[Book/Movie]The Da Vinci Code [Archive]

jayx8318x

08-12-2004, 02:16 AM

************SPOILER ...sorta********************

I think the idea that Jesus could have been married, well ....makes this one of the most romantic stories ever told. I don't think it would make him any less divine. But to accept such a story would totally turn the religious world upside down, and rewrite history in a sense. So no matter how much "evidence" people can gather to prove this theory, the church will do whatever it takes to disclaim it. And of course people will still believe what they want to believe, or grew up believing.

I also think it's such a shame that Mary Magdalene got written off as history's most famous prostitute, whereas most scholars have agreed that no where in the Bible does it say she is. Many even believe she should be canonized and recognized as Jesus's only female disciple.

From that special I watched, some of evidence of Jesus' marriage to Mary Magdalene was when he appeared to her in the garden after being crucified, and she approaches him in a passion filled way, but he tells her "do not touch me" but some say the correct Greek translation would be "do not cling to me" ...which is odd because such an embrace is only acceptable between married people. And then there was the lost scriptures written by Mary Magdalene and another guy (I can't remember his name)...that said the other Apostles were jealous of Mary as Jesus often kissed her on the mouth. Then of course the Last Supper painted by Da Vinci...

It's all really interesting actually. I think the most important thing that Dan Brown emphasizes is that history is written by the winners (in this case the Church). You can also tell he's very much a feminist ..at least to some degree..hehe...

bee

08-12-2004, 02:29 AM

Angels and Demons is really similar to the Da Vinci Code, but i think he did more to research in the latter, because i felt Angels and Demons was less factual. It did have a better conclusion in my opinion though, because at the end of the Da Vinci Code i was left wondering about many things, confused to the point of reading it over more than twice.

The issue with Mary Magdalene, i didnt know whether to believe or not. i am barely, if even, religious at all. and i know very little of christianity :shy: i thought it was interesting what they said about the painting of the Last Supper though. and im thinking about looking into it more, since i seriously dont know enough to tell fact from fiction. =X
its all very controversial. all my majorly christian friends were shocked by this book. my friend's mom wouldnt even touch it =/

SimpleBlackHumor89

08-12-2004, 07:14 AM

the book really questinos your belief and faith (if u hav one) in god, cos i wasnt a huge believer, n this brings up alota of topics such as sexism, and unique things that one would've never noticed the book. this book should win like the best book award or whatever...

you can easily tell that the author put his full 150% effort in writing this book

linny

08-12-2004, 07:23 AM

******spoliers*********

When I read the book, I really enjoyed it. I loved reading about all the little art history tidbits and whatnot. And I ADORED Teabing. That man was the best.

The only thing I didn't like was the very end. It didn't seem satisfying. I can understand the idea of Jesus being married to Mary Magdalene, but the very end revealing of who Sophia was killed the ending for me. I'm not quite sure why the very end bothers me, but it does. T_T

(And I don't think the whole 'too religious' bit applies to me since I'm not even Christian to begin with.)

One positive about the whole "controversy" over Da Vinci is it made people explore the history of the religion more thoroughly. Yar.

sourhotsoup

08-12-2004, 07:31 AM

hehe..i'm trying so hard to not read the ones that you guys marked spoilers. yeah the tidbits are really interesting. like finding out so many of the terms, phrases, and beliefs people use and have actually have historical references. like the friday the 13 thing, or the term 'horny'.

he mush have put a lot of time in research before writing the book. not even mentioning the little facts he talks about, just how discriptive he is of the city, the museums, churches, and architecture alone is proof of his effort.

kahel

08-12-2004, 07:31 AM

I enjoyed reading the book too. I couldn't put it down. All the ideas that are being introduced to my head leaves me intrigued and curious. I was questioning, reasearching on the net about this secret societies. It made me restless.

I though Teabing was a nice character too. better than Langdon, he was too predictable. :bleh:

Anyway, I thought the book was feminist. When I was reading the book, I had this aura that people should worship me because I'm a woman. hehe. It did empower the woman in me.

One thing about this book though, as my friend put it, it was all climaxes but there was no orgasm. (sorry for the analogy :blush: )

linny

08-12-2004, 07:37 AM

One thing about this book though, as my friend put it, it was all climaxes but there was no orgasm. (sorry for the analogy :blush: )

EXACTLY. That's the problem I had with the book. If you pardon the expression, of course. XD But yeah, that's how I felt when I finished. I was like "...Well, THAT'S great. What's next?"

bluesnowflakes

08-12-2004, 05:11 PM

One thing I felt about the books are although they are really exciting, he seems to get side-tracked... sort off...
I like the 2 books which I've read so far, the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons...
Unlike other books, I dont think there's a certain dead plot he uses... it just seems to twist and turn as needed...
And the villian is always the most unexpected one... makes it easier to guess the next time you read another book of his...

iphei

08-13-2004, 03:08 AM

sourhotsoup

08-13-2004, 03:20 AM

I really loved the book. But I don't know, ever since I read it, I've felt it pull at my faith. But I think it at the same time doesn't change much. I mean, the principles of Jesus never changed and just because he had a wife and a child doesn't make him any less divine (but then again, I was a bit shocked at the same time while reading through it.)

i'm not catholic...so i may not be in the position to say anything. But it my opinion...i don't think it should matter. Because if i were catholic, it would be because i believe in the teachings of jesus...not the people who are in high positions in the church. Whether or not he was married, or has a family, Jesus was a good man. in my opinion...if his teachings are good...then that's all i need to know.

