The Da Vinci Code

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I really enjoyed the book. That said, I thought the movie was okay. I agree with critics that Tom Hanks was miscast. I think the book was more exciting and had the ability to go into more detail, which really adds to the story. I agree with others here that Angels and Demons was also a great read. My brother preferred it to The Da Vinci Code. That statement in and of itself is amazing because he hates to read!
 

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I saw it Saterday night when I was in New Mexico....I couldn't wait to watch it.

I thought it was ok. I thought it would be a little bit better, but overall, it followed the book pretty well.

I mean it is really hard to fit everything that is in that book into a 2 and half hour movie, so I would pay the 10 bucks to go see it again.
 

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I would most definately recomend reading the book first, but that's just imo.
 

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I don't think it matters if you read the book or not. I saw the movie last weekend and loved it, and I'd never read the book. It was easy to follow.
 

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I thoroughly enjoyed the book -- also Angels and Demons, though Brown is not that great a writer, actually, just a very good storyteller -- but that's a different conversation, I guess. I definitely want to see the movie. Haven't yet, though.
 

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I have read the book and seen the movie and I (despite the sometimes wordy nature of the book) found the movie a lot weaker than the book. Perhaps it could have been made stronger by different actors, but I also partly put this down to the overhype of both the book and the movie.

From what I have heard, people who haven't read the book enjoyed the movie a lot more
 

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I saw this movie at the drive-in last night without really meaning to. We went to see something else but got there at the wrong time so just picked this one pretty randomly. I never really intended on seeing it

You can tell it had a big budget. That's about the best thing I can say. It seemed like, for one, a serious version of Dogma, and for another, the ending was terrible. I didn't realize it was the end until the credits started rolling and I was like "What just happened?" I still don't understand what happened.
 

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I saw it a week ago and thought it was great. I want to see it again because there were a lot of things that confused me. I never read the book, so the story line was unfamiliar to me.
 

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When I had finished the book i knew I'd go and see the movie
So last week we went with a friend and I thought it was really great! Even that friend of ours who hasn't appreciated a movie since the very first StarWars film came out...LOVED IT!

I think all that protesting and criticising from more conservative people
will have just the opposite effect - it's great publicity!
 

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I've started reading Angels and Demons a few days ago and it definitely is a bit slow at the start
but then I've only just passed chapter 30 last night
which isn't a lot with Dan Brown, it seems
So far it looks interesting though that whole anti-matter tech talk isn't really my cup of tea
but I guess it'll grow better by and by
 
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