The Da Vinci Code

Demiurge

There is no scripture that supports your notion of anti-miscegenation in the Bible. Nice try. The Bible doesn't support interreligious unions, quite a difference. Read the whole of His Word, not just what you want.

In any event, the language of the Bible is Aramaic.

Drumingman

As I said, I do not want to debate one of the most researched books in the history of the world with you. I do however take offense with the intelorance you have and the attitude shines through. Maybe you're listening to the White Surpremist Movement too much. It just seems to me it's Attack, Attack, Attack! Lighten up a little. I don't know everything and neither do you. You must be real fun in a mixed crowd. Let people be people and quit trying to Slay Them with your Words.

Thanks

Sami

Drumingman wrote:

Maybe you're listening to the White Surpremist Movement too much.

Then why would I be dating someone outside my race?

Drumingman wrote:

It just seems to me it's Attack, Attack, Attack! Lighten up a little. I don't know everything and neither do you. You must be real fun in a mixed crowd. Let people be people and quit trying to Slay Them with your Words.

That's funny, actually, how you don't really have a clue of what I'm saying. I am all about being tolerant and that's why I don't care about this "there is only one truth and it is the one I am telling" attitude.

Drumingman

Actually I do have a clue as to what you are saying. It was you who didn't get my point. You veiw of Christian Theology seems to be along the lines of a WS movement, got it? I can see right now that you are really tolerant. If you really don't care then why keep on with this pointless thread. Are we all to think that you date someone outside your race that you Must be tolerant?
I don't think anybody here gives a rats rump who you date but you have to dangle it out in front of everyone and show us all how enlightened you are.
Get a Life.

michael_w

I don't know how to say this without fueling the religous debate, but some people just need to learn to take things with a grain of salt. Seriously people... just accept it that everybody will have a different view on things and get over yourself and the strong beliefs that come with. It's just a movie. That's it! No need to preach your beliefs to us.

I also find it fairly amusing that people will take a movie so seriously. The lengths people will go to in order to make sure that nobody gets the wrong idea by actually believing a movie like this is truth are just crazy. If people cared about the beliefs behind it they'd already be one of the followers in the protest.

I wonder how much longer this will go before getting deleted :rolleyes:

PolkThug

Demiurge wrote:

That, however, is a topic for a different board.

Please take your own advice.


I think we can all agree that Dan Brown is good at pissing people off. The albinos are really pissed off that they once again play a villian in a movie.


http://www.dailynews.com/film/ci_3829358

"Michael McGowan, an albino who heads the National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation, said "The Da Vinci Code" will be the 68th movie since 1960 to feature an evil albino."

drew spelts

bobman1235 wrote:

Gaara,
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There's a reason film adaptations of good books usually aren't as good as the original book, and that's that you're paring down hundreds of pages into two hours, AND you have to somehow find a way to show internal dialogue visually. Considering how intricate the da Vinci Code novel is, I think they did pretty well bringing it to film. You just cannot cover everything like you do in the novel, it's not possible.

They did it in LOTR so you just can not say that "it's not possible" Because you would be wrong. They only thing they left out of the LOTR movies was the encounter with Tom Bombadil or something like that. Thats it!!! Thats all that they left out. They could have put it in but it just was not important.

But hey, it's ok because were all human and say crap thats not completely thought through. I know I have done it.

drew spelts

michael_w wrote:

I also find it fairly amusing that people will take a movie so seriously. The lengths people will go to in order to make sure that nobody gets the wrong idea by actually believing a movie like this is truth are just crazy. If people cared about the beliefs behind it they'd already be one of the followers in the protest.