iphei

08-13-2004, 03:27 AM

It was just that if what we read is what the people in power wrote and said was what Jesus had said. Well, if they wrote off the bit about Mary and whatnot, then couldn't they also write off or change other things they didn't like. And therefore, it would mean that the basis of my faith wasn't correct?

sourhotsoup

08-13-2004, 04:26 AM

but even the books that weren't included in the bible...the one's the church tried to get rid of don't deny that jesus was a righteous man.

kaye21

08-13-2004, 04:47 AM

pinkcherries051

08-17-2004, 06:01 AM

hmm...i read angels & demons first, then the da vinci code....very well written book....makes you really think about god/religion. Haha recently there was some thing on tv that talked about what dan brown write about in the da vinci code...very interesting.....his other books aren't bad either...already read digital fortress (ehh kinda bad....too predictable) nd just bought deception point (not bad...). In mah opinion....da vinci code was betta than angels nd demons cuz i guess i think a&D was a lil uhh unrealistic? i mean, a guy falling through the sky actually survives?!? ehhh....

sourhotsoup

08-18-2004, 12:48 AM

*************SPOILER*********************

I finally finished the book! I was so touched when sophie saw her grandma for the first time. I couldn't stop crying!!! haha. I guess i got too caught up. Great book! Love it.

SimpleBlackHumor89

08-18-2004, 03:56 AM

hm... weird.. i guess the book, strengthened your faith in god, but, it made me believe less relgion... mayb cos i didnt believe in it already, but i think, the book has some truths, that not even the bible has

luvsfroot

08-22-2004, 11:22 PM

i couldn't put the book down! it was really good.. but i had so many questions. like, how do you know which parts are real or not real? i mean, doesn't the book like question your faith kind of? i'm not christian, but i was just wondering.. doesn't the stuff he has in the book disprove christianity? but i heard that his book used really bad sources & exploited a lot of them, so... anyway, i haven't read angels & demons yet. is it worth reading, and which one is better?

swtaznkandi

08-31-2004, 09:39 AM

read the da vinci and angels & demons. although i read da vince code first, then angels&demons...anyway...my faith was strengthened...and it just shows that "maybe" Jesus was really a man...man enough to have a wife...but the catholic church then just got threatened by his "mortality" and humanity...i am catholic...and proud of it...was that a rosary jay was wearing in the QLX video...
woo represent catholics!! haha sometimes i wonder if jay's catholic because he did the whole "yi fu zhi ming" and the catholic italian mafia and everything, but that could just be for aesthetic purposes?

***SPOILER***
anyway, i read the da vinci code and this book didn't shake my faith one bit. i thought it was a very interesting story, but no more than that - a story. to me, it seemed like all the historical stuff that dan brown spouted at us seemed to fit together TOO perfectly. IF the stuff is all real, then it just doesn't make sense how he would be able to figure it out and why there hasn't been even MORE controversy than there is now. a lot of priests are condeming brown as a heretic, but i don't necessarily think the stuff he writes is all lies - i just don't believe they're all truth, either. i can believe that jesus married mary magdalene and that his bloodline has been preserved, but i won't really believe it unless i see these "documents" for myself. and i definitely plan to read angels and demons.

kirasuran

08-31-2004, 09:48 AM

hmm i finsihed this book in january this year and thought it was very interesting. im protestant, and to me this book was quite...interesting yet it was VERY on the borderline of being heretic, or insulting the Bible. i would reccomend it but jus dont take it tooo seriosuly...otherwise it was a pretty good book, but not as good as some others i have read.

XingFu

09-24-2004, 03:53 AM

When I read the book, I can't put it down. I just had to finished the whole thing, I ended up sleeping at 3 am. Anyway, I'm a Roman Catholic and I wasn't exactly shocked at some of the revelations that the book made about Jesus and his relationship with Mary Magdalene. It made sense.

Great book!!!!

hellojenvo

09-24-2004, 04:02 AM

I love this book!!I read angels and demons and then davinci code, but i can honestly say that in every chapter,something exciting happens and it makes me want to keep reading on and on. I still remember reading til 2 in the morning during summer. The subjects in this book were a little contoversial, but that's what made it such a good book.

Miss_gun

09-24-2004, 10:26 AM

Very true.. It's like true and the fiction are together.. I sort of believe some of the fiction parts.. it's quite convincing to me. :D
But I really liked the way he describe every action parts.. and the fact!! Putting the fact and fiction together so perfectly. That's all I can say.. and I couldn't believe I started reading it until I don't know what time it is.. it's very good.

I know some people cannot take it cos it's got something to do with religon.. but then just take it as a fiction.. I think that will be allright.

Chandie

09-24-2004, 10:52 AM

oh my god DA VINCI CODE! i have been dying to talk about it it's such a great light riveting book! i was on the train the other day and the guy to my left was reading the same book as the woman on my right: deception point (sequel/prequel to d.v.c)! totally loved the book although the ending was slightly sloppy, but how everything was just so intertwined with each other i thought 'fab, fab'.
i got me doubting catholicism too! and i'm catholic so i guess either i'm too easily pursuaded or my catholic self just isn't strong enough.
i love captain fache's character
i heard they're going to make a movie out of it! i can't wait. i can already visualise everything in my head it would be so so good! they better make it good or else it'll ruin the book.
and then one day i was at kinokuniya with my friend when we dragged out a huge da vinci art book and looked at the picture of the last supper and dude there it was: the weirdo hand with the dagger! *shock horror*:ohmy: that was then i thought 'dan brown you go man you are a great light author.
as much as people are dissing it and trying to cash in on this book righting antithesises and stuff i think nothing will steal the light from the book; at least for now anyway.

littlefishie

09-24-2004, 09:02 PM

Omg... It was such a good novel. I love all the history that was in there, and everything actually made sense... I'm glad that it was more concerned with the history of religion rather than religion itself. Wow... the clues were really good too. Now, I really want to go to France...

