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12 May 2005, 18:34
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The Da Vinci Code
Have you read it? What did you think?
I thought it was good. The story itself was shit but the stuff about paganism and Christianity made the book good overall. Don't know if any of it was true though.
Have you read any of Dan Brown's other books? I'm thinking of getting them.
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12 May 2005, 18:39
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
yes ive read it, and i quite enjoyed reading it as it was different from other things.
Ive also read Angels and Demons and its different to the Da Vinci code but its definatly worth a look if you liked TDVC.
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12 May 2005, 18:46
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
Foucault's Pendulum is a much more interesting work based on a vaguely similar premise.
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12 May 2005, 18:47
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
Please die.
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12 May 2005, 18:49
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
Entertaining allbeit factually inaccurate.
Also this discussion has been done several times already.
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12 May 2005, 18:50
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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Please die.
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I was only suggesting an alternative source of entertainment
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12 May 2005, 18:52
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
I recommend reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar instead.
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12 May 2005, 18:53
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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Originally Posted by ChubbyChecker
Have you read it? What did you think?
I thought it was good. The story itself was shit but the stuff about paganism and Christianity made the book good overall. Don't know if any of it was true though.
Have you read any of Dan Brown's other books? I'm thinking of getting them.
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This was pretty much what I thought, then I found out that most of the 'history' was highly questionable. It was poorly written but I found the first 1/3 of really exciting, before it started to drag on and become really repetitive. His 'hey lets end every chapter with a cliffhanger, that'll make it a real thriller!' approach is pretty stupid.
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12 May 2005, 18:53
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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I recommend reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar instead.
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12 May 2005, 18:54
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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I recommend reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar instead.
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I thought the ending to that was good. Who would have thought the little red ant did it ?
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12 May 2005, 18:59
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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I was only suggesting an alternative source of entertainment
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12 May 2005, 19:04
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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Another thing you have in common with George Bush.
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I could make a re-make called The Very Hungry Capitalism if it makes you feels any better.
'First Capitalism ate the peasantry. But it was still hungry ...'
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12 May 2005, 19:19
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
I enjoyed it as a read, as in I kept wanting to read it. However, obviously it's full of inaccuracies and it is terribly written.
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12 May 2005, 19:22
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
I enjoyed it for a bit then it seemed to get a bit derivitive. At the end it was disappointing when it turned into a generic story. It seemed like the book was specifically written to be turned into a movie (which it is).
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12 May 2005, 19:33
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
I thought it was good at first, and the story was ok in that it did make me want to find out what happens, but as you get further through the book it does tend to become a bit boring. I don't think I'll be buying any other books by Dan Brown.
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12 May 2005, 19:39
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
this book also reminded me an awful lot of nationa treasure which I saw after reading the book. If you enjoy psuedo-intellectualism it's worth a watch.
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12 May 2005, 19:47
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
Its a traditional Dan Brown book, a good read aslong as you take whats written with a pinch of salt, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress and that other one which name i forget (rock in the ice etc) are all the same. Dont take it too seriously and you'll have an enjoyable read.
An additional note, Foucault's Pendulum is so full of pretentious crap its a battle to read. If you really are interested in the Templar Knights/Occult read Gordon Napiers The Rise and Fall of The Knights Templar. A much more worth while read.
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12 May 2005, 19:51
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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this book also reminded me an awful lot of nationa treasure which I saw after reading the book. If you enjoy psuedo-intellectualism it's worth a watch.
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Surely National Treasure was just a colossal piss-take using nicholas cage's various facial expressions?
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12 May 2005, 19:56
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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An additional note, Foucault's Pendulum is so full of pretentious crap its a battle to read.
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I found it perfectly easy to read. It's not like a Neal Stephenson where he puts perl programs into the book or anything.
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FP also covers a lot more than just the Knights of the Temple.
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12 May 2005, 19:59
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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I enjoyed it for a bit then it seemed to get a bit derivitive. At the end it was disappointing when it turned into a generic story. It seemed like the book was specifically written to be turned into a movie (which it is).
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So it is
heh, Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon
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12 May 2005, 20:39
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
yes
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12 May 2005, 20:43
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
ITT, GD takes twenty posts to come to the conclusion that taking works of fiction as historical fact might not be such a good idea.
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12 May 2005, 20:50
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
I had a look at Da Vinci's The Last Supper the other day; that is a woman on Jesus' right. So at least that bit was true.
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12 May 2005, 21:00
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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MM are you reffering to the book as fiction or the bible ?
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I was refering to the book. Every line of the Bible is, of course, totally true.
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12 May 2005, 21:06
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
if you take it for a piece of fiction, i think its thoroughly enjoyable.
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13 May 2005, 07:33
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
I spoke with one of the financiers of the Da Vinci Code movie currently being filmed, he is confident it will be a huge success.
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13 May 2005, 10:24
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
Most people who have read the book will probably see it and those who were put off by the thickness of the book will see it so I would be very surprised if it flopped.
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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there is an argument that it's supposed to be a rather androgenous male though....
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No way, definitely a woman.
Plus she's hot!
*fap fap fap fap fap*
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13 May 2005, 13:48
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
DIE DAN DIE!
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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I thought the ending to that was good. Who would have thought the little red ant did it ?
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Thanks for spoiling the ending for me.
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14 May 2005, 10:21
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
- The Da Vinci Code 12 May 2005 18:41 die. soon. dace
Dace made me cry :,-(
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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Originally Posted by ceres
Its a traditional Dan Brown book, a good read aslong as you take whats written with a pinch of salt, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress and that other one which name i forget (rock in the ice etc) are all the same. Dont take it too seriously and you'll have an enjoyable read.
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Absolutely agreed. The last one you're looking for is Deception Point by the way, I have 'm all four in my bookcase
They are probably not the best literary works on the face of this planet, but they are in my opinion very much page-turners, you want to know how the story ends once you start reading it. And frankly if a book can keep me that interested and makes me want to finish it asap, it's a good book.
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I find myself agreeing with you yet again. It's like Eco just throws in names and shit just to say: "Haha! I read about this mystical order which was created in 1242 by three drunken nights and lasted exactly six weeks when they all died of cholera, and you didn't. In your face!"
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
What exactly would physicists know about ancient religious orders :confused:
Although physicists do know most nearly everything :)))
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14 May 2005, 16:58
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
Alot of Angels and Demons is based in CERN. CERN werent just randomly commenting.
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14 May 2005, 17:31
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
Oh right okay I didn't really read your post and assumed that a thread about the da vinci code would in fact be about the da vinci code.
(That sounds pretty sarcastic but it's actually not.)
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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fapping is the work of the devil btw...
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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Oh right okay I didn't really read your post and assumed that a thread about the da vinci code would in fact be about the da vinci code.
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Assumption is the mother of all **** ups
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
I'll **** your mother up leshy.
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15 May 2005, 20:07
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
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I'll **** your mother up leshy.
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I assumed that.
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15 May 2005, 20:42
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
- The Da Vinci Code 14 May 2005 10:34 die
- The Da Vinci Code 14 May 2005 10:25 die. sooner.
Right, that's it, whoever gave me this neg rep is fukkin ded!
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15 May 2005, 20:46
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Re: The Da Vinci Code
Digital Fortress is his attempt at writing geek - also excellent work from Mr. Brown o/
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