Melodybe
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Sun Nov-28-04 10:58 PM
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Hanks to star in Da Vinci Code, I wish they would have picked Noah Wyle |
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Edited on Sun Nov-28-04 10:59 PM by Melodybe
I love Tom Hanks, but he is horribly miscast in the Da Vinci Code. When I read the book I pictured Noah Wyle, who definitely has that scholarly look to him.
Anyway casting is a hobby of mine and I was just curious to see what others here had to say about my pick.
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Sun Nov-28-04 10:59 PM
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1. I agree though I would have *LOVED* to have seen George Clooney. |
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:03 PM
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8. I love Clooney too but he also doesn't look like a professor to me |
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Harrison Ford was a great choice for Indie cause he could pull of the professor look.
Hanks is a very intelligent and talented person, but not professor material.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:10 PM
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10. Hanks is too old and Wylie is too young... |
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I was thinking Clooney, too.
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Sun Nov-28-04 10:59 PM
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2. Everything Hanks is in is spoiled. |
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It becomes a "Tom Hanks" movie. He's talented, but overexposed.
Haven't liked him since Bosom Buddies.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:06 PM
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9. I agree, I can't watch movies with him anymore because |
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I can not divorce Tom Hanks the movie star from his characters.
He is spoiled.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:00 PM
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what has Noah Wyle been in recently?
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:01 PM
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6. He's still on ER, but he is a very talented and descent guy |
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I just think that Hanks is all wrong for the part. Wyle looks like a professor, Hanks doesn't.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:03 PM
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7. Just ER and an adventure movie whose name escapes me. |
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Edited on Sun Nov-28-04 11:06 PM by Ilsa
Maybe it is a made for tv movie.
Wylie was in a pretty good one about five-six years ago with Blythe Danner as the mother and it had to do with grown children returning home for Thanksgiving.
He also played the founder of Apple in a TNT movie about Bill Gates and the others who started computer businesses in the late 70's.
I've appreciated his talent as an actor in everything I've seen him in. I feel engaged by his characters. Hanks can't always do that for me.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:34 PM
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13. Scenes of the Crime...a good movie by the way, he plays a bad guy |
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when I saw that I thought what if Noah played Neo in The Matrix...
Things to make you go hummmm.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:42 PM
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17. The Librarian (the action flick) |
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I think this will be on TBS (or TNN... it was one of those "T" stations) in early December. My 12-year-old is excited about it because the previews remind her of Indiana Jones.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:00 PM
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:00 PM
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5. I don't like Hanks either for this role. |
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He seems too much like "the common man". Wylie is a good choice, espcially now that he's a little older.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:19 PM
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11. i can see ewen mcgregor in that role nicely too. nt |
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:22 PM
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12. The book's bull shit. Read "Foucault's Pendulum" by Eco |
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Da Vinci code gets Gnosticism all wrong, I mean completely wrong. The Gnostics were snuffed out by the institutional wing of the Jesus movement which insisted on a structure and consistent myth. The basis of the Da Vinci code is hashed over "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" fantasies. Europeans read these stories as a naughty pleasure. The real message of Gnosticism was not a 'blood line' for future rulers; it was a direct knowledge of the mystical force of the universe and self motivation and reliance for spiritual experience.
Foucault's Pendulum is a brilliant exposition and commentary on similar themes. It is also, unlike Da Vinci Code, truly great literature.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:38 PM
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14. Thank you for that tip. I meant to read it years ago and never got around |
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to it. Maybe I will this time.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:41 PM
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16. You will not be disappointed. It's wonderful...fun too! |
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:45 PM
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18. Is there a link between the Knights Templar and the gnostics |
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that I am un aware of?
I don't equate the two.
If you want good Gnostic fiction try Phillip K Dick's Valis.
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Mon Nov-29-04 12:22 AM
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25. Yes, in the "Grail" community there is. I just focused on the |
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Da Vinci pieces in the book, to be honest, which were quite good. If you like this sort of stuff there is a really fun read by Lawrence Durrell called Monsieur. It covers Knights Templar, Gnostics, the final stand of the Templars at that place, where ever it is in Southern France.
If you want a US version of arcana, check out this incredibly obscure but compelling pamphlet:
The Historical Destiny of the United States: The Mystery of the American Money (1932), Emmet Fox (DeVorss & Co, Marina del Rey CA). May be at Unity Church book stores. This spells out the symbolism on our currency and is a fun follow up to National Treasure.
I'm now officially appalled at the crap I read! *Thanks* for the Valis book (Phillip K. Dick is a prophet: How about The Impostor...yikes.) I'll give it a shot.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:49 PM
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20. I thought that too... |
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THE DAVINCI CODE was FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM "lite".
DaVinci was a quick entertaining read though, Foucault took me nearly a year to get completely through.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:39 PM
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15. I thought they had already cast Russell Crowe? |
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What happened to that? I'd much rather see Crowe than Hanks playing the part of Langdon.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:46 PM
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19. Crowe would be better than Hanks for sure |
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Wyle is my pick, He is 35, it's easier to make and actor look older than younger.
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Sun Nov-28-04 11:51 PM
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21. I was picturing Matthew McConaghey (n/t) |
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Mon Nov-29-04 12:11 AM
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22. Bingo. He would do quite well. So... um...intense, quirky yet believable |
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24. Except, I keep seeing him with Cybil Shepard. |
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Mon Nov-29-04 12:41 AM
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26. Kevin Spacey - KEVIN SPACEY!!!!! |
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