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No surprise there. The book was a dud too. One review I heard this morning suggested after seeing the movie you have to read the book to figure out what is going on.

From Wikipedia:

It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print (as of May 2006) and has been translated into 44 languages

Is that really the definition of a dud? Three years in print and still on the bestseller list?

In my view, you seem overly concerned with denigrating Mr Brown's novel. You didn't like it. Get over it. :P

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No surprise there. The book was a dud too. One review I heard this morning suggested after seeing the movie you have to read the book to figure out what is going on.

From Wikipedia:

It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print (as of May 2006) and has been translated into 44 languages

Is that really the definition of a dud? Three years in print and still on the bestseller list?

In my view, you seem overly concerned with denigrating Mr Brown's novel. You didn't like it. Get over it. :P

I read it and I thought it was a mediocre novel with a tired old story line that has been used so often it is hackneyed. If 60.5 million liked it more power to them. As for getting over it, there is nothing to get over. It was just a book, like any other book I read.

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I question all organized religions and the power they may have over individuals but I do not question people's need to have faith and their right and preference to choose to have faith through an organized system that may in fact serve as a conduit for them to practice their faith through a central organ.

If someone has a particular value system I respect it. I only an a pain in the ass if they tell me their way is superior to mine and if I do not do it their way I am going to hell or am condemned to suffering, etc.

If the Da Vinci Code can encourage healthy religious dialogue I am all for it. I personally think within a month no one will remember it and will have moved on to the next trend.

I come to you to hell.

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The book may've been written as for purely entertainment purpose....but Hollywood is more keen to use it as a tool to bash Christianity. It's the biggest religious group (as far as I know) with deeply seated beliefs among its followers that stands in the way of the kind of lifestyle Hollywood is promoting to society...

And I agree with one of the posters that this kind of movie does challenge a follower to question his faith....and to end up turning away from it.

Christ Himself had been taunted and tempted to challenge and to turn from His own faith by the devil.

What an apt symbolism, if we look at it that way. Satan is clever indeed.

It makes me really believe that the Anti-Christ is among us...and it's not in the form of one particular human being.

I can't believe there are people that buy into this crap. The book was great and I plan on seeing the movie ASAP. And on Hollywood, what are you smoking? Remember The Ten Commandments and Exodus just to mention two of many. Do a goggle search and you will find lots of Christian movies out of Hollywood. But be careful when typing, the keys might light on fire.

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The book may've been written as for purely entertainment purpose....but Hollywood is more keen to use it as a tool to bash Christianity. It's the biggest religious group (as far as I know) with deeply seated beliefs among its followers that stands in the way of the kind of lifestyle Hollywood is promoting to society...

And I agree with one of the posters that this kind of movie does challenge a follower to question his faith....and to end up turning away from it.

Christ Himself had been taunted and tempted to challenge and to turn from His own faith by the devil.

What an apt symbolism, if we look at it that way. Satan is clever indeed.

It makes me really believe that the Anti-Christ is among us...and it's not in the form of one particular human being.

I can't believe there are people that buy into this crap. The book was great and I plan on seeing the movie ASAP. And on Hollywood, what are you smoking? Remember The Ten Commandments and Exodus just to mention two of many. Do a goggle search and you will find lots of Christian movies out of Hollywood. But be careful when typing, the keys might light on fire.

Adding all this to the fact that the majority of people couldn't care less if Jesus was single, married, gay or had six mistresses.

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I can't believe there are people that buy into this crap. The book was great and I plan on seeing the movie ASAP. And on Hollywood, what are you smoking? Remember The Ten Commandments and Exodus just to mention two of many. Do a goggle search and you will find lots of Christian movies out of Hollywood. But be careful when typing, the keys might light on fire.

You're right. There's been tons of Christian-based movies done in Hollywood! I'm actually sick and tired of them....we need something different. :D

They've done some Dalai Lama movies.