Angels on clouds

09-27-2004, 06:17 PM

God!! I love the book! Reviewers said it tends to get chunky at times, which i agree, esp when Robert's explaining the whole situation to Sophie. I liked the references to art works and how he managed to link it to modern things now (i wonder how true it is). and i've even bought "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" as mentioned in the book. Though i'm not finished reading it coz its pretty dry as compared to DVC.

ene

10-04-2004, 07:04 AM

I've finished DVC and am reading Angels and Demons right now. Does anyone know which book should come first ? I'm a little confused although they don't seem to be connected. Angels and Demons seem to be pretty good as well and now, I can't wait to visit Rome ! :wink2:

Vicluva

10-04-2004, 08:00 AM

ene: Angels and Demons should come first, and the two books are not related apart from the fact tha the main character is Robert Langdon.
I read the Da Vinci Code a few weeks ago and I think it was superbly written. It was really amazing to find tha Da Vinci, Victor Hugo, Isaac Newton and other famous figures were part of the Priory of Sion. Angels and Demons was also a good book but not as good as DVC. I've started reading Dan Brown's other two books, Deception Point and Digital Fortress as well, and none of them can hold a candle to DVC. I guess Dan Brown gets better as he gets older :D

Angels on clouds

10-05-2004, 01:37 PM

Are Digital Fortress and Deception Point any good? I haven't read them yet. They're totally different from Angels and Demons and DVC right.

ekyec

10-05-2004, 01:59 PM

I just read the book too, and I must say it was extremely interesting. and I enjoyed reading all the facts that Dan Brown stated[whether it was true or not, I dunno] to support the theories and such.
A sequel to "The Da Vinci Code" is being written right now, and probably will be released sometime next year. I wonder whether it will be as good as this one now, but anyway, I can't wait to read it.

..and apparantly they're even going to make a movie out of it, and the director will be the one who made "A Beautiful Mind", and Russel Crowe, Tom Hanks[and a forgot the rest] may be playing Robert Langdon.

I just started reading a bit of Angels and Demons, and so far the structure of the story seems to be the same as "The Da Vinci Code", with someone being murdered right at the beginning of the book and there's also this weird evil mysterious dark side[the brotherhood thingo]..
Except, Angels and Demons is about science more then religion....at least thats all i've grasped from the few pages I've read.

zaizai rox

10-20-2004, 03:57 AM

I read the "Da vinci code" its really interesting like i could not put the book down. I had to finish it and its really creepy in some ways also like how everything fits perfectly, etc.

A sequel to "The Da Vinci Code" is being written right now,
wow really?? can;t wait to read it! ^^ and a movie?? cool!

angels and demons looks good but i haven;t read it yet. i remember someone who read angels and demons also suggested reading the five people you'll meet in heaven, apparantly its really interesting as well

confus ed

10-20-2004, 04:17 AM

Are Digital Fortress and Deception Point any good? I haven't read them yet. They're totally different from Angels and Demons and DVC right.

i'v read the four of his books already. and i have to say, they are all good!

well, Digital Fortress is more to computer stuffs, as the title suggests.. but Dan Brown still manages to inject his brand of style into it.. y'know, the whole twists and turn thing.. as for Deception Point, its centered around a political setting.. but its cool and not dry at all.. between these two.. i'd have to say Deception Point is better

but yes! DVC is the one that sparked off my interest in his books.. after picking it up, i simply couldn't put it down! i remb i finished the book in one sitting.. think i stayed up till 4am to finish it. haha.. even my dad who is normally a rrreally slow reader, finished it in bout 3 days.. amazing!

personally, comparing DVC and Angels.. i liked Angels better.. loved every bit of it.. am gonna reread them again after my exams.. hee :tongue:

friends_pt

10-22-2004, 09:15 AM

I've heard abt this book from my friends who were readin it n frm their description it really is a nice book... or i shld say a series of nice books since there's more than one book to the whole thingy... well, hope tat i can post my comments abt the book here when i finish reading the book... waiting for my frenz to lend me... hehe...

Vicluva

10-22-2004, 09:31 AM

Actually, friends_pt, there's only one book, it's not part of a series. The author, Dan Brown, has written other books before ('Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress and Deception Point), but they're not in the same series. :wink2:

SimpleBlackHumor89

10-24-2004, 05:44 PM

i heard that ' angels and demons' the prequel, was a far better book than ' da vinci code' but is that possible cos my tutor was like angels and demons make da vinci code look stupid. cos he said after you read angels and demon, u wont want to ever read da vinci.

how is angels and demon exactly a prequel to it, cos as far as i know, the two books only have the same characters, robert langdon.

rainbowballoon

10-24-2004, 05:55 PM

hmm i've read dvc. I will say pretty exciting, makes you want to keep reading to find out what's going to happen next.. quite a complex story.. pretty confusing at some points but great on the whole. there are vivid scenes in the book and the style is very cinematic (sp?) - as in it's written as though the whole thing is shot for a movie or whatever. Heck, I don't know what I am talking about.

Heard there'll be a movie on it coming out soon. Anticipating.. haha.

