Da Vinci Code
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insatiable_nurse
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My husband is reading it now, almost halfway through. He says it is one of the best books he has ever read. Lots of cool revelations and thought provoking ideas...
glasgow-chick
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KarlosHx said:
The book is fiction so why should it be based on fact?
If it relates to the Old Testament of the bible then I'd argue that it's probably not nonsense, this text has been referenced in ancient egypt and through pictorial representations in ancient tarot cards etc. It's origins date back to a time when there was no such thing as a written language so therefore artwork is a perfectly logical way to put out these ancient but radical ideas (especially in our bigoted, warped society 
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The real meaning of the old testament is the dog's bits and has hidden meanings everywhere but unfortunately it has been screwed by Christian fundamentalists and made biased by the man made 'new' testament (which is full of guilt driven sh!te).
...and that's probably too much info coming from someone that didn't even see the program!
).The real meaning of the old testament is the dog's bits and has hidden meanings everywhere but unfortunately it has been screwed by Christian fundamentalists and made biased by the man made 'new' testament (which is full of guilt driven sh!te).
...and that's probably too much info coming from someone that didn't even see the program!
i'm two thirds through it at the moment.
it's a shoddy re-hash of the 1980's bestseller 'The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail' with an added (rubbish) cop chase movie plot.
For a brilliant (ahem) deconstructive satire of all these theories I really reccomend reading
Foccault's Pendulum
Umberto Eco's wonderful novel (him wot wrote The Name of the Rose)
it's a shoddy re-hash of the 1980's bestseller 'The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail' with an added (rubbish) cop chase movie plot.
For a brilliant (ahem) deconstructive satire of all these theories I really reccomend reading
Foccault's Pendulum
Umberto Eco's wonderful novel (him wot wrote The Name of the Rose)
Ibiza-girlie
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kate beckingsale and tom hanks are up for the leading parts! but my beti s: read the book first, im reading angels and deamonds the book that comes before "da vinci" nowadays
Ibiza-girlie
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ok, well according to IMDB it was Kate but they changed it like, 5 times so ....
Hi
I am new to all this 'Forum' & 'Posting' stuff so bare with me. I have however, read the Da Vinci Code and the 'Rough Guide to The da Vinci Code' of which the program the other night is mostly based on. A couple of things worth considering:-
1. Yes most of it is fiction and much of the fact is greatly embellished (artistic license ?) by Dan Brown
2. Dan Brown is not a very accomplished writer, the style of writing is very immature (6th form level English in places) - short chapters which break and then start from the same place in the following chapter - not very professional - Angels & Demons is a better book & his other two are rubbish (and until the Da Vinci code arrived were literary flops).
3. Dan brown is a pretty good story teller, the actual plot & story for the most part is quite compelling.
4. Dan Brown is a master at PR and now one of the richest writers in the world. The more he crops up on telly & in interviews maintaining the 'Factual' basis of the book the more people think '.. I know I'll go and buy it & read it to see what all the fuss is about..' - hence creating more hype etc.
Sorry for the long post it is probably bad etiquette or something.
R - Goose
I am new to all this 'Forum' & 'Posting' stuff so bare with me. I have however, read the Da Vinci Code and the 'Rough Guide to The da Vinci Code' of which the program the other night is mostly based on. A couple of things worth considering:-
1. Yes most of it is fiction and much of the fact is greatly embellished (artistic license ?) by Dan Brown
2. Dan Brown is not a very accomplished writer, the style of writing is very immature (6th form level English in places) - short chapters which break and then start from the same place in the following chapter - not very professional - Angels & Demons is a better book & his other two are rubbish (and until the Da Vinci code arrived were literary flops).
3. Dan brown is a pretty good story teller, the actual plot & story for the most part is quite compelling.
4. Dan Brown is a master at PR and now one of the richest writers in the world. The more he crops up on telly & in interviews maintaining the 'Factual' basis of the book the more people think '.. I know I'll go and buy it & read it to see what all the fuss is about..' - hence creating more hype etc.
Sorry for the long post it is probably bad etiquette or something.
R - Goose
I saw the program and it did seem to prove that the book was a load of old tripe.
Very readable tripe seeing as it has sold so much, but tripe none the less. Frankly anyone with half a brain could see it was nowt but fiction, however it seems the Americans (surprise surprise) have taken it to heart.
Go to the Louvre and you can now do a Da Vinci Code guided tour taking in all the references in the book. The Yanks seem to love this and its about the most popular tour they have there right now. Makes them feel as though they are somehow "living the book". But then for a nation that gets most of its world view from the cinema this is hardly a revelation.
Seeing as the bible itself is no more than a collection of folk tales that has been interpreted, reinterpreted and edited for omissions and inclusions in many forms for nearly a couple of thousand years it seems unbelievable that anyone would put so much faith in another book that is based very loosely on what amounts to quite a small portion of it.
I will probably get strung up or burned at the stake for this heresy but anyway, there you go thats my two penneth........
Very readable tripe seeing as it has sold so much, but tripe none the less. Frankly anyone with half a brain could see it was nowt but fiction, however it seems the Americans (surprise surprise) have taken it to heart.
Go to the Louvre and you can now do a Da Vinci Code guided tour taking in all the references in the book. The Yanks seem to love this and its about the most popular tour they have there right now. Makes them feel as though they are somehow "living the book". But then for a nation that gets most of its world view from the cinema this is hardly a revelation.
Seeing as the bible itself is no more than a collection of folk tales that has been interpreted, reinterpreted and edited for omissions and inclusions in many forms for nearly a couple of thousand years it seems unbelievable that anyone would put so much faith in another book that is based very loosely on what amounts to quite a small portion of it.
I will probably get strung up or burned at the stake for this heresy but anyway, there you go thats my two penneth........
Ibiza-girlie
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jesus is that book really so popular that there are guided tours at louvre. and besiden for the paintings what connection does the book have to louvre?