I did absolutely nothing all weekend except read the DaVinci Code. It’s only normal I think, when you’ve read only a single book in the last 6 months to then not put one down for an entire weekend. It wasn’t because I was enjoying it or anything, although I was; I just really wanted to see why the movie was getting such bad reviews, when everyone loves the book. At $10 a ticket, I made up my mind early Saturday morning that I was going to continue reading until Susan & I were ready to see it in matinee format the following day. She had finished the book just before me, incidentally also reading it at a quick pace.
I read in every room in the house, including the kitchen and on the roof. I read in the car, and while waiting for an order at in-n-out. I napped more than once, In a chair, on the couch, on the roof and on the bed. Reading makes me tired. I ate granola bars for energy. At points, I felt physically ill, but I pressed on. By Sunday, I had completed the DaVinci code about 20 minutes to 1pm, looked up show times and we were in the theatre for a 1:25 showing.
I think the movie was pretty good but I was having trouble not recreating scenes in my mind from Indiana Jones every time someone said “Holy Grail”. They may have tried to cram too many things in there. The story itself gets pretty cheesy at times and is in no way profound or foundation shaking as all the media coverage would have you think. Morning news shows devoted huge segments to people demanding Ron Howard add the words “This is a work of fiction” to the opening credits. Seems like a profound waste of time really. It’s just a good story, not much else.
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Granola bars are delicious!
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The movie was too safe. The wrong bunch of people were involved. Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, … boring. Personally I think all the religious freaks should be happy such a group made the movie, just think if it was directed by someone who actually read the book, had an artistic opinion, and was played by an actor who fit the roll ( Bill Pullman maybe ). Then again, there are ocars to be won and double disk DVD’s to sell later. Hollywood needed Howard and Hanks for this.
I found Indian Jones much more entertaining.