Enough Already
Can we all please get past the consternation about The DaVinci Code?
My biggest problem with the entire thing is not what the book says and doesn't say. It's the fact that Tom Hanks never made a believable Robert Langdon, no matter how much they messed with his hair.
The fact of the matter is that when I read The DaVinci Code, I did not find it in the 270's. It is a book of fiction, no matter what Dan Brown claims is or is not accurate. All of this hand-wringing about the factuality of the story and the concepts presented is, in all reality, besides the point. It is a work of fiction. Under this premise, Stranger in a Strange Land should be assailed for implying the existence of Martians that clearly do not exist. Those who chose to criticize the book would be better spent trying to do good works than to demonize Brown.
What is truly unfortunate is that the media has spent a great deal of time on the subject, and that more than likely is for purely political reasons. Is the book, or even Dan Brown for that matter, anti-Christian? Who knows, and at the end of the day it really does not matter. But thanks to this attention The DaVinci Code has, ironically, received the same treatment as another recent movie that dealt with themes of religion; The Passion of the Christ. The more people talked about it, the more people saw the movie and, in the case of The DaVinci Code, read the book. It does not matter if the subject matter is true or it is false. People talked about it, and people voted with their wallets to check it out. At the end of the day, it is a book, or a movie. A work of fiction, no different than X3, Bambi or Reservoir Dogs.
Brown's next book is supposeldy going to be about the Freemasons. Somehow, I don't think that it will come under nearly as much scrutiny.
My biggest problem with the entire thing is not what the book says and doesn't say. It's the fact that Tom Hanks never made a believable Robert Langdon, no matter how much they messed with his hair.
The fact of the matter is that when I read The DaVinci Code, I did not find it in the 270's. It is a book of fiction, no matter what Dan Brown claims is or is not accurate. All of this hand-wringing about the factuality of the story and the concepts presented is, in all reality, besides the point. It is a work of fiction. Under this premise, Stranger in a Strange Land should be assailed for implying the existence of Martians that clearly do not exist. Those who chose to criticize the book would be better spent trying to do good works than to demonize Brown.
What is truly unfortunate is that the media has spent a great deal of time on the subject, and that more than likely is for purely political reasons. Is the book, or even Dan Brown for that matter, anti-Christian? Who knows, and at the end of the day it really does not matter. But thanks to this attention The DaVinci Code has, ironically, received the same treatment as another recent movie that dealt with themes of religion; The Passion of the Christ. The more people talked about it, the more people saw the movie and, in the case of The DaVinci Code, read the book. It does not matter if the subject matter is true or it is false. People talked about it, and people voted with their wallets to check it out. At the end of the day, it is a book, or a movie. A work of fiction, no different than X3, Bambi or Reservoir Dogs.
Brown's next book is supposeldy going to be about the Freemasons. Somehow, I don't think that it will come under nearly as much scrutiny.
posted by Brian Griffiths at 11:42 PM
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