If you want to know how "The DaVinci Code" ends - don't see it in Thailand

[LynneSin]

http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2006-05-17/#film1

The 'Da Vinci' Clouds


People in Thailand wanting to see how The Da Vinci Code turns out will apparently have to buy a bootleg copy -- given that the film will be shown in Thai theaters with the last ten minutes removed. The decision to remove the ending -- thereby eliminating the denouement and leaving the "code" unsolved -- was made by Thailand's Film Censorship Board on Tuesday, following protests over the film from several Christian church groups. The Board also ordered that it open with a message, informing moviegoers that the film is based on a work of fiction. In India, the rising number of protests over the film forced the government to order theaters not to screen the movie until the controversy over it is properly addressed. Meanwhile, an official of a Christian coalition in Malaysia said that no attempt will be made to interfere with the release of the film in that country. "purely because we believe that if the Bible is the truth of God, we are not afraid of any attempt to discredit it," Nevertheless, demonstrations against the film were held today (Wednesday) in India, South Korea, Athens and the Philippines. The Da Vinci Code is scheduled to open the 59th annual Cannes Film Festival tonight. At a news conference, director Ron Howard advised, "Do not go and see the movie if you think you will be upset. This is supposed to be entertainment. It stimulates conversation, that is what good fiction does."

[BlueStorm]

1. Oh god, here we go...

Of course we can't have people watching movies that go against our Gawdly Christian beliefs now, huh? After all it will have them start (gasp) thinking!!! :sarcasm:

Blue

[Shine]

2. OMG, that's funny.

my Dad is in Thailand right now, in fact. I'll have to send him this link for shits and giggles...

:eyes:

:hi:

[Squeech]

3. WTF

Something like 4% of the population of Thailand is Christian; do they really constitute a pressure group?

I was there once, a couple decades ago, when I had a beard so long and full that it didn't fit in my driver's license picture. A guy came up to me on the street and told me, "You look like that guy in the movie!" I was trying to think what movie it could have been-- was there a Grateful Dead concert film out in Thailand (I used to get compared to Jerry a lot), or a Charlie Manson biopic (likewise)? But the guy kept rejecting my suggestions. Finally he shouted out, "Jesus Christ!" To most Thais, Jesus was simply "that guy in the movie."

I did notice that there was a visible evangelical presence, apparently lavishly funded-- or at least well equipped with printed propaganda for the personal lord and savior. (Is the proper term for this sort of thing "Chick lit," heh heh?)

[skygazer]

4. Aw, damn!

And I was going to make a special trip to Thailand just to see it. D'oh!

[philosophie_en_rose]

5. Damn Straight! And don't get me started on those Veggie Tales!!

Where in the Bible does it say Jonah was an asparagus?


:sarcasm: