OT da Vinci code

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Leo van de Pas

OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Leo van de Pas » 24 mai 2006 03:12:01

Last night I went to see this movie. I found it a great thriller and wonder what the fuss is about.
There are a few bishops who made it clear "if the Vatican finds out what we do, we will be excommunicated". Surely that clears the church.

I found the end a little disappointing, but then how else could it end? The very end I thought great visual moviemaking.

My reason for sending this message is: did I find an error, or did I misunderstand?

After a while Tom Hanks comes in the possession of a beautiful box in which is a gadget which is covered with moveable rings containing letters. The letters have to be placed in a specific order (the da Vinci code) and it will open, revealing a map which shows where Mary Magdalen is supposedly buried. This box was made by Leonardo da Vinci. If the wrong message is entered the map will be destroyed.

Tom Hanks, (with supposedly, incredible visual memory) has been to the memorial of Sir Isaac Newton on which spheres/planets are shown. He realises that one sphere connected to Sir Isaac Newton is missing-----an apple (remember gravity?). He makes that gadget read apple and it opens.

If we take the movie serious, surely Leonardo da Vinci would not/could not have associated an apple with Sir Isaac Newton?
With best wishes
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia

Gjest

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Gjest » 24 mai 2006 03:25:21

The criptex was invented by Da Vinci, but the actual criptex was
obviously fashioned after Newton lived to hold the map. It's clearer in
the book where the criptex is a criptex in a criptex, etc. There are
three I remember in the book, but one in the film.

Leo van de Pas

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Leo van de Pas » 24 mai 2006 05:58:01

I am not aware that Newton did hold the map. I have been told by someone who
has seen the movie "the movie made the book readable".....
Leo
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The criptex was invented by Da Vinci, but the actual criptex was
obviously fashioned after Newton lived to hold the map. It's clearer in
the book where the criptex is a criptex in a criptex, etc. There are
three I remember in the book, but one in the film.


Ford Mommaerts-Browne

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Ford Mommaerts-Browne » 24 mai 2006 09:05:04

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| My reason for sending this message is: did I find an error, or did I misunderstand?
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| After a while Tom Hanks comes in the possession of a beautiful box in which is a gadget which is covered with moveable rings containing letters. The letters have to be placed in a specific order (the da Vinci code) and it will open, revealing a map which shows where Mary Magdalen is supposedly buried. This box was made by Leonardo da Vinci. If the wrong message is entered the map will be destroyed.
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| Tom Hanks, (with supposedly, incredible visual memory) has been to the memorial of Sir Isaac Newton on which spheres/planets are shown. He realises that one sphere connected to Sir Isaac Newton is missing-----an apple (remember gravity?). He makes that gadget read apple and it opens.
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| If we take the movie seriously, surely Leonardo da Vinci would not/could not have associated an apple with Sir Isaac Newton?



Perhaps una mela?
Ford



| With best wishes
| Leo van de Pas
| Canberra, Australia
|

Gjest

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Gjest » 24 mai 2006 09:42:02

Leo van de Pas writes:

Last night I went to see this movie. I found it a great thriller and wonder what the fuss is about.

My reason for sending this message is: did I find an error, or did I misunderstand?

If we take the movie serious, surely Leonardo da Vinci would not/could not have associated an apple with Sir Isaac Newton?

If you go to http://www.moviemistakes.com you'll find 20 mistakes already listed
for Da Vinci, more coming in everyday

Suggets you submit your find asap


there is an entry about the apple:

quote from site:

Factual error: When Langdon finally succeeds in cracking the code to open
the "cryptex", he explains to Sophie that the code-word devised by Isaac
Newton could only be "apple", since it had been thanks to an apple that he
had discovered that which "had annoyed the Church so much, the Law of
Gravity". As far as we know, the Catholic Church had no objection to the Law
of Gravity and Newton was living in a Protestant country anyway. Besides,
the story about the apple was corroborated by Newton himself, that is true,
but its notoriety, a typical "science fairy-tale" is rather recent. The word
seems to have been chosen here because it's the only thing that most people
know now about Newton (including Dan Brown, apparently).

cheers

Simon

(personally I found the book made Jeffrey Archer read like a Booker prize
winner)

Renia

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Renia » 24 mai 2006 12:41:36

Leo van de Pas wrote:
Last night I went to see this movie. I found it a great thriller and wonder what the fuss is about.
There are a few bishops who made it clear "if the Vatican finds out what we do, we will be excommunicated". Surely that clears the church.

I found the end a little disappointing, but then how else could it end? The very end I thought great visual moviemaking.

My reason for sending this message is: did I find an error, or did I misunderstand?

After a while Tom Hanks comes in the possession of a beautiful box in which is a gadget which is covered with moveable rings containing letters. The letters have to be placed in a specific order (the da Vinci code) and it will open, revealing a map which shows where Mary Magdalen is supposedly buried. This box was made by Leonardo da Vinci. If the wrong message is entered the map will be destroyed.

Tom Hanks, (with supposedly, incredible visual memory) has been to the memorial of Sir Isaac Newton on which spheres/planets are shown. He realises that one sphere connected to Sir Isaac Newton is missing-----an apple (remember gravity?). He makes that gadget read apple and it opens.

