The "Da Vinci Code"

**Dodge** · 29/05/2006, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by John83

There are also people who don't want to go see a film that had its tense moments laughed at in Cannes

I thought he was talking purely about the book.

Knockers of the film just think its cack (me included)

**dahamsta** · 29/05/2006, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Scoff if you like, but fiction doesn't have to be inane or pander to imbeciles.

It doesn't pander to imbeciles, it plays to some extent to the lowest common denominator, because t'internet and other modern social networks have homogenised our society. If you don't like this, I'm afraid you'll have to exit society. (Believe me, sometimes I wish it was an option.)

Yes, there are flaws with the movie, and the book; yes, they dumbed them down. If you haven't noticed this before, you haven't been reading a whole lot of books or watching a whole lot of movies lately. This is not a judgement, simply a statement of fact.

It's not just a modern thing either. Pick your favourite movie and someone out there will already have found problems with it.

adam

**Dodge** · 29/05/2006, 12:17 PM

Goodfellas. I f***ing dare you...

**John83** · 29/05/2006, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

I thought he was talking purely about the book.

First post:

Originally Posted by sligoman

...I just want to know what ye thought of the film itself...

**Ash** · 29/05/2006, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Goodfellas. I f***ing dare you...

http://www.moviemistakes.com/film557

**John83** · 29/05/2006, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by dahamsta

It doesn't pander to imbeciles, it plays to some extent to the lowest common denominator

Tom-ay-to, tom-ah-to.

If you don't like this, I'm afraid you'll have to exit society. (Believe me, sometimes I wish it was an option.)

You could just not give money to people making that sort of thing.

...yes, they dumbed them down. If you haven't noticed this before, you haven't been reading a whole lot of books or watching a whole lot of movies lately.

I'm always critical of stupidity in film and TV. This one happens to have a taller soapbox than most. Look at the film's reviews though. Try an aggregator like rottentomatoes.com. On that, it's scored 23% - an almost universal sign of a poor movie. It's still making an obscene amount of money.

It's not just a modern thing either. Pick your favourite movie and someone out there will already have found problems with it.

There are errors in everything. There are levels I'll tolerate - levels I won't notice either. This is far past that threshold.

**Dodge** · 29/05/2006, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Ash

http://www.moviemistakes.com/film557

All of which can be easily explained. When I have time. later probably Or maybe tomorrow. I dunno, I'll gwet back to you...

**dahamsta** · 29/05/2006, 12:46 PM

Here's a few more from Goodfella, in case that site missed anything.

John83, each to their own. Every movie has mistakes, goofs, even stupid moments. I noticed some of them in the movie, even scoffed at a few. I still enjoyed it, so it was money well spent. I don't think it made me any more imbecilic than I already was, and I'm pretty sure that at least technically, I wasn't an imbecile before I saw it.

adam