Well, they are making it and it will be out in 2006, starring Tom Hanks as Langdon Jean Reno as Bezu Fache (bit obvious I think... [img]smile.gif[/img] ) and the woman from Amelie as Sophie.

As for the rest of the cast, when I read the the book I always saw Teabing as the guy with the crutches in "There is something about Mary" so I'm kind of hoping they cast him in that role... [img]smile.gif[/img]

I wasn't really planning on seeing the movie, but I like their choice of actors. The leading actrice from Amelie was cute with a capital C. And, much to my disgrace, I rather like Tom Hanks.

You mean you aren't supposed to like Tom Hanks but you do? I think he's a great actor [img]smile.gif[/img]

Tom Hanks is the Dog's nuts.

Hopefully this film will be too, I loved the book.

I thought I read that Harrison Ford was going to play Langdon though, admittedly this was a while ago now before the "plagarism" scandle.

<font color = lightgreen>Why is this book so popular? He isn't proposing a chain of events that hasn't been set forth before. I must admit, the other Dan Brown books I have read have been...well, a leisurely read, but not really compelling or captivating (he chops up his chapters too much and uses too much foreshadowing). [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img] Oh, well...it'll make an interesting movie.

note: I would rather have seen Harrison Ford as the lead than Tom Hanks, at least for this kind of movie.</font>

I think this should make a good film, although I wonder how they will do it. There was an awful lot of exposition in it, where one character did essentially a monologue explaining how something came to be and so on. There are heaps of things they will need to have explained, so I dunno - flashbacks or something? I can definitely see how it will be exciting and suspenseful but also I think the code-breaking might work a bit better in print. Although I guess all the invisible ink bit will be good on screen.

I don't know why it was so popular, Azred. I think most people who read it actually hadn't heard of the theory he puts forward before they read it; I know I hadn't, since it has been suggested in more scholarly, or at least, less exciting forms before ;) . And it IS a compelling and shocking theory, however much truth there is. So I think a lot of people were drawn to it because of the theory, not because it was any more exciting or well-written than the many many other thrillers out there.

I personally enjoyed it especially because I had recently been to Paris and London and being able to picture where they were and what the pictures looked like and the layout of the Louvre really enhanced my enjoyment. I often have trouble picturing what things look like or how objects or buildings are in relation to other things jsut from reading printed description.

But I know what you mean about the chapters! LOL when I was reading it I thought, well, this is a novel way of making your publisher think you're making great progress on writing - I've written 8 new chapters this week! Oh yeah, they're all 2 pages long :D

There seems to be a consensus of opinion on the poor technical writing in the book. But frankly my dear who gives a damn [img]tongue.gif[/img] It was one hell of a rollicking novel and I just hope the film is even half as good :D

For those who have not read the book yet please do as soon as possible. Seeing the film will not be a substitute

Well I didn't personally notice that it was particularly poorly written. But then I'm not one to exclusively read classics or literary masterpieces ;) . I was reading an article exploring whether the theory was true the other day and the author mentioned the 'wooden characters' and 'stilted dialogue' and otherwise poor written expression, and I thought, huh? Well I didn't notice it anyway. I would say it isn't any worse than the majority of similar books out there.

I think it popularity stems from the tremendous amount of controvery it instilled, the chatholic church santions cults? oh my!

I think that the novel is a brilliant works.I appreciate the book very much because of its beautiful descriptions,absorbing plots ,as well as the perceptions that the author provides.I was so engrossed that I scarcely slept during the night that week as I could not help to drop the book.Consequently,I cannot wait to see the film coming out.