Da Vinci Code ... much ado about nothing

GAD. I just have to vent.

I CANNOT BELIEVE all the people being taken in by this Da Vinci Code hype.

First: The book sucks. Big time. I was frankly underwhelmed by Dan Brown's book. My take on it: Mediocre writing, re-laundered materials, a stereotypic love-interest, and much exotic or contraversial material (e.g., Opus Dei, albinos, the Louvre, etc.) just made my eyes glaze over. I say re-laundered, since the content dealt with in Brown's book has been known for years - Baigent and Lee were the first to put together this particular conspiracy theory together (see the BBC story for more info) The only thing that pulled in my interest was the little puzzles sprinkled through the book. I would have to score the book a 5.5 out of 10, it was that bad, IM-not-so-HO.

Second, Tom Hanks makes a movie out of it. Hello, Tom, what were you thinking?? I can't believe he was taken in by this trash. Tom, read some better books, for crying out loud! Try reading Eco's Foucault's Pendulum, if you want an original take on a conspiracy novel. (Now, that is an excellent novel that will never be made into a movie, because half the joy / challenge is in taking delight in his prose.)

Gah. How sad.