I think Artemis Fowl series is NICEE!! =DD anyone read it? oh and harry potter rules too!! JK rowling rocks!

xjuen

11-27-2004, 09:24 PM

da vinci code is a really great book.i totally dig it because of the theories & stuff.yup,the movie is gonna be made & by ron howard(if i remembered correctly) & possibly star tom hanks.angel & demons was really good too because ther was so much suspense in it.digital fortress was kinda a little different but you still can grasp the dan brown style in it.havent read deception point.

Lain Lang

12-02-2004, 01:13 AM

i've read dvc, in portuguese actually... it's a huge sucess here...actually there're more books about "decoding Da Vinci" and things like that than the original one...I liked a lot, I read it in a weekend! I just didnt know the difference between what was fiction and what was true...:?

Angels on clouds

12-02-2004, 06:31 AM

Well...latest news is that Tom Hanks will be playing Robert Langdon in the DVC movie. Well, i'd always thought robert was a good-looking youngish,lean guy, and well basically not Tom Hanks. But at least he has the intellectual academic look :laughing:

i wonder who Sophie (is that her name?) would be....some french beauty?

petheads

12-02-2004, 02:04 PM

Yeah. I was quite disappointed when I read that Tom Hanks was being considered for the role and then now this has been confirmed.

I like to watch Tom act. A lot. But I definitely didn't picture Robert Langdon to look like Tom. He's too old for the role. And his build...let's just say I expected a much leaner Robert. :laughing:

ftlouiea

12-02-2004, 10:47 PM

Yeah! I so agree with you. Someone i'd imagine as Tom Langdon would be... Joaquin Phoenix, or Tom Cruise. Like you said, Tom hanks is good, but he just wasn't the person i imagined.

i want someone like nicole kidman to be sophie, french and delicate, but she'd have to look very intellectual... hmmm... hard choice.

But all the info about the Knights Templar is actually real, not joking. I think that's amazing how dan brown researched this, and wrote a book so interesting too. He deserves the sales he has now.

Angels on clouds

12-03-2004, 04:41 AM

hmm i just watched this show by Sophie Marceau, and i thought heck they might as well cast her as Sophie. She's real pretty and shares the same name and nationality too. :laughing:

i bought the book he mentioned in his novel "Holy Blood, holy smthg" ( i forgot!) just to read all about it and my mum borrowed it from me and its stuck in her office right now. i havent had the chance to flip through it yet!

ftlouiea

12-03-2004, 08:00 PM

Sophie Marceau? What does she look like? I imagine the Sophie in the book to have blonde hair and dark imbroding features... do you have a pic?

Hmm, i read the few pages at the end, and they just seemed too similar, so i thought one was enough. I might as well stick with the good reputation that i have of the book anyway... :-)

akane_chou

12-03-2004, 09:21 PM

nope... my fren said she wanted to lend it to me after the PMR exam but she didnt... >< but have you read digital fortress yet?

SimpleBlackHumor89

12-04-2004, 02:45 AM

uh, for officila news, the move, TOM HANKS, will be playing the role of mr. robert langdon, it's not a bad choice, but i thought tom is pretty old, i'd prefer to see another actor, cos tom hanks isnt exactly your action man.

i read digital fortress, it's an ok book compared with dan brown's rest, but it is a good book, alot of lies and betrayals

Angels on clouds

12-04-2004, 04:47 AM

Here's a pic of her.
http://awards.fennec.org/images/71-sophie_marceau.jpg
and a bigger one here (http://www.sternchenfan.de/sophie-marceau/sophie124.htm)
Is she what everyone imagined Sophie would look like? :D

ker_ai_teresa

12-04-2004, 10:45 AM

i've just started on reading DVC. i had to wait 3 months to get my hands on it coz i had the book on-hold at the local libraray. that's how popular it is. :wacko:

so tom hanks is going to play langdon? i think that's a good choice. in the book langdon is in his forties, an academic.....tom would be perfect for the role.

pinkcherries051

12-04-2004, 10:34 PM

haha yeah nicole kidman would be PERFECT for the role of sophie...and langdon? hmmmm yeah i think theres other people who would be a better choice than tom hanks

ftlouiea

12-04-2004, 11:11 PM

teresa: when does it say he is in his forties? I mean, i know that he is, but i can't actually remember it. :?

thanks angels on clouds for the pic, but she looks too bond girl already... i'm staying with my choice: nicole!

sauerkraut

12-05-2004, 01:09 PM

i never thought i would read and actually like that kind of book, since i'm not religious at all and not too interested in religions in general either. since i don't know much about the bible and the religious background of that book, i can't really tell what's true and what not, but it's a highly interesting theory IMO. even if most of it was fictious, i still think that there are quite a few things that the church hasn't been... well... entirely open about.

but that's not the only reason why i love this book. not only is it extremely well written, but also such a fast read. it took me like a day or two to finish it. :happy:

i think sophie marceau would be an excellent choice for the role of sophie, but tom hanks? i mean i like him, but why does it always have to be him? :wacko: i'd like to see a new face for a change.

Aoko

12-06-2004, 12:06 AM

I think this is an excellent novel, very well written and obviously well-thought out as well. But does the new movie, National Treasure, remind anyone of this at all? Even vaguely? Actually, it reminds me more of Angels and Demons, another book written by Dan Brown....

pamujung

12-06-2004, 06:06 AM

Oh this book will be filmed, hmm.. nice choice it's really a good book to read but when it will become film. Everyone surely expect it to be good as book.
wahaa that is the Sophie I imagined but she must get the sharp looked eye more than that haha

Anyway do you read another works of Dan Brown like Digial Fortress ? I'm in consider to buy it to read. And this time it's not related to the religion.

