Yes.. that is also something I did when I was in Holland.
Finally read the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, Karin had it lying around her house and I wanted to know what the buzz was all about. Generally these bestsellers are not bestsellers for nothing!
I didn't think I would like it, I am not very interested nor engaged where it comes to 'the Holy Grail' and such. It doesn't mean anything to me at all so couldn't imagine I would be attracted.
I have this sort of free religion inside of me (thinks maybe I should start one myself, Tori Amos always sang that 'I have got enough guilt to start my own religion' and I know what she means :)) I feel that God (or however you want to call him) is good and not such a bad guy as some religions let us believe and I am sure that Jesus was a very nice and talented man but I always have a hard time to believe all these miracles and holyness surrounding him.
When I hear people talk about their religion I always get this tight feeling around my chest because they want to stuff it all in a little box where I feel the more godding something is, the more space it needs. (Lost you yet? :-))
I felt this much needed space in his ideas in this book (that Jesus might have been married and have a child and not the saint he has been made into). I love the fact that the book describes it as a theory but also leaves space for your own conclusions and then leaves it all alone and turns into a riveting thriller that keeps you hovering between reading quickly wanting to know how it ends and slowing down because you don't want it to end.
And now.. the movie.. I want to see it now.. to see if it is true what the reviews say, that the film is even better than the book, I think this film might break all records ever made in film land, can't wait!
Oh and if you want to know what the buzz is all about, cheap 2nd hand ones at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/detail/offer-listing/-/0552149519/all/202-7002370-6273447
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Don't think it will break records but stranger things have happened.....titanic...ahem.
Look forward to your reviews of Xmen 3 and Superman Returns over the next couple of months ;-)
I tell you.. it *will* be a massive hit (like the titanic) :-) but you do have to explain the link between this one and x-Men3 and Superman Returns though :)
Just that you don't often cover films etc in your blog so I was speculating excitedly that this could be a new area for you to cover ;-)
Suppose if everyone who bought the book goes to see the film then it should be big. Not sure about Ron Howard as director though....as good as he was in Happy Days, he ain't the most exciting of directors ;-)
I'm sure the Depp factor will make Pirates of the Caribbean 2 rather huge later this summer. That and the Keira factor *swoon*....scottish mum by the way ;-)
But lets hope Xmen 3 and the return of Superman are both great. Bryan Singer directed Xmen 1 & 2 but jumped ship to bring Superman back. And which TV show does Bryan Singer executively produce? House of course! ;-)
Hmmm maybe I need my own film blog.
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