I'm thinking about reading " The Da Vinci Code ".....

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I'm still trying to figure out if I want the movie to do really well to piss off the Christian Right or for it to bomb to piss off the people who think The DaVinci Code is the greatest book ever.

Ok, I'm rooting for a hit...pissing off the religious trumps all.

Of course it's the greatest book ever - it sold the most copies. DUH!!!!

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Of course there is thing Dan Brown could have done. It might simply be a marketing trick, but there are very clear implications that Dan Brown want's the book to be taken seriously. You're quite right that the pseudoscience of the book shouldn't be taken seriously, but Dan Brown is partially responsible for the fact that some people do take it seriously.

The more obtuse he is about it, the more money he makes. I would do the same thing.

 

[Diamond]

I think Monty Python had a more plausible grail quest. It seems to me that DVC was written for "Grassy Knollington".

DVC made me realise why I hated reading fiction. Its a complete waste of time.

 

[Piggy]

The more obtuse he is about it, the more money he makes. I would do the same thing.

I don't think he's being obtuse. He's deliberately misleading people by claiming, for example, that "the artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals depicted in this novel all exist" when the Priory of Sion is a known fraud. He makes no mention of the fraud in his "official" FAQ.

That's charlatanism.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I don't think he's being obtuse. He's deliberately misleading people by claiming, for example, that "the artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals depicted in this novel all exist" when the Priory of Sion is a known fraud.

They addressed that in the movie, I think. Assuming I caught the line correctly, the claim that it is a fraud is part of the cover up. Clever.

 

[Renfield]

Brown claims to spend years researching the book which makes you wonder what he was doing with his time or why he bothered. If you're going to spend that much time gathering information, you might as try to imcorporate some of it into the story instead of just pulling things out of your arse.

 

[tim]

Brown claims to spend years researching the book which makes you wonder what he was doing with his time or why he bothered. If you're going to spend that much time gathering information, you might as try to imcorporate some of it into the story instead of just pulling things out of your arse.

Harsh words, Renfield, harsh words.

























but true.