I read the book first but couldn't get on with it.. I found it a little overwhelming at first but a good read. Then I saw I saw the film adaptation a few times and have just got half way through reading the novel for the 2nd second time. I love it! What thinks you?
My opinion of the movie is lowering with every page of the novel that I read. The film leaves out way too much, leaves much to be explained (i.e. there are blank moments when the viewer is supoosed to guess what's going on), Sophie and Langdon find clues to their mission way too quickly, there is no suspense... the list is endless. Anyone got anything to add?
There is so much more in the book than you would ever find in the film because all what you make be looking for, just isn't there.
Who else thinks that Ron Howard was just cashing in on a good novel? I do - it was rushed and could have been written and directed with a little more thought.
I wonder what Dan Brown makes of the film?
2007-07-12 03:30:27 · 31 answers · asked by poppy-dayz 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Alright Charlie, calm down, I wasn't talking about the content, was I? I was looking at the film and novel from an objective point of view!
2007-07-12 04:55:19 · update #1
Hey, Iain, I haven't read Angels and Demons yet but I plan too :-)
2007-07-12 05:01:33 · update #2
I agree - the book was much better than the movie. That said, however, there are a lot of bashers of this movie out there and I really don't know what the fuss is about. I didn't think it was THAT bad, although I had already read the book at the time so I knew what was going on. And I have to admit, even though I had already read the book, there were sometimes in the movie where I was confused, because, as you said, they left out a lot and I was expecting that next part to happen but it never did, and it felt very rushed. However, while I do think the book is a great read if you're bored and in need of a thrilling page-turner, I don't think at all that it is a great piece of literature and I highly doubt it will go down as one of the great classics of our time. But I guess it made money and that's really all they care about... :-D
2007-07-12 04:01:59 · answer #1 · answered by phangerll 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I watched the movie first, then read the book. I really enjoyed both--and think I would have put down the book, had I not seen the film (the first chapter or two were kind of blah).
Good producers and directors do look for good novels, nothing new there. Ron Howard is great, and I thought that Tom Hanks was also great in the role of Langdon.
Personally, I love long books and long movies. Today, some people just won't deal with a long movie--many are too busy or too impatient. For instance, I liked 'The Aviator', and wished it had been a longer movie--but my kids would not even watch half of it (they're adults--but busy ones--like everything short and to the point). I can watch the entire "Thornbirds" collection all day or night long--they cannot deal with that.
2007-07-12 04:05:56 · answer #2 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It was really a fun book. Well researched and well written, despite what others may tell you. A lot of it is actually fact, but not everything of course. Try reading "Da vinci code decoded". As for the movie, I am a great movie fan, and with the right story a movie can be as good as a book. Unfortunately this was not the case, it felt hasty and clumsy. A lot of the plot was left out. All that made the book great, like the conspiracies and theories, was left out to make room to car chases and special effects. A shame really. Maybe a few years from now someone will do a remake...
2007-07-12 06:09:59 · answer #3 · answered by randall flagg 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have to admit i struggled with the first 50-60 pages and though it was going to be pants but in actual fact once it got going i couldn't put it down and finished it in about 3 days while on holiday it was a fantastic and i immediately came home and read the other 3 by Dan Brown, as for the film it was OK for me, my hubby thought it was quite good but he hasn't read the book where as i have, and i agree the film leaves out quite a lot of detail but as someone says above if Ron Howard was to make the film exactly according to the book the film would have been hours and hours long and people would have complained about sitting so long, but enough of the complaining just be thankful of writers and the fact that we get to read book instead of relying on films for entertainment.
2007-07-12 09:00:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I really liked it. I thought it was fantastic and the book was much better than the film. I lot of people like Angels and Demons more but I like the Da Vinci code, probably because it was the first one that I read.
2007-07-13 00:14:44 · answer #5 · answered by Smiley_1714 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Despite the hype, I had great hopes of The Da Vinci Code...and the first few pages were excellent...but then I'm afraid the book went downhill rather sharply. I found it a struggle to finish the book, and certainly didn't waste my time seeing the film...I mean, Tom Hanks as the protagonist? I don't think so...only good film he has made was The Road to Perdition, despite the Oscars!
2007-07-12 04:14:32 · answer #6 · answered by drjaycat 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
i stumbled on it disappointing. Dan Brown did a rather solid job of disclosing the shaky and a lot of times fraudulent beginning up of Christianity, nevertheless he oversimplified in some components. yet then he embraced some the two crackpot notions as though that they had some veracity. with the aid of mixing the two at the same time, he friends the valid learn into the beginning up of Christianity with the unsubstantiated notions of a few lunatics. definite i comprehend it is fiction, yet fiction may be a solid thank you to introduce human beings to three data that they frequently do no longer come upon. Dan Brown flubbed that probability.
2016-10-01 10:58:21 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book the Da Vinci Code was just ok. I liked Angels and Demons much better and Deception Code even better. The movie was utter crap. There was so much missing that it was confusing at times ans not very well acted. Hanks seemed not to believe any of it in his acting during the film.
2007-07-12 03:55:00 · answer #8 · answered by Oz 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The book is poorly written. Character development and story development are both poor. That said, the concept is interesting and the same things that make it a bad piece of literature make it a fun, pageturning read. Of course not all pageturners are poorly written, but that seems to be the case here.
I thought the movie was awful. There are too many things that need explaining (the histories of certain groups, symbols, motives, etc. etc.) and this does not translate well into film, particularly one that is supposed to be action-packed.
2007-07-12 04:04:50 · answer #9 · answered by Monica S 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ive read all of Dan Browns books and enjoyed them all but The Da Vinci code was the beast of all of them.
I didn't like the film at all - it was too confusing.
Spifing yarn
2007-07-12 08:44:25 · answer #10 · answered by Mumofthree 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