Vicluva

12-06-2004, 06:19 AM

I've just finished reading all four books by Dan Brown, and they were all excellent. After reading Da Vinci Code I went online and checked out some of the facts mentioned in the book (everyone should go visit danbrown.com, it's a fantastic site and there's even a mini code for you to solve) and if you look up The Last Supper, there indeed is a hand in the painting with a knife. I was really worried for Dan while reading the book though, he's made so many controversial accusations that I was afraid the Church might do something to him. :sweat:
Pam: I've read Digital Fortress and it's fantastic also, definetely worth buying. I love how his books have so many twists and turns and you hardly ever see it coming.

Also, Dan Brown's next book is called The Solomon Code, I think, ayone heard of it? And I guess Tom Hanks would be a good choice to play Robert Langdon, although I always imagined someone...hotter :D Ooh, the girl the picked to play Sophie was a great choice. (although I could've sworn I read in the book she had red hair)

pamujung

12-06-2004, 04:27 PM

haha the church will do something like he wrote in the Angel and Daemon :laughing: I have finished only 2 works by him, Thanks Vicluva I bought Digital Fortress but don't have a perfect time to start reading :sweat:

Do you guy read like me ? I read it all day and night, can't stop reading especially when we reach the middle of story and almost the end story :D

wow, Solomon code !! I never heard of it, can't wait to see this book on shelf in my country.

SimpleBlackHumor89

12-07-2004, 06:11 AM

i cant wait for solomn code! they're already advertising it on amazon or borders i think. i think i'll get it when it comes out :excited:

pamujung: i read alot! but not as much now, i remember in like 3rd grade, i got in trouble for reading, in 5th grade too, my teacher took away my book.... but she returned it to me after school, and in 7th grade, my teacher LITERALLY tore the book out of my hands, and threw it across the classroom, very embarassn....

i agree robert langdon should be played by someone alot more hotter :excited:

Angels on clouds

12-07-2004, 07:08 AM

Yeah, i thought National Treasure was a Dan Brown show, but then Langdon couldn't be Nicholas Cage. BUt it seems pretty similar to Angels and Demons with all the obelix and Mason symbols.

pamujung

12-07-2004, 07:22 AM

my teacher LITERALLY tore the book out of my hands, and threw it across the classroom, very embarassn.... your teacher's really rude for doing that :-x even you are wrong, I still think she can't do like that to you.

Yah I also thought that National Treasure is another work of Dan Brown when I watched the trailer but I can't find his name to be credited :dry: It really has similar object in the story.

ker_ai_teresa

12-07-2004, 10:19 AM

teresa: when does it say he is in his forties? I mean, i know that he is, but i can't actually remember it. :?

haha, here's a quote from the book, from a scene when Langdon was still in the Paris hotel after receiving a phone call from the lobby.
Although Professor Langdon might not be considered hunk-handsome like some of our younger awardees, this forty-something academic has more than his share of scholarly allure.

anywayz, what's wrong with Tom Hanks playing the role? :? he can have the look of a weary academic and he fits the description of Langdon in the book.

hmm...i was thinking Catherine Zeta-Jones for the role of Sophie.....attractive brunette.....but yeah, Nicole Kidman would be a good choice too.

ftlouiea

12-07-2004, 08:41 PM

Haha lol Pam. Maybe i skimmed over that w/o knowing, because i had a perfect 20 year old conjured up in my mind!

Solomon Code? Sounds another ground breaker, i can't wait. HE's like the new harry potter craze in the adult world, but with mystery and crime instead. :-)

aina

12-09-2004, 04:54 PM

hey...i'm reading The Da Vinci Code right now, not finished yet..
but this is the first time i have an interest to read a book and didn't get bored (i read Harry potter and i closed the book after read several pages)..
thanks to w4t3r_lily, so i know there's a book like this

I just curious about the painting, i really really want to look at the Last Supper, etc just to see if the story and descriptions on that book are real...i don't what happen in the end..i guess it would be surprising...

pamujung

12-09-2004, 05:54 PM

I thought it has the picture of The Last Supper at the back of the book, what you wonder about the picture.. if you are talking about M, it seems to look like that :oops: you didn't finish the book yet, I'm sure you don't want us to tell the surprised at the end hehe

Picture here >> The Last Supper (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/amino/lastsupp.jpg)

spork

12-10-2004, 11:51 AM

Wow...i had no idea so many people were into The DaVinci Code! Well, I had a general idea that it was popular, but I didn't expect fellow youths to be really into it too :D I was totally sucked into the whole conspiracy theory thing, iono why, maybe my life is too full of routine (like homework, and procrastinating from homework...). The puzzles were just cooland you really couldn't second guess the next step or twist...I agree with some people that the ending was kinda "eh"...Maybe it would've been better if I had just been left hanging...I hate cliff hangers but the ending didn't seem to fit the aura of mystery that sucked me into the book in the first place :P

Has anyone read any of Dan Brown's (?) other books? The prequel was Angels and Demons, which I tried to read, but after a few pages I realized that Angels and DaVinci Code are kinda the same, but with different puzzles and people...Well, all of his books are about code breaking...I guess you can still marvel at his creativity with puzzles :/

ker_ai_teresa

12-11-2004, 10:41 AM

i just finished the book today! :sweat:

