Good News for Ron Howard!
By Lee Strobel
5.18.06
In our last poll, 56.3 percent of respondents predicted Ron Howard’s adaptation of The Da Vinci Code will win big at the box office and get good reviews. Another 17.5 percent predicted big box office but a poor reception by critics – the exact same number that predicted mediocre box office but good reviews. My vote: Big box office, mediocre reviews (a category that wasn’t offered!)
Of course, these results aren’t scientific. Nevertheless, in the spirit of “Hey, my guess is as good as anybody’s,” here are the prognostications:
Speaking of Howard, he got the comedic blame when Tom Hanks hosted Saturday Night Live on May 6. Hanks was asked by comedian Chris Parnell, who was posing as a Catholic cardinal: “I was wondering when you were making and film and you were meeting with the producers and writers and the director, in all that creative process, did you ever wonder what it would feel like to burn for eternity in hell?”
Replied Hanks: “When you come right down to it, it really is the director who makes all the decisions – and that would be Ron Howard. The guy from Happy Days.”
Posing as Jesus, comedian Jason Sudeikis said: “Mr. Hanks, I saw your film and I just want you to know that I forgive you.”
When Hanks asked if he had seen all of The Da Vinci Code, the ersatz Jesus replied: “I haven’t seen that. I was forgiving you for making The Terminal. I saw that on an airplane and people were still walking out.”
Will people walk out of The Da Vinci Code? We’ll see, starting this weekend.
| How will The DaVinci Code movie fare? | |
| Big box office, good reviews | 56.3% |
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| Big box office, poor reviews | 17.5% |
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| Mediocre box office, good reviews | 17.5% |
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| Mediocre box office, bad reviews | 6.8% |
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| Bad box office, good reviews | 1% |
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| Bad box office, bad reviews | 1% |
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