DaVinci Code Trailer

[Dagger75]

I liked the books. I just like to read books with secret societies, knights and stuff like that. The puzzles were pretty easy but I think Dan Brown did that so the reader could solve them. Again will see the movie but I did enjoy Angles and Demons more.

I mean the Illuminati, assassins, anti-matter bombs how can that not be a cool movie.

 

[Kesh]

I have not read the book, but did watch a History channel piece on it, and the concept interested me. Sounds like it will be good summer fare (assuming it comes out in the summer).

The concept is great. The execution was bad. If I were a teacher, I'd use this book as an example of all the wrong things to do when writing a novel.

If they can fix some of those problems in the translation to film, it might be worth watching. Still, there are just a few fundamental storytelling flaws that they'll have to include which make me shake my head.

 

[iwatt]

Dan Brown, Michael Crichton and John Grisham are actually the same person.

ROTFL

The thing is, the books are entertaining until the same plot, style, and characters get old. That's why I stopped reading Grisham. After Angels and Demons, I'll probably not read another Dan Brown novel either (was still entertaining though). I'm slightly more toerant of Crichton though, since the Andromeda Strain is one of my all time favorite books (read it when I was 12 and haven't reread it since, so my opinion might be colored by Nostalagia )

 

[Dagger75]

The concept is great. The execution was bad. If I were a teacher, I'd use this book as an example of all the wrong things to do when writing a novel.

I never understood this, about the "wrong" way to write a book. If millions of people read it then something must be right. Just because it won't be dissected in some snooty Engilsh Lit class in college doesn't mean you did something wrong.

 

[David Howery]

A&D and TDVC are indeed a lot alike... but Brown wrote two other books, Digital Fortress and Point of Deception that are quite a bit different... neither deal with religious matters and the characters are different. I recommend PoD, as it deals with a fascinating paleontology subject....

 

[iwatt]

A&D and TDVC are indeed a lot alike... but Brown wrote two other books, Digital Fortress and Point of Deception that are quite a bit different... neither deal with religious matters and the characters are different. I recommend PoD, as it deals with a fascinating paleontology subject....

Thanx for that.

Still, Brown will have a lower priority than other authors on my "to-read-list".

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

The concept is great. The execution was bad. If I were a teacher, I'd use this book as an example of all the wrong things to do when writing a novel.

Ah. Then you'd be one of those teachers, I suppose. I had that type already; no thanks.

Personally I'd rather write a novel that entertains my audience and makes me a bazillion jillion dollars.

 

[Henry]

Personally I'd rather write a novel that entertains my audience and makes me a bazillion jillion dollars.

Yeah, me too! Except if it was a porn novel. Then everyone would stop me and ask, "hey, are you the guy who wrote that porn novel?" and that's all I'd be known for, no matter what I wrote threeafter, which would be bad.

 

[Kahuna Burger]

Yeah, me too! Except if it was a porn novel. Then everyone would stop me and ask, "hey, are you the guy who wrote that porn novel?" and that's all I'd be known for, no matter what I wrote threeafter, which would be bad.

hey now, Phil Foglio is still known for his non-porn work!

 

[iwatt]

Yeah, me too! Except if it was a porn novel.

But if it was done in an artistic manner ?