Posted by mo on 10/21/06 23:08

"Rolo Tomassi" <abc@defgco.kr> wrote in message
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> Bob Adams wrote:
> > I've just watched the dvd of the Da Vinci Code and as a fan of the
> > book I have to say that both Ron Howard and Tom Hanks have managed to
> > totally destroy one of the greatest books of the 21st century. If it
> > was possible to totally miss the point of the most obvious plot
> > changes of this story more than this couple did, then I do not wish
> > to ever view the result the winning output.
> >
> > Discuss.
> >
> > PS. Do not purchase this DVD!
>
> I found Angels and Demons to be more engrossing although I did find
DaVinci
> un-put-downable. Thought the film was always going to dissappoint and I
> wasn't wrong.
>
> Rolo
>

A and D and Da Vinci are very similar IMO.

Da Vinci was always going to be a disappointment - it needed to be a 5 hour
film to be thorough - Howard didn't even make it interesting at 2 hours. I
probably would have found it more interesting if I didn't know what was
gonna happen mind!

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