If we take the movie serious, surely Leonardo da Vinci would not/could not have associated an apple with Sir Isaac Newton?


Well spotted. I didn't spot it when I read the book, which I thoroughly
enjoyed as a fictional thriller. Haven't seen the film yet, but I intend
to, even though I can't stand Tom Hanks.

Denis Beauregard

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Denis Beauregard » 24 mai 2006 12:51:48

Le Wed, 24 May 2006 01:10:47 +0000 (UTC), leovdpas@netspeed.com.au
("Leo van de Pas") écrivait dans soc.genealogy.medieval:

If we take the movie serious, surely Leonardo da Vinci would not/could not have associated an apple with Sir Isaac Newton?

If the movie was serious, it would be apple in latin, not in
English...


Denis

John Brandon

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av John Brandon » 24 mai 2006 13:05:14

Haven't seen the film yet, but I intend to, even though I can't stand Tom Hanks.

Yep, and that raggedy hairdo doesn't improve him any ...

Gjest

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Gjest » 24 mai 2006 15:52:58

On Wed, 24 May 2006 01:10:47 +0000 (UTC), leovdpas@netspeed.com.au
("Leo van de Pas") wrote:

Last night I went to see this movie. I found it a great thriller and wonder what the fuss is about.
There are a few bishops who made it clear "if the Vatican finds out what we do, we will be excommunicated". Surely that clears the church.

I found the end a little disappointing, but then how else could it end? The very end I thought great visual moviemaking.

My reason for sending this message is: did I find an error, or did I misunderstand?

After a while Tom Hanks comes in the possession of a beautiful box in which is a gadget which is covered with moveable rings containing letters. The letters have to be placed in a specific order (the da Vinci code) and it will open, revealing a map which shows where Mary Magdalen is supposedly buried. This box was made by Leonardo da Vinci. If the wrong message is entered the map will be destroyed.

Tom Hanks, (with supposedly, incredible visual memory) has been to the memorial of Sir Isaac Newton on which spheres/planets are shown. He realises that one sphere connected to Sir Isaac Newton is missing-----an apple (remember gravity?). He makes that gadget read apple and it opens.

If we take the movie serious, surely Leonardo da Vinci would not/could not have associated an apple with Sir Isaac Newton?
With best wishes
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia

Who says it's supposed to be taken seriously? Go watch it and have
some fun. What was it that W.C Fields said once? Hmmm....

John Brandon

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av John Brandon » 25 mai 2006 19:49:20

I've never heard of the name "Teabing." Is that one of the names in
that book that was supposed to be an anagram?

Gjest

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Gjest » 25 mai 2006 20:28:42

John Brandon wrote:
I've never heard of the name "Teabing." Is that one of the names in
that book that was supposed to be an anagram?
Yep, for 'Baigent'- Michael Baigent is one of the co-authors of the

'Holy Blood, Holy Grail' book, who unsuccessfully sued Dan Brown
recently. Baigent is from New Zealand.

Gordon Banks

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Gordon Banks » 25 mai 2006 20:47:03

In the book, Brown kept using the form of address "Sir Teabing" instead
of "Sir Leigh". As I understand, this isn't correct form. Was this
also perpetuated by the movie?

On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 08:40 +0100, fairthorne@breathe.com wrote:
Leo van de Pas writes:

Last night I went to see this movie. I found it a great thriller and wonder what the fuss is about.

My reason for sending this message is: did I find an error, or did I misunderstand?

If we take the movie serious, surely Leonardo da Vinci would not/could not have associated an apple with Sir Isaac Newton?

If you go to http://www.moviemistakes.com you'll find 20 mistakes already listed
for Da Vinci, more coming in everyday

Suggets you submit your find asap


there is an entry about the apple:

quote from site:

Factual error: When Langdon finally succeeds in cracking the code to open
the "cryptex", he explains to Sophie that the code-word devised by Isaac
Newton could only be "apple", since it had been thanks to an apple that he
had discovered that which "had annoyed the Church so much, the Law of
Gravity". As far as we know, the Catholic Church had no objection to the Law
of Gravity and Newton was living in a Protestant country anyway. Besides,
the story about the apple was corroborated by Newton himself, that is true,
but its notoriety, a typical "science fairy-tale" is rather recent. The word
seems to have been chosen here because it's the only thing that most people
know now about Newton (including Dan Brown, apparently).

cheers

Simon

(personally I found the book made Jeffrey Archer read like a Booker prize
winner)

Ajo Wissink

Re: OT da Vinci code

Legg inn av Ajo Wissink » 31 mai 2006 16:18:43

On Wed, 24 May 2006 01:10:47 +0000 (UTC), leovdpas@netspeed.com.au ("Leo
van de Pas") wrote:

My reason for sending this message is: did I find an error, or did I misunderstand?

After a while Tom Hanks comes in the possession of a beautiful box in which is a gadget which is covered with moveable rings containing letters. The letters have to be placed in a specific order (the da Vinci code) and it will open, revealing a map which shows where Mary Magdalen is supposedly buried. This box was made by Leonardo da Vinci. If the wrong message is entered the map will be destroyed.

There is no mistake, Leo. The poem containing the riddle about the
apple was written by Saunières who also made the cryptex. Maybe that
was not clear in the movie.
--
Ajo Wissink

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