Daily Breakfast #116: Da Vinci Code Review
French actress Audrey Tatou in The Da Vinci Code
In this episode I give you my full review of the movie The Da Vinci Code, starring Thom Hanks, Audrey Tatou, and Ian McKellen. Does the movie live up to the hype? Does it translate the book into an entertaining experience? How is the acting? How believable are the theories as depicted in the movie? What about Hans Zimmer’s movie score, the special effects and the editing? In short: thumbs up or thumbs down? Also in this show: two new podcasts join SQPN!
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Hi Roderick!
I tried to subscribe to “The Da Vinci Cast” podcast by clicking on the “Add to iTunes” button and is not working.
Thanks for your excellent Podcast. It is my favorite
God bless you
It should work now.
Fr. Rod, It looks like your review was spot-on. Critics are also panning the movie. It is only at 19% positive at rottentomatoes.com.
I don’t think we need to worry much about this affecting anyone’s beliefs. Like you say, it’s just not productive to lecture for 2.5 hours about something that most people already know is baloney.
Thanks Fr. Roderick for your review on DVC. This saves me 2.5 hours that I can now spend on my Yourself!Fitness program.
Furthermore this saves us all answering the question what to do with ‘the movie on the book’: protest against it or refute it hardly seems worthwhile any longer. Ignore it, seems the best answer.
Why is it that ALL movies are so long these days. I rented the last Zorro last night and fell asleep after the first hour and a half. My opinion is that directors are just getting too lazy these days and running more off name recognition rather than working hard to make a tight movie with a concise story.
You did a great review of a bad movie. It’s funny that it’s falling under it’s own weight.
I’m so glad you’re back.
Father Roderick: Great review, and what a relief! I have never been happier that at movie turned out to be a dud.
But, it sounds like you may be giving one of the book theories too much credit. The Council of Nicea was not debating the question of Jesus’ divinity *at all*, but simply the Aryan question. You are right, of course, that the very large majority voted against the Aryan heresy.
I didn’t want to see it before your review, and now I REALLY don’t want to see it.
If I’m right then Carlos his funeral is today. You really touched my heart by sharing the story of Carlos in de last podcast.
Just to let you know that I’ll be thinking an praying for you today because I can imagine that it will be - emotionally - kinda heavy.
God Bless!
So to sum it up we should rush out and see the movie asap ? :D.
After hearing your review, it makes me want to see it more. But not for its worth, for its worthlessness…
I kind of think its like rubber necking at a bad accident….everyone slows down and takes a look just to see how bad it is.
Just back from the 1st show in Materon San Francisco.
The audience appeared like it. Three evening shows sold-out when we purchased our tickets and our theater was full house.
It’s going to make a lot of money!!!
Hmm. Would that in Holland press premier be a different edition from the one we are seeing in US? I’m disappointed that several of the major story lines were changed (compared to the unabridged audiobook edition that I listened to).
Right, the whole piece is fiction. The movie is a good tourist guide as I never visited those places before.
Hilarious review– I had to listen to it twice
Loved the part about the bishop playing snooker.
Strange that Ebert and Roeper do find the movie entertaining (both give the movie “thumbs up”), I hadn’t expected that (http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/).
What is your view about the voices in the (Catholic) church that want this movie banned because it would be insulting to christians? I don’t think there will be one christian that will leave his faith because of this movie. Much better was the action to open a website where people can get the opinion of the church (discussion is way better then simply putting a lid on it).
Fr. Roderick….I just emailed you in a big of sound feedback. (sorry for the horrible quality..I need to work on this PC audio)
Anyways….my comment is about the movie. My wife and daugher went to see it, and they in fact loved it. They were readers of the book, and thought it followed it pretty closely with several turns off a bit.
I asked if they thought there was too much dialog, or perhaps long sections of over dramatic music, and they looked at me as though I had two heads….they were convinced I was talking about another movie!
Oh brother….I had no intention of seeing this movie, but it looks as though I have to now!
Oh well…I guess there are all kinds in the world. Oh, and they do clearly understand that it is fiction…so that isn’t the issue….in fact, perhaps that is the difference.
I’m not sure….but I will weigh in once I get my eyes on it myself. (and as a person who never read the book…you suggest that I will get lost quickly….that will be my test)
-Quentin
@quentin:
you wrote:
“I asked if they thought there was too much dialog, or perhaps long sections of over dramatic music, and they looked at me as though I had two heads….they were convinced I was talking about another movie!”
oddly enough: I asked a friend the same question and received similar feedback.
Anyhow, tomorrow I will check out the movie by myself.
Steph