http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2005/07/05/book-the-da-vinci-code/ A journal from John B. Roberts Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:14:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2005/07/05/book-the-da-vinci-code/comment-page-1/#comment-1191 » Movie: The Da Vinci Code clock — watching time, the only true currency Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:52:39 +0000 http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/?p=804#comment-1191 [...] Despite knowing that The Da Vinci Code movie had not earned great reviews (Metacritic score of 48), we took it in late last week. I only read the book one year ago, so it’s relatively fresh in my mind. The movie was tolerable, but just a bit slow. That (lack of) pace is certainly a major reason for the poor reviews. Nothing characterized the book more than headlong pace and action… fast enough that you didn’t care about the nature of the writing. When the movie slows down, you start to notice its other weaknesses (the historical imaginings are a bit wild). But, are for so many worldwide, the book earned the movie a viewing. Filed under: Movies Comments: [...] [...] Despite knowing that The Da Vinci Code movie had not earned great reviews (Metacritic score of 48), we took it in late last week. I only read the book one year ago, so it’s relatively fresh in my mind. The movie was tolerable, but just a bit slow. That (lack of) pace is certainly a major reason for the poor reviews. Nothing characterized the book more than headlong pace and action… fast enough that you didn’t care about the nature of the writing. When the movie slows down, you start to notice its other weaknesses (the historical imaginings are a bit wild). But, are for so many worldwide, the book earned the movie a viewing. Filed under: Movies Comments: [...]

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