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Personally, I thought both the movie and the book were way overrated.

2007-02-05 00:11:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Books & Authors

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it got very simple historical facts wrong. it wouldn't have killed them to do their homework.
but in all cases the movie is crappy. it's a very cowardly attempt to try to shake Christian faith.

2007-02-05 00:17:27 · answer #1 · answered by fate_n83 3 · 1 0

I have purchased both and read and re-read the book. I have yet to watch the movie. I have picked apart the book and for all that it is, I can not see why everyone was so overwrought by it. It clearly states that it is a work of fiction. It is a well crafted mystery and the characters are consistent. The plot is good, but the ending seems a bit rushed, I think. The author made all the clues too easy, it could have been a real mind tingler if he made the clues a bit more cryptic. As to why the religious community was so offended, well, that one just stumps me. But then again, some of these religions are even threatened by the mere mention of Santa Claus, so take it from there.

2007-02-05 08:29:44 · answer #2 · answered by The Y!ABut 6 · 0 0

I'm listening to the audio book on cd from the library now and haven't watched the movie. I think if I were reading the book, the descriptions would be rather tedious. Listening to the descriptions while driving is actually rather interesting. I've only gotten to the end of the second disc so far but the story is holding my attention. I did have a giggle this morning over one of the more outrageous pieces of description but I can't remember exactly what was said.

2007-02-05 08:46:33 · answer #3 · answered by DemonBookLover 4 · 0 0

While I do agree that much hype about them seemed to be PR stuff - I read the book and was completely entertained. The notion that is presented through the story is a great "What If???" I truly feel that unless a person actually lived and worked with Da Vinci - his 'secrets' may never be truly known. When people run around denouncing works of art as herasy (sp?) and such, I tend to think of this quote: "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it".

2007-02-05 08:18:36 · answer #4 · answered by pamela.fuller 2 · 1 0

I liked the book better than the movie. I think it's based on an interesting hypothesis, but nothing they could ever prove. Even the authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail, one of the books he consulted, said it was purely conjecture. But, Jesus didn't begin his ministry until he was about 30, and his father would have had an obligation to find a wife for his son. People say, "But he was God!" But he wore clothes and ate, too--he followed most of the other traditions of the people, too, so why not marriage?

2007-02-05 08:21:56 · answer #5 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0 0

I enjoyed the book as the subject matter was considered quite controversial. And it was an original who dunit plot. But the film was really awful. I wished I hadn't watched it. It tried to cover the whole book very unsuccessfully and left anyone who hadn't read the book confused and disinterested in the characters and the plot.

2007-02-05 08:17:16 · answer #6 · answered by Moonwitch 3 · 0 0

I HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE SO I CAN NOT COMMENT ON THAT PART. I DO NOT THINK THAT THE BOOK IS OVERRATED. THE MANIPULATIONS BY RELIGIOUS HEADS HAVE ALWAYS HIDDEN THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT DID PROPHET/SON OF GOD REALLY TOLD. THE KIND OF FEMALE GOD WORSHIP THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IS REALITY AND NOT A FICTION. MOST OF THE RELIGIONS HAVE PROJECTED FEMALE AS THE INFERIOR IN THE SOCIETY THINKING THAT FEMALE IS MEANT FOR CONSUMPTION ONLY. I THINK THE AUTHOR HAS GIVEN A FAIRLY ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF MALPRACTICES OF CHURCH.

2007-02-05 08:31:53 · answer #7 · answered by srikant b 2 · 0 0

It's one of the best fictions I have read so far. Apparently many people thought so too...It's been a long time since a piece of fiction has generated such interest and controversy, to the point of its being banned. Makes me remember "Lady Chatterly" it too generated a lot of interest and controversy, but only because the subject is sex...sex always generates a lot of interest, and controversy. Brown did an outstanding job...I think.

2007-02-05 08:21:45 · answer #8 · answered by McDreamy 4 · 0 1

Fun book, rubbish movie

2007-02-05 08:13:58 · answer #9 · answered by lazer 3 · 0 0

Sex Fascination—The Disease of the Modern Age.

Sex is the overwhelming obsession of modern society. Sexual promiscuity is so unrelentingly stressed that anyone who does not appear to the highly interested in it is generally considered to be a crank. Social pressure induces people to try to maintain juvenile lustiness long after the sensual high of youth has subsided. Thus millions of people remain emotionally immature all their lives. It is a sick world.

Constant titillation of the senses, however, increasingly dulls the spirit. Thus, despite all the celluloid promises, people find themselves cheated of real happiness. In adolescence, when the senses appear to have unlimited power to invoke euphoric delights, happiness through sense enjoyment seems not only to be a distinct possibility, but the very meaning of life. But the pleasures of youth, as the poets lament, is but a fleeting frolic. The ability of the body to enjoy is like a water-laden sponge. At first, if you just pinch it, water gushes out. But as it is squeezed more and more, it gradually becomes difficult to get even a few drops of water from it.

Similarly, attempts for sexual enjoyment increasingly result in emptiness and frustration. Still, most people fail to recognize the limits of sexual enjoyment. Due to their misdirected education, they think that their lack of satisfaction with sex means there is something wrong in their approach to it. They may end up on a psychologist’s couch or reading some of the hundreds of books on “improved” sex life (Yoga for Sex, Tao for Sex, The Modern Woman’s Guide to Sex, A Doctor’s Sex Secrets, Diet for Better Sex, etc.). However, the harder they grope for pleasure, the more surely it eludes them. As they furiously try to force their bodies into giving them the happiness which they regard as a natural birthright, they may turn to frequent masturbation, increased promiscuity, pornography, varieties of perversity, and ultimately violence.

Actual civilization teaches its members to sublimate their sexual desires for higher, spiritual purposes. Modern civilization exploits people’s sexual cravings, makes a business out of it, and sends people to hell by the millions.

Seeing all this, the Vaisnavas are sorry. If only people could understand this simple fact: We are all eternal servants of Krsna. Our sexual desire is simply a perverted reflection of our heart’s deepest longings to love Krsna. If we just knew this we could all be happy. But in the darkness of the modern age it is very difficult to convince anyone that there is anything wrong with sex at all.

If you want to live in a Vaisnava monastery, then please e-mail me at bhakta.corey@yahoo.com

2007-02-05 08:33:48 · answer #10 · answered by Bhakta Corey 1 · 0 1

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