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The DVD extras on a film as popular as The Da Vinci Code should be plentiful, and this version doesn’t skimp. With over 90 minutes of special features, including ten behind-the-scenes featurettes, there’s a lot here to explore beyond the film itself. The question is, is there anything new here that we haven’t heard before, in all the hype, pseudo-documentaries, and controversy surrounding the movie, to make it worthwhile? For most viewers, the answer will be "yes." Essentially, if you like the movie, if you enjoyed the book, you will get a lot out of them.
Just as the movie is intended to make the book come to life, the DVD extras should make the film come to life by pointing the audience into the world of the filmmakers, connecting the dots between print and film, and for the most part they do just that. The extras here range from the typical look behind-the-scenes to more in-depth features on the supporting characters, the locations, and the Mona Lisa herself. "First Day on the Set with Ron Howard" features the director gushing about the opportunity to film in the Louvre and work with Tom Hanks again (the two worked together before on Splash and Apollo 13). It’s a short piece that doesn’t reveal much beyond making an attempt to share Howard’s excitement (with the "Gee, I really loved working with him/her on this project" that you hear in every such featurette), but viewers might enjoy seeing how the stage was set up in the famous museum, down to the spike tape on the floor showing actors where to hit their marks. The Filmmaking Experience, Parts 1 and 2 further explores the creative and technical aspects of the filmmaking process. A Conversation with Dan Brown starts out feeling like a puff-piece (the man who wrote this book got started at age 5 with a story called The Giraffe, The Pig, and the Pants on Fire. "It was a thriller," he says.) and unfortunately it doesn’t go very deep into much of anything of interest. But on the other hand, this isn’t 60 Minutes here; it’s intended to give viewers a better sense of the man behind the franchise, which it does. Much of the footage from this interview is sprinkled throughout some of the other featurettes. Meanwhile, the character behind the franchise, Robert Langdon, is examined in his own featurette, as is Sophie Neveu. The cool thing here is getting under the skin of the actors to see how they approached the characters, knowing that most of the movie-going public already has formed their own ideas about the characters from the book.
The most interesting extras are the featurettes that focus on the history behind the mystery. Or is it the mystery behind the history? Either way, the first one on the Mona Lisa, and the second featurette on the many codes and symbols that are hidden throughout the movie balance out the remainder of the extras nicely by demonstrating the sense of intrigue, mystery, and game-playing adventure that made The Da Vinci Code so popular in the first place. --Daniel Vancini
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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Ron Howard |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 19 May, 2006 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony Pictures |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action, Action / Adventure, Adventure, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 043396150362 |
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Customer Reviews of The Da Vinci Code (Full Screen Edition)
Much ado about Nothing ... Try investigating the 'original greatest story ever told' Reading many of the 317 reviews (so far) about this movie has been more fun than watching the movie. It has elicited more emotions and laughter than the movie itself. This movie has had the capacity to move some to call it "beautiful" and others "boring." To some, the movie was a zero star for its "attack on Christianity" and for others was a ***** star execution of a plot with a twist, and a carbon-copy of its fictional novel. The reception of the movie in Europe, according to critics, was a big letdown (because of "too much talking" and not much character development) while the reception in the US, according to box-office opening weekend ($77 million) was a great success. <
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>I believe that if you like conspiratorial/thriller type movies you will find this movie acceptable. That is if you do not let its historical inaccuracies get to you. I do think the characters would have benefited from more personal details, and that the plot was a bit rushed. Although, there is no field such as the one of "symbology" I like the introduction of the movie where symbols are discussed and how when we dig below the surface we find a fascinating world of meaning and perception. I will not review the plot, as many other reviewers did such a good job at. Instead I will intrigue you to look at the movie from a different lens. <
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>I have to admit. I did not read the book (no time, no interest), but read enough articles disputing the historical inacuracies to know that this was not "the greatest story ever told." <
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>I find the whole attitude of people towards the movie (and especially the original book) quite fascinating. It's a great sociological experiment on how much a fictional novel, that presents a very outrageous idea (that Jesus fathered a daughter with Mary Magdalena and was not divine) or insignificant idea to others (that keeping the secret of the bloodline alive is of mortal importance), can move people emotionally. Some would say, "a lot of ballyhoo for a work of fiction," while others will keep the author's feet to the fire (Dan Brown) for saying that he believes the thesis of the book to be real (ABC News, Nov.03, 2004) and for writing that "all descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in this novel are accurate" introduction (which also shows up in the movie). <