Dan Brown is really one good story teller! the way he feeds the reader small bits of information slowly, but not revealing clues to the entire mystery.....it was frustrating for me coz i knew there was some controversy about the book, and hence i was waiting and waiting for the revelation to occur so that i could judge for myself whether what Brown was implying is controversial or not. :sweat: finally i got to it in the middle of the novel. the entire point of this novel was revealed in about 25 pages.

yes, i can see why the plot of this book is controversial....it even got me thinking about.....stuff......faith......

but with all that aside, it was an intriguing novel. i look forward to chasing down Brown's other books. :-)

I agree with some people that the ending was kinda "eh"...Maybe it would've been better if I had just been left hanging...I hate cliff hangers but the ending didn't seem to fit the aura of mystery that sucked me into the book in the first place :P

i was satisfied with the ending. i think i can understand why Brown just left the ending the way he did. *POTENTIAL SPOILER AHEAD*

i guess it was best to leave the secrets of the Grail underground and buried rather than having Langdon unearthing it. if he did unearth it, then the story will have to continue. the secrets of the Grail obviously has potential to change the entire world.....to destroy a lot of tradition and beliefs and bring about a new power maybe. then what would happen to Sophie and her family?
so i guess keeping the secrets buried was the best way to end the story. Langdon got to discover where the Grail was hidden in the end (his curiousity had to be satisfied....and he showed he was worthy to discover the location of the Grail) and we as readers get to finish reading the book with questions in our heads.....is this story about the Grail really true? is the body of Mary Magdelene really still buried somewhere in France? Should i go to the Louvre and see for myself? :tongue:

oNEgumDRop

12-11-2004, 10:45 AM

read the book.. thought it was really powerful..
brownz a really great story teller.. itz amazing how he weaves fact and fiction..
being a christian, i think uve got to be grounded in ur faith b4 u read this book.. coz it will really shake the ground on which ur faith lies..
learned a lot from the book.. amazing facts learnt.. wonderful book.. (:

aina

12-11-2004, 01:18 PM

pamujung >> i read the translated version, it has no picture at the back of the book...i have seen that picture before, but i didn't notice about that "M" and i was curious...THANKS for the picture.. :hugz:
i think i will be finished with the book in the end of this year :sweat: *assignments are calling*

petricia

01-13-2005, 06:01 PM

Well, let's just say i am overwhelmed by the book... haha... the way it overturned what the catholic faith believes in is just so exciting! Okay dun get me wrong people... i am into religion in a historically way and hence it is just interesting to see the norms, things taken for granted, being twisted and made into such a wonderful novel.

Well... i seriously recommend all to read it... and read it with an open-mind... remember that it is just a story/novel/ nothing true... (except for the Priory of Sion [sorry if i spelt it wrongly... someone took my book and it is somewhere out there... i hope they plan to return me...])

memei

01-22-2005, 07:58 AM

the da vinci code is my favorite book! such a powerful and gripping novel. dan brown is amazing in the story he told and the way he presented and unravelled things. not many books can catch and hold my attention, but this novel did. i just couldn't put it down!

has anyone seen or bought the picture book version of the book?? i've seen it at chapters, but so expensive so i just leafed through it at the store ^_^"

CJay

01-22-2005, 08:14 AM

I agree with petricia. Look outside the box and the religion part of it. THe book was great! It's absolutely worth reading!!

petheads

01-23-2005, 05:14 AM

I took this off Yahoo! but seems like it's not a really confirmed casting yet since Audrey is only "said" to star in the film.

Tautou Said to Star in 'Da Vinci Code'
Associated Press
Sat Jan 22, 6:37 PM ET

Winsome French actress Audrey Tautou of "Amelie" fame has been chosen to play Tom Hanks' partner in cracking "The Da Vinci Code" in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel, the newspaper Le Parisien reported Saturday.

According to the daily, Tautou is to play the role of Sophie Neveu, the investigator who helps Robert Langdon (Hanks), a symbologist, solve the murder of an elderly member of an ancient society that has protected dark secrets since the early years of Christianity.

Oscar-winning director Ron Howard opted for Tautou last week, then confirmed his decision in a Wednesday meeting with her in Paris, Le Parisien's cinema writer Alain Grasset reported without citing sources.

Several celebrity actresses, including Sophie Marceau, sought the role that was finally narrowed down to Tautou and Linda Hardy, a former Miss France, according to the article.

Tautou also starred in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2004 movie "A Very Long Engagement."

"The Da Vinci Code," by Dan Brown, is a mix of code-breaking, art history, secret societies, religion and lore. Filming of the mystical thriller is expected to start in June. Sony Pictures has said it plans to release the film May 19, 2006.

The famed Louvre Museum has agreed in principal to allow scenes to be shot there, Louvre director Henri Loyrette said Friday. It is the murder of a Louvre curator that triggers the search for the so-called Da Vinci code.

