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 The Da Vinci Code
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Hanna
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 3:45 pm

Anyone read it?

I'm hooked!
mals
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 3:49 pm

Yeah love it, Read all Dan Browns books, tis the best TBH
MicKPM
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 3:24 am

Possibly his best book ever - read it over a year ago and then tried the other offerings. It is very believable but seeing as you've not finished it i'll not discuss loop holes and issues yet.... just hope the film is worthy.

'Angels & Demons' is another good one if you like the religious aspects of the mystery but the others aren't up to much unless it's time you're looking to kill.
Chet T16
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 3:32 am

I also think its great, purely because i get to play the ps2/watch top gear/sit at pc when shes reading it Laughing
Chris H
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 4:34 am

my mum has read most of them, think ambers had a go at angels and demons as well.
mals
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 1:11 pm

Just started reading "The Last Templar" smae sorta stuff only on page 10 at the mo
Hanna
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 1:17 pm

Only about a quarter left to go now!

This Dan Brown, is he writing from research or what? It all seens very plausible so far!
mals
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 1:18 pm

Wait for the bit with the alien space craft then, and the men from uranus!

Doh gave it away
Hanna
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 1:21 pm

Yeah I'm sure!

Aliens would be believable too mind!
JB
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:12 am

Films rarely live up to the books.

My example The Firm...utter shite film...brilliant book.

Read the book first, then watched the film...they basically left all the bits out that made the book so good and replaced them with shite! why??
mals
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:16 am

All in the name of Hollywood baby!
JB
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 2:44 am

you think who ever was making the film tho, would have read the book and perhaps thought....

"hmm this film we are making is pretty shit compared to the book....ah well"
mals
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:24 am

I think the problem is if everything in the book was scripted into the film, it would be a bloody long film, So I think they just try to skim over certain areas,
It will appeal to someone who has not read the book I suppose, I still want to see it, but I am not holding up much hope for an exact book copy, but you can only visualize in a book what is happening, tis deifferent when you see it on the screen
david3533
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 4:40 am

its a good book but remember its only a work of fiction, but then the bible is only a book of stories as well.
Chris H
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 5:57 am

harry potters as well, good films but I have never read the books, amber says they miss out loads though.
JB
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:40 am

but in some films they dont just skim over details, they sometimes replace them with totally different shite...ie The Firm.
Hanna
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:07 pm

Finished the book now. Bloody good read!

Nipped out in my lunch break to buy Angels and Demons today and ended up buying all of the Dan Brown books (they were on offer)

Chet read the Da Vinci Code too, In 2 days!! And he never reads!
mals
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:23 pm

Chet read it in 2 days? Shocked

But there are no pictures!
JB
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:14 am

i hear they are saying the film is a bit of a let down.
mals
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:17 am

The critics do, but on Virgin radio they interviewed the peeps that went to see the film at midnight, and they are all raving about it!

Each to their own I suppose, I will reserve judgement till I see it myself
JB
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 4:57 am

same here...i think its silly that ppl wont go to see a film cos others say its bad...god have a mind of your own sheep!
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