I wonder how much longer this will go before getting deleted :rolleyes:

I find this amusing also to say the least. I remember when the movie "The Day After" was a week from coming out in theaters George Dubya Bush had his senior staff invite some of the worlds most renowned climatologists and meterologists to a special screening of the movie at the white house. When the movie was over ol' George in his infinite wisdome asked the scientists "Could this ever actually happen, and will people panick apon seeing this film?" HA HA AAHAHAHAHHAHAH Damn that made me laugh. So to some it all up movies are well.... movies, documentarys are another matter. fricken Micheal Moore Farenhight 9/11 Bassterdo. Lets not blow anything out of proportion.

aaharvel

drew spelts wrote:

I find this amusing also to say the least. I remember when the movie "The Day After" was a week from coming out in theaters George Dubya Bush had his senior staff invite some of the worlds most renowned climatologists and meterologists to a special screening of the movie at the white house. When the movie was over ol' George in his infinite wisdome asked the scientists "Could this ever actually happen, and will people panick apon seeing this film?" HA HA AAHAHAHAHHAHAH Damn that made me laugh. So to some it all up movies are well.... movies, documentarys are another matter. fricken Micheal Moore Farenhight 9/11 Bassterdo. Lets not blow anything out of proportion.

Day After Tomorrow is to Global Warming as FOX News is to actual journalism. Pass..

jdhdiggs

Demi,

Give it up. Remember, Christians are fair game, as are white males or conservatives. Don't you remember that its not Ok to call most terrorists muslim, but it is ok to call everyone who voted for Bush "idiotic bible-thumping trailer trash"?

Andrew: Fox News (The news part, not the commentary) was judged by a non-partisan think tank as the least biased and most accurate news agency on the air. Of course its a low bar (CNN with the X's over Cheney, starting Bush's speech early. ABC fabricating stories about congressmen, CBS manufacturing fake documents and stories) Do you honestly believe they are worse than those guys?

Demiurge

jdhdiggs wrote:

Demi,

Give it up. Remember, Christians are fair game, as are white males or conservatives. Don't you remember that its not Ok to call most terrorists muslim, but it is ok to call everyone who voted for Bush "idiotic bible-thumping trailer trash"?1

Trust me, I did. I realize now that all backhanded comments go and nobody is supposed to respond to them. You can preach against religion, but not in defense of it -- so long as it's Christianity. I often forget I am just wasting my time.

Sami

PolkThug wrote:

I think we can all agree that Dan Brown is good at pissing people off. The albinos are really pissed off that they once again play a villian in a movie.

I wouldn't say pissed off after reading that article, more disappointed that there is yet another albino villain in a movie. It seems they are not making a huge deal about it.

"The problem is there has been no balance. There are no realistic, sympathetic or heroic characters with albinism that you can find in movies or popular culture."

McGowan said his group plans no boycotts or picketing. Instead, the group aims to use the movie's popularity to raise awareness about the realities of albinism. He said he enjoyed most of the book and plans to see the movie.

"We understand that millions read it and when they go to the movie, they're going to want to see the albino monk-assassin," McGowan said. "It's the cumulative effect of having one evil albino character after another that was disturbing to me."

mhardy6647

"...There are no realistic, sympathetic or heroic characters with albinism that you can find in movies or popular culture."

How about the Winter brothers (Edgar & Johnny)?

aaharvel

jdhdiggs wrote:

Andrew: Fox News (The news part, not the commentary) was judged by a non-partisan think tank as the least biased and most accurate news agency on the air. Of course its a low bar (CNN with the X's over Cheney, starting Bush's speech early. ABC fabricating stories about congressmen, CBS manufacturing fake documents and stories) Do you honestly believe they are worse than those guys?

My opinion of CNN, ABC and CBS aren't high either, just not at the sewer level of Murdoch's empire. Yes, it was the FOX commentary that I was referring to, not shows like Shep, Greta, and Studio B- which I actually enjoy as long as Greta doesn't shove Aruba down my throat. But those types of shows are a serious minority for that channel. Even my fav. Fox & Friends has now become unwatchable b/c it's turned more into preaching commentary than actual news, which doesn't surprise me in the least. It's the commentary shows themselves that brings home to FOX their viewerbase, which says it all imo. Yes, it's smart business. But it's not good business.

bobman1235

aaharvel wrote:

My opinion of CNN, ABC and CBS aren't high either, just not at the sewer level of Murdoch's empire. Yes, it was the FOX commentary that I was referring to, not shows like Shep, Greta, and Studio B- which I actually enjoy as long as Greta doesn't shove Aruba down my throat. But those types of shows are a serious minority for that channel. Even my fav. Fox & Friends has now become unwatchable b/c it's turned more into preaching commentary than actual news, which doesn't surprise me in the least. It's the commentary shows themselves that brings home to FOX their viewerbase, which says it all imo. Yes, it's smart business. But it's not good business.

