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Irene · Dooney & Bourke

The Da Vinci Code

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

Yes, I read it two summers ago and tore through it! I've been thinking of reading it again. I really liked how it actually made you think and had some kind of intellectual challenge (despite the uproar over what the books treats as truth, and whether or not it is true).

rocky · Coach

Yes I liked it too, very Indiana Jones-y...I heard a movie is in the making

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

rocky wrote:

Yes I liked it too, very Indiana Jones-y...I heard a movie is in the making

Yes, there is...I write movie news for a website and coincidentally was reading about the DaVinci Code movie earlier today. The cast is: Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, Audrey Tautou as Sophie Neveu, Ian McKellen as Sir Leigh Teabing, Alfred Molina as Bishop Aringarosa, Jean Reno as Bezu Fache, and Paul Bettany as Silas. It comes out next May.

honey · Gucci

i started reading it last month and didn't want to lug it back with me on a plane (it was hardcopy). i thought it was really interesting conceptually (though the writing was cheesy), especially b/c it challenged many of the beliefs i have. it actually made me more interested in researching the texts/pictures etc that the author cited. and i think it's going to be an excellent movie.

Irene · Dooney & Bourke

rocky wrote:

Yes I liked it too, very Indiana Jones-y...I heard a movie is in the making

Yes, that is what got me interested in reading it. The movie is going to star Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon and Audrey Tatoo and Sophie Neveu. I believe it is expected to come out later next spring.

-- Edited by Irene at 16:01, 2005-06-22

gruiz · Kenneth Cole

I thought the DV Code was really good, and then I went and read "Angels and Demons" also by Dan Brown. I hated it. It was the same type of story, just incredibly drawn out. However, it did give me a good idea of how popes are elected, so I guess I learned something from it.

sfclinevandy · Coach

honey wrote:

i thought it was really interesting conceptually (though the writing was cheesy),

Ditto. I thought it was entertaining, but not a literature classic by any means. Dan Brown has quite the flair for cheese.

I can't wait for the movie though... I like everything Ron Howard does.

crystal · Kate Spade

i loved both (DVC & Angels & Demons). i can't wait for the movie!!

halleybird · Hermes

it was a fun read, though I liked Angels and Demons better. Like the others said, it's no lit classic, but it was good vacation reading.

I love Sophie Marceau, though Tom Hanks isn't studly enough to play Langdon IMO.

Amelie · Kenneth Cole

halleybird wrote:

it was a fun read, though I liked Angels and Demons better. Like the others said, it's no lit classic, but it was good vacation reading. I love Sophie Marceau, though Tom Hanks isn't studly enough to play Langdon IMO.

I totally agree. I dont want Hanks in this role-- too goofy.

laken1 · Hermes

I loved both books & I think Tom Hanks will be great in the role - I think he's so versatile as an actor - I'm curious to see the spin he puts on it.

jess · Kenneth Cole

I enjoyed this book! It had me flipping through my art hist. book & checking out The Last Supper. It was an entertaining read.

Eh, I dont care for Tom Hanks as Langdon either. Who would you guys have picked?

Starstuff · Kenneth Cole

Well, I would have chosen Harrison Ford. Yummy... I think he's still got it, even though he's not so young anymore

scarlett · Marc Jacobs

a young harrison ford would have been good -- the langdon character is even compared to him in the book, so you know dan brown was thinking about it while he was writing. back at fashion hag i posted that i kept picturing this actor in the role:

halleybird · Hermes

Starstuff wrote:

Well, I would have chosen Harrison Ford. Yummy... I think he's still got it, even though he's not so young anymore

Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones years would have been perfect, but he isn't looking too great these days. A younger Robert Redford would have worked, too.

For some reason I picture David Duchovny in the Langdon role.

blubirde · Chanel

halleybird wrote:

Starstuff wrote: Well, I would have chosen Harrison Ford. Yummy... I think he's still got it, even though he's not so young anymore Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones years would have been perfect, but he isn't looking too great these days. A younger Robert Redford would have worked, too. For some reason I picture David Duchovny in the Langdon role.

"David Duchovny, why don't you love me?" Anyone remember that song? I love, love, love David Duchovny and it would have totally fit his acting stereotype, all paranoid and what not. I also don't like Tom Hanks in the role. He's too old and too much like a dad. Bleh.

I also agree with the other ladies that it was a good gym book (that's what I call airplane/beach books) but not classic lit by any means. It is interesting how much talk it stirred up though.

Irene · Dooney & Bourke

Well I finished the book on Friday and man oh man, was it G O O D!!! I couldn't put it down. It was so damned interesting and fun to read.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

jess wrote:

Eh, I dont care for Tom Hanks as Langdon either. Who would you guys have picked?

Sean Connery. :)

nunzi182 · Kate Spade

I read this book awhile ago and was fascinated by it. I didn't think I would like it because it's not the kind of book I normally read. I loved it so much I bought Angels & Demons and hated it. I thought the whole story could have been written in about half as many pages. I learned a lot while reading it, but I could have learned it a lot faster if it was more concise.

I have been hoping and praying they would make a movie based on this book! I'm so excited because I didn't think it would ever happen. I think John Cusack should have been cast as Robert Langdon.