The Da Vinci Code

[AMP]

ALso gotta add, the writers of Holy Blood Holy Grail and the Messianic Legacy are Baigent and Leigh. Lee Teabing in Brown's book, I am convinced. Teabing is a perfect anagram of Baigent. ANd Baigent and Leigh, as authors are all like "I got it, I got it, I got it! ... I DON'T got it." Kind of like Teabing in the book.

Just my two cents.

[Pandora (Premo)]

This will be released May 19th.

[DotTheEyes]

And the Vatican, proving they're incapable of yet another thing (we can add "accepting a piece of fiction for what it is, as a piece of fiction" to a list also home to "electing a Pope without allowing corrupt politics to play into it"), is urging Catholics to boycott.

I'll be there opening night.

[Pandora (Premo)]

Originally Posted by DotTheEyes

And the Vatican, proving they're incapable of yet another thing (we can add "accepting a piece of fiction for what it is, as a piece of fiction" to a list also home to "electing a Pope without allowing corrupt politics to play into it"), is urging Catholics to boycott.

I'll be there opening night.

My office is planning to get a group together to go, and a few other people have asked if I had plans for opening night.

I just knew it was a matter of time before the Catholics would scream "BOYCOTT."

[bresamil]

I still say Air would have been perfect for the role.

[MMDad]

Originally Posted by Pandora

My office is planning to get a group together to go, and a few other people have asked if I had plans for opening night.

I just knew it was a matter of time before the Catholics would scream "BOYCOTT."

The funny thing is how much free advertising and hype the church has given to this. If they'd ignored the book, it probably would not have sold as well. I know I read it just to see what the fuss was. If the book hadn't sold as well, the movie may not have been made, or may have had lesser actors.

This "mobilize the troops!" reaction legitimizes the story, and gives ammunition to the conspiracy theory freaks who look for anything to grasp onto.

I hadn't planned on seeing the movie, but if the Vatican continues their ranting over it, I just might see it.

[DotTheEyes]

What gets me is how Catholic groups work their butts off protesting films such as this and Brokeback Mountain, whereas a film such as Hostel, which derives entertainment value from very real human rights abuses in developing countries where life is cheap, gets by scott free. They definitely need a priority reboot.

[Pandora (Premo)]

Originally Posted by DotTheEyes

They definitely need a priority reboot.

Yeah, like trying to find the love that is lost in marriages.

[Tonio]

The movie hasn't even been released, but a Catholic group has already staged a protest in Frederick.

In the late '70s, a group of Muslims seized a theater and an office building in D.C. to protest a showing of the 1976 film "The Message," which was about Muhammed. (They got worked up over nothing, since Muhammed didn't even appear in the film.)

Personally, when it comes to artistic endeavors branded as blasphemous, I don't take anyone else's word for it. How about a film festival of movies that have been attacked by demagogues from different religions? Besides "Da Vinci Code" and "The Message," we could include "Life of Brian," "Last Temptation of Christ," and "Dogma." Maybe a movie version of Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses" if a studio somewhere in the world has the balls to stand up to the Iranian mullahs, or any Bollywood films from India that have upset Hindu or Buddhist leaders. The advertising tag line could be, "Don't believe the hysteria--judge for yourself."

[Railroad (Premo)]

Religious zealots (people who make ME look like a real bad sinner and a heretic) have panicked and ignored the fact that the book is a work of FICTION.

And as a novel, it is one of the best I've read. I expect that if the movie sticks close to the book, it'll be great. When it comes out on DVD I plan to buy it. Until then, I'll hope it has a fast run in the theatres and a faster run to the DVD publishers.