Da Vinci Code...off to a bad start

[PurdueRy]

so far 9% on rottentomatoes.com from "cream of the crop"

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/da_vinci_code/

I would have thought it would have done very well with critics just by the producer being Ron Howard and Tom Hanks...guess I was wrong.

 

[GeneValgene]

i guess too many people read the book

too high expectations

 

[pclstyle]

damn, i was looking forward to it this weekend, too.

Wasn't a big fan of the book, but my girlfriend loved it- thought it would make at least for halfway decent blockbuster entertainment.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Good suspense in books is totally different than in movies. I was worried from the day it was announced that it wouldn't work on a big screen. I'm betting it'll be a long episode of that show Numb3rs (which was godawful the one time I watched it).

They should have made Angels & Demons. It would have been a little better paced.

 

[lokiju]

Only 7 Reviews.

 

[zanieladie]

I won't see it on sheer principle.

 

[Ameesh]

DONG!

 

[waggy]

I think its partial of people having to high a expectation and the fact many sheep..err...catholics are fallowing what the church is saying. to give it a negitive review and boycutt the movie.

but NO MOVIE is as good as the book. i have never seen it anyway.

 

[dnuggett]

Worthless book, I'm not surprised the movie sucks. Glad to see it does though.

 

[tfinch2]

I'm not surprised.

 

[DAM]

I'll be the first one in line ready to watch it, curious to see if the movie is anything like what I had in mind when I ready the book.


dam(DED)

 

[Ronin]

See it yourself instead of letting someone you don't know make the judgement for you. The public dictates the popularity of the movie, not the critics.

 

[BW86]

I'm still going to go see it.

I still think they should have made Angles&Demons though.

 

[BooGiMaN]

i heard on the radio peopel thought it was boring and people were laughing during a critical scene...

 

[LtPage1]

The book, while not the GREATEST NOVEL EVER like most people seem to think, was pretty good, and definitely fun. Too bad the movie sucks.

 

[jlmadyson]

I was thinking about going to see this one, but I think I'll pass now. Wait for X3 next week.

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: waggy
I think its partial of people having to high a expectation and the fact many sheep..err...catholics are fallowing what the church is saying. to give it a negitive review and boycutt the movie.

but NO MOVIE is as good as the book. i have never seen it anyway.

LoTR movies were better than the books. Not because the movies were so great, but because reading the books is a chore.

 

[nakedfrog]

I was thinking I'd go see it just to bug the Catholics that are bothered by that sort of thing.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Worthless book, I'm not surprised the movie sucks. Glad to see it does though.

 

[jjones]

I thought the book was terribly written and amateurish - I was hoping the movie would be better, or at least entertaining. Too bad.

 

[z42]

Originally posted by: jjones
I thought the book was terribly written and amateurish - I was hoping the movie would be better, or at least entertaining. Too bad.

Mostly agree. It's interesting because of the controversy it stirs up, but the novel read a bit like the textbooks from many of my religious studies classes in college. Seemed like Dan tried to write his story around the arguments/theories he had researched instead of the other way around. I still think the movie will be decent, just not the earth-shattering blockbuster some thought/hoped it would be.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: TheAdvocate
Good suspense in books is totally different than in movies. I was worried from the day it was announced that it wouldn't work on a big screen. I'm betting it'll be a long episode of that show Numb3rs (which was godawful the one time I watched it).

They should have made Angels & Demons. It would have been a little better paced.

Numb3rs is awesome! DIAF!

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: z42

Originally posted by: jjones
I thought the book was terribly written and amateurish - I was hoping the movie would be better, or at least entertaining. Too bad.

Mostly agree. It's interesting because of the controversy it stirs up, but the novel read a bit like the textbooks from many of my religious studies classes in college. Seemed like Dan tried to write his story around the arguments/theories he had researched instead of the other way around. I still think the movie will be decent, just not the earth-shattering blockbuster some thought/hoped it would be.

I agree. My mom actually 'solved' it about 75 pages into the book, told me how it was generally written, and then told me what happened, so I saved my time from reading it.

 

[ballmode]

I won't see it I dont like the way Tom Hanks looks like in this movie

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: ballmode
I won't see it I dont like the way Tom Hanks looks like in this movie

You like to look at tom hanks in that way? :shocked: