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To: D. Long who wrote (167229)	5/22/2006 2:16:06 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794280

"Based on true events". With a touch of drama to liven it up a bit! OK. Opinions solicited. My wife brought home the Da Vinci book last night. Should I read it first and then see the movie or vice versa?

To: D. Long who wrote (167229)	5/22/2006 6:13:50 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794280

I meant nothing like the events in FARGO ever happened.

To: D. Long who wrote (167229)	5/22/2006 6:46:32 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 794280

Brown said the measurement around the Louvre...Was it something like 8 miles around the perimeter?

To: D. Long who wrote (167229)	5/22/2006 7:53:28 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 794280

The screenwriter for The Da Vinci Code borrowed heavily, a bit too heavily, in my view, from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade which was clearly the source for The Da Vinci Code. TDVC was a tarted up version for adults with intellectual pretensions, with a tiny bit of sex and a lot of religious folderol, but basically the same movie. I liked Crusade a whole lot more because it did not pretend to be anything other than what it was: entertainment. You don't remember the plot? Here ya go: imdb.com After Adolf Hitler & the Nazis fail to obtain the Ark of the Covenant, Hitler orders the SS and Wehrmacht to go after the cup of Christ - the Holy Grail. Indiana Jones is pressed back into action after a mining magnate's lead researcher disappears mysteriously. The lead researcher is none other than Indy's dad, the feisty Professor Henry Jones (Connery). Meeting up with Dr. Elsa Schneider (Doody) in Venice, Indiana & Marcus Brody (Elliott) discover that a 2nd marker that reveals the location of the grail is buried in the catacombs of a converted church. Escaping from rats, fire, gunmen, and a ship's propeller, Indy discovers that his dad is being held in a castle on the German border with Austria. When he & Dr. Schneider reach the castle Indy locates his father, but Elsa proves herself a turncoat, and even worse - so is the mining magnate, Walter Donovan (Glover)! After Indy & Henry escape the castle, they head to Berlin to get the map & Henry's diary that provides critical information to those who seek the Grail. Marcus, however, is kidnapped by Nazis in Iskenderun, and Indy & Henry meet up with Sallah (Rhys-Davies) and start their own journey toward the 'Canyon of the Crescent Moon'. They run into Donovan & the Nazis, and a huge fight ensues. Will Indy obtain the Grail and gain eternal life for himself & his father, giving the world a future of light, or will Adolf Hitler & the Nazis triumph and send the armies of darkness marching all over the world?