Saturday, July 16, 2005
The documentary 'Unlocking Da Vinci' code basically talks about what has been written in the book 'Da Vinci Code'. It deals only with the religious aspect of the book and does not at all venture into the art or Da Vinci part. Well, that was a huge disappointment. After a point in time, the documentary became bland and absolutely uninteresting. Like Guru said the documentary was piggybacking on the popularity of the book. I don't think any layman would be interested in seeing the documentary through to the end unless he is a) a staunch believer of the Church, despite the Church's atrocities towards innocent people, or b) a person interested from an academic point of view. Since I am neither, it proved to be a waste of time for providing undeserved attention.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Instead of watching movies, we ordered two documentaries. One was on Egypt (Mysteries of Egypt) and the other was on the book, Da Vinci Code (Unlocking Da Vinci Code; by the way, this doc is on National Geographic Channel on 17th of this month).
As of now, we have seen the one on Egypt. Da Vinci code is waiting to be watched, as Guru wants to finish the book first. Mostly we'll see it today I guess.
I've read about Egypt in Wilbur smith's novels. I also read a book on 'The Tutankhamun Affair' (I've posted about this book in one of my previous posts). No matter of reading about Egypt and Nile didn't prepare me to the visuals on Nile in the documentary. The music was amazing, the visuals were excellent, the casting was great, lots of detail had gone into the period costumes. One thing that didn't sit well in my mind was why the director had to harp on how Tut's tomb was found when the documentary was named 'Mysteries of Egypt'. There are 'n' number of things that we want to know about Egypt, not just discovery of Tut's tomb. Even that didn't talk about Howard Carter's struggle to find the tomb, the bureaucracies and red tape he had to face to open the tomb once it was found. Though the documentary was lacking a focus, it can be seen once just for its photography nad music.
As of now, we have seen the one on Egypt. Da Vinci code is waiting to be watched, as Guru wants to finish the book first. Mostly we'll see it today I guess.
I've read about Egypt in Wilbur smith's novels. I also read a book on 'The Tutankhamun Affair' (I've posted about this book in one of my previous posts). No matter of reading about Egypt and Nile didn't prepare me to the visuals on Nile in the documentary. The music was amazing, the visuals were excellent, the casting was great, lots of detail had gone into the period costumes. One thing that didn't sit well in my mind was why the director had to harp on how Tut's tomb was found when the documentary was named 'Mysteries of Egypt'. There are 'n' number of things that we want to know about Egypt, not just discovery of Tut's tomb. Even that didn't talk about Howard Carter's struggle to find the tomb, the bureaucracies and red tape he had to face to open the tomb once it was found. Though the documentary was lacking a focus, it can be seen once just for its photography nad music.
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