Here are some pictures of her:

http://img161.exs.cx/img161/323/aud16df.png http://img161.exs.cx/img161/9375/aud39lz.png http://img161.exs.cx/img161/134/aud28ni.png

She's definitely pretty. I've watched a couple of Audrey's movies (i.e Amelie and The Spanish Apartment), and my impression of her is more a mischievious, kooky girl, so it's kind of difficult to reconcile her to Sophie's rather serious character. But I do have faith in her acting skills, so it should be interesting to see how she tackles this role. :happy:

ViBi

01-25-2005, 03:57 PM

hey.. i fink audrey would be great in the role of sophie... she suits it l fink, after watching amelie.. but i think tom hanks would be a bit awkward as professor.. tom hanks is cast to play in the movie right??? who is going to play the scary albino dude?? sorry, forgot his name..

swtaznkandi

01-25-2005, 06:29 PM

i really enjoyed the book, despite the fact that a bunch of the parents and the priests at my church thought it was horribly blasphemous. haha, a good book is still a good book. anyway, i'm really excited about the movie, and i'm expecting great things from ron howard and tom hanks. and it's fabulous that audrey tautou is going to pay sophie - i love her!! she's beautiful and quirky and hilarious, and i think it will be really interesting to see her in an english-speaking role. i can't wait until it comes out :)

kamui

01-25-2005, 09:13 PM

i thoguht the book was ok but thought it was sooooo annoying that ppl started reading his other books and were like 'omg this is sooooo good' when they prolly skipped over it before da vinci code came out... not to mention all his other books ALL basically follow the same plot, just different people, different circumstances -_-

pamujung

01-26-2005, 05:46 AM

I think Audrey Tautou :hmm: She looks so young to be roled as Sophie but her beauty and all characteristics will match. Anyway it's up to the person to act I don't really mind who will be casted. I'm not sure I will go to watch this movie after read the whole book many times, it likes we have to compare book and movie.

Agree with you , Kamui I start fionding his other books but not really say they are all good, some is ok and some is I don't like even it's the same plot. I must say the Digital Fortress is really disappointed me and it can be better than this, may be Dan Brown had improved his skill in writing after this book.

ker_ai_teresa

01-26-2005, 06:07 AM

yep, I find that the similiarity in which his books have so far been written, to be quite boring. They always open with a prologue where some disaster happens, then someone is called in to help solve the puzzle/fix the problem. and the story keeps changing from one character's perspective to another character's.
Dan Brown probably shouldn't set into concrete this style of setting out his novels. it gets too typical. maybe changing the way he opens the story even, would help jazz things up.

Pam--> I was disappointed with Digital Fortress too. It just got too jargon-y for me and he got so stuck into all the technical things.....it got boring. I stopped after about 250 pages.
Thinking about trying Angels and demons.....that one got better reviews I think.

Tautou is playing Sophie? she looks like what I envisiged Sophie to look like. :happy:

pamujung

01-26-2005, 06:14 AM

Teresa - hehe you will find Angel & Demons starts the story like that too :wink2: and it's better than Digital Fortress, I think.
The lead role in digital fortress are the way too lucky and easily get through all mess !

jessiesoon

01-31-2005, 06:00 AM

i got this book too..but didn finish it yet..
i got Dan Brown other books too..
they said it's goin to film into a movie,rite?
quite anticaptin it..should b interestin....

dliu1

01-31-2005, 06:05 AM

i have read The Da Vinci Code... it was a good book i guess.. it was rather suspenseful, and I liked it, but i wish the media wouldnt spice up everything that is remotely good, because the medi had me expecting that book to be SOOOOO much better and I guess it didn't live up to THAT high of an expectation... Angels and Demons comes before The Da Vinci Code... I haven't read it, but I heard it was good too.. tell me if you read it if its better or not as good as The Da Vinci Code

Joey88

02-15-2005, 12:14 AM

I am reading the Da Vinci code at the moment. i am around a 3rd of the way through. i think the book is REALLY confusing... really makes you think. Dan Brown always relates to the religious side of things which makes this even more confusing unless you are familiar with christianity. Also, i think the book is probably better if you know wht he is actually talking about eg: The Louvre Museum, it would probably be more fascinating if you have actually seen it or been in it.

I hope they release the movie AFTER i finished reading the book. dont wanna see the film when i am reading the book in case it confuses me. Some films are quite different from its book counterpart.

lovingjay

02-15-2005, 03:07 AM

just finished reading it. It was an okay book...not as good as I was expecting it to be. But, the fact that he says that most of the facts are facts makes it kind of captivating...
...and a movie....that should be interesting and audrey should be really good in it.

Chandie

05-18-2005, 11:02 AM

OMG EXCITMENT!!!! :excited: :bounce:
the DA VINCI CODE MOVIE TRAILER HAS JUST COME OUT!!!!!!

view it here:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/da_vinci_code/medium.html

although there's no images or whatever to look at (it's more like a teaser) it still got me very hyped!
movie comes out 19th May next year. can't wait!

pamujung

05-18-2005, 09:46 PM

Chandie >> The movie will come out 19th May 2006 eh ?! Why it takes so long, first read I thought it is in this month :oops: really can't wait to watch it too. Now look at the trailer, hope there will be more than this one.

sean-eka

01-06-2006, 08:32 AM

Wow. Totally AWESOME. The book rocks. I mean, the plot was really twisted. Langdon and Sophie, great work. And that detective, the police officer, was really catching up to him. Hear that Tom Hanks was going to be in the movie? Cant wait! :happy:

Teabing was a really good character, dan brown is just a genius!

snow_drops

01-06-2006, 09:54 AM

I read The Da Vinci Code last year. When I first read it, it was really exciting and fast paced, bur then I stopped in the middle for some reason. Then when I finally got to read the end, I was really impressed. I tried really Digital Fortress, but it got too slow-paced in the middle.

wil69

01-31-2006, 09:48 AM

Has anyone read the book or seen the trailer? I finished reading it this past weekend and saw the trailer right after. Looks promising but I dont like Tom Hanks look as Robert Langdon. Tom Hanks could fit the role but I pictured him scruffier looking, a little like Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones (minus the fedora hat). Its an awesome story so I hope they dont drop the ball on it

chang454

03-10-2006, 11:00 PM

has anyone seen the spoof of this book called The Givenchy Code?? i saw at some store. it was so funny.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743496132.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

ch3rri3

03-20-2006, 11:55 AM

This is one very cool book. I read it last year and love it very much!
Cant wait to watch the movie (will be playing in May 19th in US). I bet the movie will be as cool as the book.

