Damning Da Vinci
Yes, I am still plodding along in my Da Vinci reading. I've completed 24 chapters. I'm troubled most, so far, about silly little ridiculous mistakes in Brown's writing. For instance, the early part of this book takes place at the murder scene of a very important art museum curator and there are sure to be international cries for answers concerning his death, YET, author Brown sees fit to have all the cops leave the crime scene and has a couple of cryptologists traipsing about the secret signs surrounding his death. Anyone who knows anything about a crime scene knows that a body is not left alone, nor evidence unattended at any time.
Other than the introduction to this 'secret society' that Brown listed as being a 'fact' before the story began (evidence to support this secret society's existence and all of its supposed famous members down through the years is almost non-existent from what I can tell), and the shoddy attention to detail (cops leaving a body at a crimescene unattended), I've yet to cross anything that troubles me.
The Greek Orthodox Church has added their voice to the furor over the book and movie. This article appeared this morning in the headlines. Okay, back to the reading...
Other than the introduction to this 'secret society' that Brown listed as being a 'fact' before the story began (evidence to support this secret society's existence and all of its supposed famous members down through the years is almost non-existent from what I can tell), and the shoddy attention to detail (cops leaving a body at a crimescene unattended), I've yet to cross anything that troubles me.
The Greek Orthodox Church has added their voice to the furor over the book and movie. This article appeared this morning in the headlines. Okay, back to the reading...
7 Comments:
Pet peeves aside, is the book enjoyable?
By Robin, at 5/11/2006 10:18 PM
I'm not a fan yet. But I haven't gotten to the meat of the story yet, either.
By Darin, at 5/12/2006 8:08 AM
Well, I am on page 8....this could take awhile. I only have a week before the movie comes out to get it read. We'll see how it goes!
It was announced earlier this week in the newspaper that there will be "a series of public sessions to discuss the book and talk about where it diverges from what the church calls historical fact" throughout the state during the month of June headed up by The Diocese of Manchester. The first ones are in Manchester...June 5th at St. Marie's Church and June 15th at The Strange Brew (Theology on Tap series).
By Jackie, at 5/12/2006 2:37 PM
Maybe you can't find much on the secret societies because they are secret!!!
By Nancy Townsend, at 5/12/2006 2:43 PM
I like your logic, Nancy :)
By LeAnne, at 5/12/2006 5:20 PM
arrrrgggghhh! i just wrote a long comment and i wasn't logged in.
i liked the book, albeit with the looks of consternation at some of the historical assertions. it wasn't the greatest writing. sometimes it jumps unexplainably to conclusions or belabors in dialogue attacking the church or christianity. i found some of the author's assertions absurd rather than offensive. that may be due to my own shortcomings. i think the books success is simply an equation of suspense and conspiracy theory.
By wbrr, at 5/14/2006 11:23 PM
Hi :)
The thing that plagues me about this whole Da Vinci Code thing--thats getting way more attention than any movie I can think of to date--religious or not is--is just that: how much attention this is getting. I keep thinking about when I was a kid--I worked for a theatre. This was in a small town and back when adult theaters were still considered most risque--to be shunned. They were picketed--I thought--by church people on a regular basis.
It just so happened that the owner's wife served as a substitute in one of my classes at school. Curiosity got the best of me. I had to ask her--didn't all the picketing and negative attention cause them problems? Really, I was thinking about their four year old, and wondered why unwholesome endeavors didn't bother her.
She actually laughed and said--most of the picketing was initiated by their friends--at their request. They ASKED them to! Free publicity; theater attendance without fail--increased.
It worked so well, they used the same tactics with an adult book store a couple of miles out of town. Same thing. Business would be good.
The thing is, I can't help but think--is all the attention this movie is getting on television, PARTICULARLY from religious people--a twist on the same type of tactic? Bad publicity is as good, or better--than good publicity?
Would anybody give this film much more than a second glance--if people weren't so up in arms about it?
By Anonymous, at 5/18/2006 9:31 PM
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