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Thanks for the basic review. I know a number of people who have read the book. I'm sure its entertaining reading. The entire premise is silly. A conspiracy? Mighty big conspiracy kept way too tight for way too long. Entertaining, perhaps. Silly, certainly.

LOL, my review is very basic indeed. It almost seems to me, from the little I've read, and the lot I've heard about from a good friend, that Brown has taken a number of major heresies, and an old legend, and woven them all together as some giant conspiracy theory that he, oh lucky us, has put together and gathered the courage to finally unfold for us all. (oh yeah, with sarcasm) Oh, but his editor or publisher thought of it as fiction. He apparently did not object to that, a fact my friend conveniently explains as done for Brown's safety. She gets mad when I chuckle at that. We can't really civilly discuss it anymore.

It almost might be an entertaining movie on it's own, but for me, it's been ruined by my friends who insist it's truth (Catholics, educators, moms) and why won't I acknowledge that? Then there's Ron Howard's insistence on painting Opus Dei as some demonic fiendish group, and his refusal to issue a disclaimer.

As a straight up fictional movie intended for entertainment, it might just be entertaining. I don't know. But, LOL, if I somehow see it, and I won't add to the opening weekend box office numbers, I agree, there will be some fun in the laughing at the silly parts.

I'm not sure if Mark Steyn is Christian (or Catholic) though he seems to be Christian, but he is a great conservative writer who has a bit to say on the subject, a review of sorts in this FR thread: Mark Steyn: The Da Vinci Code: bad writing for Biblical illiterates. Enjoy!