

(Caution – contains spoilers if you haven’t read the book or watched the movie – don’t read this it will give away the ending)
Two of my favourite books of all time have to be “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Daemons” by Dan Brown.
There, I’ve said it. I liked the “Da Vinci Code”
“The Da Vinci Code” was one of those popular phenomenons that, because of it’s popularity, became trendy to criticize. There’s always been a certain section of society that believes that criticising something popular makes them more intelligent. It’s almost as if liking a popular movie or book demeans you some how. It’s an arrogant elitism that is based on a need for superiority rather than any degree of artistic appreciation. Dan Brown’s novels aren’t Shakespeare, they’re action thrillers. So why people expect them to be feats of linguistic magnificence is beyond me. It’s like all those people that feel watching action movies are beneath them. It is what it is. This was certainly true of “The Da Vinci Code. Claiming to like the book among certain circles, was committing social suicide.
(Not to say that there are people who genuinely didn’t like the movie or the book. After all, opinion is opinion – a concept that’s also sometimes lost on people)
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