li-yin

03-20-2006, 12:06 PM

i only managed to finish off the in my 2nd attempt.. haha.. when i 1st read it, it was so slow in the beginning and i didn't know what on earth was it talking about! all the description on the pyramid and museum and Christianity blah blah blah :sweat: then i tried it again this year in jan (just cause my pc was down and i had nothing else better to do :shifty:) it was really good! so many twists and turns! so fast in the middle till the end that i couldan't put it down.. it's actually a fanstastic book that i didn't manage to appreciate lol :bleh:

now i can't wait for the movie~~!! :bounce: so many movies to watch!!!

crazygirl48

03-20-2006, 05:09 PM

Me also waiting for the movie to be shown in mid year!
Even though the storyline is abit tough to understand..me find it quite a nice book to read! :wink2:

stitchphil

03-20-2006, 05:56 PM

EricOng

06-01-2006, 09:56 AM

Dan Brown's future book "The Solomon Key" is expected to be the No.1 Best-Selling book list too. Check it out.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/EricOng/12m.jpg

The Solomon Key is the working title of a Dan Brown novel that is planned for release no earlier than 2007. This will be the third book involving Robert Langdon, a fictional Harvard professor, and will likely take place after the events of Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code.

Likely Content

There have been a number of educated guesses regarding the content of The Solomon Key. While Dan Brown has offered some hints in interviews, in large part most ideas to the likely content of the upcoming book come from a marketing strategy used by Brown and his publishers. On the original jacket cover of The Da Vinci Code were a number of ciphers and symbols, the meaning of which was made clear when a web quest was posted on Dan Brown's website which referenced these clues. This competition made clear that the ciphers referenced the content of the next book from Dan Brown:

"Disguised on the jacket of The Da Vinci Code, numerous encrypted messages
hint at the subject matter of Dan Brown's next book"

From these clues, it seems that the following will certainly play a part in the novel:

1) The 'secret society' known as Freemasonry
2) The Masonic connections of 20 of the 56 Founding Fathers
3) The semi-esoteric architecture of Washington, D.C.
4) Solomon Kullback

The fact that Robert Langdon will be the main protagonist and that the book will look into the history of the USA has since been confirmed by Brown.

Author Greg Taylor, in his book The Guide to Dan Brown's The Solomon Key, says that it seems likely - based on Brown's track record - that the book will reference controversial subjects such as the deist viewpoints of some of the Founding Fathers (which some would claim makes them non-Christian), and the fact that the most recent U.S. Presidential election was a choice between two members of the secret society, Skull and Bones.

KSL-TV in Salt Lake City recently ran a report that 2 years ago Dan Brown toured the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City, and has since visted LDS Headquarters and was allowed access to the church's history files. The first 5 presidents of the Mormon Church, including founder Joseph Smith, were once Free Masons. There are many mason-like symbols on the Mormon Temple.

Further research into the ciphers left on the dust jacket of The Da Vinci Code, and also into Brown's previous sources of information, suggest that the following are also possible plot devices in The Solomon Key:

1) The Kryptos sculpture in the complex of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia(the web quest mentions it by name)

2) The Mona Lisa's "right eye" (oeil droit in the web quest), possibly mixed with esoteric connections to the Eye of Horus (udjat) and the portrayal of George Washington on the U.S. dollar bill.

3) The Great Seal of the United States, which conspiracy theorists claim contains the Illuminati symbol of an eye above an unfinished pyramid.

4) The Information Awareness Office, which has as part of its logo the eye and pyramid mentioned above (David A. Shugarts, who has written Secrets of the Widow's Son: The Mysteries Surrounding the Sequel to The Da Vinci Code, made this connection after hearing Brown mention that he may include a certain super-secretive government department in his next novel).

5) The House of the Temple, a masonic temple in Washington, D.C.

6) The Society of the Cincinnati, a group formed by officers of the American Revolution who idolized Cincinnatus which (to the alarm of Thomas Jefferson) mutated into a hereditary support system for families of the society. At the time it was widely criticized as a way of setting up an hereditary nobility in America.

Credits to Wikipedia.

Jordan71

06-02-2006, 02:21 AM

I actually read this book more than once, thrice actually. Because I really enjoyed the book. I went on to finish all 4 of Dan Brown's books. I rather like his style of writing. If you guys liked the Da Vinci Code, you guys should really go read Angels and Demons, the prelude to The Da Vinci Code, featuring Robert Langdon as well.
I'm very excited about the movie as well. Most notably because of Tom Hanks. He is, in my opinion, one of the best actors around today. Let's see how things turn out. The trailer was great as well. Just looking reading the book, I can picture the scenes it described. So I'm glad that the trailer has offered images that I had previously picture from the book.

I do agree with on the point that Dan Brown is a very good writer as he engages his audience with the writing. He makes you want to read and read and it's so difficult to put the book down until you finish the whole book to know the outcome of the story.

In my humble opinion, Ron Howard didn't do justice to the book and I felt that the role of Robert Langdon played by Tom Hanks didn't give Tom Hanks his full potential like in his other movies like Forrest Gump, Castaway and so forth. Pity becoz like you say he's a fanastic actor and one of my favourites. I prefered Ian McKellen as Taebing.