I wonder when they're gonna start doing Islam?

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However, inspite of the bad reviews...Access Hollywood featured reports of long line-ups in cinemas all over the world.
Word of mouth has not been good and I wouldn't be surprised if its second weekend was well below its reported $77 milllion gross worldwide first weekend.

Ron Howard and Tom Hanks have taken up a lot of space on the Hollywood hype bandwidth over the past few months. If this movie doesn't deliver, there are going to be many angry producers. I think Hollywood should look at the NFL as a model of marketing. The NFL thinks about the league and not individual teams.

Anyway, Hollywood presents a fascinating example of advertising. It sells a product that costs $10, a few hours of one's time and, in the case of couples, a product that can start/glue a relationship. The product however is a big unknown to potential consumers. For a buyer, the lack of information about the product is astounding: a pig in the poke.

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However, inspite of the bad reviews...Access Hollywood featured reports of long line-ups in cinemas all over the world.

Word of mouth has not been good and I wouldn't be surprised if its second weekend was well below its reported $77 milllion gross worldwide first weekend.

Ron Howard and Tom Hanks have taken up a lot of space on the Hollywood hype bandwidth over the past few months. If this movie doesn't deliver, there are going to be many angry producers.

Uh, actually it already has delivered. http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/21/news/davin....reut/index.htm

Interestingly enough, it beat the Passion's opening weekend as well. And the book has sold the most copies ever for a best selling fiction in the States. Time will tell though how well the movie will do overall.

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Uh, actually it already has delivered. http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/21/news/davin....reut/index.htm
Given that it was released on Friday 19 May and now it is Friday 26 May, how well it does on its second weekend is still a matter of conjecture.

Moreover, the mere fact that we are discussing this on an Internet forum suggests to me that reported box office numbers no longer bear any connection to reality. Reported numbers are now part of the advertising campaign of a movie.

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I can't believe there are people that buy into this crap. The book was great and I plan on seeing the movie ASAP. And on Hollywood, what are you smoking? Remember The Ten Commandments and Exodus just to mention two of many. Do a goggle search and you will find lots of Christian movies out of Hollywood. But be careful when typing, the keys might light on fire.

You're right. There's been tons of Christian-based movies done in Hollywood! I'm actually sick and tired of them....we need something different. :D

They've done some Dalai Lama movies.

I wonder when they're gonna start doing Islam?

Not likely. Too much violence. :)

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Da Vinci Code and the Bible

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James Bredin

Who has the correct version of the bible these days?

Who wrote it, in what language and why the nightmare?

And does it matter or does anyone really care?

Are those who saw Da Vinci Code movie in despair?

Was Mary Magdalene a hooker or did they malign?

Did they change that claim back in nineteen sixty nine?

And if they changed things; how much more did they change?

How much of the bible is fiction and how much was arranged?

Which version is true because I’m very concerned?

Battles were fought about this and many martyrs burned,

Could this changed bible issue be much bigger than it seems?

The Holy See has never condoned Gnostic regimes.

Did someone say they were going to burn that book?

Inquisition reorganized to investigate and look,

It’s the Internet that caused it – too much secular stuff,

Women want to be priests now and the church has had enough.

The congregation doesn’t go to church much any more,

Is it the pedophile priests we hear about by the score?

Is this good or is it bad; should we be happy or sad?

Should we send missionaries to Darfur and Chad?

Sunday, May 28, 2006

http://conservativepoetry.blogstream.com/

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You might like to drink coffee, you might like to drink milk

You might like to wear cotton, you might like to wear silk

You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread

You might be sleeping on the floor, or sleeping in a king sized bed

But you're going to have to serve somebody

Your going to have to serve somebody

It may be the devil, or it may be the Lord,

But your going to have to serve somebody.

Bob Dylan

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Da Vinci Code and the Bible

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James Bredin

This piece of doggerel seems to be showing up all over the place. Seems that I have seen it posted in other forums.

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