They're COMMENTARY shows. How do you have commentary that isn't biased?! What does everyone do, sit around and read newspapers aloud, and comment on the writing style? The whole POINT of commentary is bias and opinion. You obviously don't agree with it, but it doesn't ever advertise itself as unbiased NEWS.

PolkThug

Back to DVC!

So where are the drinks at The Last Supper?

bobman1235

You mean in the painting?

PolkThug

bobman1235 wrote:

You mean in the painting?

No, I'm asking if anybody was there and saw what the drinks were.

jdhdiggs

PolkThug wrote:

No, I'm asking if anybody was there and saw what the drinks were.

Sorry hos, I finished them... HAPPPY HOUR BABY!

Oh, uh, wine?

aaharvel

no i didn't notice the drinks while watching the film either.

bobman1235

I'm pretty sure they point it out in the movie just like they do in the book - everyone has a glass in front of them in the painting. There is no "Holy Grail" pictured.

tonyb

It's Just A Movie!!!!!!!!! Get Over It....jeeeez.........

PolkThug

bobman1235 wrote:

I'm pretty sure they point it out in the movie just like they do in the book - everyone has a glass in front of them in the painting. There is no "Holy Grail" pictured.

aww, I see them now, little short glasses. Hard to tell with the faded painting.

bobman1235

PolkThug wrote:

aww, I see them now, little short glasses. Hard to tell with the faded painting.

Yeah, there's actually a pretty storied history of how that painting is deteriorated. What we see now is pretty much modern artists representation of what it might have been, because it was so badly destroyed so many times.

shack

Of course...since DaVinci wasn't actually at the last supper, his painting is pretty much just a guess at what was on the table...if in fact there was even a table....etc...

PolkThug

shack wrote:

Of course...since DaVinci wasn't actually at the last supper, his painting is pretty much just a guess at what was on the table...if in fact there was even a table....etc...

You mean its not normal to have everybody sit on one side of a table?

heiney9

Finally saw it last night. Highly entertaining.

All I have to say is if the religious sect is up in arms over this movie, then religion must really be hurting these days. You have to be an idiot to walk into this movie a believer and then walk out afterwards doubting your faith. If that's what the chruch is up in arms about, then they have much more serious issues to address. Of course you can always think perhaps there is more truth to the story than fiction.............maybe that's why the church is so upset

The church is up in arms over nothing but a slightly more intellectual version of Raiders Of The Lost Arc. It just goes to show how religion can SOMETIMES oppress original thought and force you (by shame/guilt) to never even entertain any thoughts other than what the church doctrine has taught and continues to teach.

It's fiction and it's entertainment. Nothing more nothing less. I also don't happen to agree with the critics, I thought it was a very good movie, not Oscar caliber, but entertaining nonetheless.

H9

shack

heiney9 wrote:

All I have to say is if the religious sect is up in arms over this movie, then religion must really be hurting these days. You have to be an idiot to walk into this movie a believer and then walk out afterwards doubting your faith. If that's what the chruch is up in arms about, then they have much more serious issues to address.

The churches are not very concerned about the effect the movie has on believers but moreso on the influence it may have on the non-believer.

heiney9

shack wrote:

The churches are not very concerned about the effect the movie has on believers but moreso on the influence it may have on the non-believer.

That's right........it's the churches mission to convert everyone to thier way of thinking and now it would be harder to turn the non-believers into believers :rolleyes: . I guess I missed that point entirely. I was just looking at the movie purely for it's entertainment value, I assumed the masses would as well.

I really don't think a movie like this is going to register too much one way or the other regardless of which side of religion a person falls on. If some find it offensive to their particular belief set, then don't go see the movie.

As usual the more contraversy surrounding a particular event in pop culture the more credibility and exposure it gets. Look at the opening day results.

H9

heiney9

PolkThug wrote:

No, I'm asking if anybody was there and saw what the drinks were.

I remember doing some Jager Bombs.........but after soooo many my recollection is a bit fuzzy. . Sorry wish I could shed more light the subject. You can't see me in the painting I'm passed out on the floor under the table.

H9