The DaVinci Code Movie
So, you know how it is, you read a book and then see the movie and the movie isn't as good. I really should have been more cautious.
What if there was a place, a "wood" if you will, where they take books, works of fiction perhaps, and have people act like the people in the book. In this "wood" they also put these people in places that resemble the places the people were in the book. Pretty great idea eh? You get the opportunity, for those that read the book, to see what someone else interpreted in their mind while they read the book. For those that didn't read the book, they would at least understand what the book was about.
I don't think it happened in this case. I don't think Ron Howard actually read the book. Maybe Ron Howard probably wanted to appease the Christians so badly that he made a movie that was utterly devoid of quality so that no one would want to see it. It made the book look like a piece of shit trash novel with no tie to reality, no argument to be made, no valid point. And the lead female character was made to look like a moron, which she was most definately not in the book.
I know that this sort of thing didn't happen with "Lord of The Rings" that was a good movie, also not a bad representation of the book series. They cut a few things out, but all in all kept the story cogent. If one hadn't read "The Davinci Code" you would have gone to this movie and been saying to yourself "Huh?" all the damned time. I know I did. It's as if he took the book in one hand and ripped out whole chunks with the other and read the chunks, paraphrased them and stuck them in at other parts of the story. It didn't really make sense most of the time.
VVinternacht and I sat there, throughout the movie, saying "What?!" to each other and holding our hands out in the gesture that says "what the fuck are you trying to serve up here man?" (like one is holding a platter)
I knew that there was no creativity left in Hollywood, the "Bad News Bears" "Miami Vice" "Scary Movie MVXIIIV" ...etc attested to this early on last year. So maybe if Hollywood doesn't have a previous formula to go off of, they really fall down on the job when it comes to entertainment.
I don't think I'm alone on this. There were very few people at the movies last night (Friday night man...date movie night) it's usually packed on Fridays. I think others are getting the hint that Hollywood doesn't care about entertainment, only money.
It used to be an art. Classically artists care more about expressing themselves than entertainment, but rarely worried about their bottom line. If they expressed themselves we would usually be entertained by this partly because "hey that's interesting" or "neat idea" or "wow that mutherfucker is nuts."
And it is because of the latter phrase that I hold out hope for "Nacho Libre." Jack Blacks new movie, but I think I'll rent it. It's cheaper and the seats are more comfy.
What if there was a place, a "wood" if you will, where they take books, works of fiction perhaps, and have people act like the people in the book. In this "wood" they also put these people in places that resemble the places the people were in the book. Pretty great idea eh? You get the opportunity, for those that read the book, to see what someone else interpreted in their mind while they read the book. For those that didn't read the book, they would at least understand what the book was about.
I don't think it happened in this case. I don't think Ron Howard actually read the book. Maybe Ron Howard probably wanted to appease the Christians so badly that he made a movie that was utterly devoid of quality so that no one would want to see it. It made the book look like a piece of shit trash novel with no tie to reality, no argument to be made, no valid point. And the lead female character was made to look like a moron, which she was most definately not in the book.
I know that this sort of thing didn't happen with "Lord of The Rings" that was a good movie, also not a bad representation of the book series. They cut a few things out, but all in all kept the story cogent. If one hadn't read "The Davinci Code" you would have gone to this movie and been saying to yourself "Huh?" all the damned time. I know I did. It's as if he took the book in one hand and ripped out whole chunks with the other and read the chunks, paraphrased them and stuck them in at other parts of the story. It didn't really make sense most of the time.
VVinternacht and I sat there, throughout the movie, saying "What?!" to each other and holding our hands out in the gesture that says "what the fuck are you trying to serve up here man?" (like one is holding a platter)
I knew that there was no creativity left in Hollywood, the "Bad News Bears" "Miami Vice" "Scary Movie MVXIIIV" ...etc attested to this early on last year. So maybe if Hollywood doesn't have a previous formula to go off of, they really fall down on the job when it comes to entertainment.
I don't think I'm alone on this. There were very few people at the movies last night (Friday night man...date movie night) it's usually packed on Fridays. I think others are getting the hint that Hollywood doesn't care about entertainment, only money.
It used to be an art. Classically artists care more about expressing themselves than entertainment, but rarely worried about their bottom line. If they expressed themselves we would usually be entertained by this partly because "hey that's interesting" or "neat idea" or "wow that mutherfucker is nuts."
And it is because of the latter phrase that I hold out hope for "Nacho Libre." Jack Blacks new movie, but I think I'll rent it. It's cheaper and the seats are more comfy.