From hearing vague rumblings about the book, I get a feeling it's a slick piece of pretentious BS, but if it's a fun, readable BS
I found it neither fun nor readable. Personally.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
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Jessica - Sep 29, 2004 5:32:13 am PDT #4197 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
P.M. Marc - Sep 29, 2004 5:38:53 am PDT #4198 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
How *is* The Da Vinci code? From hearing vague rumblings about the book, I get a feeling it's a slick piece of pretentious BS, but if it's a fun, readable BS, I may give it a try, just to see what all the brouhaha is about.
The snippets I managed to read were poorly-written crap. Like the worst sort of Mary Sue Story for Boys.
Lilty Cash - Sep 29, 2004 5:43:31 am PDT #4199 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I get worried when all of my non-reader friends (the ones who won't read a book for years, then hand me Tuesdays with Morrie because it's sooooo good) not only have read The DaVinci Code but own it, and proclaim it the bestest book EVAH.
That said, it could be good but I haven't read it yet.
SuziQ - Sep 29, 2004 5:48:24 am PDT #4200 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
If you must read Dan Brown, read Angels and Demons. It is the first Robert Langdon story and "better" than The DaVinci Code. It kept me occupied flying home from Rhode Island.
Anne W. - Sep 29, 2004 5:50:16 am PDT #4201 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
The DaVinci Code reads as if it was written by someone who read way too many "How to Be a Best-Selling Author!" books.
Vonnie K - Sep 29, 2004 5:55:03 am PDT #4202 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Heh. So, the consensus is... hell, no?
'S OK. It's not as if my to-read-pile wasn't already approximating the dimension of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Jess M. - Sep 29, 2004 6:25:03 am PDT #4203 of 10001
Let me just say that popularity with people on public transportation does not equal literary respect. --Jesse
The Parent Trap remake with Lindsay Lohan was much more fun and charming than the Freaky Friday remake, I thought. And yeah, I agree with P-C (I think he said it) that LL was a better "adult" than teen. And JLC was hilarious. But for a movie that was really quite short, it seemed to take a long time to get started...(my sister and I watched it off netflix on Monday)
Dana - Sep 29, 2004 6:26:38 am PDT #4204 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Freaky Friday made a great plane movie, though. Much better than that awful movie with Sharon Stone and Dennis Quaid that was so boring I've forgotten the name of it...Cold Creek Manor. For a movie that was supposed to be suspenseful and mysterious, it completely lacked suspense or mystery.
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2004 6:27:11 am PDT #4205 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nova, I just now realised I put in the title of the wrong movie. Somehow I missed your post also correcting the award name.
What I meant to say -- JLC good, not great, LL really well done, still not great.
Polter-Cow - Sep 29, 2004 6:35:43 am PDT #4206 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
See, I've heard all about how badly written The Da Vinci Code is, but that's criticism of the prose. It could still make a fun movie, right?