE U MUST WATCH IT!

waifon : no la not close :) and their filming is over already. today last day.

tze : nvm nvm you were late ma!

percy : watch it anyway!

foreverjas : why nothing to say? @_@

entwined : all the best sitting through the suckiness :P it was torturous for me..

Re: The Da Vinci Code

entwined — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:58:17 -0000

i really like to read you, that's why it took a LOT of effort of my part to skip this (long) post, you know! :/

i wanna watch the movie with an open, but prepared-to-accept-that-it-will-suck, mind, although i don't wanna know where/why/how/when it sucks before watching it. half the fun is spotting the suckiness factor!

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foreverjas — Fri, 19 May 2006 12:47:21 -0000

omg!!!! i've nth to say. good review!=)

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percy — Fri, 19 May 2006 11:54:25 -0000

ai yaya...i shouldnt log this website....anyway i should glad as i'm also didnt had time to go watch dvc....

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tze — Fri, 19 May 2006 11:50:42 -0000

hahaha i told eugin that i would need to watch the movie twice to understand it. then he rolled his eyes and called me a bimbo.

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Waifon — Fri, 19 May 2006 11:18:21 -0000

Oui...damn close ar with Patrick Teoh and TV Smith..haha. How to get passes to watch that talk show ha? So fun...you can join their production. And your picture on Suanie's page looks damn tired :( but u still look so adorable like a pauuuuuu :D

Re: The Da Vinci Code

justakid — Fri, 19 May 2006 10:44:59 -0000

i. havent. seen. the. movie :'( :'(

exams goin on!!!!!!!!!!!! @!#$%^~&* so must continue readin my stupid sejarah book instead of going out to see the biggest most highly anticipated movie of the YEAR.

tink i'll go see it anyway. :P

Re: The Da Vinci Code

Ginny — Fri, 19 May 2006 09:23:33 -0000

FINALLY!! SOME1 AGREES WITH ME!! THE MOVIE FRIGGIN SPOILED EVERYTHING!! when i came out i said.. fuck.. im so dissapointed.. it sucked.. everyone screamed at me.. saying NO LOR!! ITS NICE LOR.. den go school also.. i said that.. every1 was like.. WHY MuST U SpoIl IT WANNnnnNNN!! u too high la ure expectation..

*ish ish*

Re: The Da Vinci Code

Waifon — Fri, 19 May 2006 07:28:24 -0000

I am watching it tmrw and I have to skip so many para of this review that I don't think I read anything at all in fear of spoliers :( I read this book yonks ago and I'm resisting the temptation to read the book before tmr's show so that I won't be so dissapointed if the movie really sucked monkey balls compared to the book. But then again, since I almost forgot how's the plot like, I'm going TRY enjoying the show like a first- timer..hehe..must pujuk didri first.
I've learnt my lesson from the Memoirs of a Geisha. That was total disappointment [dot] com, it's not even funny anymore.

And your review damn detailed okay. Were you concentrating on the show or keep doing mental notes on how to review it later on your blog? Haha..respek ar. I'm coming back to read it after the show. If it's that bad, I'll mourn with you. Already half mourning now, Elliot was sent away by Daniel Powter's Bad Day. geez...Taylor grey hair is so not winning man. Ish~ Oh oh..when are you watching Grease? I heard it wasn't that good but heck~ I'm so gonna lie and convince myself that is hell of a great production :D

Re: The Da Vinci Code

Bryan — Fri, 19 May 2006 07:07:22 -0000

Just watched it this afternoon. I give it 7/10, just because I have not read the book and understand almost everything in the movie. :D

For me, everytime I watch a movie that originated from a novel/comic/whatever book, I will only take the movie as it is. The movie stands on its own and have no relationship to the book at all. That will make you better enjoy the movie.

One thing I don't understand :-

Why they cracked their heads openning the cryptex the normal way?

Since they know there is vinegar inside, just freeze it then break it lah. Easy what. LoL...

Who cares if the code is APPLE or SOFIA? I say FREEZER ! Wuahahhaha....