tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post114742920925688436..comments2024-02-27T07:05:13.652-05:00Comments on Reel Fanatic: No "Da Vinci Code"Reel Fanatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1148036474294964582006-05-19T07:01:00.000-04:002006-05-19T07:01:00.000-04:00With the reviews coming in, it looks like I can ad...With the reviews coming in, it looks like I can add one final reason for not seeing this .. apparently it stinks! .. thanks to all who have commented on this thread, which has generated some welcome discussionReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1148034808746940842006-05-19T06:33:00.000-04:002006-05-19T06:33:00.000-04:00I agree with what you say, don't see a movie that ...I agree with what you say, don't see a movie that you know will offend you. This whole Da Vinci Code thing has been blown out of proportion. I myself have not read the book. But I know what it is about, and I know there are certain biblical archeologists that want it to be true. I have seen countless documentaries where they seem to be grasping at straws to prove it to be so. <BR/><BR/>The people saying that it shouldn't be offensive because it is a fictional piece of work are forgetting something. Though we may be intelligent enough to know it's just a book, the general public may not be. It's never just fiction when it's about religion. People believe this stuff too deeply for it to be. Not to mention the fact that, I don't know what's going on where other people live, but where I live, I heard a blurb on the radio about this movie being about Christianity being the oldest closest kept secret. Now if a news program is viewing it as such, what does that tell you....whitechoclatespacegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809393629617024921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147796389313988452006-05-16T12:19:00.000-04:002006-05-16T12:19:00.000-04:00I agree with you mostly, Emma, and as I said I don...I agree with you mostly, Emma, and as I said I don't want to keep anyone from seeing this .. I just meant that, even as a work of fiction, it's not anything I would ever want to seeReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147795020869598592006-05-16T11:57:00.000-04:002006-05-16T11:57:00.000-04:00I agree with you that the Da Vinci Code is probabl...I agree with you that the Da Vinci Code is probably a waste of time, but for different reasons. You say the story is a lie. Well of course it's a lie- it's a novel! A fictional story. The beauty of historical fiction is that it can take what it wants from history and leave the rest. Whatever Dan Brown and the film producers believe or don't believe about the Catholics and Jesus is niether here nor there- they're marketing the movie as it should be: a wild (and fictional) international mystery. Dan Brown is there to make money and show off, not bring down the Christian faith. <BR/><BR/>My main problem with the Da Vinci Code is that it is badly written and has a preposterous plotline. My main problem with the movie is that it has no material value- it's simply piggy-backing off the success of the book (plus Tom Hanks' hair looks stupid in it.) But this made-up controversy about a story that says up-front it is a work of fiction is really just silly.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688315806336571377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147668013561103372006-05-15T00:40:00.000-04:002006-05-15T00:40:00.000-04:00I've read the book, and I don't recall its ever ha...I've read the book, and I don't recall its ever having said that Jesus was not the son of Mary. It does present Jesus as more of a teacher than a divine figure, and could therefore be said to promote Aryanism.<BR/><BR/>Not being Christian, my views on the book's ultimate message are ambivalent at best. In the end I found it to be an entertaining but silly diversion with factual holes large enough to constitute driving hazards.Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480979508464745120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147630817924727992006-05-14T14:20:00.000-04:002006-05-14T14:20:00.000-04:00You may well be right, Yamill ... but it is the Am...You may well be right, Yamill ... but it is the American way that we vote with our wallets, and I simply can not with a clean conscience give any money to thisReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147585747358098132006-05-14T01:49:00.000-04:002006-05-14T01:49:00.000-04:00I am sorry if that analogy offended you, Thomas, a...I am sorry if that analogy offended you, Thomas, and Macon is indeed at the center of the bible belt ... I very rarely find myself on the fundamentalist side of arguments, but this movie is one exception where I just find the whole endeavor so offensive that I can not support it in anywayReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147569473994042502006-05-13T21:17:00.000-04:002006-05-13T21:17:00.000-04:00SNIP** Would I ask a Jewish person to sit through ...SNIP** Would I ask a Jewish person to sit through a well-made movie that the Holocaust was a hoax **SNIP<BR/><BR/>I really am taken aback by your position ..but this is the Bible Belt right??<BR/>Your views should in no way prevent you from seeing and reviewing any movie. If so, your blog should be removed from the Macon Tel.<BR/><BR/>The "D Code" movie is less subversive than any of the rot on COX cable.TwinThomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01758779469927252308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147455192133170162006-05-12T13:33:00.000-04:002006-05-12T13:33:00.000-04:00Thanks, Marina ... We unfortunately have no Imax h...Thanks, Marina ... We unfortunately have no Imax here, but it should be intense anyway!Reel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147452122842360642006-05-12T12:42:00.000-04:002006-05-12T12:42:00.000-04:00Great post. I respect your decision and this is th...Great post. I respect your decision and this is the best ddefense I've seen (though you don't need one...it's your choice in the end!).<BR/><BR/>I had no interest in the book when it came out and eventually just read it to see what all the hype was about (it's too bad I can't take back the 6 hours it took to read it). The movie looks like it may be promising but I'll wait a little while before venturing out.<BR/><BR/>I'm planning to see Poseidon tomorrow in IMAX of all things. I enjoyed "Art School Confidential" but not as much as I thought I would. It sort of missed the mark for me.<BR/><BR/>Have an entertaining weekend!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694038143796175251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147448112369251862006-05-12T11:35:00.000-04:002006-05-12T11:35:00.000-04:00I think you are right, Birdy .... Many, many Chris...I think you are right, Birdy .... Many, many Christians will go see this movie and still keep their strong faith .. my point was more that my distaste for the idea has kept me away from the book, and now the movie, altogetherReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147444732456986092006-05-12T10:38:00.000-04:002006-05-12T10:38:00.000-04:00You may be right, Tosy .. I realize that the paral...You may be right, Tosy .. I realize that the parallels I made are much broader, but if you posit that Jesus was indeed not the son of Mary, as Brown does, than you have, in my opinion, largely "negated the Christian faith" .. and again, I'm happy he has ever right to do so, just as I have every right to not support itReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147443593353517692006-05-12T10:19:00.000-04:002006-05-12T10:19:00.000-04:00I think the parallels you draw are much broader an...I think the parallels you draw are much broader and sillier than the story told in The DaVinci Code (or as I understand it--I'm another of the ten). Maybe it's that I haven't read it, but the book doesn't discount or otherwise try to negate Christian faith, does it?Tosy And Coshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466315384515717261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17556334.post-1147442061951518652006-05-12T09:54:00.000-04:002006-05-12T09:54:00.000-04:00I'm with you 100%. Why give money to people who p...I'm with you 100%. Why give money to people who produce this kind of movies? So that they go ahead and trample upon us some more with the next one? You won't see me there either, but I guess not every Christian will do the same. It takes courage to be set apart and not go with the flow.Apologiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12334300638952582614noreply@blogger.com