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>Let's get real. The movie and book is sold as fiction (yet presented well enough to almost pass for non-fiction/historical). For the un-discerning souls and some gullible young minds this movie (and book) can possibly shape their attitude towards Christianity. The story does a lot of damage. I am a conservative Protestant Christian, and there were some spots in the movie when I felt that the movie directly attacked Roman-Catholic Christianity while slyly exonerating the Vatican and Opus Dei organization from any knowledge of this "greatest story ever told." I believe that because this fictional movie and book present an alternative to the "original greatest story ever told" (the birth, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, the Messiah) it has caused a lot of discussion and intrigue in our society. In our post-Christian and post-modern society where relativism rules such lines as "Would a successor of Jesus Christ destroy 'faith'? Or renew it? What really matters is what YOU believe" will be popular. <
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>For me, the transcendent reality is just as important as our physical reality, and as such the mystical and spiritual are just as important as the exoteric stories and symbolic representations. Therefore, it is not about what I believe, but what Providence (the Transcendental) believes about me, that makes 'faith' real. <
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>For my part, I rented the movie and helped a local family business (thus my conscience is clear) and I would not hesitate to share the positives and disappointments that I have had about this movie with anyone (thought the music definitely enhanced the thriller/conspiratorial theme, and some cinematographic scenes were spectacular). If you're a Christian and will be taking the movie too seriously, I would not recommend you watch it. I watched it, because I did not want to die and not know what the big hoopla was all about (over 12 counter/anti Dan Brown/Da Vinci Code books published) and also wanted to see the story that presented all those historical inaccuracies I have been reading. <
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>In the end, enjoy this fictional thriller. It was Much ado about Nothing. If anything, a great lesson about American sociology/psychology when it comes to controversial stories. For something depicting the "original greatest story ever told" I would recommend watching the upcoming "The Nativity Story." ... Now, that is a story of 'faith.'
Heresy
I can not allow any one to profit from heresy. The bible is the infalable word of GOD. Therfore anything contradictory to that is evil.
Odd little show, not worthy of PBS.
Oscar Wilde wrote there are no moral or immoral stories - just well-made and badly-made ones. The Da Vinci Code is a badly made movie story. Nothing technically wrong with it, but I suppose the fact that it's really boring could be considered "technically" wrong.
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>From the first, I thought the movie was just silly. The scenes of that Professor fellow running through the Louvre looked painfully ridiculous, and I had to repress a wince.
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>By the middle, the movie had progressed from "silly" to "tedious." What was it even really about? I could hear everything being said, but there was so much of it I had a hard time keeping track.
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>APPARENTLY, the film is about the holy grail. I got that much. Eventually, we are shown some paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, but I have difficulty seeing why these were included, since they didn't add much to what was being said by the characters - who seemed intent on telling us absolutely everything anyway.
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>I thought movies were supposed to SHOW you things, not TELL you things. It's easier to remember images than heaps of words.
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>Also, why is it called the Da Vinci Code? The Da Vinci angle seems cheap and contrived in the movie, and virtually unnecessary to the main storyline. We have a holy grail, a couple small car chases, and a very slow manhunt. Why bother dragging Leonardo into it, too? It strains what little credibility is left.
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>By the end, the movie had become unbelievably quiet and still, and I completely lost track of whatever plotline was still occuring. There were a lot of nearly silent scenes of Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou standing about in dark cellars, moving occasionally, even speaking once in a while. What did it mean? To this day, I have not figured it out.
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>Since I am an English Major specializing in Medieval History, I have a bit of understanding of the historical era Dan Brown is trying to fiddle about with. As near as I can tell, the movie is trying to cast doubt on the origins of the Catholic Church by claiming Mary Magdalene was Jesus's wife. (Or something.)
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>As this strange view is backed by no authentic historical info. of any reputable kind, I can only view this movie as some form of goofy hate literature aimed at Catholics. I lack the imagination to to see why it was created, but there it is.
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>And I suppose that's all she wrote. A very quiet, odd movie. Strange.
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