--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not a fan of Dan Brown or his writing style. Reading > the DaVinci Code, for a writer, is a lot like pulling > your own teeth. :-) That said, it was as much of a page- > turner for me as for anyone else. It may have been a > formulaic, badly-written and even more badly-researched > piece of shit, but it kept you reading. > > What I'm looking forward to is the movie version, which > is almost certainly going to be better than the book. > And I'm looking forward to its social impact here in > France. There was already a backlash to the popularity > of the book -- many, many publications writing articles > dumping on mysticism and esoterisme from on high, trying > to portray such things as the interest of children and > the brain-damaged. (I'm not kidding.) But, all this > rationalist backlash only *increased* sales, which > pissed off the nay-sayers no end. I'm expecting the > same phenomenon to happen with the movie, but on a > bigger scale, because the film will be more popular > than the book, and reach a much larger audience. > > I think it'll be fascinating to watch the backlash > effect around the world. Who will get their buttons > pushed by the themes in the movie? >
Well, it certainly pushes all the "right" buttons for the current pope. I mean, it would be difficult to imagine a movie that is MORE detrimental to the current pope's reputation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
