I think the story is brilliant - I have no idea why the Catholics and Opus Dei are making so much fuss - maybe they do have something to hide!cj wrote:We read The Da Vinci Code 2 summers ago. It was the perfect holiday read - brilliant story-line, rollercoaster pace, plenty of action and a bit trashy. And (speaking as a paid up member of the C of E), I thoroughly approve of anything that makes the church get its knickers in a twist!! We're going to see the film, but like Hendrik, not at all sure about Tom Hanks being Robert Langdon. Bums on seats, I suspect, as HF is pushing on a bit now.Hendrik wrote:The Dan Brown books. Much in the same way as with Michael Moore, people jumped on the "Oh-my-God-he's-amazing" bandwagon when he first started publishing, and then three years later jumped on the "go-f*ck-yourself-no-one-ever-liked-you-in-the-first-place-bandwagon". I've read them and think they are brilliant. Though if you are Catholic you will no doubt burn in the eternal fires of Hell for reading The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons.
On a side note, whoever chose Tom Hanks to star in the film MUST be shot. He's a good actor but anyone who's read The Da Vinci Code would know that Harrison Ford would have been a better choice for this type of role.
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I think the fuss is as much about the double standards that exist regarding satirising or criticising different religions as much as the actual content of the book and film.Great Plum wrote:
I think the story is brilliant - I have no idea why the Catholics and Opus Dei are making so much fuss - maybe they do have something to hide!
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We are now the proud owners of a set of Da Vinci Code Top Trumps cards!!! How cool is that. Hubby and I played after tea last night, with bemused children looking on. Incidentally, I won, ha ha!!Great Plum wrote:I think the story is brilliant - I have no idea why the Catholics and Opus Dei are making so much fuss - maybe they do have something to hide!cj wrote:We read The Da Vinci Code 2 summers ago. It was the perfect holiday read - brilliant story-line, rollercoaster pace, plenty of action and a bit trashy. And (speaking as a paid up member of the C of E), I thoroughly approve of anything that makes the church get its knickers in a twist!! We're going to see the film, but like Hendrik, not at all sure about Tom Hanks being Robert Langdon. Bums on seats, I suspect, as HF is pushing on a bit now.Hendrik wrote:The Dan Brown books. Much in the same way as with Michael Moore, people jumped on the "Oh-my-God-he's-amazing" bandwagon when he first started publishing, and then three years later jumped on the "go-f*ck-yourself-no-one-ever-liked-you-in-the-first-place-bandwagon". I've read them and think they are brilliant. Though if you are Catholic you will no doubt burn in the eternal fires of Hell for reading The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons.
On a side note, whoever chose Tom Hanks to star in the film MUST be shot. He's a good actor but anyone who's read The Da Vinci Code would know that Harrison Ford would have been a better choice for this type of role.
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Quite agree with that assessment - we bought it at Heathrow before a flight to Borneo- it seemed a lot of words for the pennies. The hype in UK started while we were away we had not even heard of it when bought.cj wrote:We read The Da Vinci Code 2 summers ago. It was the perfect holiday read - brilliant story-line, rollercoaster pace, plenty of action and a bit trashy.
Currently I am finishing The Labyrinth by Kate Mosse bought in a similar vein for trip to NZ, but didn't finish while I was away.
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My wife has just started reading this as her bed time book. Trouble is she can't help laughing out loud and stoping me dropping off.AKAP wrote:"A short history of tractors in Ukranian" by Marina Lewycka.
Ignore the title, if you have elderly relatives it will make you laugh and it will make you cry.
Brilliant read.
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I enjoyed it as 'Book at Bedtime' on Radio 4 earlier this year; haven't actually read it though.AKAP wrote:My wife has just started reading this as her bed time book. Trouble is she can't help laughing out loud and stoping me dropping off.AKAP wrote:"A short history of tractors in Ukranian" by Marina Lewycka.
Ignore the title, if you have elderly relatives it will make you laugh and it will make you cry.
Brilliant read.
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