The Da Vinci Code

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by CanadianTeke
as for the book i enjoyed both Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, they were good reads, regardless of their truth (who am I to say whether it is the truth or not, it's based on 2000 year old information).

True (no pun intended), but there is a great deal of historical documentation out there-- both as to church history and Da Vinci -- that patently contradicts the historical claims made in the book.

Some are obvious -- such as saying that the Tetragrammaton ("YHWH," the divine name of God that was never spoken, or of the "male" God according to the Code) is "in fact derived from Jehovah, an androgynous physical union between the masculine Jah and the pre-Hebraic name for Eve, Havah." Anybody who speaks Hebrew can tell you that Jehovah is not a Hebrew name, and any scholar who has looked into it at all can tell you that the word "Jehovah" was invented by a medieval monk as an attempt to figure out how to pronounce "YHWH."

Others errors are not as obvious, but are demonstrably false just the same.

Here's a link to a good, short historical analysis written by an Episcopal priest who can hardly be called a fundamentalist:

Cracking the Code.

(And I still loved reading the book.)

[BetteDavisEyes]

Jennifer Garner? I hope not. I like Harrison Ford as Langdon but please not Garner. I'd like to see someone else in this role. Any ideas???

How about a more experienced woman who can actually pull off the role?

Mirando Otto?
Naomi Watts? (Might be too mainstream)
Uma Thurman?

[Optimist Prime]

The Church I was baptized in had a stained class window relief of Mary Magdenlien (spelling is way off on that one) I'm glad I was part of a not crazy religion.

[DWAlphaGam]

Originally posted by GPhiLlama
Another good Dan Brown book is Digital Fortress. Of course, I'm a big computer nut, so it was great for me.

I've read all of Brown's books, and I read Digital Fortress last. Unfortunately, once you read all of his books and figure out his style, you can guess the "bad guy" right off the bat, so I knew exactly who it was going to be in DF. However, I still thought it was a good book.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by Optimist Prime
The Church I was baptized in had a stained class window relief of Mary Magdenlien (spelling is way off on that one) I'm glad I was part of a not crazy religion.

I think it's Magdelene but that's not on the LSAT so don't quote me.

We learned all about her at my grade school.

[MissEm]

As far as the church supressing information from being put in the Bible this is true. Ok so I have done a lot of research on various conspiracy theories, but as far as I can see there are many books that were left out of the Bible for various reasons some of which he got right in the the book. Must say it was an entertaining read and when it comes to books I am hard to please.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by MissEm
As far as the church supressing information from being put in the Bible this is true. Ok so I have done a lot of research on various conspiracy theories, but as far as I can see there are many books that were left out of the Bible for various reasons some of which he got right in the the book. Must say it was an entertaining read and when it comes to books I am hard to please.

being left out of the Bible != suppressing

[queequek]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I think it's Magdelene but that's not on the LSAT so don't quote me.

Quite close. It is Magdalene, with an "a" instead of "e"

[norcalchick]

I like Angel and Demons better than the Code. I just got one of his other books, the one about the sattelite or something. So I'll see how that one goes.

[TigerLilly]

Originally posted by DWAlphaGam
I've read all of Brown's books, and I read Digital Fortress last. Unfortunately, once you read all of his books and figure out his style, you can guess the "bad guy" right off the bat, so I knew exactly who it was going to be in DF. However, I still thought it was a good book.

I agree on being able to pick out the bad guy. I read "The Davinci Code", then "Angels and Demons", then " Deception Point", and then "Digital Fortress", and for the last two I could totally pick out the bad guy and what was going to happen. I liked "Deception Point" 2nd best after "The DaVinci Code".

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by MissEm
As far as the church supressing information from being put in the Bible this is true. Ok so I have done a lot of research on various conspiracy theories, but as far as I can see there are many books that were left out of the Bible for various reasons some of which he got right in the the book.

"Suppress" is probably a loaded word. Unquestionably, some books made it into the Bible while others, particularly the Gnostic writings, did not. And it is true that many books that were not accepted as canonical were ignored or even condemned as teaching false doctrine. Whether this constitutes "suppression" of the unaccapted writings or "consensus" as to what writings were authoritative and dismissal of the rest may be point of view.

But Brown takes even a "suppression" point of view way too far, because he states that Constantine, when he "upgraded" Jesus' "status," basically created a new Bible and destroyed all evidence of the "old" Bible. Unfortunately for Brown, the historical evidence doesn't support his theory at all.

How about Natalie Portman as Sophie?

[Optimist Prime]

Originally posted by MysticCat81
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How about Natalie Portman as Sophie?

Sounds Good. I'm thinking Sammuel L. Jackson as Fache.

I should play Silas. I would kick ass.

[Optimist Prime]

bump.

5 19 06 is when that is in theatres

I didn't play Silas, so the movie might suck.

I'm still going to see it though.

[mu_agd]

Wow, some of the posts in this thread are really off as to who would be in the movie.

[BetteDavisEyes]

Tom Hanks - Robert Langdon
Audrey Tautou - Sophie Neveu
Ian McKellen - Sir Leigh Teabing
Paul Bettany - Silas (the albino assassin)
Jean Reno - Bezu Fache
Etienne Chicot - Lt. Collet
Alfred Molina - Bishop Aringarosa
Clive Carter - Police Captain Biggin Hill
Seth Gabel - Cleric