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yomamma said:Why is everyone saying that they'll never read the Da Vinci Code...?
Because the movie is coming out, there is no reason to lose days reading 400 pages. :tongue:
yomamma said:Why is everyone saying that they'll never read the Da Vinci Code...?
heartless said:Because the movie is coming out, there is no reason to lose days reading 400 pages. :tongue:
Several people recommended it, but after they described the plot, I decided that it was not a story I would care to read. But that's me.yomamma said:Why is everyone saying that they'll never read the Da Vinci Code...?
Hootenanny said:Just spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet . I'm going to see the movie on Friday, can't wait!
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siddharth said:Me and my friends were planning to watch this as well. Before the government came and banned it :grumpy:.
In fact, I've always wondered, if the government can ban films for hurting the sentiments of certain religions, why doesn't it ban religious films and documentaries for hurting the sentiments of the non-believers?
Controversial Hollywood film The Da Vinci Code has been cleared for release in India after protests by Christians.
Censors gave it an adult rating but said disclaimers stating it was fiction were needed at the beginning and end.
Hmm..because it is unoriginal and badly written?yomamma said:Why is everyone saying that they'll never read the Da Vinci Code...?
And don't forget, they all start start with someone being murdered. And there is an (H)assassin who tries to kill the professor and/or the woman.jhe1984 said:Just an observation:
Every single one of Dan Brown's books involves a young intrepid professor being thrust into an adventure with a distressed and highly educated female.
All of them.
Same here. I bought a two-volume set of the all the short stories and novels. I've read the first two novels and the first two short stories, and plan to continue after my exams are over, which, btw, starts in about 23hrs and 45 mts.jasc15 said:as soon as my GRE is over, I am going to resume my complete collection of sherlock holmes...
BTW, i enjoyed Dan Brown's books, although less so after each successive one because they were TERRIBLY formulaic.
so it was unoriginal...SOMEWHAT poorly written...it was still interesting...and at the least entertainingarildno said:Hmm..because it is unoriginal and badly written?
Mount Fuji has been torn down to make way for a Starbuck's. Other than that, not much.Geographer said:Have there been any major breakthroughs in physical geography since then
arunbg said:I have heard that "Angels and Demons" is also being made into a movie .
I bet my last nickel that they won't allow shooting at the Vatican .
They'll have to make do with a virtual Vatican perhaps .
Ah .. Sherlock fever ... I am hooked to the intrepid genius .
Currently reading volume 2 .
Does that make it any less fun to read? I'm curious, of those who are criticizing Dan Brown's books so vehemently, do you also generally dislike action movies, or spend time criticizing those too with comments like, "you couldn't really do that?" I enjoyed Dan Brown's books, but then I can also watch an action movie with no plot just for the sake of entertainment without getting all tied in a knot over gaps in the story line.jhe1984 said:Just an observation:
Every single one of Dan Brown's books involves a young intrepid professor being thrust into an adventure with a distressed and highly educated female.
All of them.
I didn't like it much either. Not that I can remember much of it. I had to read it in high school, and that was when the focus of English classes was dissecting books to find all the "symbolism" hidden in them. I was pretty darn good at BSing my way through that stuff, though remain unconvinced any of it really meant anything to the author, especially since I would just make up crap as I went along and was always praised highly for it. My favorite one to make fun of is the Great Gatsby. There's that part where they notice the optometrist's billboard with the big eyes on it, and both times I had to read it for courses (once in high school, once in college), that was discussed as symbolizing God watching over them...I guess Cliff's Notes must have made up that one. I read it as just the sort of goofy, weird thing someone notices and finds hilarious when they're drunk, which was the state of most of the characters throughout most of the book.Gale said:i never really liked to kill a mockingbired. i know a lot of people who did though. i found it a bit boring.
Can you, or anybody claiming it was bad writing, please clarify what you mean by that? Does that mean you didn't like the plot, or it was too outlandish to believe, or it rambled on without a clear plot, or it was riddled with grammatical errors, or it just didn't hold your interest, or as a mystery the ending was too predictable, or it just wasn't original enough, or what? What do you consider an example of good writing, and why? Maybe this is why I was never interested in being an English major, but I've never been offered an explanation of what makes something a bad book, a good book, or a great book, other than the personal preferences/tastes of the reader.big man said:They were readable, but all in all it was some of the worst writing I've ever come across.
Moonbear said:Maybe this is why I was never interested in being an English major, but I've never been offered an explanation of what makes something a bad book, a good book, or a great book, other than the personal preferences/tastes of the reader.
Gokul43201 said:I couldn't stand book XYZ by author ABC; it is some of the worst writing I've come across. And then, I decided to read book X1Y1Z1, also by author ABC. Did I mention he's an atrocious writer?
arildno said:And why should "interpretability" be a criterion for good literature?
What about the story being just a good yarn?
(And have no doubt: Masters like Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky DID spin great tales!)
And what sort of criteria are these??franznietzsche said:Because sophistication lies in the subtlety of the communication.