I have never read the book. But I think this movie didn't really offer anything new. It was like a combination of Dogma, National Treasure, End of Days.
I Name Dogma, because of the similar revelation towards the end of the movie about how the main charater is depicted as an heir.
I name end of days just becuase of the whole spooky religious weirdness going on...like with the angel and stuff.
I name National Treasure, becasue all they are doing is going around from scence to scene diciphering codes and arguing aboout history and i think most of it was fiction of coaurse. But I think it paralleled it alot. Each movie even had "The old man" who was passionate about some old artifact. I'm not saying either movie is bad, I'm just saying, that there was nothing new the movie had to offer.
2006-09-24 09:40:39 · 5 answers · asked by Casey 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
actually its a lot like National Treasure.
Both movies and story lines were based around the Nghts Templer. Well the knights templer were from the Crusades which was in Jerusalem. The treasure they were looking for was said to either be the holy grail or something just as worthy. (money wise).
So what you have there is two movies that while different outcomes really tell the same story.
2006-09-24 09:56:18 · answer #1 · answered by clomtancy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some say that National Treasure jumped the gun and created a movie that held the same appeal The Da Vinci Code held for readers. It was part of a popular genre. Many say they are similar, but I will say that the book differs greatly from National Treasure, because it is an academic/scholarly mystery with little action and lots of twists.
2006-09-24 09:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by hisprincess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, but some of those themes are older than "Dogma", "National Treasure" and "End of Days", as well.
Movies have been copying themes, plot twists, etc from other movies back to the early 1900s. And, even before movies, there was lots of "borrowing" in literature.
2006-09-24 10:00:46 · answer #3 · answered by btsmith_y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book was great. The movie was a disappointment. The book was exciting and gave a feeling of wonder and mystery - none of that was in the movie, it was just another action movie.
2006-09-24 09:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's one huge difference: there is no reason for die-hard Christians to hate National Treasure, if you get my drift..
2006-09-24 10:11:41 · answer #5 · answered by hermione_bjc_06 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